30th Chess Olympiad

Did you know that: the 30th Chess Olympiad in 1992 was held in Manila, [country]Philippines[/country]?

Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry:

Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the field of competitors was quite different from previous Olympiads. Twelve of the 15 former Soviet republics now competed as independent nations - and they all finished in the top half. Meanwhile, an all-German team was present for the first time since World War II. Of the former Yugoslav republics, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia appeared independently; Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia did not. This Olympiad also marked the final appearance of Czechoslovakia and the re-appearance of South Africa.

There were actually three (3) contingent teams from Philippines that time. The top contingent, led by GM [player]Eugene Torre[/player], finished 31st place, while the other two were 42nd and 44th -- that's out of the total 102 countries/teams competing.

And the Manila Chess Olympiad happened even before GM [player]Wesley So[/player] was born.