40th Chess Olympiad - Istanbul, 27 August - 10 September 2012

Participants Teams

(click on country name to see the team composition with the players pictures)

Many thanks to the authors of the pictures David Llada, Arman Karakhanyan, Cathy Rogers, Frederic Friedel, Andrè Schulz, Jeroen Van Den Belt, Rainer Woisin,Pascal Simon, Gisbert Jacoby, Benjamin Bartels, Karl-Heinz Schein, Gozzi Giorgio and many others (if you recognize a picture taken by you please contact me and i insert your name in this list). Many thanks to Chessbase with his "Players Database" and to FIDE with his "Players Archive".

P.S. Some pictures are missing. The list is here. If you have please contact me

N°	Team	note
1	Afghanistan	open & women team
2	Albania	open & women team
3	Algeria	open & women team
4	Andorra	only open team
5	Angola	open & women team
6	Argentina	open & women team
7	Armenia	open & women team
8	Aruba	open & women team
9	Australia	open & women team
10	Austria	open & women team
11	Azerbaijan	open & women team
12	Bahrain	only open team
13	Bangladesh	open & women team
14	Barbados	open & women team
15	Belarus	open & women team
16	Belgium	open & women team
17	Bermuda	only open team
18	Bolivia	open & women team
19	Bosnia & Herzegovina	open & women team
20	Botswana	open & women team
21	Brazil	open & women team
22	Bulgaria	open & women team
23	Burundi	only open team
24	Cameroon	only open team
25	Canada	open & women team
26	Chile	open & women team
27	China	open & women team
28	Chinese Taipei	open & women team
29	Colombia	open & women team
30	Congo	only open team
31	Costa Rica	open & women team
32	Croatia	open & women team
33	Cuba	open & women team
34	Cyprus	only open team
35	Czech Republic	open & women team
36	Denmark	open & women team
37	Dominican Republic	open & women team
38	Ecuador	open & women team
39	Egypt	open & women team
40	El Salvador	open & women team
41	England	open & women team
42	Estonia	open & women team
43	Ethiopia	open & women team
44	Faroe Islands	only open team
45	Fiji	open & women team
46	Finland	open & women team
47	F Y R of Macedonia	open & women team
48	France	open & women team
49	Georgia	open & women team
50	Germany	open & women team
51	Ghana	only open team
52	Greece	open & women team
53	Guatemala	open & women team
54	Guernsey	only open team
55	Haiti	only open team
56	Honduras	open & women team
57	Hong Kong	only open team
58	Hungary	open & women team
59	IBCA	open & women team
60	Iceland	open & women team
61	ICSC	open & women team
62	India	open & women team
63	Indonesia	open & women team
64	IPCA	open & women team
65	Iran	open & women team
66	Iraq	open & women team
67	Ireland	open & women team
68	Israel	open & women team
69	Italy	open & women team
70	Jamaica	open & women team
71	Japan	open & women team
72	Jersey	only open team
73	Jordan	open & women team
74	Kazakhstan	open & women team
75	Kenya	open & women team
76	Korea (South Korea)	open & women team
77	Kyrgyzstan	open & women team
78	Latvia	open & women team
79	Lebanon	open & women team
80	Libya	open & women team
81	Liechtenstein	only open team
82	Lithuania	open & women team
83	Luxembourg	open & women team
84	Macau	only open team
85	Madagascar	only open team
86	Malawi	only open team
87	Malaysia	open & women team
87	Maldive	only open team
88	Mali	only open team
89	Malta	open & women team
90	Mauritania	only open team
91	Mauritius	only open team
92	Mexico	open & women team
93	Moldova	open & women team
94	Monaco	open & women team
95	Mongolia	open & women team
96	Montenegro	open & women team
97	Mozambique	open & women team
98	Myanmar	only open team
99	Namibia	open & women team
100	Nepal	only open team
101	Netherlands	open & women team
102	Netherlands Antilles	open & women team
103	New Zealand	open & women team
104	Nicaragua	open & women team
105	Nigeria	open & women team
106	Norway	open & women team
107	Pakistan	open & women team
108	Palau	only open team
109	Palestine	open & women team
110	Panama	open & women team
111	Papua New Guinea	only open team
112	Paraguay	open & women team
113	Perù	open & women team
114	Philippines	open & women team
115	Poland	open & women team
116	Portugal	open & women team
117	Puerto Rico	open & women team
118	Qatar	open & women team
119	Romania	open & women team
120	Russia	open & women team
121	Rwanda	only open team
122	San Marino	only open team
123	Sao Tome and Principe	only open team
124	Scotland	open & women team
125	Serbia	open & women team
126	Seychelles	open & women team
127	Sierra Leone	only open team
128	Singapore	only open team
129	Slovakia	open & women team
130	Slovenia	open & women team
131	South Africa	open & women team
132	Spain	open & women team
133	Sri Lanka	open & women team
134	Sudan	only open team
135	Surinam	open & women team
136	Sweden	open & women team
137	Switzerland	open & women team
138	Syria	open & women team
139	Tajikistan	open & women team
140	Thailand	open & women team
141	Togo	only open team
142	Trinidad & Tobago	open & women team
143	Tunisia	only female team
144	Turkey	open & women team
145	Turkey 2016	open & women team
146	Turkey 2023	open & women team
147	Turkmenistan	open & women team
148	US Virgin Islands	only open team
149	Uganda	open & women team
150	Ukraine	open & women team
151	United Arab Emirates	open & women team
152	United States of America	open & women team
153	Uruguay	open & women team
154	Uzbekistan	open & women team
155	Venezuela	open & women team
156	Vietnam	open & women team
157	Wales	open & women team
158	Yemen	open & women team
159	Zambia	open & women team
160	Zimbabwe	open & women team