16th Chess Olympiad
The 16th Chess Olympiad, 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 November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their seventh consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and West Germany taking the silver and bronze, respectively.
Results
Preliminaries
A total of 50 teams entered the competition and were divided into seven preliminary groups of seven or eight teams each. The top two from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 3rd-4th to Final B, no. 5-6 to Final C, and the rest to Final D. All preliminary groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments. The preliminary results were as follows:
- Group 1: 1. Soviet Union, 2. Spain, 3. Philippines, 4. Chile, 5. Switzerland, 6. Venezuela, 7. South Africa.
- Group 2: 1. Yugoslavia, 2. Netherlands, 3. Mongolia, 4. Austria, 5. Mexico, 6. India, 7. Bolivia.
- Group 3: 1. Hungary, 2. Israel, 3. Sweden, 4. Scotland, 5. France, 6. Ireland, 7. Luxembourg.
- Group 4: 1. United States, 2. Poland, 3. England, 4. Norway, 5. Turkey, 6. Iran, 7. Portugal.
- Group 5: 1. Romania, 2. Czechoslovakia, 3. Cuba, 4. Paraguay, 5.Colombia, 6. Puerto Rico, 7. Australia.
- Group 6: 1. Argentina, 2. Canada, 3. East Germany, 4. Ecuador, 5. Monaco, 6. Ireland, 7. Uruguay.
- Group 7: 1. Bulgaria, 2. West Germany, 3. Denmark, 4. Peru, 5. Finland, 6. Greece, 7. Dominican Republic, 8. Cyprus.
With Australia making its debut, this was the first Olympiad where all six continents were represented.
Final
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Final B # Country Points MP 15 
East Germany38½ 16 
Sweden32 17 
Denmark31½ 18 
England31 19 
Peru27½ 15 20 
Austria27½ 14 21 
Cuba26 22 
Norway25½ 14 23 
Mongolia25½ 13 24 
Chile24 25 
Philippines22½ 26 
Ecuador18 27 
Paraguay17½ 28 
Scotland17
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Final C # Country Points MP 29 
Iceland37½ 30 
Switzerland36½ 31 
Colombia35 24 32 
Finland35 19 33 
Venezuela30½ 34 
France29½ 35 
Greece27½ 36 
Iran23½ 37 
India22 38 
Puerto Rico21½ 39 
Turkey20½ 40 
Mexico20 41 
Ireland13 42 
Monaco12
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Final D # Country Points 43 
Australia22½ 44 
South Africa18 45 
Bolivia15½ 46 
Uruguay14½ 47 
Portugal14 48 
Luxembourg12 49 
Dominican Republic10½ 50 
Cyprus5
Individual medals
- Board 1: Wolfgang Uhlmann 15 / 18 = 83.3%
- Board 2: Tudev Ujtumen 13½ / 17 = 79.4%
- Board 3:
Vassily Smyslov 11 / 13 = 84.6% - Board 4: Paul Keres (10/12),
Helmut Pfleger (12½/15), and David Friedgood (10/12) = 83.3% - 1st reserve: Leonid Stein 10 / 13 = 76.9%
- 2nd reserve:
Milan Matulović and Günther Möhring 11 / 13 = 84.6%
At the other end of the spectrum, Milton Ioannidis of Cyprus lost all of his 4 games, giving him a total score at the Olympiads of 0 / 24 = 0.0%.
References
- ↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- 16th Chess Olympiad: Tel Aviv 1964 OlimpBase
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