catch China and the United States, which was only enough for the third place because of the relatively weaker schedule. Poland were the biggest surprise of the tournament. They scored minimal match victories against the two top seeds, Russia in the fourth and the United States in the ninth round, and topped the table as sole leader after nine rounds. Their loss to China in the penultimate and tie with India in the ultimate round, however, placed them on the fourth place overall with 17 match points, which was only equaled by England who came on the fifth place at the end. The only unbeaten team in the open event was Germany with five wins and six draws but this score earned them only the 13th place. Teams that disappointed the most were Azerbaijan (the fourth seeds) who finished in 15th place, Israel in 39th place, and Netherlands in 40th place. Jorge Cori of Peru, playing on board three, was the best individual player in the open event by scoring 7½ out of 8 points (seven wins and one draw) with a rating performance of 2925. The other gold medalists include Ding Liren of China on board one who scored 5½ out of 8 points with a rating performance of 2873, Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn of Vietnam on board two who scored 8½ out of 10 points with a rating performance of 2804, Daniel Fridman of Germany who scored 7½ out of 9 points with a rating performance of 2814, and Anton Korobov of Ukraine as reserve player who scored 6½ out of 8 points with a rating performance of 2773. Team standings Notes Average ratings calculated by chess-results.com based in September 2018 ratings. Board standings All board prizes were given out according to performance ratings for players who have played at least eight games at the tournament. Jorge Cori on the third board had the best performance of all players in the tournament. The winners of the gold medal on each board are listed in turn: Board 1: Ding Liren 2873 Board 2: Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 2804 Board 3: Jorge Cori 2926 Board 4: Daniel Fridman 2814 Reserve: Anton Korobov 2773 Norms and titles Seven players achieved Grandmaster norms, namely Denis Makhnev (Kazakhstan), Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan), Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Benjamin Arvola Notkevich (both from Norway), Urtnasan Nasanjargal (Mongolia), Titas Stremavicius (Lithuania) and Jonathan Westerberg (Sweden). A total of 11