Team line-ups for the 1962 Chess Olympiad

The tables show the line-up of the teams at the 1962 Chess Olympiad in Varna . The 37 participating teams initially played in four preliminary round groups. From these preliminary rounds, three teams each made it to the final tournaments A and B. The other 13 teams and a Bulgarian B team contested the C final in the Swiss system over eleven rounds. Each team consisted of four regular players and a maximum of two substitute players. In the tables, the final position is given for each team, next to it is the final tournament reached. The team balances are listed separately for the preliminary and final round, whereas the individual balances of the players are shown in the sum of both tournament phases. For the placement of the teams, the board points were the priority.

Teams

1. Soviet Union

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
1 (A)	Soviet Union	08th	0	0	27.5	16
		10	1	0	31.5	21st
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	05	6th	1	8th	12
2	Tigran Petrosian	08th	4th	0	10	12
3	Boris Spassky	08th	6th	0	11	14th
4th	Paul Keres	06th	6th	0	9.5	13
R.	Efim Geller	10	1	1	10.5	12
R.	Mikhail Tal	07th	6th	0	10	13

2. Yugoslavia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
2 (A)	Yugoslavia	08th	01	0	27.5	17th
		08th	02	1	28	18th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Svetozar Gligorić	08th	08th	1	12	17th
2	Petar Trifunović	04th	10	1	9	15th
3	Aleksandar Matanović	05	07th	3	8.5	15th
4th	Borislav Ivkov	11	05	0	13.5	16
R.	Bruno Parma	03	05	0	5.5	8th
R.	Dragoljub Minić	05	04th	0	7th	9

3. Argentina

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
3 (A)	Argentina	08th	01	0	29.5	17th
		06th	02	3	26th	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miguel Najdorf	09	07th	1	12.5	17th
2	Julio Bolbochan	05	10	2	10	17th
3	Óscar Panno	07th	05	2	9.5	14th
4th	Raúl Sanguineti	12	03	1	13.5	16
R.	Héctor Rossetto	04th	02	4th	5	10
R.	Alberto Foguelman	04th	02	0	5	6th

4. USA

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
4 (A)	United States	6th	1	0	24	13
		6th	3	2	25th	15th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bobby Fischer	8th	6th	3	11	17th
2	Pál Benkő	6th	4th	2	8th	12
3	Larry Evans	4th	6th	1	7th	11
4th	Robert Byrne	7th	3	3	8.5	13
R.	Donald Byrne	8th	3	1	9.5	12
R.	Edmar Mednis	5	0	2	5	7th

5. Hungary

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
5 (A)	Hungary	8th	1	0	28	17th
		3	4th	4th	23	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Lajos Portisch	6th	7th	3	9.5	16
2	László Szabó	3	9	2	7.5	14th
3	István Bilek	7th	6th	1	10	14th
4th	Gedeon Barcza	8th	1	4th	8.5	13
R.	Levente Lengyel	7th	3	2	8.5	12
R.	Károly Honfi	6th	2	3	7th	11

6. Bulgaria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
6 (A)	Bulgaria	5	02	0	20th	12
		3	03	4th	21.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Nikola Padewski	3	09	3	7.5	15th
2	Georgi Tringov	5	09	1	9.5	15th
3	Nikolay Minev	3	10	1	8th	14th
4th	Atanas Kolarov	2	05	1	4.5	8th
R.	Zdravko Milew	5	06th	1	8th	12
R.	Lyuben Popov	1	06th	1	4th	8th

7. Germany

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
7 (A)	BR Germany	6th	1	1	21st	13
		4th	2	5	21st	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Wolfgang Unzicker	4th	9	5	8.5	18th
2	Klaus Darga	5	7th	3	8.5	15th
3	Lothar Schmid	4th	2	2	5	8th
4th	Paul Tröger	4th	5	3	6.5	12
R.	Hans-Joachim Hecht	4th	5	3	6.5	12
R.	Dieter Mohrlok	5	4th	2	7th	11

8. GDR

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
8 (A)	German Democratic Republic	6th	01	1	21.5	13
		4th	02	5	20.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Wolfgang Uhlmann	7th	10	0	12	17th
2	Wolfgang Pietzsch	3	08th	4th	7th	15th
3	Burkhard Malich	2	10	2	7th	14th
4th	Lothar Zinn	3	02	4th	4th	9
R.	Reinhart Fuchs	5	05	3	7.5	13
R.	Heinz Liebert	3	03	2	4.5	8th

9. Romania

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
9 (A)	Romania	4th	2	1	20th	10
		3	3	5	20.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Victor Ciocâltea	4th	7th	6th	7.5	17th
2	Theodor Ghițescu	6th	5	2	8.5	13
3	Florin Gheorghiu	6th	8th	1	10	15th
4th	Bela Soos	6th	4th	4th	8th	14th
R.	Corvin Radovici	3	5	1	5.5	9
R.	Alexander Günsberger	0	2	2	1	4th

10. Czechoslovakia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
10 (A)	Czechoslovakia	6th	01	2	25th	13
		1	04th	6th	18.5	6th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miroslav Filip	5	10	5	10	20th
2	Luděk Pachman	7th	09	4th	11.5	20th
3	Vlastimil hoard	8th	08th	1	12	17th
4th	Jiří Fichtl	3	07th	4th	6.5	14th
R.	František Blatný	2	00	3	2	5
R.	Jindřich Trapl	1	01	2	1.5	4th

11. Netherlands

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
11 (A)	Netherlands	6th	02	1	25th	14th
		3	02	6th	18th	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Max Euwe	1	06th	0	4th	7th
2	Johannes Hendrikus Donner	6th	10	2	11	18th
3	Hans Bouwmeester	4th	08th	3	8th	15th
4th	Christian Langeweg	4th	05	5	6.5	14th
R.	Lodewijk Prins	6th	03	4th	7.5	13
R.	Haije Kramer	5	02	6th	6th	13

12. Austria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
12 (A)	Austria	6th	1	02	21st	13
		0	1	10	10.5	1
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Karl Robatsch	3	9	07th	7.5	19th
2	Andreas Dückstein	2	2	06th	3	10
3	Alfred Beni	4th	6th	06th	7th	16
4th	Anton Gragger	5	3	08th	6.5	16
R.	Anton Kinzel	3	2	05	4th	10
R.	Josef Lokvenc	2	3	04th	3.5	9

13. Spain

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
13 (B)	Spain	3	0	5	16	6th
		7th	2	2	26.5	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Arturo Pomar Salamanca	6th	8th	2	10	16
2	Jesús Díez del Corral	8th	5	3	10.5	16
3	Pedro Puig Pulido	3	3	5	4.5	11
4th	Eduardo Franco Raymundo	3	1	7th	3.5	11
R.	José Ridameya Tatche	4th	6th	2	7th	12
R.	Tomas Serra Olives	5	4th	1	7th	10

14. England

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
14 (B)	England	3	02	4th	19th	8th
		6th	02	3	26.5	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Jonathan Penrose	9	07th	1	12.5	17th
2	Peter Hugh Clarke	3	10	2	8th	15th
3	Harry Golombek	4th	02	5	5	11
4th	John Eric Littlewood	6th	00	7th	6th	13
R.	Leonard Barden	7th	02	3	8th	12
R.	Robert Graham Wade	4th	04th	4th	6th	12

15. Israel

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
15 (B)	Israel	3	1	3	13	7th
		6th	1	4th	25th	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Josef Porath	4th	5	5	6.5	14th
2	Izak Aloni	3	5	6th	5.5	14th
3	Moshe Czerniak	6th	3	4th	7.5	13
4th	Yair Kraidman	5	1	4th	5.5	10
R.	Zadok Domnitz	5	3	2	6.5	10
R.	Gedali Shapiro	4th	5	2	6.5	11

16. Cuba

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
16 (B)	Cuba	05	01	03	19th	11
		04th	04th	03	22.5	12
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera	03	13	03	9.5	19th
2	Eldis Cobo Arteaga	09	08th	03	13	20th
3	Gilberto García	04th	03	11	5.5	18th
4th	Rogelio Ortega	11	03	05	12.5	19th
R.	Iván Calero	00	02	02	1	4th

17. Sweden

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
17 (B)	Sweden	4th	1	3	17th	9
		4th	3	4th	22.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Martin Johansson	3	5	4th	5.5	12
2	Kristian Skold	3	7th	3	6.5	13
3	Zandor Nilsson	4th	3	6th	5.5	13
4th	Sven Buskenström	5	3	5	6.5	13
R.	Åke Olsson	8th	2	4th	9	14th
R.	Berndt Soderborg	2	9	0	6.5	11

18. Poland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
18 (B)	Poland	6th	0	3	25th	12
		4th	3	4th	22.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bogdan Śliwa	7th	5	4th	9.5	16
2	Witold Balcerowski	5	4th	4th	7th	13
3	Zbigniew Doda	7th	5	3	9.5	15th
4th	Alfred Tarnowski	6th	1	5	6.5	12
R.	Włodzimierz Schmidt	8th	4th	3	10	15th
R.	Andrzej Filipowicz	4th	2	3	5	9

19. Belgium

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
19 (B)	Belgium	3	02	3	16	8th
		5	01	5	22nd	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Albéric O'Kelly de Galway	4th	11	1	9.5	16
2	Arthur Dunkelblum	1	12	3	7th	16
3	Paul Limbos	2	09	5	6.5	16
4th	Jozef Boey	6th	07th	5	9.5	18th
R.	Paul de Rijcke	3	05	2	5.5	10

20. Finland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
20 (B)	Finland	4th	1	4th	19.5	9
		3	4th	4th	20.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Kaarle Ojanen	4th	4th	1	6th	9
2	Unto Räisä	5	7th	7th	8.5	19th
3	Matti Rantanen	4th	8th	4th	8th	16
4th	Ilmari Niemelae	3	9	3	7.5	15th
R.	Heikki Westerinen	4th	3	6th	5.5	13
R.	Jalo Aatos Fred	3	3	2	4.5	8th

21. Mongolia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
21 (B)	Mongolia	3	0	4th	11	6th
		3	3	5	20th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Sharawyn Purewdschaw	3	7th	7th	6.5	17th
2	Suras Momo	5	6th	5	8th	16
3	Lamsurs Myagmarsuren	6th	6th	3	9	15th
4th	Gonchich Chalkhasuren	2	9	6th	6.5	17th
R.	T. Tsagan	1	0	5	1	6th
R.	Naidan Namzhil	0	0	1	0	1

22. Switzerland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
22 (B)	Switzerland	3	0	4th	10	6th
		2	5	4th	20th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Max blue	6th	6th	6th	9	18th
2	Rino Castagna	3	6th	6th	6th	15th
3	Rolf Roth	7th	3	7th	8.5	17th
4th	Peter Gebauer	2	3	6th	3.5	11
R.	Erwin Luginbühl	2	2	7th	3	11

23. Iceland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
23 (B)	Iceland	05	1	3	21st	11
		02	5	4th	19th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Friðrik Ólafsson	10	8th	0	14th	18th
2	Arinbjörn Guðmundsson	03	7th	1	6.5	11
3	Jón Adólf Pálsson	01	3	8th	2.5	12
4th	Björn Þorsteinsson	04th	4th	4th	6th	12
R.	Jónas Þorvaldsson	04th	2	7th	5	13
R.	Jón Kristinsson	02	8th	4th	6th	14th

24. Denmark

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
24 (B)	Denmark	5	0	4th	19.5	10
		2	3	6th	17th	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bent Kølvig	5	5	6th	7.5	16
2	Sejer Holm	5	5	5	7.5	15th
3	Sigfred From	4th	3	7th	5.5	14th
4th	Frode Søby	4th	3	8th	5.5	15th
R.	Peter Korning	1	1	6th	1.5	8th
R.	Bjørn Brinck-Claussen	8th	2	2	9	12

25. Norway

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
25 (C)	Norway	2	1	5	13	5
		9	2	0	32.5	20th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Svein Johannessen	9	6th	3	12	18th
2	Per Lindblom	0	1	4th	0.5	5
3	Ragnar Hoen	8th	4th	4th	10	16
4th	Arne Vinje-Gulbrandsen	8th	4th	3	10	15th
R.	Arne Zwaig	4th	6th	3	7th	13
R.	Eivind Stensholt	5	2	2	6th	9

Bulgaria B

The second team of the host country only took part in the C-final to allow an even number of participants. The team played "out of competition" and was not included in the ranking.

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
- (C)	Bulgaria B	7th	3	1	29.5	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Filip Filipov	0	2	1	1	3
2	Emil Karastoitschew	2	3	1	3.5	6th
3	Georgi Daskalov	3	1	2	3.5	6th
4th	Valentin Bogdanov	7th	2	1	8th	10
R.	Teodor Chipew	5	5	0	7.5	10
R.	Evstati Burkhanlarsky	4th	4th	1	6th	9

26. Albania

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
26 (C)	Albania	3	1	5	14.5	7th
		7th	3	1	28.5	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ylvi Pustina	5	5	6th	7.5	16
2	Esat Duraku	5	8th	3	9	16
3	Eqrem Konçi	6th	5	3	8.5	14th
4th	Mendim Veizaj	5	2	5	6th	12
R.	Teodor Siliqi	5	3	3	6.5	11
R.	Fatos Omari	3	5	3	5.5	11

27. Tunisia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
27 (C)	Tunisia	0	0	7th	6.5	0
		7th	2	2	28.5	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ridha Belkadi	8th	5	4th	10.5	17th
2	Khelil Lagha	3	5	5	5.5	13
3	Bechir Kchouk	3	4th	6th	5	13
4th	H. Kahia	7th	2	4th	8th	13
R.	Khaled Mohsen	1	0	6th	1	7th
R.	Khalid Ennigrou	4th	2	3	5	9

28. India

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
28 (C)	India	2	0	7th	14.5	4th
		4th	5	2	26.5	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Manuel Aaron	7th	4th	6th	9	17th
2	Shrikrishna Dhondiraj Sakhalkar	4th	4th	7th	6th	15th
3	Farooq Ali	5	3	4th	6.5	12
4th	Mohamed Hassan	7th	7th	2	10.5	16
R.	Ali Nawab	2	7th	3	5.5	12
R.	Kamal Kant Shukla	2	3	3	3.5	8th

29. Iran

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
29 (C)	Iran	01	1	07th	8.5	3
		04th	3	04th	25th	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Morteza Hemmasian	05	5	09	7.5	19th
2	Mohammad Hossein Farboud	03	6th	10	6th	19th
3	Dariush Parniani	04th	5	09	6.5	18th
4th	Yousof Safvat	11	3	06th	12.5	20th
R.	Manoochehr Zandifar	01	0	03	1	4th

30. France

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
30 (C)	France	3	0	6th	17th	6th
		4th	2	5	23.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	César Boutteville	6th	3	9	7.5	18th
2	Volf Bergraser	6th	4th	4th	8th	14th
3	André Thiellement	8th	3	5	9.5	16
4th	Georges Noradounguian	2	4th	5	4th	11
R.	Roger Ferry	3	6th	2	6th	11
R.	Jean Ravinet	4th	3	3	5.5	10

31. Puerto Rico

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
31 (C)	Puerto Rico	1	0	6th	7.5	2
		4th	1	6th	22.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Arturo Colón Romero	0	0	4th	0	4th
2	D. Rivera	9	3	6th	10.5	18th
3	Luis Suárez Navas	5	3	9	6.5	17th
4th	Paul Reissmann	2	2	7th	3	11
R.	Miguel Colón Romero	5	3	5	6.5	13
R.	Francisco Prieto Azúar	0	1	2	0.5	3
R.	Narciso Rabell Mendez	2	2	2	3	6th

Puerto Rico received the exemption to raise a seventh player after the player from board 1 had to fold after four rounds.

32. Uruguay

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
32 (C)	Uruguay	3	0	06th	12	6th
		4th	3	04th	22nd	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Walter Estrada Degrandi	3	4th	09	5	16
2	Eduardo Etcheverry	4th	2	10	5	16
3	José Álvarez del Monte	5	5	06th	7.5	16
4th	Lorenzo Bauzá	8th	5	06th	10.5	19th
R.	Roberto Silva Nazzari	4th	4th	05	6th	13

33. Greece

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
33 (C)	Greece	0	0	08th	4.5	0
		4th	2	05	18.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Hristos Kokkoris	4th	3	10	5.5	17th
2	Anastasios Anastasopoulos	7th	1	10	7.5	18th
3	Hristos Papapostolou	2	0	09	2	11
4th	Lazaros Vizantiadis	2	1	08th	2.5	11
R.	Aristides Paidousis	0	4th	07th	2	11
R.	Konstantinos Hadziotis	3	1	04th	3.5	8th

34. Luxembourg

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
34 (C)	Luxembourg	1	0	08th	6.5	2
		4th	0	07th	18th	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Alphonse Conrady	4th	5	10	6.5	19th
2	Georges Philippe	6th	4th	10	8th	20th
3	Raymond Schneider	6th	2	12	7th	20th
4th	Claude Zeyen	1	0	09	1	10
R.	Aloyse New	0	2	06th	1	8th
R.	Erny Leners	0	2	01	1	3

35. Turkey

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
35 (C)	Turkey	1	0	07th	7.5	2
		3	2	06th	17th	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Nevzat Süer	4th	3	12	5.5	19th
2	Mübin Boysan	6th	5	08th	8.5	19th
3	Akakinci	5	3	11	6.5	19th
4th	Orhan Günsav	2	4th	13	4th	19th

36. Ireland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
36 (C)	Ireland	0	0	09	6.5	0
		1	2	08th	14.5	4th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	John Reid	0	2	11	1	13
2	P. Murphy	0	1	12	0.5	13
3	Brian Reilly	5	4th	05	7th	14th
4th	Desmond de Loughrey	1	5	09	3.5	15th
R.	Eugene O'Hare	3	5	04th	5.5	12
R.	Raymond Cassidy	2	3	08th	3.5	13

Because of the due departure date, the Irish players had to give up their hanging games against India in the last round. This concerned the games of Murphy, de Loughrey and Cassidy.

37. Cyprus

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
37 (C)	Cyprus	0	0	09	1.5	0
		0	0	11	1.5	0
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Georgios Cleopas	1	1	18th	1.5	20th
2	Andreas Lantsias	0	1	19th	0.5	20th
3	Milton Ioannidis	0	0	20th	0	20th
4th	Fieros	1	0	19th	1	20th

Fieros did not play for the last five rounds, so that his team lost the fourth board without a fight.

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• Chess Olympiad 1962 at olimpbase.org