18th_Chess_Olympiad

18th Chess Olympiad

1968 chess tournament in Lugano, Switzerland

The 18th Chess Olympiad (Italian: Le 18º Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an open^[1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 17 and November 7, 1968, in Lugano, Switzerland.

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The Soviet team with six GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their ninth consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

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Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.

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No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Soviet Union	-	4	3½	4	3½	4	4	4	7	0	0	27
«A»	Philippines	0	-	2½	1½	3½	3½	4	4	5	2	0	19
«B»	England	½	1½	-	2	3½	3½	4	4	4	2	1	19
«B»	Israel	0	2½	2	-	3	3	4	4	5	1	1	18½
«C»	Italy	½	½	½	1	-	2	3	3	2	4	1	10½
«C»	Portugal	0	½	½	1	2	-	3	3	2	4	1	10
«D»	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	2½	1	6	0	4½
«D»	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	1	1	1½	-	0	7	0	3½

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Denmark	-	2½	2	2½	2½	3½	3½	5	0	1	16½
«A»	United States	1½	-	2½	2½	3½	3½	3	5	1	0	16½
«B»	Mongolia	2	1½	-	1	3½	2½	2½	3	2	1	13
«B»	Austria	1½	1½	3	-	1½	2½	2	2	3	1	12
«C»	Australia	1½	½	½	2½	-	1½	3	2	4	0	9½
«C»	Venezuela	½	½	1½	1½	2½	-	2½	2	4	0	9
«D»	France	½	1	1½	2	1	1½	-	0	5	1	7½

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Yugoslavia	-	2½	3	2½	4	3½	4	6	0	0	19½
«A»	Poland	1½	-	2½	3½	3½	3½	4	5	1	0	18½
«B»	Spain	1	1½	-	2½	4	4	4	4	2	0	17
«B»	Scotland	1½	½	1½	-	2	3	4	2	3	1	12½
«C»	South Africa	0	½	0	2	-	2½	3½	2	3	1	8½
«C»	Luxembourg	½	½	0	1	1½	-	1	0	6	0	4½
«D»	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	½	3	-	1	5	0	3½

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Hungary	-	3	2½	3	3½	3½	3½	3½	7	0	0	22½
«A»	Canada	1	-	2½	2½	3½	3	3	4	6	1	0	19½
«B»	Netherlands	1½	1½	-	3½	2½	4	2½	4	5	2	0	19½
«B»	Belgium	1	1½	½	-	2½	3	3	4	4	3	0	15½
«C»	Monaco	½	½	1½	1½	-	1	3	3	2	5	0	11
«C»	Ireland	½	1	0	1	3	-	2	2½	2	4	1	10
«D»	Paraguay	½	1	1½	1	1	2	-	3	1	5	1	10
«D»	Costa Rica	½	0	0	0	1	1½	1	-	0	7	0	4

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	+	−	=	Points
«A»	West Germany	-	2	3½	2½	2½	3½	4	4	6	0	1	22
«A»	Romania	2	-	3	2½	2½	2½	3½	4	6	0	1	20
«B»	Switzerland	½	1	-	3	3	3	3½	4	5	2	0	18
«B»	Brazil	1½	1½	1	-	2	3½	3½	4	3	3	1	17
«C»	Norway	1½	1½	1	2	-	2	3	4	2	3	2	15
«C»	Puerto Rico	½	1½	1	½	2	-	3	2½	2	4	1	11
«D»	Hong Kong	0	½	½	½	1	1	-	3	1	6	0	6½
«D»	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	1½	1	-	0	7	0	2½

18th_Chess_Olympiad

18th Chess Olympiad

Results

Preliminaries

Final

Final «A»

Final «B»

Final «C»

Final «D»

Individual medals

References

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No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Argentina	-	2½	2½	3	3½	4	4	6	0	0	19½
«A»	East Germany	1½	-	3	3½	4	3½	4	5	1	0	19½
«B»	Finland	1½	1	-	2½	2	3	3½	3	2	1	13½
«B»	Sweden	1	½	1½	-	3	2½	3	3	3	0	11½
«C»	Greece	½	0	2	1	-	4	3	2	3	1	10½
«C»	Morocco	0	½	1	1½	0	-	2	0	5	1	5
«D»	United States Virgin Islands	0	0	½	1	1	2	-	0	5	1	4½

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	+	−	=	Points
«A»	Bulgaria	-	2½	3	2½	2½	4	4	4	7	0	0	22½
«A»	Czechoslovakia	1½	-	2	2½	4	4	4	4	5	1	1	22
«B»	Iceland	1	2	-	3½	2	3	4	4	4	1	2	19½
«B»	Cuba	1½	1½	½	-	2½	3½	3½	4	4	3	0	17
«C»	Tunisia	1½	0	2	1½	-	1½	2½	4	2	4	1	13
«C»	Turkey	0	0	1	½	2½	-	2½	4	3	4	0	10½
«D»	Singapore	0	0	0	½	1½	1½	-	4	1	6	0	7½
«D»	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	7	0	0

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
1	Soviet Union	Petrosian, Spassky, Korchnoi, Geller, Polugaevsky, Smyslov	39½
2	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Ivkov, Matanović, Matulović, Parma, Čirić	31
3	Bulgaria	Bobotsov, Tringov, Padevsky, Kolarov, Radulov, Peev	30
4	United States	Reshevsky, Evans, Benko, R. Byrne, Lombardy, D. Byrne	29½
5	West Germany	Unzicker, Schmid, Darga, Pfleger, Hübner, Hecht	29
6	Hungary	Portisch, Szabó, Bilek, Lengyel, Barcza, Csom	27½
7	Argentina	Najdorf, Panno, Sanguineti, Rossetto, Rubinetti, García	26	15
8	Romania	Gheorghiu, Ciocâltea, Ghițescu, Drimer, Soós, Ungureanu	26	14
9	Czechoslovakia	Hort, Filip, Smejkal, Jansa, Augustin, Janata	24½	12
10	East Germany	Uhlmann, Pietzsch, Zinn, Malich, Liebert, Hennings	24½	11
11	Poland	Kostro, Bednarski, Doda, Schmidt, Adamski, Grąbczewski	23
12	Denmark	Larsen, Brinck-Claussen, Hamann, Holm, Petersen, Nørby	21
13	Canada	Yanofsky, Suttles, Macskasy, Allan, Day, Schulman	19
14	Philippines	Reyes, Balinas, De Castro, Naranja, Bandal, Rodríguez	13½

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
15	Netherlands	Donner, Ree, Langeweg, Bouwmeester, Kuijpers, Prins	33½
16	England	Penrose, Kottnauer, Clarke, Keene, Lee, Basman	33
17	Austria	Dückstein, Prameshuber, Stoppel, Janetschek, Kinzel, Niedermayr	30½
18	Israel	Czerniak, Porat, Kraidman, Kagan, Domnitz, Peretz	30
19	Spain	Pomar, Medina, Torán, Visier, Calvo, Palacios de la Prida	28½
20	Cuba	Jiménez, García Martínez, Cobo, Rodríguez Gonzáles, Ortega, Carlos Diaz	27	14
21	Switzerland	Keller, Kupper, Blau, Bhend, Walther, Glauser	27	12
22	Iceland	Jóhannsson, Sigurjónsson, Kristjánsson, Kristinsson, Thorsteinsson, Ásmundsson	26
23	Finland	Westerinen, Ojanen, Havansi, Koskinen, Kajan, Venäläinen	24½
24	Sweden	Jansson, Nilsson, Johansson, Broström, Olsson, Sköld	22½
25	Brazil	Mecking, German, Câmara, Rocha, Miranda, Pinto Paiva	21½
26	Belgium	O'Kelly, Boey, Rooze, Cornelis, Beyen, Dunkelblum	20½
27	Mongolia	Üitümen, Myagmarsuren, Lhagva, Zorigt, Badamgarav G., Purevzhav	20
28	Scotland	Fairhurst, Davie, McAlpine, Levy, Freeman, McKay	19½

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
29	Australia	Hamilton, Fuller, Koshnitsky, Flatow, Viner, Shaw	38
30	Norway	Johannessen, Hoen, Svedenborg, Zwaig, Wibe, de Lange	36
31	Italy	Giustolisi, Cappello, Zichichi, Primavera, Magrin, Romani	31½
32	Venezuela	Caro, Villarroel, Budowski, Schorr, Diaz, Robles	30
33	Turkey	Süer, İbrahimoğlu, Uzman, Boysan, Bilyap, Külür	29½
34	Greece	Vizantiadis, Siaperas, Trikaliotis, Ornithopoulos, Kokkoris, Rizopoulos	28½
35	Portugal	Cordovil, Sardinha, Durão, Santos, Pereira	27½	16
36	South Africa	Friedgood, Kroon, Heyns, Morschel, Griffiths, Hangelbroek	27½	14
37	Tunisia	Belkadi, Bouaziz, Kchouk, Lagha, Ben Rehouma, Hentati	26
38	Ireland	Heidenfeld, Littleton, Reilly, O'Riordan, McCurdy, De Loughrey	21
39	Luxembourg	Feller, Philippe, Wantz, Dietrich, Schammo, Stull	20½
40	Puerto Rico	Kaplan, Buitrago, Colón Romero A., Reissmann, Sacarello, Benítez	19½
41	Morocco	Bakali, Hadri, Kaderi, Nejjar, Soussi, Benabud	16
42	Monaco	Casa, Weiss, Donné, Kostjoerin, Kann, Muziole	12½

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
43	Singapore	Tan, Ann, Seng, Kwee, Seng, On	32
44	France	Boutteville, Letzelter, Huguet, Jean, Thiellement, Ferry	30
45	Paraguay	Silva, Recalde, Prieto, Gonzáles, Cantero, Levy	27½
46	Mexico	Castro Aguilar, Winter Gallegos, Delgado, Flores Soto, Araiza, Terrazas	23½	13
47	Dominican Republic	Myers, Malagón A., Malagón C., Belliard Alonzo, Yabra, Andujar	23½	12
48	Hong Kong	Kazanski, Gibbs, Hardt, Hobson, Badilles	22½
49	Costa Rica	Rovira Mas, Van der Laat Ulloa, Wyss, Rojas, Quesada, Batres	14½
50	Lebanon	Salameh, Bedrossian, Galeb, Rizk, Cabbouche	13½
51	Cyprus	Constantinou, Kleopas, Avgousti, Lantsias, Cababe	13
52	United States Virgin Islands	Hook, Hoyt, Roebuck, Edwards, Potter, Garrison	11
53	Andorra	Jiménez, De la Casa, Corominas, Gómez Abad, Soler, Pantebre Martínez	9

No.	Country	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	+	−	=	Points
15	Netherlands	-	3	2½	2	2	1½	2	2½	3½	2½	3½	3½	2½	2½	9	1	3	33½
16	England	1	-	2	2	2½	3½	1½	2½	2½	3	3	3	3½	3	9	2	2	33
17	Austria	1½	2	-	½	3	2	3	3	2½	2	3	2	3	3	7	2	4	30½
18	Israel	2	2	3½	-	2	2½	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2½	3	5	0	8	30
19	Spain	2	1½	1	2	-	2	2½	3	2	2½	1½	3	3	2½	6	3	4	28½
20	Cuba	2½	½	2	1½	2	-	1	½	2	3½	3½	3	2	3	5	4	4	27
21	Switzerland	2	2½	1	2	1½	3	-	1½	1½	1	3	2	4	2	4	5	4	27
22	Iceland	1½	1½	1	2	1	3½	2½	-	1½	2	2	3	2½	2	4	5	4	26
23	Finland	½	1½	1½	1½	2	2	2½	2½	-	2½	2	1½	1	3½	4	6	3	24½
24	Sweden	1½	1	2	2	1½	½	3	2	1½	-	1	1½	3	2	2	7	4	22½
25	Brazil	½	1	1	2	2½	½	1	2	2	3	-	2½	1½	2	3	6	4	21½
26	Belgium	½	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2½	2½	1½	-	1	2½	3	7	3	20½
27	Mongolia	1½	½	1	1½	1	2	0	1½	3	1	2½	3	-	1½	3	9	1	20
28	Scotland	1½	1	1	1	1½	1	2	2	½	2	2	1½	2½	-	1	8	4	19½