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The World Chess Federation, FIDE, like the International Olympics Committee, is organized as a "federation of federations." It is countries that are members, not individual players. In these days of Super Grandmasters events with million dollar prize funds, the Olympiad is an interesting switch to an event with a wide mix of amateurs and pros. This year, teams from more than 100 countries will participate! Here's the complete list:

ALBANIA      ALGERIA    ANDORRA    ANGOLA   ARGENTINA      ARMENIA    AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA      AZERBAIJAN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS        BELGIUM    BOLIVIA

BOSNIA &

 HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA   BRAZIL     BULGARIA CANADA         CHILE      CHINA 

COLOMBIA     CROATIA    CUBA       CYPRUS   CZECH REPUBLIC ECUADOR    EGYPT 

ENGLAND      ESTONIA    FAROE ISL  FIJI     FINLAND        FRANCE     FYROM 

GHANA        GEORGIA    GERMANY    GREECE   GUERNSEY       HAITI      HUNGARY

IBSA         ICELAND    INDIA      INDONESIA IRAN          IRAQ       IRELAND 

ISRAEL       ITALY      JAMAICA    JAPAN    JERSEY         KAZAKHSTAN KENYA 

KUWAIT       KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA     LEBANON  LITHUANIA      LUXEMBOURG LIBYA

MACAU        MALAYSIA   MALI       MALTA    MAURITIUS      MEXICO     MOLDOVA 

MONGOLIA     MOROCCO    MYANMAR    NAMIBIA  NETHERLANDS    NEWZEALAND NICARAGUA

NIGERIA      NORWAY     PALESTINE  PERU     PHILIPPINES    POLAND     PORTUGAL

PUERTO RICO  QATAR      ROMANIA    RUSSIA 1 RUSSIA 2       RUSSIA 3   EL SALVADOR

SAN MARINO   SCOTLAND   SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA      SLOVENIA   S. AFRICA 

SPAIN        SRI LANKA  SWEDEN     SWITZERLAND TAJIKISTAN  THAILAND   TRINIDAD 

                                                                         & TOBAGO 

TUNISIA      TURKEY     TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE        U.A.E.     USA

URUGUAY      UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA  VIETNAM  US VIRGIN ISL  YEMEN      YUGOSLAVIA

WALES        ZAMBIA     ZIMBABWE

Teams compete for honor, glory, and, of course, bragging rights, with both individual and team medals awarded. For more information, see this week's Chess Life Online Weekly News

Well, that's the buzz for this week.

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