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26th Chess Olympiad

April 11, 2024

The 26th Chess Olympiad (Greek: Η 26η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, I 26i Skakistikí Olympiáda), organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 18 and December 5, 1984, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

In the home country of the Olympic movement, it was business as usual. The Soviet Union, led by Beliavsky, won their third consecutive gold medals (and 15th in total), well ahead of England (helped by a Nunn in top form) and the United States. This dominance happened even in the absence of Karpov and Kasparov who were in the midst of their marathon match. In fact, for the first time in Olympic history, the Soviet team didn't feature a single world champion – past, present or future.

The only champion present in Thessaloniki was Boris Spassky who had defected and now represented France. His performance helped the French team to an unprecedented 7th-place finish, even though he drew 12 of his 14 games – an Olympic record.

After the successful 26th Olympiad in Thessaloniki in 1984, FIDE agreed to hold every other Olympiad (the ones in Olympic years) in the home country of the Olympic movement - provided the Greek Chess Federation and government could provide the necessary funding. This was only the case once, in 1986; after that the Olympiad went back to a new host city every two years.

Open event edit

There were 87 nations playing in a 14-round Swiss system tournament. To make for an even number of teams, the Greek hosts also fielded a "B" team. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

Open event
# Country Players Average
rating		 Points
1   Soviet Union Beliavsky, Polugaevsky, Vaganian, Tukmakov, Yusupov, Sokolov 2610 41
2   England Miles, Nunn, Speelman, Chandler, Mestel, Short 2556 37
3   United States Dzindzichashvili, Kavalek, Christiansen, Browne, Alburt, De Firmian 2553 35

Individual medals edit

For the first time, in addition to the performance awards on each board, a special award was given to the best overall performance rating.

Women's event edit

 
The winning Soviet Union team, left to right: Semenova, Levitina, Chiburdanidze.

50 nations took part, and with the Greek hosts also fielding a "B" side, the total number of teams came to 51. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

Like the open event, the women's tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union, captained by world champion Chiburdanidze, who won the gold medals by an impressive 5½ points. Bulgaria and Romania took silver and bronze, respectively.

# Country Players Average
rating		 Points
1   Soviet Union Chiburdanidze, Levitina, Gaprindashvili, Semenova 2335 32
2   Bulgaria Voiska, Gocheva, Chilingirova, Savova 2105 27½
3   Romania Mureșan, Polihroniade, Nuțu, Olărașu 2180 27

Individual medals edit

References edit

  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  • 26th Chess Olympiad: Thessaloniki 1984 OlimpBase

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The 26th Chess Olympiad Greek H 26h Skakistikh Olympiada I 26i Skakistiki Olympiada organized by FIDE and comprising an open 1 and a women s tournament as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess took place between November 18 and December 5 1984 in Thessaloniki Greece In the home country of the Olympic movement it was business as usual The Soviet Union led by Beliavsky won their third consecutive gold medals and 15th in total well ahead of England helped by a Nunn in top form and the United States This dominance happened even in the absence of Karpov and Kasparov who were in the midst of their marathon match In fact for the first time in Olympic history the Soviet team didn t feature a single world champion past present or future The only champion present in Thessaloniki was Boris Spassky who had defected and now represented France His performance helped the French team to an unprecedented 7th place finish even though he drew 12 of his 14 games an Olympic record After the successful 26th Olympiad in Thessaloniki in 1984 FIDE agreed to hold every other Olympiad the ones in Olympic years in the home country of the Olympic movement provided the Greek Chess Federation and government could provide the necessary funding This was only the case once in 1986 after that the Olympiad went back to a new host city every two years Contents 1 Open event 1 1 Individual medals 2 Women s event 2 1 Individual medals 3 ReferencesOpen event editThere were 87 nations playing in a 14 round Swiss system tournament To make for an even number of teams the Greek hosts also fielded a B team In the event of a draw the tie break was decided first by using the Buchholz system then by match points Open event Country Players Averagerating Points1 nbsp Soviet Union Beliavsky Polugaevsky Vaganian Tukmakov Yusupov Sokolov 2610 412 nbsp England Miles Nunn Speelman Chandler Mestel Short 2556 373 nbsp United States Dzindzichashvili Kavalek Christiansen Browne Alburt De Firmian 2553 35 Country Averagerating Points Buchholz4 nbsp Hungary 2596 34 5 nbsp Romania 2470 336 nbsp West Germany 2516 32 445 07 nbsp France 2485 32 442 08 nbsp Yugoslavia 2561 32 457 59 nbsp Bulgaria 2470 32 447 510 nbsp Netherlands 2574 32 446 011 nbsp Cuba 2473 32 444 512 nbsp China 2433 32 429 013 nbsp Israel 2468 32 425 514 nbsp Argentina 2401 32 423 515 nbsp Iceland 2514 31 450 016 nbsp Philippines 2426 31 425 017 nbsp Czechoslovakia 2555 31 435 018 nbsp Denmark 2458 31 420 519 nbsp Brazil 2410 31 418 520 nbsp Canada 2423 31 412 021 nbsp Poland 2449 30 418 022 nbsp Australia 2426 30 416 023 nbsp Chile 2423 30 412 024 nbsp Scotland 2325 30 403 025 nbsp Sweden 2503 30 454 526 nbsp Colombia 2409 30 431 027 nbsp Spain 2451 30 430 528 nbsp Italy 2406 30 421 029 nbsp Indonesia 2398 30 413 030 nbsp Norway 2438 30 411 531 nbsp Greece 2399 30 408 032 nbsp Portugal 2349 30 407 533 nbsp India 2409 29 420 034 nbsp Turkey 2365 29 396 035 nbsp United Arab Emirates 2286 29 389 536 nbsp Wales 2313 29 382 037 nbsp Morocco 2200 29 364 038 nbsp Austria 2380 29 416 539 nbsp Finland 2438 29 416 040 nbsp Belgium 2324 29 414 541 nbsp Albania 2333 29 410 042 nbsp Singapore 2324 29 407 043 nbsp Mexico 2330 29 402 044 nbsp New Zealand 2293 29 392 045 nbsp Greece B 2318 29 379 046 nbsp Egypt 2249 28 403 047 nbsp Dominican Republic 2291 28 396 548 nbsp Tunisia 2278 2849 nbsp Switzerland 2385 27 412 550 nbsp Malaysia 2285 27 401 051 nbsp Sri Lanka 2283 27 392 552 nbsp Puerto Rico 2236 27 380 553 nbsp Pakistan 2255 27 388 554 nbsp Hong Kong 2274 27 375 555 nbsp Iraq 2200 27 367 056 nbsp Ireland 2230 26 395 557 nbsp Paraguay 2275 26 392 558 nbsp Algeria 2201 26 384 559 nbsp Cyprus 2226 26 368 560 nbsp Uganda 2203 26 332 561 nbsp Thailand 2271 26 389 562 nbsp Bangladesh 2280 26 388 563 nbsp Faroe Islands 2229 26 382 564 nbsp Andorra 2203 26 370 065 nbsp Malta 2230 26 364 066 nbsp Lebanon 2226 26 362 567 nbsp Honduras 2200 26 355 568 nbsp Luxembourg 2215 25 373 069 nbsp Bahrain 2201 25 314 070 nbsp Zimbabwe 2234 25 383 071 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 2203 25 368 072 nbsp Nigeria 2201 25 355 073 nbsp Suriname 2200 25 346 574 nbsp Libya 2200 25 326 075 nbsp Kenya 2201 25 324 576 nbsp Jordan 2203 24 351 577 nbsp Jamaica 2205 24 333 078 nbsp Angola 2200 24 355 579 nbsp Guernsey and nbsp Jersey 2201 24 352 080 nbsp British Virgin Islands 2218 24 342 081 nbsp Papua New Guinea 2203 24 331 582 nbsp Japan 2200 23 83 nbsp United States Virgin Islands 2215 21 84 nbsp Monaco 2201 2185 nbsp Bermuda 2208 17 86 nbsp Mali 2200 1787 nbsp San Marino 2200 1688 nbsp Palestine 2200 13Individual medals edit For the first time in addition to the performance awards on each board a special award was given to the best overall performance rating Performance rating nbsp John Nunn 2868 Board 1 nbsp Craig Van Tilbury 9 11 86 4 Board 2 nbsp John Nunn 10 11 90 9 Board 3 nbsp Rafael Vaganian 8 10 85 0 Board 4 nbsp Pricha Sinprayoon 8 10 80 0 1st reserve nbsp Dewperkash Gajadin nbsp Jozsef Pinter nbsp Javier Ochoa de Echaguen and nbsp Jonathan Mestel 7 9 77 8 2nd reserve nbsp nbsp Gorden Comben and nbsp Marios Schinis 7 10 75 0 Women s event edit nbsp The winning Soviet Union team left to right Semenova Levitina Chiburdanidze 50 nations took part and with the Greek hosts also fielding a B side the total number of teams came to 51 In the event of a draw the tie break was decided first by using the Buchholz system then by match points Like the open event the women s tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union captained by world champion Chiburdanidze who won the gold medals by an impressive 5 points Bulgaria and Romania took silver and bronze respectively Country Players Averagerating Points1 nbsp Soviet Union Chiburdanidze Levitina Gaprindashvili Semenova 2335 322 nbsp Bulgaria Voiska Gocheva Chilingirova Savova 2105 27 3 nbsp Romania Mureșan Polihroniade Nuțu Olărașu 2180 27 Country Averagerating Points Buchholz4 nbsp West Germany 2232 26 340 55 nbsp China 2098 26 335 06 nbsp Hungary 2218 257 nbsp Poland 2227 24 345 58 nbsp England 2137 24 336 09 nbsp Yugoslavia 2162 24 340 510 nbsp Spain 2055 24 330 011 nbsp Netherlands 2075 23 346 512 nbsp Switzerland 2072 23 316 513 nbsp United States 2077 23 316 014 nbsp Cuba 2092 23 303 015 nbsp Sweden 2143 2316 nbsp India 2018 22 17 nbsp Canada 2020 22 316 518 nbsp France 1985 22 308 519 nbsp Brazil 1963 22 303 520 nbsp Scotland 1908 22 299 521 nbsp Portugal 1800 22 250 022 nbsp Colombia 1913 21 311 023 nbsp Wales 1953 21 301 524 nbsp Denmark 1855 21 288 025 nbsp Dominican Republic 1800 21 257 526 nbsp Norway 1800 21 244 527 nbsp Greece 1988 21 316 528 nbsp Iceland 1873 21 301 529 nbsp Italy 1903 21 292 530 nbsp Austria 1893 21 283 531 nbsp Finland 1900 21 281 032 nbsp Malaysia 1800 21 260 533 nbsp Indonesia 1855 20 300 534 nbsp Australia 1927 20 296 035 nbsp Argentina 1955 20 292 036 nbsp Greece B 1853 20 269 537 nbsp Belgium 1800 20 267 038 nbsp Ireland 1800 20 245 039 nbsp Mexico 1820 20 286 040 nbsp New Zealand 1803 20 226 541 nbsp Japan 1915 19 274 542 nbsp Turkey 1892 19 265 043 nbsp Iraq 1800 19 218 044 nbsp Egypt 1828 18 268 545 nbsp Guatemala 1800 18 253 046 nbsp United Arab Emirates 1800 16 47 nbsp Hong Kong 1800 15 48 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 1835 1549 nbsp Jamaica 1800 1050 nbsp Zimbabwe 1800 8 51 nbsp United States Virgin Islands 1800 3 Individual medals edit Performance rating nbsp Lidia Semenova 2505 Board 1 nbsp Pia Cramling 10 13 80 0 Board 2 nbsp Celine Roos 9 13 73 1 Board 3 nbsp Jussara Chaves 9 10 90 0 Reserve nbsp Lidia Semenova 9 10 95 0 References edit Although commonly referred to as the men s division this section is open to both male and female players 26th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki 1984 OlimpBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 26th Chess Olympiad amp oldid 1103986517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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