1984 Chess Olympiad
The 26th Chess Olympiad 1984 was a team chess tournament that was held from November 18 to December 5, 1984 in Thessaloniki ( Greece ). San Marino, Bangladesh, Mali and the Palestinian Territories were the first to compete in a Chess Olympiad.
Final result of the open tournament
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Ranking list
# team Points 1 Soviet Union
41.0 2 England
37.0 3 United States
35.0 4th Hungary
34.5 5 Romania
33.0 6th BR Germany
32.5 7th France
32.5 8th Yugoslavia
32.0 9 Bulgaria
32.0 10 Netherlands
32.0 11 Cuba
32.0 12 People's Republic of China
32.0 13 Israel
32.0 14th Argentina
32.0 15th Iceland
31.5 16 Philippines
31.5 17th Czechoslovakia
31.0 18th Denmark
31.0 19th Brazil
31.0 20th Canada
31.0
A total of 88 teams
Medals
Board 1
- Gold: Van Tilbury, Craig
- Silver: Borg, Geoffrey
- Bronze: Alexander Beliavsky
Board 2
- Gold: Well, John
- Silver: Cooper, John Grantley
- Bronze: Raphael, John
Board 3
- Gold: Vaganian, Rafael
- Silver: Delaney, John
- Bronze: Morovic, Iván
Board 4
- Gold: Sinprayoon, Pricha
- Silver: Powell, John
- Bronze: Loheac-Ammoun, Frank
Reserve board 1
- Gold: Gajadin, Dewperkash; Pintér, József ; Ochoa de Echagüen, Javier; Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
Reserve board 2
- Gold: Comben, Gorden
- Silver: Schinis, Marios
- Bronze: De Firmian, Nick
Results of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union had to do without its two strongest players due to the 1984 World Chess Championship . Nevertheless, Alexander Beliavsky (8 points out of 10 games, bronze medal), Lev Polugajewski (7 out of 10), Rafael Vaganian (8.5 out of 10, gold medal), Volodymyr Tukmakow (7 out of 10), Artur Yusupov (5 out of 8) and Andreï Sokolov (5.5 out of 8) won the tournament with a lead, despite a defeat against the USA in round 9.
Results of the Germans
Germany played with Robert Huebner (6 points from 9 games), Eric Lobron (6 of 12), Stefan Kindermann (7.5 out of 11), Hans-Joachim Hecht (4.5 out of 9), Peter Oster Meyer (5 of 9) and Ralf Lau (3.5 out of 6). For the team and individual results of the West Germans see OlimpBase.
Final result of the women's tournament
Ranking list
# team Points 1 Soviet Union
32.0 2 Bulgaria
27.5 3 Romania
27.0 4th BR Germany
26.0 5 People's Republic of China
26.0 6th Hungary
25.0 7th Poland
24.5 8th England
24.5 9 Yugoslavia
24.0 10 Spain
24.0 11 Netherlands
23.5 12 Switzerland
23.5 13 United States
23.5 14th Cuba
23.5 15th Sweden
23.0
A total of 51 teams
Medals
Board 1
- Gold: Cramling, Pia
- Silver: Justo, Virginia
- Bronze: Lematschko, Tatjana ; Verőci-Petronic, Zsuzsa
Board 2
- Gold: Roos, Celine
- Silver: Polihroniade, Elisabeta
- Bronze: Berg, Tine
Board 3
- Gold: Chaves, Jussara
- Silver: Gaprindashvili, Nona
- Bronze: Smith, Vivian
Reserve board
- Gold: Semenova, Lydyja
- Silver: Crotto, Rachel
- Bronze: Ruck-Petit, Monique
Results of the Soviet Union
Maia Chiburdanidze (7.5 points out of 11 games), Irina Levitina (6.5 out of 11), Nona Gaprindashvili (8.5 out of 10, silver medal), Lydyja Semenova (9.5 out of 10, gold medal) played for the women's Olympic champion ). For the team and individual results of the Soviet Union see OlimpBase.
Results of the Germans
Germany played with Barbara Hund (6.5 points from 11 games), Gisela fish Dick (6 of 10), Stepanka Vokralova (7.5 out of 11) and Petra Feustel (6 of 10). For the team and individual results of the Germans see OlimpBase.
Team lineups
Individual evidence
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad: Thessaloniki 1984 on OlimpBase (English)
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad (women): Thessaloniki 1984 on OlimpBase (English)
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad: Thessaloniki 1984 - Soviet Union (URS)
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad: Thessaloniki 1984 - West Germany (GER)
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad (women): Thessaloniki 1984 - Soviet Union (URS)
- ↑ 26th Chess Olympiad (women): Thessaloniki 1984 - West Germany (GER)
literature
- Eric Lobron: Thessaloniki Chess Olympiad 1984 . Edition Marco, Berlin 1985. ISBN 3-924833-02-8
Images and web links
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- 26th Chess Olympiad: Thessaloniki 1984 - Tournament review In addition to a lot of information, Olimpbase gives a detailed overview in English.