David Ben Gurion (right) hands over the trophy to the victorious Soviet Union team
The 16th Chess Olympiad in 1964 was held from November 2nd to 25th, 1964 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ).
Overview
50 teams took part and determined the teams for the final groups A to D in seven preliminary groups. 294 players (including 31 Grand Masters and 40 International Masters) took part in the competition. Round tournaments were held both in the opening groups and in the final groups . The first two teams in each support group qualified for the final group A. Mexico, Venezuela, Australia and the Dominican Republic were in the field of a chess Olympiad for the first time.
The main referee was Alois Nagler from Switzerland . The thinking time was 40 moves in 150 minutes, then one hour for 16 moves each time. The placement (RG) was determined based on the board points (BP), team points (MP) and the direct comparison. The venue was the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv, which was then demolished.
Results
Preliminary round
Preliminary group 1
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Soviet Union
●
3½
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
23½
12
6th
0
0
2
Spain
½
●
1½
3½
2½
3
3
14th
0 8th
4th
0
2
3
Philippines
0
2½
●
2
1½
2½
2½
11
0 7th
3
1
2
4th
Chile
0
½
2
●
2½
3
2½
10½
0 7th
3
1
2
5
Switzerland
0
1½
2½
1½
●
2½
2½
10½
0 6th
3
0
3
6th
Venezuela
0
1
1½
1
1½
●
2½
0 7½
0 2
1
0
5
7th
South Africa
0
1
1½
1½
1½
1½
●
0 7th
0 0
0
0
6th
Preliminary group 2
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Yugoslavia
●
2
2½
4th
3
4th
4th
19½
11
5
1
0
2
Netherlands
2
●
3½
3½
2
4th
4th
19th
10
4th
2
0
3
Mongolia
1½
½
●
2½
3½
3
3½
14½
0 8th
4th
0
2
4th
Austria
0
½
1½
●
3
4th
3½
12½
0 6th
3
0
3
5
Mexico
1
2
½
1
●
2½
3
10
0 5
2
1
3
6th
India
0
0
1
0
1½
●
2
0 4½
0 1
0
1
5
7th
Bolivia
0
0
½
½
1
2
●
0 4th
0 1
0
1
5
Preliminary group 3
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Hungary
●
3
2
3
4th
4th
4th
20th
11
5
1
0
2
Israel
1
●
2½
2½
2½
4th
3½
16
10
5
0
1
3
Sweden
2
1½
●
3½
1½
3
3½
15th
0 7th
3
1
2
4th
Scotland
1
1½
½
●
3
2½
3
11½
0 6th
3
0
3
5
France
0
1½
2½
1
●
3
3
11
0 6th
3
0
3
6th
Ireland
0
0
1
1½
1
●
3
0 6½
0 2
1
0
5
7th
Luxembourg
0
½
½
1
1
1
●
0 4th
0 0
0
0
6th
Preliminary group 4
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
United States
●
2½
3
3½
4th
4th
4th
21st
12
6th
0
0
2
Poland
1½
●
1½
2
3
3
3½
14½
0 7th
3
1
2
3
England
1
2½
●
1½
3½
2
2½
13
0 7th
3
1
2
4th
Norway
½
2
2½
●
1
3½
1½
11
0 5
2
1
3
5
Turkey
0
1
½
3
●
2
3
0 9½
0 5
2
1
3
6th
Iran
0
1
2
½
2
●
2½
0 8th
0 4th
1
2
3
7th
Portugal
0
½
1½
2½
1
1½
●
0 7th
0 2
1
0
5
Preliminary group 5
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Romania
●
2½
2
2½
3½
3½
4th
18th
11
5
1
0
2
Czechoslovakia
1½
●
2½
3
3½
4th
3½
18th
10
5
0
1
3
Cuba
2
1½
●
2½
2½
½
3½
12½
0 7th
3
1
2
4th
Paraguay
1½
1
1½
●
1
2½
3½
11
0 4th
2
0
4th
5
Colombia
½
½
1½
3
●
2
3
10½
0 5
2
1
3
6th
Puerto Rico
½
0
3½
1½
2
●
2
0 9½
0 4th
1
2
3
7th
Australia
0
½
½
½
1
2
●
0 4½
0 1
0
1
5
Preliminary group 6
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Argentina
●
2
3
3
3½
3
4th
18½
11
5
1
0
2
Canada
2
●
2½
2½
3½
3
4th
17½
11
5
1
0
3
GDR
1
1½
●
3
4th
4th
3½
17th
0 8th
4th
0
2
4th
Ecuador
1
1½
1
●
1½
3
3½
11½
0 4th
2
0
4th
5
Monaco
½
½
0
2½
●
1½
2
0 7th
0 3
1
1
4th
6th
Iceland
1
1
0
1
2½
●
1½
0 7th
0 2
1
0
5
7th
Uruguay
0
0
½
½
2
2½
●
0 5½
0 3
1
1
4th
Preliminary round group 7
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Bulgaria
●
2
3
3½
3½
3
3½
4th
22½
13
6th
1
0
2
BR Germany
2
●
2
3½
3½
4th
3½
4th
22½
12
5
2
0
3
Denmark
1
2
●
2½
2
3
4th
4th
18½
10
4th
2
1
4th
Peru
½
½
1½
●
3
3½
4th
4th
17th
0 8th
4th
0
3
5
Finland
½
½
2
1
●
2½
4th
4th
14½
0 7th
3
1
3
6th
Greece
1
0
1
½
1½
●
2½
3
0 9½
0 4th
2
0
5
7th
Dominican Republic
½
½
0
0
0
1½
●
3
0 5½
0 2
1
0
6th
8th
Cyprus
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
●
0 2
0 0
0
0
7th
Finals
Final group A
Rg
team
code
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
12
13
14th
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Soviet Union
URS
●
2
1
2½
2½
4th
3
2½
3½
2
4th
3
3½
3
36½
22nd
10
2
1
2
Yugoslavia
YUG
2
●
2
1½
2
2
2
3
2
3½
2½
3
3
3½
32
18th
6th
6th
1
3
FRG
GER
3
2
●
1½
2
2
2½
2½
2
2½
3
3½
1
3
30½
18th
7th
4th
2
4th
Hungary
HUN
1½
2½
2½
●
2½
2
1
3
2
2½
3
2½
3
2
30th
19th
8th
3
2
5
Czechoslovakia
CSR
1½
2
2
1½
●
1½
2
2
1½
2
3½
3
2½
3½
28½
13
4th
5
4th
6th
United States
United States
0
2
2
2
2½
●
2
2½
2½
2½
1½
2½
3
2½
27½
18th
7th
4th
2
7th
Bulgaria
BUL
1
2
1½
3
2
2
●
3
2
1½
1½
2½
2
3
27
13
4th
5
4th
8th
Romania
ROME
1½
1
1½
1
2
1½
1
●
3
2½
2½
3
3½
3
27
13
6th
1
6th
9
Argentina
ARG
½
2
2
2
2½
1½
2
1
●
2
3
3
2
2½
26th
14th
4th
6th
3
10
Poland
POLE
2
½
1½
1½
2
1½
2½
1½
2
●
3
1
2½
2½
24
11
4th
3
6th
11
Netherlands
NED
0
1½
1
1
½
2½
2½
1½
1
1
●
2½
3
3
21st
10
5
0
8th
12
Canada
CAN
1
1
½
1½
1
1½
1½
1
1
3
1½
●
2
2½
19th
0 5
2
1
10
13
Spain
ESP
½
1
3
1
1½
1
2
½
2
1½
1
2
●
½
17½
0 5
1
3
9
14th
Israel
ISR
1
½
1
2
½
1½
1
1
1½
1½
1
1½
3½
●
17½
0 3
1
1
11
Final group B
Rg
team
code
15th
16
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23
24
25th
26th
27
28
BP
MP
+
=
-
15th
GDR
GDR
●
2
3
3½
2½
2½
3½
4th
1
2½
3
4th
3½
3½
38½
23
11
1
1
16
Sweden
SWE
2
●
1
2½
1½
2
1½
2
3½
3½
3
3
4th
2½
32
17th
7th
3
3
17th
Denmark
THE
1
3
●
2½
2
4th
2
2
2
2½
3½
2
2½
2½
31½
19th
7th
5
1
18th
England
CLOSELY
½
1½
1½
●
2½
2
3
2
2
2½
3
3½
3½
3½
31
17th
7th
3
3
19th
Peru
BY
1½
2½
2
1½
●
1½
2½
½
3
2
3
2½
2
3
27½
15th
6th
3
4th
20th
Austria
AUT
1½
2
0
2
2½
●
3
2½
3
2
2
4th
1½
1½
27½
14th
5
4th
4th
21st
Cuba
CUB
½
2½
2
1
1½
1
●
2
1½
2
1½
2½
4th
4th
26th
11
4th
3
6th
22nd
Norway
NOR
0
2
2
2
3½
1½
2
●
3
2½
2
2
½
2½
25½
14th
4th
6th
3
23
Mongolia
MNG
3
½
2
2
1
1
2½
1
●
3½
3
1½
2
2½
25½
13
5
3
5
24
Chile
CHI
1½
½
1½
1½
2
2
2
1½
½
●
1½
3½
3
3
24
0 9
3
3
7th
25th
Philippines
PHI
1
1
½
1
1
2
2½
2
1
2½
●
2½
3½
2
22½
11
4th
3
6th
26th
Ecuador
ECU
0
1
2
½
1½
0
1½
2
2½
½
1½
●
2½
2½
18th
0 8th
3
2
8th
27
Paraguay
PAR
½
0
1½
½
2
2½
0
3½
2
1
½
1½
●
2
17½
0 7th
2
3
8th
28
Scotland
SCO
½
1½
1½
½
1
2½
0
1½
1½
1
2
1½
2
●
17th
0 4th
1
2
10
Final group C
Rg
team
code
29
30th
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
BP
MP
+
=
-
29
Iceland
ISL
●
3
3
2
2½
2½
3
3½
2
2½
3½
2
4th
4th
37½
23
10
3
0
30th
Switzerland
SUI
1
●
1½
2½
3
2
4th
2½
3
4th
3
3
3½
3½
36½
21st
10
1
2
31
Colombia
COL
1
2½
●
2½
3
2½
2½
2½
3
2½
3
3½
4th
2½
35
24
12
0
1
32
Finland
FIN
2
1½
1½
●
2½
3
2½
3½
1½
4th
3
3½
4th
2½
35
19th
9
1
3
33
Venezuela
VEN
1½
1
1
1½
●
1
2½
3½
4th
3
3½
1½
3½
3
30½
14th
7th
0
6th
34
France
FRA
1½
2
1½
1
3
●
2
2
2
3
1½
3
3½
3½
29½
14th
5
4th
4th
35
Greece
GRE
1
0
1½
1½
1½
2
●
4th
2
2½
4th
2
2½
3
27½
13
5
3
5
36
Iran
IRI
½
1½
1½
½
½
2
0
●
3
1½
3
2
3½
4th
23½
10
3
4th
6th
37
India
IND
2
1
1
2½
0
2
2
1
●
2
1½
2½
1½
3
22nd
10
3
4th
6th
38
Puerto Rico
PURE
1½
0
1½
0
1
1
1½
2½
2
●
1½
2½
3
3½
21½
0 9
4th
1
8th
39
Turkey
DOOR
½
1
1
1
½
2½
0
1
2½
2½
●
3
3
2
20½
11
5
1
7th
40
Mexico
MEX
2
1
½
½
2½
1
2
2
1½
1½
1
●
2
2½
20th
0 8th
2
4th
7th
41
Ireland
IRISHMAN
0
½
0
0
½
1½
1½
½
2½
1
1
2
●
3
13
0 5
2
1
10
42
Monaco
MNC
0
½
1½
1½
1
1½
1
0
1
½
2
1½
1
●
12
0 1
0
1
12
Final group D
Rg
team
code
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
BP
MP
+
=
-
43
Australia
OUT
●
2
4th
3
3½
3½
2½
4th
22½
13
6th
1
0
44
South Africa
RSA
2
●
1½
3
2½
2½
2½
4th
18th
11
5
1
1
45
Bolivia
BOL
0
2½
●
1½
2½
1½
3½
4th
15½
0 8th
4th
0
3
46
Uruguay
URU
1
1
2½
●
2
2
3
3
14½
0 8th
3
2
2
47
Portugal
POR
½
1½
1½
2
●
3
2½
3
14th
0 7th
3
1
3
48
Luxembourg
LUX
½
1½
2½
2
1
●
2½
2
12
0 6th
2
2
3
49
Dominican Republic
DOM
1½
1½
½
1
1½
1½
●
3
10½
0 2
1
0
6th
50
Cyprus
CYP
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
●
0 5
0 1
0
1
6th
Best individual percentage results
Board, place
Name first Name
code
group
Points
Lots
percent
Board 1
1
Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GDR
B.
15th
18th
83.3
2
Cuéllar Gacharna, Miguel
COL
C.
14th
18th
77.8
3
Portisch, Lajos
HUN
A.
12
16
75.0
Board2
1
Tüdewiin Üitümen
MNG
B.
13½
17th
79.4
2
Westerinen, Heikki
FIN
C.
13
17th
76.5
3
Botvinnik, Mikhail
URS
A.
9
12
75.0
Board3
1
Smyslow, Vasily
URS
A.
11
13
84.6
2
Vergara, Pablo
CHI
B.
10½
15th
70.0
3
Fred, Aatos
FIN
C.
11
16
68.8
3
Bobotsov, Milko
BUL
A.
11
16
68.8
Board4
1
Keres, Paul
URS
A.
10
12
83.3
1
Friedgood, David
RSA
D.
10
12
83.3
1
Nurse, Helmut
GER
A.
12½
15th
83.3
Reserve 1
1
Stein, Leonid
URS
A.
10
13
76.9
2
Milev, Zdravko
BUL
A.
11½
16
71.9
3
Hindle, Owen
CLOSELY
B.
11
16
68.8
Reserve2
1
Matulović, Milan
YUG
A.
11
13
84.6
1
Möhring, Günther
GDR
B.
11
13
84.6
3
Spassky, Boris
URS
A.
10½
13
80.8
Soviet Union Player (Olympic Champion)
Results from preliminary group 1 and final group A.
Player of the German Democratic Republic
Results from preliminary group 6 and final group B
Player of the Federal Republic of Germany
Results from preliminary group 7 and final group A
Team lineups
Web links
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