That time Uzbekistan surprisingly won silver at the 1992 Chess Olympiad

The 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila was the first held after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Suddenly, instead of one dominant USSR team, there were several very strong teams representing former Soviet republics. Russia continued the Soviet Union’s run of success. The surprise team from Uzbekistan, with just one grandmaster, took silver ahead of Armenia. In the women’s event, Georgia won the gold medal. | Photo: Gerhard Hund