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 The Gambia and Maurtuania did not arrive. 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 UnionKarpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal, Yusupov 2651 42½ 2 CzechoslovakiaHort, Smejkal, Ftáčnik, Jansa, Plachetka, Ambrož 2539 36 3 United StatesBrowne, Seirawan, Alburt, Kavalek, Tarjan, Christiansen 2580 35½ # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 4 Yugoslavia2554 35 5 Hungary2579 33½ 461.5 6 Bulgaria2475 33½ 431.5 7 Poland2459 33 8 Denmark2433 32½ 442.5 9 Cuba2483 32½ 432.5 10 England2561 32 456.5 11 Argentina2458 32 447.0 12 Romania2488 32 442.0 13 Israel2475 32 432.0 14 Austria2396 32 421.5 15 West Germany2518 31½ 456.5 16 Sweden2518 31½ 451.0 17 Netherlands2546 31½ 448.0 18 Canada2453 31½ 441.0 19 Philippines2428 31½ 411.5 20 Colombia2371 31½ 402.5 21 Chile2425 31 22 Australia2355 30½ 432.5 23 Iceland2446 30½ 415.0 24 Norway2383 30½ 414.0 25 Finland2394 30½ 398.0 26 Switzerland2479 30 451.0 27 Indonesia2320 30 430.5 28 Spain2425 30 418.5 20 29 France2414 30 418.5 17 30 Wales2310 30 407.5 31 Ireland2243 30 398.5 - Switzerland "B"2303 30 397.0 32 Scotland2324 29½ 422.5 33 Greece2343 29½ 412.5 34 Mongolia2294 29½ 409.5 35 Dominican Republic2334 29½ 408.5 36 Venezuela2344 29½ 399.0 37 China2395 29 426.5 38 Brazil2424 29 412.5 39 Mexico2426 29 409.0 16 40 Albania2285 29 409.0 13 41 India2390 28½ 419.0 42 Italy2323 28½ 397.0 43 Singapore2306 28½ 396.5 44 Uruguay2218 28½ 390.0 45 New Zealand2289 28 412.5 46 Egypt2253 28 393.0 47 Turkey2265 28 388.5 48 Guatemala2293 28 378.0 17 49 Sri Lanka2214 28 378.0 14 50 Belgium2303 27½ 403.5 51 Portugal2353 27½ 386.5 52 Paraguay2294 27½ 378.0 53 Syria2248 27½ 375.5 54 Thailand2328 27 390.0 55 Pakistan2256 27 387.5 56 Faroe Islands2200 27 368.5 57 Malaysia2226 26½ 385.0 58 Hong Kong2251 26½ 374.0 59 Lebanon2211 26½ 372.5 60 Puerto Rico2208 26 383.5 61 Japan2200 26 365.5 62 Tunisia2240 25½ 389.5 63 Trinidad and Tobago2204 25½ 369.0 64 Ecuador2214 25½ 364.5 65 Algeria2200 25½ 363.5 66 Cyprus2213 25½ 363.0 67 Andorra2200 25½ 362.5 68 Zimbabwe2200 25½ 360.5 69 Suriname2200 25½ 354.5 70 Guernsey and Jersey2200 25½ 352.0 71 Papua New Guinea2200 25½ 351.5 72 Malta2205 25½ 347.5 73 United Arab Emirates2200 25½ 345.5 74 Monaco2200 25½ 341.5 75 Nigeria2200 25 367.5 76 Luxembourg2211 25 346.5 77 Uganda2200 25 334.5 78 Zaire2200 25 330.5 79 Libya2200 24½ 80 Jamaica2200 24 364.5 81 Jordan2200 24 348.0 82 Senegal2200 24 334.0 83 British Virgin Islands2209 23 84 Honduras2200 22½ 325.5 85 United States Virgin Islands2201 22½ 320.5 86 Bahrain2200 22½ 316.0 87 Angola2200 22 319.5 88 Kenya2200 22 289.5 89 Bermuda2200 19½ 90 Botswana2200 14½ 325.0 91 Zambia2200 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 UnionChiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani 2360 33 2 RomaniaMureşan, Pogorevici, Nuţu-Terescenko, Polihroniade 2297 30 3 HungaryVerőci-Petronić, Ivánka, Porubszky-Angyalosine, Csonkics 2205 26 # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 Poland2153 25½ 5 China2090 24½ 342.5 6 West Germany2185 24½ 340.0 7 Sweden2122 24 8 Netherlands2058 23½ 321.0 9 India2007 23½ 299.5 10 Spain2112 23 341.0 11 England2083 23 337.0 12 Yugoslavia2165 23 333.5 13 France1927 23 297.5 14 Bulgaria2143 22½ 335.5 15 Colombia1975 22½ 311.5 16 Brazil1892 22½ 303.5 17 United States2110 22 339.0 18 Italy1875 22 306.0 19 Canada1953 22 302.5 20 Mongolia1800 22 299.5 21 Australia1885 22 292.0 22 Greece1802 22 235.0 23 Argentina1953 21½ 305.5 24 Indonesia1802 21½ 287.0 25 Iceland1813 21 306.0 26 Switzerland1905 21 294.5 27 Philippines1833 21 265.5 28 New Zealand1800 21 219.5 29 Austria1945 20½ 301.0 30 Israel1928 20½ 297.0 31 Scotland1820 20½ 294.5 32 Finland1923 20½ 254.0 33 Mexico1843 20½ 231.5 34 Belgium1800 20 35 Japan1860 19½ 294.0 - Switzerland "B"1848 19½ 279.0 36 Turkey1838 19½ 253.5 37 Venezuela1853 19½ 244.5 38 Wales1815 18½ 248.0 39 Norway1800 18½ 243.5 40 Ireland1800 18½ 220.0 41 Egypt1800 16½ 42 Trinidad and Tobago1800 11½ 43 Zambia1800 5½ 44 United States Virgin Islands1800 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