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{{Short description|1998 chess tournament in Elista, Russia}}
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The '''33rd [[Chess Olympiad]]''' ({{lang|ru|33-я Шахматная олимпиада}}, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; [[Kalmyk language|Kalmyk]]: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by [[FIDE]] and comprising an open<ref>Although commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players.</ref> and a women's tournament, took place between September 26 and October 13, 1998, in [[Elista]], [[Kalmykia]], Russia. There were 110 teams in the open event and 72 in the women's event.

The Olympiad was the first international chess event to be held at [[Chess City]]. Construction of the complex was not complete by the start of the tournament, and some FIDE members were concerned that the facilities would not be ready in time, including the airport, telephone system, player housing, and the "Chess Palace" to be used as the main playing hall.

Reported human rights abuses by FIDE and Kalmykia president [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] led to calls for a boycott from [[Valery Borshchev]], a member of the [[Duma]]. The British government did not call for a boycott but confirmed "reliable reports of human rights problems" and suggested that Kalmykian authorities might use publicity from Olympiad participation by foreign teams for its own purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic202.html#11|title=The Week in Chess 202|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref> Three nations were signed up but chose to stay away: Denmark, Norway, and Slovakia.

The opening ceremony took place as scheduled, but the Chess Palace was still covered in scaffolding and was missing many windows. The first round was delayed, one free day was eliminated, and the tournament was shortened to 13 rounds from the planned 14.  The organizers worked around the clock and playing conditions improved as the tournament progressed, although the main playing hall was not properly heated. Living conditions, food and drink, and telephone service were generally reported to be acceptable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic203.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 203|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic204.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 204|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref>

Both tournament sections were officiated by [[International Arbiter]] [[Geurt Gijssen]] (Netherlands). Teams were paired across the 13 rounds of competition according to the [[Swiss system tournament|Swiss system]]. The open division was played over four boards per round, whilst the women's was played over three. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. the [[Buchholz system]]; and 2. match points.

The [[time control]] for each game permitted each player 100 minutes to make their first 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes to make the next 20 moves, and then 10 minutes to finish the game, with an additional 30 seconds devolving on each player after each move, beginning with the first.

In addition to the overall medal winners, the teams were divided into seeding groups, with the top finishers in each group receiving special prizes.

==Open event==

The open division was contested by 110 teams representing 106 nations. Russia, as hosts, fielded an unprecedented four teams (Russia "C" was referred to as "Team Kalmykia" and Russia "D" was a youth team), whilst the [[International Braille Chess Association]] provided one squad.

Even without their strongest players, the "Three Ks" ([[Professional Chess Association|PCA]] world champion [[Garry Kasparov]], [[FIDE]] champion [[Anatoly Karpov]] and [[Vladimir Kramnik]]), Russia were still favourites, and the team did win their fourth consecutive title. The United States improved another spot from the previous Olympiad and finished second, and Ukraine took the bronze medals, beating Israel on tiebreak.

:{| class="wikitable"
|+ Open event
! # !! Country !! Players !! Average<br/>rating !! Points !! Buchholz
|-
| style="background:gold;"|1 || '''{{flagu|Russia}}''' || '''[[Peter Svidler|Svidler]], [[Sergei Rublevsky|Rublevsky]], [[Evgeny Bareev|Bareev]], [[Alexander Morozevich|Morozevich]], [[Vadim Zvjaginsev|Zvjaginsev]], [[Konstantin Sakaev|Sakaev]]''' || '''2684''' || '''35½''' || 
|-
| style="background:silver;"|2 || {{flagu|United States}} || [[Alex Yermolinsky|Yermolinsky]], [[Alexander Shabalov|Shabalov]], [[Yasser Seirawan|Seirawan]], [[Boris Gulko|Gulko]], [[Nick de Firmian|De Firmian]], [[Gregory Kaidanov|Kaidanov]] || 2631 || 34½ || 
|-
| style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || {{UKR}} || [[Vassily Ivanchuk|Ivanchuk]], [[Alexander Onischuk|Onischuk]], [[Oleg Romanishin|Romanishin]], [[Vladimir Malaniuk|Malaniuk]], [[Stanislav Savchenko|Savchenko]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov|Ponomariov]] || 2638 || 32½ || 394.0
|-
| 4 || {{ISR}} || [[Boris Alterman|Alterman]], [[Ilya Smirin|Smirin]], [[Emil Sutovsky|Sutovsky]], [[Lev Psakhis|Psakhis]], [[Yona Kosashvili|Kosashvili]], [[Boris Avrukh|Avrukh]] || 2593 || 32½ || 379.0
|-
| 5 || {{flagu|China}} || [[Peng Xiaomin]], [[Ye Jiangchuan]], [[Zhang Zhong]], [[Yu Shaoteng]], [[Wu Wenjin]], [[Wang Rui (chess player)|Wang Rui]] || 2498 || 31½ || 389.5
|-
| 6 || {{flagu|Germany}} || [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Yusupov]], [[Rustem Dautov|Dautov]], [[Christopher Lutz|Lutz]], [[Robert Hübner|Hübner]], [[Christian Gabriel|Gabriel]], [[Thomas Luther|Luther]] || 2610 || 31½ || 386.5
|-
| 7 || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} || [[Zurab Azmaiparashvili|Azmaiparashvili]], [[Giorgi Giorgadze|Giorgadze]], [[Zurab Sturua|Sturua]], [[Giorgi Bagaturov|Bagaturov]], [[Khvicha Supatashvili|Supatashvili]], [[Lasha Janjgava|Janjgava]] || 2601 || 31½ || 377.5
|-
| 8 || {{flagu|Russia}} "B" || [[Alexey Dreev|Dreev]], [[Valery Filippov|Filippov]], [[Sergey Volkov (chess player)|Volkov]], [[Mikhail Kobalia|Kobalia]], [[Vasily Yemelin|Yemelin]], [[Andrey Shariyazdanov|Shariyazdanov]] || 2594 || 31 || 395.5
|-
| 9 || {{HUN}} || [[Zoltán Almási|Almási]], [[József Pintér|Pintér]], [[Csaba Horváth (chess player)|C. Horváth]], [[József Horváth (chess player)|J. Horváth]], [[Zoltán Varga (chess player)|Varga]], [[Zoltan Gyimesi|Gyimesi]] || 2588 || 31 || 375.0
|-
| 10 || {{ROM}} || [[Andrei Istrățescu|Istrățescu]], [[Mihail Marin|Marin]], [[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu|Nisipeanu]], [[Constantin Ionescu (chess player)|Ionescu]], [[Vladislav Nevednichy|Nevednichy]], [[Levente Vajda|Vajda]] || 2548 || 30½ || 392.5
|}
:{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
! # !! Country !! Average<br/>rating !! Points !! Buchholz !! MP
|-
| 11 || {{flagu|England}} || 2661 || 30½ || 390.5 || 
|-
| 12 || {{flagu|Netherlands}} || 2605 || 30½ || 380.5 || 
|-
| 13 || {{flagcountry|BLR|1995}} || 2555 || 30½ || 378.5 || 
|-
| 14 || {{LAT}} || 2533 || 30½ || 369.5 || 
|-
| 15 || {{flagu|Poland}} || 2564 || 30½ || 361.5 || 
|-
| 16 || {{ARM}} || 2630 || 30 || 397.5 || 
|-
| 17 || {{BUL}} || 2626 || 30 || 393.0 || 
|-
| 18 || {{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}} || 2563 || 30 || 367.5 || 
|-
| 19 || {{KAZ}} || 2519 || 30 || 359.5 || 
|-
| =20 || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 2546 || 29½ || 372.0 || 16
|-
| =20 || {{CZE}} || 2565 || 29½ || 372.0 || 16
|-
| 22 || {{flag|Lithuania|1988}} || 2539 || 29½ || 368.0 || 
|-
| 23 || {{SLO}} || 2515 || 29½ || 357.5 || 
|-
| 24 || {{CUB}} || 2519 || 29 || 379.5 || 
|-
| 25 || {{CRO}} || 2559 || 29 || 363.0 || 
|-
| 26 || {{flagu|France}} || 2585 || 28½ || 383.5 || 
|-
| 27 || {{UZB}} || 2525 || 28½ || 373.5 || 
|-
| 28 || {{ARG}} || 2545 || 28½ || 372.0 || 
|-
| 29 || {{flagu|Spain}} || 2601 || 28½ || 370.5 || 
|-
| 30 || {{BIH}} || 2590 || 28½ || 368.0 || 
|-
| 31 || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 2509 || 28½ || 364.5 || 
|-
| 32 || {{flagu|Russia}} "C" || 2470 || 28½ || 357.5 || 
|-
| 33 || {{flagu|India}} || 2491 || 28½ || 353.0 || 
|-
| 34 || {{flagu|Mexico}} || 2464 || 28½ || 343.0 || 
|-
| 35 || {{PHI}} || 2443 || 28 || 368.5 || 
|-
| 36 || {{GRE}} || 2531 || 28 || 366.5 || 
|-
| 37 || {{MDA}} || 2511 || 28 || 364.5 || 
|-
| 38 || {{EGY}} || 2371 || 28 || 338.5 || 
|-
| 39 || {{KGZ}} || 2495 || 27½ || 373.5 || 
|-
| 40 || {{EST}} || 2580 || 27½ || 370.5 || 
|-
| 41 || {{flagu|Italy}} || 2488 || 27½ || 360.0 || 
|-
| 42 || {{flagu|Canada}} || 2466 || 27½ || 358.5 || 
|-
| 43 || {{AZE}} || 2474 || 27½ || 356.0 || 
|-
| 44 || {{ALB}} || 2418 || 27½ || 354.0 || 14
|-
| 45 || {{FIN}} || 2420 || 27½ || 354.0 || 12
|-
| 46 || {{MKD}} || 2499 || 27½ || 352.5 || 
|-
| 47 || {{TJK}} || 2376 || 27½ || 348.5 || 
|-
| 48 || {{flagu|Brazil}} || 2485 || 27½ || 348.0 || 
|-
| 49 || {{MGL}} || 2370 || 27½ || 341.5 || 
|-
| 50 || {{AUT}} || 2390 || 27 || 360.0 || 
|-
| 51 || {{ISL}} || 2489 || 27 || 355.0 || 
|-
| 52 || [[International Braille Chess Association|IBCA]] || 2263 || 27 || 339.5 || 
|-
| 53 || {{BAN}} || 2384 || 26½ || 353.5 || 
|-
| 54 || {{flagu|Belgium}} || 2335 || 26½ || 351.0 || 
|-
| 55 || {{VIE}} || 2464 || 26½ || 348.5 || 
|-
| 56 || {{flagu|New Zealand}} || 2286 || 26½ || 323.0 || 
|-
| 57 || {{COL}} || 2445 || 26 || 356.0 || 
|-
| 58 || {{IRL}} || 2349 || 26 || 343.5 || 
|-
| 59 || {{IRI}} || 2374 || 26 || 339.0 || 
|-
| 60 || {{LUX}} || 2339 || 26 || 333.0 || 
|-
| 61 || {{flagu|Chile}} || 2415 || 26 || 331.0 || 
|-
| 62 || {{ANG}} || 2229 || 26 || 313.5 || 
|-
| 63 || {{flagu|Australia}} || 2405 || 25½ || 342.0 || 
|-
| 64 || {{PER}} || 2398 || 25½ || 337.5 || 
|-
| 65 || {{flag|Venezuela|1930}} || 2314 || 25½ || 334.5 || 
|-
| 66 || {{SCO}} || 2348 || 25½ || 334.0 || 
|-
| 67 || {{POR}} || 2418 || 25½ || 333.5 || 
|-
| 68 || {{WAL}} || 2275 || 25½ || 320.0 || 
|-
| 69 || {{NGR}} || 2256 || 25½ || 318.5 || 
|-
| 70 || {{TUR}} || 2444 || 25 ||  || 
|-
| 71 || {{flag|Turkmenistan|1997}} || 2431 || 24½ || 352.5 || 
|-
| 72 || {{FRO}} || 2233 || 24½ || 341.5 || 
|-
| 73 || {{flag|Iraq|1991}} || 2301 || 24½ || 329.0 || 
|-
| 74 || {{MYS}} || 2075 || 24 || 321.0 || 
|-
| 75 || {{UAE}} || 2223 || 24 || 316.5 || 
|-
| 76 || {{PUR}} || 2238 || 24 || 313.5 || 
|-
| 77 || {{AND}} || 2276 || 24 || 308.5 || 
|-
| 78 || {{JAM}} || 2066 || 24 || 307.5 || 
|-
| 79 || {{ECU}} || 2254 || 23½ || 330.0 || 
|-
| 80 || {{flagu|South Africa}} || 2318 || 23½ || 326.0 || 
|-
| 81 || {{ZIM}} || 2184 || 23½ || 316.0 || 
|-
| 82 || {{flagu|Russia}} "D" || 2215 || 23½ || 315.5 || 
|-
| 83 || {{KEN}} || 2035 || 23½ || 302.0 || 
|-
| 84 || {{YEM}} || 2246 || 23 || 328.5 || 
|-
| 85 || {{BOL}} || 2148 || 23 || 315.0 || 
|-
| 86 || {{flagcountry|LBY|1977}} || 2000 || 23 || 301.0 || 
|-
| 87 || {{flagcountry|CYP|1960}} || 2243 || 23 || 299.0 || 
|-
| 88 || {{SIN}} || 2129 || 23 || 294.5 || 
|-
| 89 || {{QAT}} || 2276 || 22½ || 317.5 || 
|-
| 90 || {{TRI}} || 2118 || 22½ || 312.0 || 
|-
| 91 || {{ESA}} || 2076 || 22½ || 305.5 || 
|-
| 92 || {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} || 2191 || 22½ || 303.5 || 
|-
| 93 || {{UGA}} || 2045 || 22½ || 296.0 || 
|-
| 94 || {{LIB}} || 2191 || 22 || 323.0 || 
|-
| 95 || {{flagcountry|PLE}} || 2184 || 22 || 288.5 || 
|-
| 96 || {{flagcountry|SMR|1862}} || 2149 || 22 || 276.0 || 
|-
| 97 || {{HON}} || 2078 || 22 || 270.0 || 
|-
| 98 || {{NCA}} || 2151 || 21½ || 296.5 || 
|-
| 99 || {{BRB}} || 2054 || 21½ || 272.0 || 
|-
| 100 || {{flag|Macau|municipal}} || 2148 || 21½ || 268.0 || 
|-
| 101 || {{BOT}} || 2045 || 21 ||  || 
|-
| 102 || {{MLT}} || 2134 || 20½ || 293.0 || 
|-
| 103 || {{NAM}} || 2060 || 20½ || 273.0 || 
|-
| 104 || {{MLI}} || 2049 || 20½ || 261.5 || 
|-
| 105 || {{JEY}} || 2081 || 20 || 265.5 || 
|-
| 106 || {{flag|Afghanistan|1992}} || 2000 || 20 || 260.0 || 
|-
| 107 || {{AHO}} || 2043 || 19 ||  || 
|-
| 108 || {{GGY}} || 2090 || 18½ ||  || 
|-
| 109 || {{SYC}} || 2060 || 18 ||  || 
|-
| 110 || {{VIR}} || 2000 || 3 ||  || 
|}

===Individual medals===

* [[Performance rating (chess)|Performance rating]]: {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} [[Zurab Azmaiparashvili]] 2804
* Board 1: {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]] 7½ / 8 = 93.8%
* Board 2: {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Odion Aikhoje]] 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
* Board 3: {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Reynaldo Vera González]] 7 / 9 = 77.8%
* Board 4: {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Hamaid Gadhi]] 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
* 1st reserve: {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew Muir (chess player)|Andrew Muir]] 6 / 7 = 85.7%
* 2nd reserve: {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Boris Avrukh]] 8 / 10 = 80.0%

==Women's event<span class="anchor" id="Women's results"></span>==
The women's division was contested by 72 teams representing 69 nations. Russia, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the [[International Braille Chess Association]] entered one squad.

China finally broke the Eastern European dominance by winning the title, led by former (and future) world champion Xie Jun and future champion Zhu Chen. Russia took the silver, whilst defending quadruple champions Georgia had to settle for bronze.

:{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Country !! Players !! Average<br/>rating !! Points !! Buchholz
|-
| style="background:gold;"|1 || '''{{flagu|China}}''' || '''[[Xie Jun]], [[Zhu Chen]], [[Wang Pin]], [[Wang Lei (chess player)|Wang Lei]]''' || '''2480''' || '''29''' || 
|-
| style="background:silver;"|2 || {{flagu|Russia}} || [[Svetlana Matveeva|Matveeva]], [[Ekaterina Kovalevskaya|Kovalevskaya]], [[Tatiana Shumiakina|Shumiakina]], [[Tatiana Stepovaya|Stepovaya-Dianchenko]] || 2438 || 27 || 295.0
|-
| style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} || [[Maia Chiburdanidze|Chiburdanidze]], [[Nana Ioseliani|Ioseliani]], [[Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant|Arakhamia-Grant]], [[Nino Khurtsidze|Khurtsidze]] || 2480 || 27 || 289.5
|-
| 4 || {{flagu|Netherlands}} || [[Peng Zhaoqin]], [[Erika Sziva|Sziva]], [[Tea Bosboom-Lanchava|Bosboom-Lanchava]], [[Linda Jap Tjoen San|Jap Tjoen San]] || 2325 || 23½ || 290.0
|-
| 5 || {{BUL}} || [[Antoaneta Stefanova|Stefanova]], [[Margarita Voiska|Voiska]], [[Maria Velcheva|Velcheva]], [[Silvia Aleksieva|Aleksieva]] || 2387 || 23½ || 277.0
|-
| 6 || {{ROM}} || [[Corina Peptan|Peptan]], [[Cristina Adela Foișor|Foișor]], [[Elena-Luminița Cosma|Cosma]], [[Gabriela Olărașu|Olărașu]] || 2398 || 23 || 299.0
|-
| 7 || {{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}} || [[Alisa Marić|Marić]], [[Nataša Bojković|Bojković]], [[Sanja Vuksanović|Vuksanović]], [[Maria Manakova|Manakova]] || 2422 || 23 || 293.5
|-
| 8 || {{HUN}} || [[Nikoletta Lakos|Lakos]], [[Ildikó Mádl|Mádl]], [[Mónika Grábics|Grábics]], [[Nóra Medvegy|Medvegy]] || 2383 || 23 || 279.5
|-
| 9 || {{flagu|Russia}} "C" || [[Julia Demina|Demina]], [[Alexandra Kosteniuk|Kosteniuk]], [[Bairta Kharashkina|Kharashkina]], [[Anna Gelashvili|Gelashvili]] || 2205 || 23 || 275.0
|-
| 10 || {{flagu|United States}} || [[Anjelina Belakovskaia|Belakovskaia]], [[Irina Krush|Krush]], [[Esther Epstein|Epstein]], [[Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya|Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya]] || 2355 || 23 || 271.5
|}
:{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
! # !! Country !! Average<br/>rating !! Points !! Buchholz !! MP
|-
| 11 || {{flagu|Poland}} || 2428 || 22½ || 300.5 || 
|-
| 12 || {{UKR}} || 2430 || 22½ || 289.0 || 
|-
| 13 || {{LAT}} || 2183 || 22½ || 282.5 || 
|-
| 14 || {{VIE}} || 2258 || 22½ || 281.0 || 
|-
| 15 || {{flagu|India}} || 2252 || 22½ || 266.5 || 
|-
| 16 || {{flagu|Germany}} || 2345 || 22 || 283.0 || 
|-
| 17 || {{EST}} || 2292 || 22 || 281.5 || 
|-
| 18 || {{ISR}} || 2322 || 22 || 281.0 || 14
|-
| 19 || {{GRE}} || 2247 || 22 || 281.0 || 13
|-
| 20 || {{flagu|England}} || 2323 || 22 || 269.0 || 
|-
| 21 || {{ARM}} || 2288 || 21½ || 277.0 || 
|-
| 22 || {{MDA}} || 2322 || 21½ || 274.5 || 
|-
| 23 || {{KAZ}} || 2258 || 21½ || 272.5 || 
|-
| 24 || {{CZE}} || 2262 || 21 || 281.0 || 
|-
| 25 || {{UZB}} || 2203 || 21 || 280.0 || 
|-
| 26 || {{flagu|Russia}} "B" || 2358 || 21 || 271.5 || 
|-
| 27 || {{flagu|France}} || 2237 || 21 || 251.0 || 
|-
| 28 || {{CUB}} || 2298 || 20½ || 284.0 || 
|-
| 29 || {{CRO}} || 2263 || 20½ || 272.0 || 
|-
| 30 || {{AZE}} || 2052 || 20½ || 265.5 || 
|-
| 31 || {{ARG}} || 2188 || 20½ || 256.0 || 
|-
| 32 || {{flagcountry|BLR|1995}} || 2253 || 20 || 269.0 || 
|-
| 33 || {{FIN}} || 2157 || 20 || 267.0 || 
|-
| 34 || {{MKD}} || 2110 || 20 || 257.0 || 
|-
| 35 || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 2120 || 20 || 256.5 || 
|-
| 36 || {{SLO}} || 2223 || 20 || 256.0 || 
|-
| 37 || {{flag|Lithuania|1988}} || 2198 || 19½ || 280.5 || 
|-
| 38 || {{flagu|Spain}} || 2222 || 19½ || 269.5 || 
|-
| 39 || {{SVK}} || 2227 || 19½ || 267.5 || 
|-
| 40 || {{BIH}} || 2240 || 19½ || 265.5 || 
|-
| 41 || {{BAN}} || 2097 || 19½ || 254.0 || 
|-
| 42 || {{flag|Turkmenistan|1997}} || 2227 || 19½ || 251.5 || 
|-
| 43 || {{TUR}} || 2022 || 19½ || 233.0 || 
|-
| 44 || {{AUT}} || 2098 || 19 || 257.5 || 
|-
| 45 || {{MGL}} || 2192 || 19 || 247.5 || 
|-
| 46 || {{flagu|Mexico}} || 2098 || 19 || 244.0 || 
|-
| 47 || {{flagu|Australia}} || 2080 || 18½ || 253.5 || 
|-
| 48 || {{PHI}} || 2000 || 18½ || 247.5 || 
|-
| 49 || [[International Braille Chess Association|IBCA]] || 2080 || 18½ || 241.5 || 
|-
| 50 || {{UAE}} || 2000 || 18½ || 208.0 || 
|-
| 51 || {{IRL}} || 2000 || 18½ || 190.5 || 
|-
| 52 || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 2127 || 18 || 245.0 || 11
|-
| 53 || {{flagu|Brazil}} || 2080 || 18 || 245.0 || 10
|-
| 54 || {{flagcountry|VEN|1930}} || 2133 || 18 || 244.5 || 13
|-
| 55 || {{POR}} || 2068 || 18 || 244.5 || 9
|-
| 56 || {{IRI}} || 2008 || 18 || 222.0 || 
|-
| 57 || {{flag|Iraq|1991}} || 2063 || 18 || 219.5 || 
|-
| 58 || {{COL}} || 2025 || 17½ || 232.5 || 
|-
| 59 || {{ESA}} || 2000 || 17½ || 202.0 || 
|-
| 60 || {{SCO}} || 2017 || 17 || 246.0 || 
|-
| 61 || {{flagu|Italy}} || 2045 || 17 || 239.0 || 
|-
| 62 || {{flagu|South Africa}} || 2000 || 17 || 217.5 || 
|-
| 63 || {{NGR}} || 2000 || 17 || 213.5 || 
|-
| 64 || {{WAL}} || 2037 || 16½ || 224.5 || 
|-
| 65 || {{PUR}} || 2000 || 16½ || 192.0 || 
|-
| 66 || {{flagu|New Zealand}} || 2023 || 15½ ||  || 
|-
| 67 || {{BOT}} || 2000 || 15 ||  || 
|-
| 68 || {{ANG}} || 2000 || 13 ||  || 
|-
| 69 || {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} || 2017 || 12 ||  || 
|-
| 70 || {{VIR}} || 2000 || 9½ ||  || 
|-
| 71 || {{LIB}} || 2000 || 8½ ||  || 
|-
| 72 || {{MAC}} || 2000 || 2½ ||  || 
|}

===Individual medals===

* [[Performance rating (chess)|Performance rating]]: {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Lei (chess player)|Wang Lei]] 2618
* Board 1: {{flagicon|TKM|1997}} [[Mähri Geldiýewa|Mähri Ovezova]] 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
* Board 2: {{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Eman Hassane Al-Rufei]] 8 / 9 = 88.9%
* Board 3: {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Shumiakina]] 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
* Reserve: {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Stepovaya|Tatiana Stepovaya-Dianchenko]] and {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Lei (chess player)|Wang Lei]] 8 / 9 = 88.9%

==Overall title==

The [[Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy]] is awarded to the nation that has the best average rank in the open and women's divisions. Where two or more teams are tied, they are ordered by best single finish in either division and then by total number of points scored.

The trophy, named after the former women's world champion (1961–78), was created by FIDE in 1997 and awarded for the first time in Elista.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-			
! #
! Team
! Open<br/>division
! Women's<br/>division
! Average
|-
| style="background:gold;"| '''1'''
| '''{{flagu|Russia}}'''
| '''1'''
| '''2'''
| '''1½'''
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2
| {{flagu|China}}
| 5
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="background:#cc9966;"| 3
| {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}}
| 7
| 3
| 5
|}

==Notes==

{{reflist}}
*[http://www.olimpbase.org/1998/1998in.html 33rd Chess Olympiad: Elista 1998] OlimpBase
* Justin Corfield, ''The History of Kalmykia: From Ancient Times to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Aleksey Orlov'', 2015. The Olympiad is covered in p.&nbsp;163-170. {{ISBN|978-1-876586-29-4}}.
* Carol Jarecki, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20070211111540/http://www.uschess.org/clife/issue78/buzz.html Reports from the 33rd Olympiad, Elista, Kalmyk Republic]", Chess Life Online

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