25th Chess Olympiad
The 25th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 29 and November 16, 1982, in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The Soviet team with three world champions (reigning champion Karpov, future champion Kasparov and former champion Tal) were back in their usual form and this time left no doubt about the outcome. In the end, they only drew one match (against the Netherlands; and won the rest) and finished no less than 6½ points ahead of runners-up Czechoslovakia. The United States took the bronze medals.
Off the board, FIDE elected a new president at its congress held concurrently with the Olympiad. Friðrik Ólafsson of Iceland was succeeded by Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines.
Open event
A total of 91 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament - 93 had applied, but Gambia and Mauretania never showed up. To make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. For the first time, the two British Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, participated with a joint team.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 Soviet Union
Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal, Yusupov 2651 42½ 2 Czechoslovakia
Hort, Smejkal, Ftáčnik, Jansa, Plachetka, Ambrož 2539 36 3 United States
Browne, Seirawan, Alburt, Kavalek, Tarjan, Christiansen 2580 35½ # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 4 Yugoslavia
2554 35 5 Hungary
2579 33½ 461.5 6 Bulgaria
2475 33½ 431.5 7 Poland
2459 33 8 Denmark
2433 32½ 442.5 9 Cuba
2483 32½ 432.5 10 England
2561 32 456.5 11 Argentina
2458 32 447.0 12 Romania
2488 32 442.0 13 Israel
2475 32 432.0 14 Austria
2396 32 421.5 15 West Germany
2518 31½ 456.5 16 Sweden
2518 31½ 451.0 17 Netherlands
2546 31½ 448.0 18 Canada
2453 31½ 441.0 19 Philippines
2428 31½ 411.5 20 Colombia
2371 31½ 402.5 21 Chile
2425 31 22 Australia
2355 30½ 432.5 23 Iceland
2446 30½ 415.0 24 Norway
2383 30½ 414.0 25 Finland
2394 30½ 398.0 26 Switzerland
2479 30 451.0 27 Indonesia
2320 30 430.5 28 Spain
2425 30 418.5 20 29 France
2414 30 418.5 17 30 Wales
2310 30 407.5 31 Ireland
2243 30 398.5 - Switzerland "B"
2303 30 397.0 32 Scotland
2324 29½ 422.5 33 Greece
2343 29½ 412.5 34 Mongolia
2294 29½ 409.5 35 Dominican Republic
2334 29½ 408.5 36 Venezuela
2344 29½ 399.0 37 China
2395 29 426.5 38 Brazil
2424 29 412.5 39 Mexico
2426 29 409.0 16 40 Albania
2285 29 409.0 13 41 India
2390 28½ 419.0 42 Italy
2323 28½ 397.0 43 Singapore
2306 28½ 396.5 44 Uruguay
2218 28½ 390.0 45 New Zealand
2289 28 412.5 46 Egypt
2253 28 393.0 47 Turkey
2265 28 388.5 48 Guatemala
2293 28 378.0 17 49 Sri Lanka
2214 28 378.0 14 50 Belgium
2303 27½ 403.5 51 Portugal
2353 27½ 386.5 52 Paraguay
2294 27½ 378.0 53 Syria
2248 27½ 375.5 54 Thailand
2328 27 390.0 55 Pakistan
2256 27 387.5 56 Faroe Islands
2200 27 368.5 57 Malaysia
2226 26½ 385.0 58 Hong Kong
2251 26½ 374.0 59 Lebanon
2211 26½ 372.5 60 Puerto Rico
2208 26 383.5 61 Japan
2200 26 365.5 62 Tunisia
2240 25½ 389.5 63 Trinidad and Tobago
2204 25½ 369.0 64 Ecuador
2214 25½ 364.5 65 Algeria
2200 25½ 363.5 66 Cyprus
2213 25½ 363.0 67 Andorra
2200 25½ 362.5 68 Zimbabwe
2200 25½ 360.5 69 Suriname
2200 25½ 354.5 70 Guernsey–Jersey
2200 25½ 352.0 71 Papua New Guinea
2200 25½ 351.5 72 Malta
2205 25½ 347.5 73 United Arab Emirates
2200 25½ 345.5 74 Monaco
2200 25½ 341.5 75 Nigeria
2200 25 367.5 76 Luxembourg
2211 25 346.5 77 Uganda
2200 25 334.5 78 Zaire
2200 25 330.5 79 Libya
2200 24½ 80 Jamaica
2200 24 364.5 81 Jordan
2200 24 348.0 82 Senegal
2200 24 334.0 83 British Virgin Islands
2209 23 84 Honduras
2200 22½ 325.5 85 United States Virgin Islands
2201 22½ 320.5 86 Bahrain
2200 22½ 316.0 87 Angola
2200 22 319.5 88 Kenya
2200 22 289.5 89 Bermuda
2200 19½ 90 Botswana
2200 14½ 325.0 91 Zambia
2200 14½ 322.5
Individual medals
- Board 1:
Zenón Franco Ocampos 11 / 13 = 84.6%
- Board 2:
Rico Mascariñas 7½ / 9 = 83.3%
- Board 3:
Carlos Matamoros Franco 7 / 9 = 77.8%
- Board 4:
Simen Agdestein 9 / 12 = 75.0%
- 1st reserve:
Daniël Roos 9 / 11 = 81.8%
- 2nd reserve:
Stuart Fancy 8 / 9 = 88.9%
Women's results
45 nations were signed up, and to make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. However, the Dominican Republic never showed up, so the competition ended up consisting of an odd 45 teams after all.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
Like the open event, the women's tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union, captained by world champion Chiburdanidze, who won the gold medals by a three-point margin. Romania and Hungary took silver and bronze, respectively.
# Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 Soviet Union
Chiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani 2360 33 2 Romania
Mureşan, Pogorevici, Nuţu-Terescenko, Polihroniade 2297 30 3 Hungary
Verőci-Petronić, Ivánka, Porubszky-Angyalosine, Csonkics 2205 26 # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 Poland
2153 25½ 5 China
2090 24½ 342.5 6 West Germany
2185 24½ 340.0 7 Sweden
2122 24 8 Netherlands
2058 23½ 321.0 9 India
2007 23½ 299.5 10 Spain
2112 23 341.0 11 England
2083 23 337.0 12 Yugoslavia
2165 23 333.5 13 France
1927 23 297.5 14 Bulgaria
2143 22½ 335.5 15 Colombia
1975 22½ 311.5 16 Brazil
1892 22½ 303.5 17 United States
2110 22 339.0 18 Italy
1875 22 306.0 19 Canada
1953 22 302.5 20 Mongolia
1800 22 299.5 21 Australia
1885 22 292.0 22 Greece
1802 22 235.0 23 Argentina
1953 21½ 305.5 24 Indonesia
1802 21½ 287.0 25 Iceland
1813 21 306.0 26 Switzerland
1905 21 294.5 27 Philippines
1833 21 265.5 28 New Zealand
1800 21 219.5 29 Austria
1945 20½ 301.0 30 Israel
1928 20½ 297.0 31 Scotland
1820 20½ 294.5 32 Finland
1923 20½ 254.0 33 Mexico
1843 20½ 231.5 34 Belgium
1800 20 35 Japan
1860 19½ 294.0 - Switzerland "B"
1848 19½ 279.0 36 Turkey
1838 19½ 253.5 37 Venezuela
1853 19½ 244.5 38 Wales
1815 18½ 248.0 39 Norway
1800 18½ 243.5 40 Ireland
1800 18½ 220.0 41 Egypt
1800 16½ 42 Trinidad and Tobago
1800 11½ 43 Zambia
1800 5½ 44 United States Virgin Islands
1800 4
Individual medals
- Board 1:
Barbara Pernici 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
- Board 2:
Nana Alexandria 7½ / 9 = 83.3%
- Board 3:
Daniela Nuţu-Terescenko 11 / 12 = 91.7%
- Reserve:
Elisabeta Polihroniade and
Teresa Leyva 7 / 9 = 77.8%
References
- ↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- 25th Chess Olympiad: Lucerne 1982 OlimpBase
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