1976 Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad in Haifa

The 22nd Chess Olympiad 1976 was held from October 26th to November 10th 1976 at the Dan Carmel Hotel in Haifa .

Overview

The awarding of the 1976 Chess Olympiad in Haifa, Israel, posed some difficulties for FIDE President Euwe . The Swiss system , which was initially introduced on a test basis, did not meet with too much approval, especially among the strong chess nations. What weighed more heavily, however, was that the Soviet Union had no diplomatic relations with Israel at the time and sharply criticized the choice of the venue. Nevertheless, Euwe stuck to the decision. The Soviet Union and the associations from its sphere of influence boycotted the tournament. 34 teams took part in a counter-Olympiad in Tripoli , Libya .

In Haifa, 48 teams played in the open group and 24 teams in the women. The German men's team consisted of Wolfgang Unzicker , Luděk Pachman , Hans-Günter Kestler , Dieter Mohrlok , Peter Ostermeyer and Klaus Wockenfuß . Anni Laakmann , Hannelore Weichert , Thea Prill-Gassemann and Ursula Wasnetsky played for the women . The teams from Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Honduras and Bermuda made their Olympic debut.

Men's Chess Olympiad (Open Group)

Below is the final score as a complete progress table. The Chess Olympiad is a team tournament. In Haifa, 13 rounds were played in the open group according to the Swiss system. In the Swiss system, teams of the same rank are drawn from one another. Each team (team) could use four players per team fight. Four individual points (board points) are awarded per team fight, which are indicated in the following table of the thirteen rounds under the code of the opposing team. The code is a short key for the teams. The sum of the board points is under BP. The result of a team fight are the team points (win = 2, draw = 1, loss = 0). In addition, the numbers of won, undecided and lost fights are listed (+ = -).

Determination of the placement

The following ratings were used to determine the placement (Rg = rank).

• BP (sum of board points)
• MP (sum of team points)
• Wrtg ( Buchholz rating )

Final result as a progress table

Rg	team	code	BP	MP	Wrtg	+	=	-	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13
1.	United States	United States	37	21st	383.5	9	3	1	IRI 3	CHI 2½	SCO 3½	ITA 2	OFF 4	NED 1½	ENG 2	ARG 2½	GER 2	ISR 3½	SUI 4	COL 3	WLS 3½
2.	Netherlands	NED	36½	23	383.5	10	3	0	LUX 3½	SCO 2½	SUI 2½	ARG 2	NOR 4	USA 2½	ISR 3	ENG 2	CHI 3½	SWE 3½	GER 2	CAN 2½	FIN 3
3.	England	CLOSELY	35½	22nd	385.5	9	4th	0	NZL 2½	FRA 4	ARG 2½	GER 2	ITA 3	PHI 3½	USA 2	NED 2	ISR 2	CAN 3	SWE 3	CHI 3½	AUT 2½
4th	Argentina	ARG	33	20th	389.5	9	2	2	VEN 4	ESP 2½	ENG 1½	NED 2	SUI 3	GER 2½	PHI 3	USA 1½	IRI 3	AUT 3	ISR 2½	SWE 2½	CAN 2
5.	FRG	GER	31	15th	389.0	6th	3	4th	IRL 3½	FIN 3	AUT 3½	ENG 2	PHI 1	ARG 1½	ESP 3	ISR 1½	USA 2	IRI 4	NED 2	SUI 1½	OFF 2½
6th	Israel	ISR	29½	17th	392.5	8th	1	4th	URU 3½	OFF 2½	SWE 2½	SUI 1½	DEN 3½	ESP 3	NED 1	GER 2½	ENG 2	USA ½	ARG 1½	PHI 3	PAR 2½
7th	Switzerland	SUI	29	17th	365.0	8th	1	4th	AHO 4	CAN 2½	NED 1½	ISR 2½	ARG 1	CHI ½	DEN 2½	THA 3½	ESP 2	COL 3	USA 0	GER 2½	FRA 3½
8th.	Canada	CAN	28½	15th	372.5	6th	3	4th	MNC 4	SUI 1½	NOR 1	IRI 2½	SCO 2	WLS 3	ITA 2	ESP 2½	OFF 2½	ENG 1	ISL 3	NED 1½	ARG 2
9.	Spain	ESP	28½	12	355.0	5	2	6th	ISV 4	ARG 1½	BEL 2½	SWE 2	VEN 4	ISR 1	GER 1	CAN 1½	SUI 2	CHI 1½	NOR 2½	OFF 1½	SCO 3½
10.	Colombia	COL	28	14th	352.5	6th	2	5	PNG 3½	SWE 1½	ISL 2½	VEN 1½	FIN 1½	PAR 2	FRA 3	SCO 2½	NOR 2	SUI 1	AUT 3	USA 1	HON 3
11.	Norway	NOR	27½	16	362.5	6th	4th	3	THA 2½	HON 3½	CAN 3	PHI 1½	NED 0	FIN 2½	PAR 2½	AUT 2	COL 2	ISL 2	ESP 1½	THE 2	VEN 2½
12.	Sweden	SWE	27½	15th	376.5	7th	1	5	DOM 3½	COL 2½	ISR 1½	ESP 2	AUT 2½	SCO 2½	CHI 2½	IRI 1	PHI 4	NED ½	ENG 1	ARG 1½	DEN 2½
13.	Italy	ITA	27½	15th	361.5	5	5	3	AND 4	ISL 3	PHI 2	USA 2	ENG 1	IRI 2	CAN 2	CHI ½	IRL 2½	OFF 1½	FRA 2½	SCO 2	BEL 2½
14th	Wales	WLS	27½	15th	359.0	6th	3	4th	HON 2	NZL 2	LUX 1½	PAR 2	URU 4	CAN 1	VEN 2½	OFF 1	BEL 3	FIN 2½	CHI 2½	ISL 3	USA ½
15th	Paraguay	PAR	27½	14th	345.0	6th	2	5	FRA 1	CRC 2½	NZL 2½	WLS 2	LUX 2½	COL 2	NOR 1½	BEL 2½	URU 2½	PHI 1½	SCO 1½	BOL 4	ISR 1½
16.	Chile	CHI	27½	13	380.5	6th	1	6th	CRC 3	USA 1½	OFF 2	URU 3	ISL 1½	SUI 3½	SWE 1½	ITA 3½	NED ½	ESP 2½	WLS 1½	ENG ½	IRI 3
17th	Australia	OUT	27½	13	367.5	6th	1	6th	JPN 4	ISR 1½	CHI 2	BEL 4	USA 0	ISL 2½	IRI 1	WLS 3	CAN 1½	ITA 2½	PHI 1½	ESP 2½	GER 1½
18th	Austria	AUT	27½	13	366.0	6th	1	6th	GCI 4	BEL 2½	GER ½	FIN 2½	SWE 1½	THE 3	ISL 1½	NOR 2	SCO 2½	ARG 1	COL 1	CRC 4	ENG 1½
19th	Finland	FIN	27½	13	346.5	6th	1	6th	IVB 3½	GER 1	DEN 2½	AUT 1½	COL 2½	NOR 1½	SCO 2	BOL 2½	ISL 1½	WLS 1½	LUX 3	NZL 3½	NED 1
20th	Philippines	PHI	27	17th	367.5	8th	1	4th	FAI 4	THE 3	ITA 2	NOR 2½	GER 3	ENG ½	ARG 1	ISL 2½	SWE 0	PAR 2½	OFF 2½	ISR 1	URU 2½
21st	New Zealand	NZL	27	15th	346.5	7th	1	5	ENG 1½	WLS 2	PAR 1½	CRC 3	BEL 1	DOM 2½	LUX 1½	JPN 2½	DEN 2½	IRL 2½	THA 3	FIN ½	GUA 3
22nd	Iceland	ISL	27	13	350.0	6th	1	6th	HKG 4	ITA 1	COL 1½	LUX 3	CHI 2½	OFF 1½	AUT 2½	PHI 1½	FIN 2½	NOR 2	CAN 1	WLS 1	IRL 3
23.	Venezuela	VEN	26½	13	336.5	6th	1	6th	ARG 0	PNG 3½	MNC 4	COL 2½	ESP 0	BEL 2	WLS 1½	URU ½	THA 1	JPN 3	GCI 3½	LUX 3½	NOR 1½
24.	Belgium	BEL	26½	11	341.5	4th	3	6th	GUA 4	AUT 1½	ESP 1½	OFF 0	NZL 3	VEN 2	IRL 2	PAR 1½	WLS 1	FAI 4	CRC 2½	IRI 2	ITA 1½
25th	Denmark	THE	26½	10	349.0	4th	2	7th	BER 4	PHI 1	FIN 1½	IRL 4	ISR ½	AUT 1	SUI 1½	FRA 2	NZL 1½	DOM 3½	IRI 2½	NOR 2	SWE 1½
26th	France	FRA	26th	14th	351.0	6th	2	5	PAR 3	ENG 0	URU 0	BOL 4	GCI 2½	GUA 3	COL 1	THE 2	DOM 2½	SCO 2	ITA 1½	THA 4	SUI ½
27.	Dominican. republic	DOM	26th	14th	300.5	6th	2	5	SWE ½	LUX ½	BOL 2	AHO 4	CRC 2	NZL 1½	GUA 2½	HON 2½	FRA 1½	DEN ½	IVB 3	AND 2½	HKG 3
28.	Uruguay	URU	26th	13	341.0	6th	1	6th	ISR ½	JPN 2	FRA 4	CHI 1	WLS 0	HON 2½	BER 3	VEN 3½	PAR 1½	THA 1½	IRL 2½	GUA 2½	PHI 1½
29	Honduras	HON	26th	9	304.0	3	3	7th	WLS 2	NOR ½	HKG 2	THA 1½	GUA 1½	URU 1½	ISV 4	DOM 1½	CRC ½	AHO 4	BOL 2	FAI 4	COL 1
30th	Thailand	THA	25½	12	319.5	6th	0	7th	NOR 1½	IRI ½	BER 3	HON 2½	IRL 1½	LUX 1½	GCI 4	SUI ½	VEN 3	URU 2½	NZL 1	FRA 0	AHO 4
31.	Iran	IRI	25½	11	367.5	4th	3	6th	USA 1	THA 3½	IRL 2	CAN 1½	JPN 4	ITA 2	OFF 3	SWE 3	ARG 1	GER 0	DEN 1½	BEL 2	CHI 1
32.	Costa Rica	CRC	25½	11	324.0	5	1	7th	CHI 1	PAR 1½	ISV 3½	NZL 1	DOM 2	IRL 1	HKG 3	GUA 1½	HON 3½	BOL 2½	BEL 1½	AUT 0	MNC 3½
33.	Scotland	SCO	25½	10	371.5	3	4th	6th	BOL 4	NED 1½	USA ½	GCI 4	CAN 2	SWE 1½	FIN 2	COL 1½	AUT 1½	FRA 2	PAR 2½	ITA 2	ESP ½
34.	guernsey	GCI	25th	14th	298.5	7th	0	6th	AUT 0	GUA 3	FAI 3½	SCO 0	FRA 1½	JPN 2½	THA 0	PNG 3½	HKG 2½	BER 1½	VEN ½	AHO 3½	AND 3
35.	Ireland	IRL	25th	12	328.0	5	2	6th	GER ½	IVB 4	IRI 2	THE 0	THA 2½	CRC 3	BEL 2	LUX 2½	ITA 1½	NZL 1½	URU 1½	MNC 3	ISL 1
36.	Luxembourg	LUX	24½	13	340.5	6th	1	6th	NED ½	DOM 3½	WLS 2½	ISL 1	PAR 1½	THA 2½	NZL 2½	IRL 1½	BOL 2	GUA 2½	FIN 1	VEN ½	ISV 3
37.	Guatemala	GUA	24½	12	321.0	6th	0	7th	BEL 0	GCI 1	PNG 3	MNC 3	HON 2½	FRA 1	DOM 1½	CRC 2½	JPN 3	LUX 1½	BER 3	URU 1½	NZL 1
38.	Japan	JPN	24½	12	296.0	5	2	6th	OFF 0	URU 2	AND 3	HKG 3½	IRI 0	GCI 1½	FAI 3	NZL 1½	GUA 1	VEN 1	AHO 3½	IVB 2½	BER 2
39.	Hong Kong	HKG	24½	12	291.5	4th	4th	5	ISL 0	AND 2	HON 2	JPN ½	PNG 3	BER 2	CRC 1	FAI 3	GCI 1½	IVB 3½	MNC 2	ISV 3	DOM 1
40.	Bolivia	BOL	24½	11	286.0	4th	3	6th	SCO 0	ISV 1½	DOM 2	FRA 0	AHO 3½	AND 4	PNG 3½	FIN 1½	LUX 2	CRC 1½	HON 2	PAR 0	IVB 3
41.	Bermuda	BER	24	14th	290.0	5	4th	4th	THE 0	FAI 2	THA 1	ISV 2½	AND 2½	HKG 2	URU 1	MNC 2	IVB 3	GCI 2½	GUA 1	PNG 2½	JPN 2
42.	Andorra	AND	23	11	274.0	4th	3	6th	ITA 0	HKG 2	JPN 1	FAI 2	BER 1½	BOL 0	AHO 3½	IVB 3	MNC 2	ISV 3	PNG 2½	DOM 1½	GCI 1
43.	Monaco	MNC	22nd	11	277.5	4th	3	6th	CAN 0	AHO 3½	VEN 0	GUA 1	ISV 2½	FAI 1	IVB 3	BER 2	AND 2	PNG 3½	HKG 2	IRL 1	CRC ½
44.	Faroe Islands	FAI	21½	12	277.0	5	2	6th	PHI 0	BER 2	GCI ½	AND 2	IVB 2½	MNC 3	JPN 1	HKG 1	AHO 3½	BEL 0	ISV 3½	HON 0	PNG 2½
45.	Papua New Guinea	PNG	18th	06th	280.0	3	0	10	COL ½	VEN ½	GUA 1	IVB 3	HKG 1	AHO 3	BOL ½	GCI ½	ISV 3	MNC ½	AND 1½	BER 1½	FAI 1½
46.	US Virgin Islands	ISV	15½	06th	283.0	3	0	10	ESP 0	BOL 2½	CRC ½	BER 1½	MNC 1½	IVB 2½	HON 0	AHO 2½	PNG 1	AND 1	FAI ½	HKG 1	LUX 1
47.	British Virgin Islands	IVB	13½	01	283.5	0	1	12	FIN ½	IRL 0	AHO 2	PNG 1	FAI 1½	ISV 1½	MNC 1	AND 1	BER 1	HKG ½	DOM 1	JPN 1½	BOL 1
48.	Dutch Antilles	AHO	07½	01	294.0	0	1	12	SUI 0	MNC ½	IVB 2	DOM 0	BOL ½	PNG 1	AND ½	ISV 1½	FAI ½	HON 0	JPN ½	GCI ½	THA 0

Best percentage results

• Board 1: Jan Timman (Netherlands) 8½ from 11
• Board 2: Gennadi Sosonko (Netherlands) 6 out of 8
• Board 3: Marcelo Carrión (Dominik. Rep.) 9 from 11
• Board 4: Michael Francis Stean (England) 5½ from 8
• Reserve 1: Boris de Greiff (Colombia) 5½ out of 7
• Reserve 2: Kim Commons (USA) 7½ from 9

Women's Chess Olympiad

The 7th Women's Chess Olympiad in Haifa in 1976 was held in four preliminary groups and three final groups (A, B, C). All group tournaments were played as a round-robin tournament . Each team (team) could use three players per team fight.

Results

To determine the placement (Rg = rank) the following ratings were used in Haifa.

• BP (sum of board points)
• MP (sum of team points)
• Wrtg ( Sonneborn-Berger evaluation )

For each team fight, three individual points (board points) are awarded, which are listed in the table below under the number of the opposing team. The code is a short key for the teams. The sum of the board points is under BP. The result of a team fight are the team points (win = 2, draw = 1, loss = 0). In addition, the numbers of won, undecided and lost fights are listed (+ = -).

Preliminary round

Preliminary group 1

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Israel	●	1½	2½	2	3	9	7th	3	1	0
2	Australia	1½	●	½	2	1½	5½	4th	1	2	1
3	Argentina	½	2½	●	1½	1	5½	3	1	1	2
4th	Colombia	1	1	1½	●	2	5½	3	1	1	2
5	Austria	0	1½	2	1	●	4½	3	1	1	2

Preliminary group 2

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Netherlands	●	2½	2½	1½	3	3	12½	9	4th	1	0
2	Denmark	½	●	1½	1½	3	3	09½	6th	2	2	1
3	Finland	½	1½	●	2	2½	2	08½	7th	3	1	1
4th	Canada	1½	1½	1	●	1½	2	07½	5	1	3	1
5	Wales	0	0	½	1½	●	2½	04½	3	1	1	3
6th	Japan	0	0	1	1	½	●	02½	0	0	0	5

Preliminary group 3

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	England	●	2½	2	2½	2½	3	12½	10	5	0	0
2	Spain	½	●	2	2½	2½	3	10½	08th	4th	0	1
3	France	1	1	●	1	2	3	08th	04th	2	0	3
4th	Italy	½	½	2	●	2½	1½	07th	05	2	1	2
5	Sweden	½	½	1	½	●	3	05½	02	1	0	4th
6th	New Zealand	0	0	0	1½	0	●	01½	01	0	1	4th

Preliminary group 4

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	United States	●	1½	3	2	2	3	11½	9	4th	1	0
2	BR Germany	1½	●	2	2½	½	3	09½	7th	3	1	1
3	Philippines	0	1	●	1½	3	3	08½	5	2	1	2
4th	Ireland	1	½	1½	●	1½	3	07½	4th	1	2	2
5	Switzerland	1	2½	0	1½	●	2	07th	5	2	1	2
6th	Scotland	0	0	0	0	1	●	01	0	0	0	5

Finals

Final group A

Rg	team	code	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	Wrtg	+	=	-
1	Israel	ISR	●	2½	2	2½	3	2	2	3	17th	14th	67.00	7th	0	0
2	England	CLOSELY	½	●	2	1½	2½	2½	1	1½	11½	08th	38.50	3	2	2
3	Spain	ESP	1	1	●	½	1½	2	2½	3	11½	07th	28.75	3	1	3
4th	United States	United States	½	1½	2½	●	0	1½	2	2½	10½	08th	36.75	3	2	2
5	Netherlands	NED	0	½	1½	3	●	1½	1½	1½	09½	06th	28.25	1	4th	2
6th	FRG	GER	1	½	1	1½	1½	●	1½	2	09	05	20.75	1	3	3
7th	Australia	OUT	1	2	½	1	1½	1½	●	1	08½	04th	20.75	1	2	4th
8th	Denmark	THE	0	1½	0	½	1½	1	2	●	06½	04th	19.00	1	2	4th

Best individual percentage results

• Board 1: Alla Kushnir (Israel) 7½ from 8
• Board 2: Nava Shterenberg (Canada) 9 out of 10
• Board 3: Hyroko Maeda (Japan) 6½ from 8
• Reserve: Lea Nudelman (Israel) 6½ from 7

Final group B

Rg	team	code	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	BP	MP	+	=	-
9	Canada	CAN	●	2	2½	1	1	2½	2	2½	13½	10	5	0	2
10	Italy	ITA	1	●	2½	2	1½	1	2	2	12	09	4th	1	2
11	Argentina	ARG	½	½	●	2½	2	1½	1½	3	11½	08th	3	2	2
12	Ireland	IRISHMAN	2	1	½	●	2½	1	1	2½	10½	06th	3	0	4th
13	Finland	FIN	2	1½	1	½	●	2	2	1	10	07th	3	1	3
14th	France	FRA	½	2	1½	2	1	●	1	1½	09½	06th	2	2	3
15th	Colombia	COL	1	1	1½	2	1	2	●	1	09½	05	2	1	4th
16	Philippines	PHI	½	1	0	½	2	1½	2	●	07½	05	2	1	4th

Final group C

Rg	team	code	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	BP	MP	+	=	-
17th	Switzerland	SUI	●	1	2	2	2	2½	2½	12	10	5	0	1
18th	Austria	AUT	2	●	1½	1½	2½	3	1½	12	09	3	3	0
19th	Sweden	SWE	1	½	●	1	2½	2½	3	11½	07th	3	1	2
20th	Japan	JPN	1	1½	2	●	1½	2	3	11	08th	3	2	1
21st	Scotland	SCO	1	½	½	1½	●	1½	2½	07½	04th	1	2	3
22nd	Wales	WHALE	½	0	½	1	1½	●	3	06½	03	1	1	4th
23	New Zealand	NZL	½	1½	0	0	½	0	●	02½	01	0	1	5

Team lineups

→ Main article : Team line-ups for the 1976 Chess Olympiad

→ Main article : Team line-ups for the 1976 Women's Chess Olympiad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olimpbase: Counter Olympiad 1976 (English)

Web links

• 22nd Chess Olympiad: Haifa 1976 on Olimpbase (English)