The 25th Chess Olympiad (German: Die 25. Schacholympiade), 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 October 29 and November 16, 1982, in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The Soviet team with three world champions (reigning champion Karpov, future champion Kasparov and former champion Tal) were back in their usual form and this time left no doubt about the outcome. In the end, they only drew one match (against the Netherlands; and won the rest) and finished no less than 6½ points ahead of runners-up Czechoslovakia. The United States took the bronze medals.
Off the board, FIDE elected a new president at its congress held concurrently with the Olympiad. Friðrik Ólafsson of Iceland was succeeded by Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines.
A total of 91 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament - 93 had applied, but The Gambia and Mauritania did not arrive. To make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. For the first time, the two British Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, participated with a joint team.
In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
# | Country | Players | Average rating |
Points | Buchholz | MP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal, Yusupov | 2651 | 42½ | ||
2 | Czechoslovakia | Hort, Smejkal, Ftáčnik, Jansa, Plachetka, Ambrož | 2539 | 36 | ||
3 | United States | Browne, Seirawan, Alburt, Kavalek, Tarjan, Christiansen | 2580 | 35½ | ||
4 | Yugoslavia | Ljubojević, Gligorić, Kovačević, Velimirović, Ivanović, Hulak | 2554 | 35 | ||
5 | Hungary | Portisch, Ribli, Sax, Pintér, Csom, Grószpéter | 2579 | 33½ | 461.5 | |
6 | Bulgaria | Tringov, Radulov, Velikov, Inkiov, Donchev, Popov | 2475 | 33½ | 431.5 | |
7 | Poland | Sznapik, Schmidt, Kuligowski, Adamski, Bielczyk, Sygulski | 2459 | 33 | ||
8 | Denmark | Kristiansen, Mortensen, Fedder, Øst-Hansen, Fries-Nielsen | 2433 | 32½ | 442.5 | |
9 | Cuba | García González, Nogueiras, Rodríguez Céspedes, Hernández, García Martínez, Vilela | 2483 | 32½ | 432.5 | |
10 | England | Miles, Nunn, Speelman, Stean, Mestel, Chandler | 2561 | 32 | 456.5 | |
11 | Argentina | Quinteros, Cámpora, Hase, Rubinetti, Bronstein, Gómez Baillo | 2458 | 32 | 447.0 | |
12 | Romania | Gheorghiu, Șubă, Ciocâltea, Ghindă, Stoica, Foișor | 2488 | 32 | 442.0 | |
13 | Israel | Gruenfeld, Murey, Gutman, Birnboim, Greenfeld, Kagan | 2475 | 32 | 432.0 | |
14 | Austria | Hölzl, Herzog, Wittmann, Danner, Baumgartner | 2396 | 32 | 421.5 | |
15 | West Germany | Hübner, Unzicker, Pfleger, Lobron, Hecht, Kindermann | 2518 | 31½ | 456.5 | |
16 | Sweden | Andersson, Schüssler, Karlsson, Schneider, Wedberg, Ornstein | 2518 | 31½ | 451.0 | |
17 | Netherlands | Timman, Sosonko, Ree, van der Wiel, van der Sterren, Ligterink | 2546 | 31½ | 448.0 | |
18 | Canada | Ivanov, Suttles, Hébert, Day, Pelts, Berry | 2453 | 31½ | 441.0 | |
19 | Philippines | Torre, Mascariñas, Maninang, Yap, Cain, Lupian | 2428 | 31½ | 411.5 | |
20 | Colombia | Zapata, Alzate, Gutierrez, Agudelo, Cuartas, Mendoza | 2371 | 31½ | 402.5 | |
21 | Chile | Morovic, Frias Pablaza, Cifuentes, Campos Moreno, Salazar Jacob, Abarca Aguirre | 2425 | 31 | ||
22 | Australia | Rogers, Jamieson, West, Johansen, Shaw, Hjorth | 2355 | 30½ | 432.5 | |
23 | Iceland | Sigurjónsson, Árnason, H. Ólafsson, Pétursson, Hjartarson, Jóhannsson | 2446 | 30½ | 415.0 | |
24 | Norway | Helmers, Heim, Vinje-Gulbrandsen, Agdestein, Bjerke, Hoen | 2383 | 30½ | 414.0 | |
25 | Finland | Rantanen, Westerinen, Mäki, Binham, Yrjölä, Raaste | 2394 | 30½ | 398.0 | |
26 | Switzerland | Korchnoi, Hug, Wirthensohn, Partoş, Züger, Franzoni | 2479 | 30 | 451.0 | |
27 | Indonesia | Ardiansyah, Handoko, Adianto, Miolo, Ginting, Fauzi | 2320 | 30 | 430.5 | |
28 | Spain | Díez del Corral, Bellón López, Fernández García, Martín González, Sanz Alonso, Ochoa de Echagüen | 2425 | 30 | 418.5 | 20 |
29 | France | Haïk, Kouatly, Giffard, Seret, D. Roos, Andruet | 2414 | 30 | 418.5 | 17 |
30 | Wales | Williams, Cooper, Jones, Lamford, Cunningham | 2310 | 30 | 407.5 | |
31 | Ireland | Dunne, Delaney, Short, Doyle, Wallace, Barry | 2243 | 30 | 398.5 | |
- | Switzerland "B" | Trepp, Gobet, Bhend, Huss, Kaenel, Vucenovic | 2303 | 30 | 397.0 | |
32 | Scotland | McKay, McNab, Condie, Upton, Swanson, Bryson | 2324 | 29½ | 422.5 | |
33 | Greece | Skembris, Skalkotas, Kourkounakis, Gavrilakis, Liverios, Trikaliotis | 2343 | 29½ | 412.5 | |
34 | Mongolia | Myagmarsuren, Jigjidsüren, Hurelbaatar, Lhagva | 2294 | 29½ | 409.5 | |
35 | Dominican Republic | Abreu, Liao Yuan Eu, Mateo, Gonzáles, Domínguez, Pérez Nivar | 2334 | 29½ | 408.5 | |
36 | Venezuela | Fernández, Palacios Lanza, Ostos, Guerra, Urbaneja, Gamboa | 2344 | 29½ | 399.0 | |
37 | China | Liu Wenzhe, Liang Jinrong, Li Zunian, Ye Jiangchuan, Zhang Weida | 2395 | 29 | 426.5 | |
38 | Brazil | Sunye Neto, Paolozzi da Cunha, Segal, Trois, Milos, van Riemsdijk | 2424 | 29 | 412.5 | |
39 | Mexico | Frey, Sisniega, Villarreal, Campos López, Aldrete Lobo | 2426 | 29 | 409.0 | 16 |
40 | Albania | Muço, Qendro, Zadrima, Sula, Karkanaqe, Nasto | 2285 | 29 | 409.0 | 13 |
41 | India | Thipsay, Ravisekhar, Nagendra, N. R. Anil Kumar, Khan, Parameswaran | 2390 | 28½ | 419.0 | |
42 | Italy | Passerotti, Messa, Arlandi, Sanna, Ceschia, Cocozza | 2323 | 28½ | 397.0 | |
43 | Singapore | Leow, Wong Meng Kong, Chia Chee Seng, Chan Peng Kong, Tan Chee Keon, Lim Kok Ann | 2306 | 28½ | 396.5 | |
44 | Uruguay | Rivera Kuzawka, Dienavorian Lacherian, Bauzá Ortiz, Izquierdo Saravia, Wernik Oliva, Escofet Fernández | 2218 | 28½ | 390.0 | |
45 | New Zealand | Small, Sarapu, Nokes, Dowden, Smith, Stuart | 2289 | 28 | 412.5 | |
46 | Egypt | Afifi, Fatin, El-Said, Yassin, El-Ghazali, Abdelnabbi | 2253 | 28 | 393.0 | |
47 | Turkey | Onat, Sel, Durlu, Öney, Süer, Asaturoğlu | 2265 | 28 | 388.5 | |
48 | Guatemala | Rodas Martini, Juárez Flores, Pérez, Reyes Nájera, Batres, Deras Díaz | 2293 | 28 | 378.0 | 17 |
49 | Sri Lanka | D. H. C. Aturupane, Parakrama, Goonetilleke, G. H. A. Aturupane, T. D. R. Peires, Pitigala | 2214 | 28 | 378.0 | 14 |
50 | Belgium | Weemaes, Goormachtigh, Defize, De Bruycker, Pergericht, Schumacher | 2303 | 27½ | 403.5 | |
51 | Portugal | L. Santos, J. P. Santos, Silva, Fernandes, Durão, A. P. Santos | 2353 | 27½ | 386.5 | |
52 | Paraguay | Franco Ocampos, Gamarra Cáceres, Valiente, Bogda, Santacruz, Sosa Harrison | 2294 | 27½ | 378.0 | |
53 | Syria | Hakki, Beitar, Houshan, Argha, Hamwieh | 2248 | 27½ | 375.5 | |
54 | Thailand | Sinprayoon, Trisa-Ard, Chaivichit, Rittiphunyawong, Ruenwongsa, Kavakul | 2328 | 27 | 390.0 | |
55 | Pakistan | Khan, Farooqui, Hussain, Mohiuddin, Mirza, Zafar | 2256 | 27 | 387.5 | |
56 | Faroe Islands | Hansen, Apol, Ziska, T. Nielsen, Midjord, Joensen | 2200 | 27 | 368.5 | |
57 | Malaysia | Liew Chee Meng, Hon Kah Seng, Goh Yoon Wah, Choong Yit Chuan, Quah Seng Sun, A. Annvar Bin Zainal | 2226 | 26½ | 385.0 | |
58 | Hong Kong | Jhunjhnuwala, Jhunjhnuwala, Luk Luen Wah, Schepel, Lin, Latham | 2251 | 26½ | 374.0 | |
59 | Lebanon | Sursock, Abouchaaya, El-Khechen, Narchi, Loheac-Ammoun | 2211 | 26½ | 372.5 | |
60 | Puerto Rico | Falcón, Santa Torres, Martínez Buitrago, Moraza Choisme, Ochoa, Davila Vega | 2208 | 26 | 383.5 | |
61 | Japan | Takemoto, Nishimura, Matsumoto, Kaya, Yuuki, Shintani | 2200 | 26 | 365.5 | |
62 | Tunisia | Bouaziz, Kaabi, Graa, Ouechtati, Belkhodja, Zargouni | 2240 | 25½ | 389.5 | |
63 | Trinidad and Tobago | Tavares, Cecil Lee, Courtney Lee, Duchesne, Ramon-Fortune, Raphael | 2204 | 25½ | 369.0 | |
64 | Ecuador | Arrata, Vintimilla, Matamoros Franco, Delgado, Yépez Jaramillo, M. Pinoargote | 2214 | 25½ | 364.5 | |
65 | Algeria | Benhadi, Slimani, Chaourar, Telmoune, Kharchi, Bammoune | 2200 | 25½ | 363.5 | |
66 | Cyprus | Riza, Martidis, Demetrakis, Avgousti, Schinis | 2213 | 25½ | 363.0 | |
67 | Andorra | Purgimón, Santamaría Mas, D. Iglesias, Pantebre Martínez, Clua Ballague, De la Casa | 2200 | 25½ | 362.5 | |
68 | Zimbabwe | Barlow, Glazier, Kuwaza, Levy, Rahman, Kyriakides | 2200 | 25½ | 360.5 | |
69 | Suriname | Lindeboom, Koenders, Tjongtjinjoe, Hoefdraad, Kuslan, Veer | 2200 | 25½ | 354.5 | |
70 | Guernsey and Jersey | Blow, Fulton, Knight, Watkins, Cummins | 2200 | 25½ | 352.0 | |
71 | Papua New Guinea | Rush, Pilapil, Marko, Markov, Baker, Fancy | 2200 | 25½ | 351.5 | |
72 | Malta | Camilleri, Azzopardi, Lauri, Cilia Vincenti, Sollars, Zaffarese | 2205 | 25½ | 347.5 | |
73 | United Arab Emirates | M. Saleh, Sharif, Shuhail, N. M. Saleh, Razaq | 2200 | 25½ | 345.5 | |
74 | Monaco | Girault, Angles d'Auriac, Merqui, Lepine, Lorinczi Retek, Zapuzek | 2200 | 25½ | 341.5 | |
75 | Nigeria | Caiafas, I. Onime, Agusto, O. Faseyitan | 2200 | 25 | 367.5 | |
76 | Luxembourg | Feller, Stull, Schammo, Bastian, Wietor, Goerens | 2211 | 25 | 346.5 | |
77 | Uganda | Kamuhangire, Zabasajja, Zirembuzi, Mpeka, Okoth, Mungyereza | 2200 | 25 | 334.5 | |
78 | Zaire | De Vries, Vandecastele, Buysschaert, Behrenfelt, Claeys | 2200 | 25 | 330.5 | |
79 | Libya | Abdulatif, M. Hingary, El-Mejbri, El-Ageli, Amer, El-Gheiadi | 2200 | 24½ | ||
80 | Jamaica | Tonsingh, Wheeler, Powell, Ewbank, Matthews | 2200 | 24 | 364.5 | |
81 | Jordan | Bakr, Bukhari, Battikhi, Zu'bi, Arafat | 2200 | 24 | 348.0 | |
82 | Senegal | Sakho, Sargos, S. Mbaye, Diop, P. Sakho | 2200 | 24 | 334.0 | |
83 | British Virgin Islands | Hook, Jarecki, Solomon, Pickering, Walters | 2209 | 23 | ||
84 | Honduras | Ustariz, López, Yuja, Luque, Zaldivar, Díaz | 2200 | 22½ | 325.5 | |
85 | United States Virgin Islands | Van Tilbury, Turner, Chiu Yum San, Grumer, Carty, W. Grolemund | 2201 | 22½ | 320.5 | |
86 | Bahrain | Faroghi, A. Hamid Khonji, Rashid, Said, K. Mohsin, Al-Khozai | 2200 | 22½ | 316.0 | |
87 | Angola | Nascimento, de Carvalho, De Meireles, Veloso, Ferreira, Sousa | 2200 | 22 | 319.5 | |
88 | Kenya | Kanani, Adam, Miheso, Pravinlal Nandlal, Anilkumar Ramanlal | 2200 | 22 | 289.5 | |
89 | Bermuda | Wojciechowski, Harris, Radford, Tee, Chudleigh, Dill | 2200 | 19½ | ||
90 | Botswana | Blackburn, Hamley, Thobosi, Abdulla, Madikwe, Kgatshe | 2200 | 14½ | 325.0 | |
91 | Zambia | Mwanse, Sikazwe, Salimu, N. Kawanu, Ndlhovu Vuto, Kafumbwe | 2200 | 14½ | 322.5 |
45 nations were signed up, and to make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. However, the Dominican Republic never showed up, so the competition ended up consisting of an odd 45 teams after all.
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 a three-point margin. Romania and Hungary took silver and bronze, respectively.
# | Country | Players | Average rating |
Points | Buchholz |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | Chiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani | 2360 | 33 | |
2 | Romania | Mureșan, Pogorevici, Nuțu-Terescenko, Polihroniade | 2297 | 30 | |
3 | Hungary | Verőci-Petronić, Ivánka, Porubszky-Angyalosine, Csonkics | 2205 | 26 | |
4 | Poland | Ereńska-Radzewska, Brustman, Wiese, Szmacińska | 2153 | 25½ | |
5 | China | Liu Shilan, Wu Mingqian, An Yangfeng | 2090 | 24½ | 342.5 |
6 | West Germany | Hund, Fischdick, Feustel, Laakmann | 2185 | 24½ | 340.0 |
7 | Sweden | Cramling, Borisova-Ornstein, Aatolainen, Nyberg | 2122 | 24 | |
8 | Netherlands | Vreeken, Bruinenberg, Belle, van Parreren | 2058 | 23½ | 321.0 |
9 | India | R. Khadilkar, J. Khadilkar, V. Khadilkar, Thipsay | 2007 | 23½ | 299.5 |
10 | Spain | García Vicente, García Padrón, Gallego Eraso, Ferrer Lucas | 2112 | 23 | 341.0 |
11 | England | Miles, Jackson, Groves, Needham | 2083 | 23 | 337.0 |
12 | Yugoslavia | Lazarević, Nikolin, Maksimović, Maček | 2165 | 23 | 333.5 |
13 | France | Tagnon, Ruck-Petit, Lebel-Arias, Boulongne | 1927 | 23 | 297.5 |
14 | Bulgaria | Lematschko, Bojadjieva, Voyska, Angelova | 2143 | 22½ | 335.5 |
15 | Colombia | Guggenberger, Salazar Varón, Maya de Alzate, Leyva | 1975 | 22½ | 311.5 |
16 | Brazil | Jussara Chaves, Ribeiro, Joara Chaves, Cardoso | 1892 | 22½ | 303.5 |
17 | United States | Savereide, Haring, Lanni, Crotto | 2110 | 22 | 339.0 |
18 | Italy | Pernici, Iacono, Deghenghi, Moscatiello | 1875 | 22 | 306.0 |
19 | Canada | Shterenberg, Roos, Baltgailis, Mongeau | 1953 | 22 | 302.5 |
20 | Mongolia | Hulgana, P. Buzhinlham, Sh. Batcengel | 1800 | 22 | 299.5 |
21 | Australia | Slavotinek, Martin, Clementi, Travers | 1885 | 22 | 292.0 |
22 | Greece | Nika, Kondou, Firigou, K. Mihailidou | 1802 | 22 | 235.0 |
23 | Argentina | Soppe, Justo, Burijovich, Rizzo | 1953 | 21½ | 305.5 |
24 | Indonesia | Tamin, Wijayanti, Mun, S. Punyanan | 1802 | 21½ | 287.0 |
25 | Iceland | Torsteinsdóttir, Tráinsdóttir, Friðþjófsdóttir, Kristinsdóttir | 1813 | 21 | 306.0 |
26 | Switzerland | Veprek, Bürgin, Baumann, Steiner | 1905 | 21 | 294.5 |
27 | Philippines | Cartel, Fontanilla, Palacios | 1833 | 21 | 265.5 |
28 | New Zealand | Stretch, Burndred, Martin, Sievey | 1800 | 21 | 219.5 |
29 | Austria | Hennings, Hausner, Dür, Kattinger | 1945 | 20½ | 301.0 |
30 | Israel | Glaz, Schwartz, Gal, A. Inbar | 1928 | 20½ | 297.0 |
31 | Scotland | Milligan, Condie, Hindle, Morrison | 1820 | 20½ | 294.5 |
32 | Finland | Landry, Laitinen, Pihlajamäki, Ristoja | 1923 | 20½ | 254.0 |
33 | Mexico | Acevedo, Carvajal, Salazar | 1843 | 20½ | 231.5 |
34 | Belgium | De Corte, Careme, Schumacher, Maseyczik | 1800 | 20 | |
35 | Japan | Takahashi, Watai, Nakagawa, Kamijima | 1860 | 19½ | 294.0 |
- | Switzerland "B" | Küng, Leu, Schladetzky, Eigenmann | 1848 | 19½ | 279.0 |
36 | Turkey | Gülümser Yılmaz, Arbil, Gülsevil Yılmaz, Yardımıcı | 1838 | 19½ | 253.5 |
37 | Venezuela | De Francisco, Niño del Táchira, Delgado, García La Rosa | 1853 | 19½ | 244.5 |
38 | Wales | Evans, Anson, Brunker, James | 1815 | 18½ | 248.0 |
39 | Norway | Klingen, Dahl, Birkestrand, Kumle | 1800 | 18½ | 243.5 |
40 | Ireland | Connolly, Martin, Delaney, Murphy | 1800 | 18½ | 220.0 |
41 | Egypt | Basta Sohair, A. Samy Maha, Ibrahim, Farag | 1800 | 16½ | |
42 | Trinidad and Tobago | Moheni, Belmar, M. Geofroy, R. Geofroy | 1800 | 11½ | |
43 | Zambia | Mbuye, E. Mzyece, Mulenga | 1800 | 5½ | |
44 | United States Virgin Islands | Widmer, Quenzel, F. Jankowski, N. Fodiaba | 1800 | 4 |