1984 Chess Olympiad

1984 Chess Olympiad pin

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

Ulf Andersson in the middle of the audience, 1984 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki

Roman Dzindzichashvili - Ulf Andersson and Lubomir Kavalek Chess Olympiad 1984 in Thessaloniki (bronze medal for USA)

Round 8, table 1, SWE - URS: Traube around board 3 (Tukmakow - Ornstein), Rafael Vaganian (gold medal), Lev Polugajewski , Alexander Beliavsky (bronze) - Ulf Andersson , in front Lajos Portisch (HUN-1957), 1984 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki.

Round 8, table 2, Hungary: József Pintér (gold medal) and András Adorján , 1984 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki.

Ranking list

#	team	Points
1	Soviet Union Soviet Union	41.0
2	England England	37.0
3	United States United States	35.0
4th	Hungary 1957 Hungary	34.5
5	Romania 1965 Romania	33.0
6th	Germany BR Germany	32.5
7th	France France	32.5
8th	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	32.0
9	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria	32.0
10	Netherlands Netherlands	32.0
11	Cuba Cuba	32.0
12	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	32.0
13	Israel Israel	32.0
14th	Argentina Argentina	32.0
15th	Iceland Iceland	31.5
16	Philippines 1981 Philippines	31.5
17th	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	31.0
18th	Denmark Denmark	31.0
19th	Brazil 1968 Brazil	31.0
20th	Canada 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

Robert Huebner , Eric Lobron and Qi Jingxuan, 1984 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki

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

USSR: Lydyja Semenowa, Irina Levitina, Maia Tschiburdanidze

FRG: Barbara Hund, Gisela Fischdick, Stepanka Vokralova

#	team	Points
1	Soviet Union Soviet Union	32.0
2	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria	27.5
3	Romania 1965 Romania	27.0
4th	Germany BR Germany	26.0
5	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	26.0
6th	Hungary 1957 Hungary	25.0
7th	Poland Poland	24.5
8th	England England	24.5
9	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	24.0
10	Spain Spain	24.0
11	Netherlands Netherlands	23.5
12	Switzerland Switzerland	23.5
13	United States United States	23.5
14th	Cuba Cuba	23.5
15th	Sweden Sweden	23.0

A total of 51 teams

Medals

Pia Cramling, gold medal board 1

Lydyja Semenowa, gold medal reserve board

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.