1978 Chess Olympiad

River Plate Stadium (venue)

Special cancellation of the 1978 Chess Olympiad

The 23rd Chess Olympiad was held from October 25 to November 12, 1978 in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires . After the Chess Olympiad in 1939 it was the second Chess Olympiad in South America and the third ever in America after the Chess Olympiad in Havana in 1966 . The game was played in the entrances under the stands of the River Plate Stadium .

organization

Organizational leader of the team chess tournament was Rodolfo Zanlungo, while Héctor Rossetto acted as tournament director. The referee was Paul Klein from Ecuador. There was both an open tournament in which male and female players were allowed to participate, as well as an all-women tournament.

The players were initially given two and a half hours to think about forty moves and then one hour for each additional sixteen moves.

Open tournament

Playing conditions

66 teams with a total of 388 chess players took part in the Chess Olympiad . Argentina used the host exclusive right to participate with two teams. Each team was allowed to consist of up to seven players. Eight countries made their debut at this Olympics, including China, a later world-class team. Other newcomers were Guyana, Zaire, the United Emirates, Jamaica, Libya, Sri Lanka and Mauritania.

The teams competed against each other with four players each, with the pairings being drawn according to the Swiss system . Board points, Buchholz points and finally team points were decisive for the placement of the teams in this order .

1848 games were played. Since only two Filipino players had appeared for the first round against Andorra, the other two games in this encounter were decided without a fight.

Final result as a progress table

Rg	team	code	BP	MP	+	=	-	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1.	Hungary	HUN	37	23	10	3	1	SCO 3½	POL 3	NED 3	ESP 2½	USA 2	URS 1½	THE 2	ENG 3	BUL 2½	GER 2	ISL 3	SWE 3½	ISR 2½	YUG 3
2.	Soviet Union	URS	36	23	10	3	1	WLS 3	ARG2 3½	ROM 3	CUB 3	ENG 2	HUN 2½	BUL 2½	USA 3	GER 1½	ISR 2	SWE 2	POL 2½	CAN 3	NED 2½
3.	United States	United States	35	23	10	3	1	PAR 3	AUT 2½	CAN 3	OFF 3	HUN 2	ENG 2½	YUG 2½	URS 1	THE 4	CUB 2½	GER 2½	ISR 2½	POL 2	SUI 2
4th	BR Germany	GER	33	17th	6th	5	3	NZL 4	CHI 2½	CUB 1	FIN 3	DEN 1½	SWE 2	WLS 4	ARG 3	URS 2½	HUN 2	USA 1½	YUG 2	ENG 2	ISR 2
5.	Israel	ISR	32½	18th	7th	4th	3	ECU 4	BRA 2½	ESP 1	CAN 2½	PHI 2	FRA 2½	ROM 2	FIN 3	POL 2½	URS 2	CUB 3½	USA 1½	HUN 1½	GER 2
6th	Romania	ROME	32½	16	6th	4th	4th	PUR 4	CAN 1½	URS 1	INA 1½	CHN 2½	DO 4	ISR 2	BUL 2	FRA 2	ARG2 3	YUG 1½	ISL 3	ESP 2	ENG 2½
7th	Denmark	THE	32	20th	8th	4th	2	JPN 3	MEX 2½	COL 3	YUG 2	GER 2½	CAN 3½	HUN 2	CUB 2	USA 0	SUI 2½	ENG 1	CHI 3½	BUL 2	AUT 2½
8th.	Poland	POLE	32	17th	7th	3	4th	MAS 3½	HUN 1	HKG 2½	BRA 4	SWE 2½	PHI 2	ENG 2½	YUG 1½	ISR 1½	FRA 3	ESP 2½	URS 1½	USA 2	CAN 2
9.	Spain	ESP	32	15th	6th	3	5	GUA 4	VEN 2½	ISR 3	HUN 1½	BUL 1½	FIN 2	FRA 1½	OFF 3½	SUI 1½	AUT 3	POL 1½	CUB 2	ROM 2	SWE 2½
10.	Switzerland	SUI	32	19th	8th	3	3	BEL 3	FRA 1½	MEX 2½	CHN 2½	CHI 3½	YUG 1	BRA 2½	SWE 2	ESP 2½	DEN 1½	PHI 3	ENG 2	AUT 2½	USA 2
11.	Canada	CAN	32	16	7th	2	5	LBA 4	ROM 2½	USA 1	ISR 1½	SCO 3½	DEN ½	DOM 3½	CHI 2	ENG 1	PER 3	PAR 2½	FRA 4	URS 1	POL 2
12.	England	CLOSELY	31½	15th	6th	3	5	DOM 4	COL 3½	ARG 2½	BUL 2½	URS 2	USA 1½	POL 1½	HUN 1	CAN 3	SWE 1½	THE 3	SUI 2	GER 2	ROM 1½
13.	Bulgaria	BUL	31½	16	7th	2	5	LUX 4	INA 3	FRA 2½	ENG 1½	ESP 2½	CUB 3	URS 1½	ROM 2	HUN 1½	ISL 1	ARG 3	NED 1½	THE 2	FIN 2½
14th	Netherlands	NED	31½	17th	7th	3	4th	URU 4	FIN 3	HUN 1	ARG 2½	CUB 1	COL 2	SWE 1½	CHN 2	PAR 2½	BRA 3	ARG2 3	BUL 2½	YUG 2	URS 1½
15th	Yugoslavia	YUG	31	18th	7th	4th	3	DO 3½	OFF 2½	NOR 2½	THE 2	FRA 2	SUI 3	USA 1½	POL 2½	CUB 1½	ARG 2½	ROM 2½	GER 2	NED 2	HUN 1
16.	Sweden	SWE	31	17th	7th	3	4th	HKG 3	NOR 1½	BEL 3½	CHI 2½	POL 1½	GER 2	NED 2½	SUI 2	CHN 3½	ENG 2½	URS 2	HUN ½	FIN 2½	ESP 1½
17th	Argentina	ARG	31	16	8th	0	6th	BOL 3	CHN 3½	ENG 1½	NED 1½	COL 2½	INA 3	ISL 2½	GER 1	PER 3	YUG 1½	BUL 1	AUT 1	NOR 2½	VEN 3½
18th	Cuba	CUB	30½	17th	7th	3	4th	PER 2½	MAR 4	GER 3	URS 1	NED 3	BUL 1	PHI 3	THE 2	YUG 2½	USA 1½	ISR ½	ESP 2	ISL 2½	CHN 2
19th	Austria	AUT	30½	15th	7th	1	6th	GUY 2½	USA 1½	SCO 2½	NZL 1½	PAR 2	CHN ½	HKG 3	MAS 3½	OFF 4	ESP 1	FIN 2½	ARG 3	SUI 1½	DEN 1½
20th	China	CHN	30½	15th	6th	3	5	ISL 3	ARG ½	DOM 3½	SUI 1½	ROM 1½	AUT 3½	FIN 2	NED 2	SWE ½	VEN 1½	DO 2½	SYR 2½	ECU 4	CUB 2
21st	Mexico	MEX	30½	16	7th	2	5	TRI 3	DEN 1½	SUI 1½	URU 3	VEN 1½	PAR 1	PUR 3	PER 1	DOM 2½	NOR 2	BOL 3	ECU 3	COL 2	ISL 2½
22nd	Finland	FIN	30th	14th	6th	2	6th	JAM 4	NED 1	ARG2 2½	GER 1	PER 3	ESP 2	CHN 2	ISR 1	NZL 3	COL 3	AUT 1½	VEN 3	SWE 1½	BUL 1½
23.	Colombia	COL	30th	15th	5	5	4th	UAE 4	ENG ½	THE 1	HKG 4	ARG 1½	NED 2	SCO 2½	NOR 3	ISL 2	FIN 1	CHI 2	PHI 2½	MEX 2	BRA 2
24.	Philippines	PHI	29½	16	6th	4th	4th	AND 2	PER 2½	WLS 3½	ISL 2½	ISR 2	POL 2	CUB 1	INA 2½	ARG2 1½	CHI 2½	SUI 1	COL 1½	SCO 3	NZL 2
25th	New Zealand	NZL	29½	15th	7th	1	6th	GER 0	SRI 3	LUX 3½	AUT 2½	INA 1½	BRA 1½	MAS 3½	ARG2 2	FIN 1	DO 2½	ECU 1	JPN 3½	PER 3	PHI 2
26th	Indonesia	INA	29½	14th	6th	2	6th	ZAI 4	BUL 1	CHI 1½	ROM 2½	NZL 2½	ARG 1	VEN 2½	PHI 1½	NOR 1	ECU 2	SCO 1½	GUA 4	OFF 2	PAR 2½
27.	Brazil	BRA	29½	14th	6th	2	6th	IVB 4	ISR 1½	VEN 2½	POL 0	DO 3	NZL 2½	SUI 1½	WLS 2½	CHI 1½	NED 1	OFF 2	BOL 4	PAR 1½	COL 2
28.	Iceland	ISL	29	13	6th	1	7th	CHN 1	JPN 4	PAR 3	PHI 1½	OFF 2½	VEN 3	ARG 1½	FRA 2½	COL 2	BUL 3	HUN 1	ROM 1	CUB 1½	MEX 1½
29	Chile	CHI	29	14th	5	4th	5	SRI 4	GER 1½	INA 2½	SWE 1½	SUI ½	SCO 2	JAM 4	CAN 2	BRA 2½	PHI 1½	COL 2	DEN ½	ARG2 2½	OFF 2
30th	Australia	OUT	29	15th	6th	3	5	ISV 3½	YUG 1½	FAI 3½	USA 1	ISL 1½	NOR 2½	PAR 2½	ESP ½	AUT 0	SRI 4	BRA 2	ARG2 2½	INA 2	CHI 2
31.	Norway	NOR	29	14th	6th	2	6th	BER 3½	SWE 2½	YUG 1½	FRA 1	ECU 3	OFF 1½	ARG2 2	COL 1	INA 3	MEX 2	VEN 1½	PAR 2½	ARG 1½	WLS 2½
	Argentina II	ARG2	28½	12	5	2	7th	JOR 4	URS ½	FIN 1½	PAR 2	WLS 1½	SYR 4	NOR 2	NZL 3	PHI 2½	ROM 1	NED 1	OFF 1½	CHI 1½	FRA 2½
32.	Paraguay	PAR	28½	12	5	2	7th	USA 1	AND 4	ISL 1	ARG2 2	AUT 2	MEX 3	OFF 1½	VEN 3	NED 1½	WLS 2½	CAN 1½	NOR 1½	BRA 2½	INA 1½
33.	Scotland	SCO	28	14th	6th	2	6th	HUN ½	MAS 3½	AUT 1½	GUY 4	CAN ½	CHI 2	COL 1½	DOM 2	ECU 1½	URU 2½	INA 2½	WLS 2½	PHI 1	PER 2½
34.	Venezuela	VEN	28	13	6th	1	7th	MAU 4	ESP 1½	BRA 1½	ECU 2	MEX 2½	ISL 1	INA 1½	PAR 1	PUR 3½	CHN 2½	NOR 2½	FIN 1	FRA 3	ARG ½
35.	Syria	SYR	28	13	6th	1	7th	FRA 0	URU 1½	BOL 2½	BER 3½	DOM 1½	ARG2 0	LUX 3	SRI 2	DO 1½	MAR 3	PUR 3½	CHN 1½	WLS 1½	TRI 3
36.	France	FRA	27½	12	5	2	7th	SYR 4	SUI 2½	BUL 1½	NOR 3	YUG 2	ISR 1½	ESP 2½	ISL 1½	ROM 2	POL 1	PER 3½	CAN 0	VEN 1	ARG2 1½
37.	Uruguay	URU	27½	15th	5	5	4th	NED 0	SYR 2½	MAU 4	MEX 1	BOL 2	MAS 1	SRI 2	GUY 2½	FAI 2	SCO 1½	GUA 2½	DOM 2½	DO 2	HKG 2
38.	Dominican Republic	DOM	27½	14th	5	4th	5	ENG 0	UAE 3½	CHN ½	MAR 3	SYR 2½	BOL 3½	CAN ½	SCO 2	MEX 1½	TRI 2	WHALE 22	URU 1½	GUY 3	SRI 2
39.	Sri Lanka	SRI	27½	13	3	7th	4th	CHI 0	NZL 1	MAS 2	GUA 1½	AND 3½	MAU 2	URU 2	SYR 2	JAM 4	OFF 0	FAI 3½	DO 2	LUX 2	DOM 2
40.	Hong Kong	HKG	27½	12	5	2	7th	SWE 1	BER 4	POL 1½	COL 0	TRI 3	JAM 1	AUT 1	JPN 3½	WLS 1	BOL 0	UAE 4	MAS 3½	BEL 2	URU 2
41.	Wales	WLS	27	13	6th	1	7th	URS 1	TRI 3	PHI ½	BEL 3½	ARG2 2½	ECU 3	GER 0	BRA 1½	HKG 3	PAR 1½	DOM 2	SCO 1½	SYR 2½	NOR 1½
42.	Peru	BY	27	11	5	1	8th	CUB 1½	PHI 1½	DO 2	FAI 3½	FIN 1	PUR 2½	GUY 3½	MEX 3	ARG 1	CAN 1	FRA ½	TRI 3½	NZL 1	SCO 1½
43.	Guyana	GUY	27	12	6th	0	8th	AUT 1½	FAI ½	AND 4	SCO 0	LUX 1½	MAR 4	PER ½	URU 1½	BEL 2½	GUA 1	JOR 2½	BER 4	DOM 1	DO 2½
44.	Japan	JPN	27	16	7th	2	5	THE 1	ISL 0	ISV 2½	TRI 2	MAU 1	JOR 2½	GUA 2½	HKG ½	ZAI 4	LBA 3	LUX 2	NZL ½	JAM 2½	PUR 3
45.	Luxembourg	LUX	27	15th	6th	3	5	BUL 0	ZAI 3	NZL ½	JAM 2	GUY 2½	FAI 1	SYR 1	MAR 2½	AND 3	JOR 2½	JPN 2	BEL 1½	SRI 2	IVB 3½
46.	Faroe Islands	FAI	27	12	5	2	7th	MAR 2	GUY 3½	OFF ½	PER ½	MAS 1	LUX 3	BEL 2½	ECU 1½	URU 2	PUR 1½	SRI ½	IVB 4	LBA 1½	ZAI 3
47.	Belgium	BEL	26½	12	4th	4th	6th	SUI 1	BOL 3	SWE ½	WLS ½	MAR 1½	BER 3½	FAI 1½	TRI 2	GUY 1½	MAS 2	JAM 3	LUX 2½	HKG 2	GUA 2
48.	Guatemala	GUA	26½	14th	6th	2	6th	ESP 0	MAU 1	LBA 2½	SRI 2½	PUR 1½	TRI 2½	JPN 1½	JAM 2	MAS 2½	GUY 3	URU 1½	INA 0	UAE 4	BEL 2
49.	Morocco	MAR	26½	14th	6th	2	6th	FAI 2	CUB 0	JAM 2½	DOM 1	BEL 2½	GUY 0	LBA 2½	LUX 1½	BER 3½	SYR 1	ZAI 4	PUR 2½	BOL 1½	ECU 2
50.	Tunisia	TO DO	26th	12	4th	4th	6th	YUG ½	ISV 3	PER 2	JOR 4	BRA 1	ROM 0	ECU 2	BOL 2½	SYR 2½	NZL 1½	CHN 1½	SRI 2	URU 2	GUY 1½
51.	Ecuador	SCU	26th	14th	5	4th	5	ISR 0	IVB 3	PUR 4	VEN 2	NOR 1	WLS 1	DO 2	FAI 2½	SCO 2½	INA 2	NZL 3	MEX 1	CHN 0	MAR 2
52.	Bolivia	BOL	26th	12	5	2	7th	ARG 1	BEL 1	SYR 1½	UAE 4	URU 2	DOM ½	MAU 2½	DO 1½	TRI 2½	HKG 4	MEX 1	BRA 0	MAR 2½	JAM 2
53.	Trinidad / Tobago	TRI	26th	10	3	4th	7th	MEX 1	WLS 1	JOR 2	JPN 2	HKG 1	GUA 1½	ISV 3½	BEL 2	BOL 1½	DOM 2	AND 3½	PER ½	IVB 3½	SYR 1
54.	Jordan	BOL	26th	14th	5	4th	5	ARG2 0	JAM 2	TRI 2	DO 0	BER 2½	JPN 1½	IVB 2½	AND 2	MAU 3½	LUX 1½	GUY 1½	LBA 2½	ZAI 2	ISV 2½
55.	Jamaica	JAM	25½	12	4th	4th	6th	FIN 0	JOR 2	MAR 1½	LUX 2	ZAI 3½	HKG 3	CHI 0	GUA 2	SRI 0	IVB 3½	BEL 1	UAE 3½	JPN 1½	BOL 2
56.	Puerto Rico	PURE	25th	12	6th	0	8th	ROM 0	LBA 3	ECU 0	ISV 4	GUA 2½	PER 1½	MEX 1	MAU 4	VEN ½	FAI 2½	SYR ½	MAR 1½	MAS 3	JPN 1
57.	Malaysia	MAS	25th	12	5	2	7th	POL ½	SCO ½	SRI 2	LBA 3½	FAI 3	URU 3	NZL ½	AUT ½	GUA 1½	BEL 2	ISV 3	HKG ½	PUR 1	UAE 3½
58.	Libya	LBA	23½	10	4th	2	8th	CAN 0	PUR 1	GUA 1½	MAS ½	ISV 2	ZAI 2	MAR 1½	IVB 2½	UAE 3½	JPN 1	BER 1½	JOR 1½	FAI 2½	AND 2½
59.	Mauritania	MAU	23½	13	5	3	6th	VEN 0	GUA 3	URU 0	AND 2½	JPN 3	SRI 2	BOL 1½	PUR 0	JOR ½	UAE 2	IVB 3	ZAI 3	ISV 1	BER 2
60.	Andorra	AND	22½	10	3	4th	7th	PHI 2	PAR 0	GUY 0	MAU 1½	SRI ½	IVB 3	UAE 3½	JOR 2	LUX 1	ZAI 3	TRI ½	ISV 2	BER 2	LBA 1½
61.	US Virgin Islands	ISV	22nd	09	3	3	8th	OFF ½	DO 1	JPN 1½	PUR 0	LBA 2	UAE 3	TRI ½	ZAI 2½	IVB 2	BER 1½	MAS 1	AND 2	MAU 3	JOR 1½
62.	Bermudas	BER	20½	11	4th	3	7th	NOR ½	HKG 0	IVB 3½	SYR ½	JOR 1½	BEL ½	ZAI 2	UAE 2½	MAR ½	ISV 2½	LBA 2½	GUY 0	AND 2	MAU 2
63.	Zaire	ZAI	16	05	1	3	10	INA 0	LUX 1	UAE 1	IVB 3	JAM ½	LBA 2	BER 2	ISV 1½	JPN 0	AND 1	MAR 0	MAU 1	JOR 2	FAI 1
64.	United Arab. Emirates	UAE	12½	05	2	1	11	COL 0	DOM ½	ZAI 3	BOL 0	IVB 2½	ISV 1	AND ½	BER 1½	LBA ½	MAU 2	HKG 0	JAM ½	GUA 0	MAS ½
65.	British Virgin Islands	IVB	12½	01	0	1	13	BRA 0	ECU 1	BER ½	ZAI 1	UAE 1½	AND 1	JOR 1½	LBA 1½	ISV 2	JAM ½	MAU 1	FAI 0	TRI ½	LUX ½

The Hungarian team consisted of Lajos Portisch , Zoltán Ribli , Gyula Sax , András Adorján , István Csom and László Vadász . Gold medals for the best board result went to Viktor Kortschnoi (board 1, Switzerland), Adam Kuligowski (board 2, Poland), Georgi Tringow (board 3, Bulgaria), Glenn Bordonada (board 4, Philippines), James Tarjan (1st reserve board, USA ) and John Turner (2nd reserve board, US Virgin Islands).

Germany (4th place) played with Robert Huebner , Wolfgang Unzicker , Helmut Pfleger , Klaus Darga , Hans-Joachim Hecht and Otto Borik .

Switzerland came in 10th and competed with: Viktor Kortschnoi , Werner Hug , André Lombard , Heinz Wirthensohn , Andreas Huss and Edwin Bhend .

Austria was 19th with Karl Robatsch , Franz Hölzl , Franz Stoppel, Walter Wittmann , Karl Janetschek and Arne Dür .

Ladies tournament

32 teams with a total of 125 women took part. Each team was allowed to consist of up to four players. Three of each team played per round.

Four groups of eight teams each were formed, each of which played a round- robin tournament . The two best teams in each group made it to final group A, which then played a round-robin tournament for places one to eight. The third and fourth places in the preliminary groups went to final group B, fifth and sixth to final group C, and seventh and eighth to final group D, the corresponding final positions nine to sixteen, 17 to 24 and 25 to 32 played. Board points were decisive for the placements, then team points and, as a fine scoring, Sonneborn-Berger .

Results

Preliminary round

Preliminary group 1

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Soviet Union	●	3	2½	3	3	3	3	3	20½	14th	7th	0	0
2	England	0	●	1½	2½	3	3	3	3	16	11	5	1	1
3	Netherlands	½	1½	●	2½	2	3	2	2½	14th	11	5	1	1
4th	France	0	½	½	●	½	1½	2	3	08th	05	2	1	4th
5	Mexico	0	0	1	2½	●	0	2	2	07½	06th	3	0	4th
6th	Finland	0	0	0	1½	3	●	1	2	07½	05	2	1	4th
7th	Venezuela	0	0	1	1	1	2	●	2½	07½	04th	2	0	5
8th	New Zealand	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	●	03	00	0	0	7th

Preliminary group 2

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Hungary	●	1½	3	2½	3	3	3	3	19th	13	6th	1	0
2	BR Germany	1½	●	3	1½	2	2½	3	2½	16	12	5	2	0
3	United States	0	0	●	2	2½	3	3	3	13½	10	5	0	2
4th	Argentina	½	1½	1	●	1	2½	2½	3	12	07th	3	1	3
5	Denmark	0	1	½	2	●	2½	2½	2½	11	08th	4th	0	3
6th	Scotland	0	½	0	½	½	●	2½	2	06th	04th	2	0	5
7th	Iceland	0	0	0	½	½	½	●	3	04½	02	1	0	6th
8th	Monaco	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	●	02	00	0	0	7th

Preliminary group 3

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Yugoslavia	●	1½	1½	2	2½	2½	2½	3	15½	12	5	2	0
2	Poland	1½	●	2	2	2½	1½	2	3	14½	12	5	2	0
3	India	1½	1	●	1½	2	1	3	3	13	08th	3	2	2
4th	Sweden	1	1	1½	●	1½	2½	2	3	12½	08th	3	2	2
5	Canada	½	½	1	1½	●	2½	1	3	10	05	2	1	4th
6th	Brazil	½	1½	2	½	½	●	1½	3	09½	06th	2	2	3
7th	Wales	½	1	0	1	2	1½	●	1½	07½	04th	1	2	4th
8th	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1½	●	01½	01	0	1	6th

Preliminary group 4

Rg	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Spain	●	2	1	2	3	2½	3	3	16½	12	6th	0	1
2	Bulgaria	1	●	1½	3	3	2½	2½	3	16½	11	5	1	1
3	Romania	2	1½	●	1½	2½	2	3	3	15½	12	5	2	0
4th	Australia	1	0	1½	●	3	1½	2½	2½	12	08th	3	2	2
5	Colombia	0	0	½	0	●	2	3	2½	08th	06th	3	0	4th
6th	Japan	½	½	1	1½	1	●	1	1	06½	01	0	1	6th
7th	Puerto Rico	0	½	0	½	0	2	●	1½	04½	03	1	1	5
8th	Uruguay	0	0	0	½	½	2	1½	●	04½	03	1	1	5

Finals

Final group A

Rg	team	code	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	BP	MP	+	=	-
1	Soviet Union	URS	●	1½	2	2	3	3	2½	2	16	13	6th	1	0
2	Hungary	HUN	1½	●	1½	2	2	1	1½	1½	11	08th	2	4th	1
3	BR Germany	GER	1	1½	●	1½	2	1½	1½	2	11	08th	2	4th	1
4th	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	1	1½	●	2	2½	2	1	11	07th	3	1	3
5	Poland	POLE	0	1	1	1	●	3	2	2½	10½	06th	3	0	4th
6th	Spain	ESP	0	2	1½	½	0	●	1½	3	08½	06th	2	2	3
7th	Bulgaria	BUL	½	1½	1½	1	1	1½	●	1½	08½	04th	0	4th	3
8th	England	CLOSELY	1	1½	1	2	½	0	1½	●	07½	04th	1	2	4th

The German team played with Anni Laakmann , Gisela Fischdick , Barbara Hund (9.5 points from 12 games, second best individual result on board 3) and Hannelore Weichert .

Final group B

Rg	team	code	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	BP	MP	+	=	-
9	Sweden	SWE	●	1½	2	2	2	2½	2	3	15th	13	6th	1	0
10	Romania	ROME	1½	●	2	3	2	1	2½	3	15th	11	5	1	1
11	Netherlands	NED	1	1	●	1½	2	2	1	1½	10	06th	2	2	3
12	Argentina	ARG	1	0	1½	●	2	2	1½	1½	09½	07th	2	3	2
13	France	FRA	1	1	1	1	●	2	2½	1	09½	04th	2	0	5
14th	United States	United States	½	2	1	1	1	●	1	2½	09	04th	2	0	5
15th	India	IND	1	½	2	1½	½	2	●	1	08½	05	2	1	4th
16	Australia	OUT	0	0	1½	1½	2	½	2	●	07½	06th	2	2	3

Final group C

Rg	team	code	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	BP	MP	+	=	-
17th	Denmark	THE	●	2	1½	1½	1	1½	3	2	13	9	3	3	1
18th	Canada	CAN	1	●	2½	1½	3	½	2	2½	13	9	4th	1	2
19th	Colombia	COL	1½	½	●	1½	1½	3	2½	1½	12	8th	2	4th	1
20th	Brazil	BRA	1½	1½	1½	●	2	2	1½	1½	11½	9	2	5	0
21st	Finland	FIN	2	0	1½	1	●	1½	3	2½	11½	8th	3	2	2
22nd	Scotland	SCO	1½	2½	0	1	1½	●	2	2½	11	8th	3	2	2
23	Japan	JPN	0	1	½	1½	0	1	●	2½	06½	3	1	1	5
24	Mexico	MEX	½	½	1½	1½	½	½	½	●	05½	2	0	2	5

Final group D

Rg	team	code	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	BP	MP	+	=	-
25th	Wales	WLS	●	2	2½	1½	3	2½	3	3	17½	13	6th	1	0
26th	Iceland	ISL	1	●	2	1	2	2½	2	3	13½	10	5	0	2
27	Venezuela	VEN	½	1	●	2½	1½	2	2½	2	12	09	4th	1	2
28	Bolivia	BOL	1½	2	½	●	1	1½	1½	2½	10½	07th	2	3	2
29	Uruguay	URU	0	1	1½	2	●	1	3	2	10½	07th	3	1	3
30th	New Zealand	NZL	½	½	1	1½	2	●	2	3	10½	07th	3	1	3
31	Monaco	MNC	0	1	½	1½	0	1	●	1½	05½	02	0	2	5
32	Puerto Rico	PURE	0	0	1	½	1	0	1½	●	04th	01	0	1	6th

Team lineups

→ Main article : Team line-ups for the 1978 Chess Olympiad

→ Main article : Team line-ups for the 1978 Women's Chess Olympiad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Note: Women’s Chess Olympiads are not included here.
2. ↑ Men's Chess Olympiad 1978 at Olimpbase - German team
3. ↑ Men's Chess Olympiad 1978 at Olimpbase - Swiss team
4. ↑ Men's Chess Olympiad 1978 at Olimpbase - Austrian team
5. ↑ 8th Women's Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1978 - West Germany (GER) on OlimpBase (English)

literature

• Otto Borik : Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires '78 . Rau, Düsseldorf 1979. ISBN 3-7919-0191-5 .
• Barbara Hund: My way to success . Rau-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1983, pp. 70-77, ISBN 3-7919-0216-4 .

Web links

• 1978 Men's Chess Olympiad at Olimpbase
• 1978 Women's Chess Olympiad at Olimpbase