The open division was contested by 146 teams representing 141 nations. Germany, as hosts, fielded three teams, whilst the
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), the
International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA), and the
International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) each provided one squad.
Morocco were signed up, but never appeared for their first round match and were disqualified. Defending champions
Armenia, once again led by
Levon Aronian, clinched their second consecutive title. Despite being seeded only eighth, they won nine out of eleven matches, drew against fourth-placed
Ukraine and lost only (1½-2½) to runners-up
Israel, captained by
Boris Gelfand. The Israelis finished one point behind Armenia. The United States, led by
Gata Kamsky, took the bronze medals on a better tie break score than
Vasyl Ivanchuk and the rest of the Ukrainian team after defeating Ukraine (3½-½) in the last round. Once again, the Russian team under captain
Vladimir Kramnik were the pre-tournament favourites but finished disappointingly in fifth place. Kramnik, having recently lost a
world championship match, performed well below his rating, as did the rest of the team, except alternate
Dmitry Yakovenko who won the reserve board. Arguably the biggest surprise of the tournament was
Vietnam, who weren't even seeded in the top 30, but still managed to finish in ninth place, aided somewhat by the new tournament structure which allotted them some weaker opponents, although they did manage a 2–2 result against China. The German hosts finished 13th, while India, without World Champion
Viswanathan Anand, had to settle for 16th place. : :
Group prizes In addition to the overall medals, prizes were given out to the best teams in five different seeding groups—in other words, the teams who exceeded their seeding the most. Overall medal winners were not eligible for group prizes. :
Individual medals For the first time, all board prizes were given out according to
performance ratings. Accordingly, there was no overall prize, although Sargissian on the third board had the best performance of all players at the tournament: • Board 1:
Peter Leko 2834 • Board 2:
Vladimir Akopian 2813 • Board 3:
Gabriel Sargissian 2869 • Board 4:
Dragiša Blagojević 2792 • Reserve:
Dmitry Yakovenko 2794 ==Women's event==