Chess Olympiad 1980 / women

The 24th Chess Olympiad in 1980 took place from November 20 to December 6, 1980 in Valletta , Malta . It was the ninth women's chess Olympiad.

Overview

42 women's teams played at the 24th Chess Olympiad in Valletta in 1980 .
Below is the final score as a complete progress table.

Notes on the table and determining the placement

The Chess Olympiad is a team tournament. In Valletta, 14 rounds were played according to the Swiss system. In the Swiss system, teams of the same rank are drawn from one another. Each team (team) could use three players per team fight. For each team match, three individual points (board points) are awarded, which are indicated in the following table of the 14 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).

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

• BP (sum of board points)
• Wrtg ( Buchholz evaluation )
• Total of team points

Final result of women as a progress table

Rg	team	code	BP	Wrtg	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1	Soviet Union	URS	32½	331.5	FIN 3	IND 3	BUL 1	GER 2	HUN 1½	ESP 3	ROM 2½	ISR 2	POL 2	ENG 3	OFF 3	CHN 1½	USA 3	YUG 2
2	Hungary	HUN	32	332.5	COL 2½	SUI 3	USA 2½	BUL 3	URS 1½	ROM 1½	GER 2½	POL 1½	ESP 2	NED 3	ISR 2	FRA 3	YUG 2	CHN 2
3	Poland	POLE	26½	339.0	BRA 2	CHN 2	WLS 1	IRL 3	BUL 1½	USA 2	YUG 2	HUN 1½	URS 1	ROM ½	GER 3	ISR 2	ENG 2	GRE 3
4th	Romania	ROME	26th	316.5	BYE 1½	ITA 2½	ISR 1½	WLS 3	NED 3	HUN 1½	URS ½	BUL 1½	GER 1½	POL 2½	ARG 2	ENG 1½	CHN 1½	ESP 2
5	FRG	GER	24	339.5	DEN 2½	DOM 3	NED 2	URS 1	ESP 1½	CHN 2½	HUN ½	ARG 2½	ROM 1½	BUL 2½	POL 0	YUG 0	FRA 2½	ENG 2
6th	China	CHN	24	338.5	YUG 1½	POL 1	JPN 2	CAN 3	IND 2½	GER ½	ISR 1	SWE 2½	ENG 1½	ESP 1½	BUL 3	URS 1½	ROM 1½	HUN 1
7th	Israel	ISR	23½	339.5	SCO 2½	ARG 2	ROM 1½	ENG 1½	YUG 1½	NED 1½	CHN 2	URS 1	BUL 1½	USA 2½	HUN 1	POL 1	ESP 1½	IND 2½
8th	Yugoslavia	YUG	23½	333.5	CHN 1½	BEL 3	ENG 2	NED 1	ISR 1½	FIN 2	POL 1	ESP 2	USA ½	CAN 1½	BRA 2½	GER 3	HUN 1	URS 1
9	Bulgaria	BUL	23	340.0	MEX 3	FRA 3	URS 2	HUN 0	POL 1½	ENG 1½	COL 2½	ROM 1½	ISR 1½	GER ½	CHN 0	ARG 2½	NED 2	USA 1½
10	Brazil	BRA	23	300.5	POL 1	CAN 2½	ARG 1½	FRA 1	AUT 2	SWE 1½	ITA 2	ENG 0	THE 2	ISL 2	YUG ½	FIN 2	JPN 2	SUI 3
11	Spain	ESP	22½	331.0	IRL 2½	THE 2	AUT 2½	USA 1½	GER 1½	URS 0	FIN 3	YUG 1	HUN 1	CHN 1½	FRA ½	COL 3	ISR 1½	ROM 1
12	Argentina	ARG	22½	314.0	GRE 2½	ISR 1	BRA 1½	IND 1½	OFF 2	ITA 2	USA 2	GER ½	FRA 2	SWE 2	ROM 1	BUL ½	CAN 2	NED 2
13	United States	United States	22nd	334.0	ISL 3	EGY 3	HUN ½	ESP 1½	ENG 1½	POL 1	ARG 1	NED 2	YUG 2½	ISR ½	CAN 2	OFF 2	URS 0	BUL 1½
14th	England	CLOSELY	22nd	332.5	OFF 3	AUT 2	YUG 1	ISR 1½	USA 1½	BUL 1½	NED 1	BRA 3	CHN 1½	URS 0	SWE 2½	ROM 1½	POL 1	GER 1
15th	France	FRA	22nd	312.5	NZL 3	BUL 0	OFF 1½	BRA 2	ITA 1	IND 1½	SCO 2½	COL 1	ARG 1	JPN 3	ESP 2½	HUN 0	GER ½	AUT 2½
16	Australia	OUT	22nd	302.5	ENG 0	PUR 3	FRA 1½	AUT 1½	ARG 1	CAN 1	IRL 2½	ITA 1	DOM 3	COL 3	URS 0	USA 1	IND 1	FIN 2½
17th	Netherlands	NED	21½	323.0	JPN 3	WLS 2½	GER 1	YUG 2	ROM 0	ISR 1½	ENG 2	USA 1	COL 2½	HUN 0	GRE 2½	CAN 1½	BUL 1	ARG 1
18th	Colombia	COL	21½	311.0	HUN ½	ISL 1½	ITA 1	DOM 2	IRL 3	WLS 3	BUL ½	FRA 2	NED ½	OFF 0	NZL 3	ESP 0	EGY 3	CAN 1½
19th	Canada	CAN	21½	305.0	BEL 1½	BRA ½	SWE 2½	CHN 0	NZL 2½	OFF 2	IND 1½	ISL 2	ITA 2½	YUG 1½	USA 1	NED 1½	ARG 1	COL 1½
20th	Italy	ITA	21½	305.0	DOM 1½	ROM ½	COL 2	NZL 2½	FRA 2	ARG 1	BRA 1	OFF 2	CAN ½	DEN 1½	WLS 1½	SWE 1	ISL 2½	SCO 2
21st	Sweden	SWE	21½	297.5	EGY 1	IRL 1½	CAN ½	GRE 2	ISL 2½	BRA 1½	AUT 3	CHN ½	IND 2	ARG 1	ENG ½	ITA 2	SUI 1	JPN 2½
22nd	Iceland	ISL	21½	279.0	USA 0	COL 1½	BEL 2	SUI 2	SWE ½	NZL 2	UAE 3	CAN 1	WLS 1½	BRA 1	MEX 2	AUT 1½	ITA ½	PUR 3
23	Dominican Republic	DOM	21½	263.5	ITA 1½	GER 0	GRE 1½	COL 1	BEL 2½	DEN ½	EGY 2½	SUI 2	OFF 0	NZL 2½	SCO 0	ISV 3	PUR 1½	MLT 3
24	Greece	GRE	21½	253.0	ARG ½	SCO 1	DOM 1½	SWE 1	SUI 0	BYE 1½	ISV 3	MLT 2½	AUT 1½	EGY 2½	NED ½	MEX 3	WLS 3	POL 0
25th	India	IND	21st	305.5	MLT 3	URS 0	FIN 2	ARG 1½	CHN ½	FRA 1½	CAN 1½	JPN 2	SWE 1	WLS 1	IRL 2	SCO 2½	OFF 2	ISR ½
26th	Ireland	IRL	21st	287.5	ESP ½	SWE 1½	SUI 3	POL 0	COL 0	BEL 3	OFF ½	NZL 2½	SCO 1½	FIN 1½	IND 1	UAE 2½	AUT 2	DEN 1½
27	Wales	WLS	21st	277.0	UAE 3	NED ½	POL 2	ROM 0	JPN 2½	COL 0	THE 2	FIN 1½	ISL 1½	IND 2	ITA 1½	SUI 1½	GRE 0	ISV 3
28	Scotland	SCO	20½	286.0	ISR ½	GRE 2	NZL 1	JPN 1½	DEN 1½	MEX 2½	FRA ½	AUT 1½	IRL 1½	SUI 1	DOM 3	IND ½	MLT 2½	ITA 1
29	New Zealand	NZL	20½	239.0	FRA 0	MEX 2½	SCO 2	ITA ½	CAN ½	ISL 1	PUR 2½	IRL ½	MLT 2½	DOM ½	COL 0	NGR 3	ISV 3	UAE 2
30th	Denmark	THE	20th	291.5	GER ½	ESP 1	EGY 2½	FIN ½	SCO 1½	DOM 2½	WLS 1	MEX 2½	BRA 1	ITA 1½	AUT 1	JPN 1½	BEL 1½	IRL 1½
31	Switzerland	SUI	20th	279.0	ISV 3	HUN 0	IRL 0	ISL 1	GRE 3	AUT 1	JPN ½	DOM 1	UAE 3	SCO 2	FIN 2	WLS 1½	SWE 2	BRA 0
32	Mexico	MEX	20th	233.0	BUL 0	NZL ½	UAE 2½	PUR 3	FIN ½	SCO ½	MLT 2½	DEN ½	EGY 1	ISV 3	ISL 1	GRE 0	NGR 3	BEL 2
33	Austria	AUT	19½	291.0	PUR 3	ENG 1	ESP ½	OFF 1½	BRA 1	SUI 2	SWE 0	SCO 1½	GRE 1½	BEL 2½	THE 2	ISL 1½	IRL 1	FRA ½
34	Finland	FIN	19½	283.0	URS 0	ISV 3	IND 1	DEN 2½	MEX 2½	YUG 1	ESP 0	WLS 1½	JPN 1	IRL 1½	SUI 1	BRA 1	UAE 3	OFF ½
35	Egypt	EGY	19½	234.0	SWE 2	USA 0	DEN ½	BEL 1	MLT 2½	JPN 1	DOM ½	UAE 2	MEX 2	GRE ½	ISV 3	PUR 1½	COL 0	NGR 3
36	Japan	JPN	19th	283.0	NED 0	MLT 3	CHN 1	SCO 1½	WLS ½	EGY 2	SUI 2½	IND 1	FIN 2	FRA 0	PUR 2½	DEN 1½	BRA 1	SWE ½
37	Belgium	BEL	19th	235.0	CAN 1½	YUG 0	ISL 1	EGY 2	DOM ½	IRL 0	BYE 1½	PUR 2	ISV 3	AUT ½	UAE 2½	MLT 2	DEN 1½	MEX 1
38	Malta	MLT	15th	215.5	IND 0	JPN 0	BYE 1½	UAE 2½	EGY ½	ISV 2½	MEX ½	GRE ½	NZL ½	PUR 2	NGR 3	BEL 1	SCO ½	DOM 0
39	Puerto Rico	PURE	14½	216.0	AUT 0	OFF 0	ISV 3	MEX 0	BYE 1½	UAE 1	NZL ½	BEL 1	NGR 3	MLT 1	JPN ½	EGY 1½	DOM 1½	ISL 0
40	United Arab Emirates	UAE	13½	216.5	WLS 0	BYE 1½	MEX ½	MLT ½	ISV 3	PUR 2	ISL 0	EGY 1	SUI 0	NGR 3	BEL ½	IRL ½	FIN 0	NZL 1
41	US Virgin Islands	ISV	04th	226.5	SUI 0	FIN 0	PUR 0	BYE 1½	UAE 0	MLT ½	GRE 0	NGR 2	BEL 0	MEX 0	EGY 0	DOM 0	NZL 0	WLS 0
42	Nigeria	NGR	01	107.0								ISV 1	PUR 0	UAE 0	MLT 0	NZL 0	MEX 0	EGY 0

Remarks

• The team from Nigeria only arrived for the eighth round, but was still accepted into the tournament.
• Due to the uneven number of participants, one team had previously received a bye, which was rated with 1.5 board points.
• Nigeria surrendered the 3rd board without a fight in its seven games, as only two players were present.

Web links

Commons : Chess Olympiad 1980  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 9th Women's Chess Olympiad: La Valletta 1980 on Olimpbase