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16th Chess Olympiad

1964 chess tournament in Tel Aviv, Israel

16th Chess Olympiad

1964 chess tournament in Tel Aviv, Israel

An official medal from the Olympiad.
Israeli postal stamp, 1964

The 16th Chess Olympiad (, Olimpiadat ha-shachmat ha-16), organized by FIDE and comprising an open 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. With Australia making its debut, this was the first Olympiad where all six continents were represented. 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:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
-44444600**23½ **
Spain½-3342014
Philippines0-232111
Chile0½2-332110½
Switzerland0-33010½
011-150
South Africa01-0607
  • Group 2:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
-24344501**19½ **
Netherlands2-24440219
Mongolia½-342014½
0½-3433012½
Mexico12½1-323110
India0010-2051
00½½12-0514
  • Group 3:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
-323444501**20 **
1-451016
Sweden2-332115
1½-3333011½
France01-3333011
0011-3150
0½½111-0604
  • Group 4:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
United States-3444600**21 **
Poland-23332114½
England1-232113
½2-123111
01½3-23231
Iran012½2-1328
0½1-1507
  • Group 5:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
Romania-24501**18**
-34510**18**
2-½32112½
1-124011
½½3-2323110½
Puerto Rico½02-2132
Australia0½½½12-051
  • Group 6:
No.Country1234567+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»
-23334501**18½ **
Canada2-3450117½
1-34442017
11-324011½
½½0-21417
1101-1507
00½½2-141
  • Group 7:
No.Country12345678+=Points«A»«A»«B»«B»«C»«C»«D»«D»
Bulgaria-2334601**22½ **
2-244502**22½**
12-234441218½
½½-34443017
½½21-4433114½
Greece101½-3250
½½000-3160
Cyprus0000011-0702

Final

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final A ! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP !! Head- to-head

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:{| class="wikitable |+ Final B ! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 15 || || Uhlmann, Malich, Liebert, Fuchs, Golz, Möhring || 38½ || |- | 16 || Sweden || Ståhlberg, Johansson, Sköld, Nilsson, Jansson, Fridh || 32 || |- | 17 || || Andersen, Kølvig, Brinck-Claussen, Blom, Jakobsen, From || 31½ || |- | 18 || England || Kottnauer, Clarke, Haygarth, Littlewood, Hindle, Franklin || 31 || |- | 19 || || Quiñones, Súmar Casis, Ascencios J., Rodríguez Vargas, Pinzón Sánchez, Miranda M. || 27½ || 15 |- | 20 || || Dückstein, Beni, Prameshuber, Gragger, Stöckl, Winiwarter || 27½ || 14 |- | 21 || || Jiménez, José Pérez, Rodríguez Gonzáles, Ortega, García, Cobo || 26 || |- | 22 || || Johannessen, Zwaig, Hoen, Vinje-Gulbrandsen, Svedenborg, Kristiansen || 25½ || 14 |- | 23 || Mongolia || Myagmarsuren, Üitümen, Purevzhav, Tsagan T., Chalkhasuren, Namzhil || 25½ || 13 |- | 24 || Chile || Letelier, Hausman, Vergara, Jauregui, Godoy Bugueño, Espinoza || 24 || |- | 25 || PHI || Naranja, Balinas, Borja, Campomanes, Badilles, De Castro || 22½ || |- | 26 || || Yépez, Moritz, Garcés, Ottati, Yepez Obando, Cevallos || 18 || |- | 27 || Paraguay || Silva, Saguier, Cantero, Gonzáles, Levy, Vely || 17½ || |- | 28 || || Fairhurst, Aitken, Fallone, Bonner, Baxter R, Thomson || 17 || |}

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 29 || || Thorsteinsson, Björnsson, Torvaldsson, Kristinsson, Sólmundarson, Kristjánsson || 37½ || |- | 30 || Switzerland || Kupper, Blau, Bhend, Walther, Roth, Castagna || 36½ || |- | 31 || || Cuéllar, Minaya Molano, Cuartas, Tejada H., Fernández, Rodríguez || 35 || 24 |- | 32 || || Kanko, Westerinen, Fred, Niemelä, Rantanen, Ketonen || 35 || 19 |- | 33 || Venezuela || Tapasztó, Villarroel, Caro, Schorr, Hernández, Boucchechter || 30½ || |- | 34 || France || Boutteville, Mazzoni, Thiellement, Bergraser, Noradounguian, Zinser || 29½ || |- | 35 || Greece || Paidousis, Kokkoris, Vizantiadis, Hadziotis, Papapostolou, Ornithopoulos || 27½ || |- | 36 || IRI || Mashian, Kahyai, Jelveh, Safvat, Farboud, Zafaranian || 23½ || |- | 37 || India || Ali, Aaron, Sakhalkar, Madon, Shukla, Shekhar G. || 22 || |- | 38 || PUR || Colón Romero M., Reissmann, Martínez Buitrago, Sitiriche, Sacarello, Cintrón || 21½ || |- | 39 || || Süer, Külür, Haralambof, Tebi, Nutku, Bilyap || 20½ || |- | 40 || MEX || Aldrete, Camarena, Reza Delón, Delgado, Guerrero, Flores || 20 || |- | 41 || || Keogh, Reilly, Murphy P., O'Hare, Cassidy, De Loughrey || 13 || |- | 42 || || Casa, Weiss, Rometti, Deslauriers J., Kostjoerin || 12 || |}

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final D ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points |- | 43 || Australia || Koshnitsky, Hanks, Geus, Fuller, Hay, Viner || 22½ |- | 44 || RSA || Dreyer, Kirby, Rubinsztein, Friedgood, Wolpert, Isaacson || 18 |- | 45 || || Ramírez, Salazar, Zegada, Carvajal || 15½ |- | 46 || || Olivera, del Monte, Cabral, Infantozzi, Kalkstein, Weizman || 14½ |- | 47 || || Ribeiro, Durão, Rocha, Santos, Vinagre, Cordovil || 14 |- | 48 || || Conrady, Philippe, Schneider, Wantz, Schneider, Thill || 12 |- | 49 || || Peña, Yabra, Guerrero, Sánchez, Castrillón || 10½ |- | 50 || CYP || Kleopas, Papadopoulos, Hadjikypris, Ioannidis, Lantsias, Zappas || 5 |}

Final «A»

No.Country1234567891011121314+=Points
1-214324331012**36½ **
22-2222323361632
332-22231372430½
4-213233282330
522-222344528½
6United States0222-2372427½
7Bulgaria12322-322344527
8Romania1121-33366127
9½22221-233243626
10Poland2½22-3146324
11Netherlands011½11-3358021
12Canada11½1113-2210119
13Spain½13112½212-½19317½
141½12½111-111117½

Final «B»

No.Country1516171819202122232425262728+=Points
15-2341341111**38½ **
16Sweden2-12233473332
1713-24222271531½
18England½-2322373331
192-½3232364327½
20202-3322454427½
21½211-224446326
2202222-322½43625½
23Mongolia3½22111-3255325½
24Chile½222½-3337324
25Philippines11½11221-246322½
26012½02½-38218
27½0½2021½-228317½
28½½10122-110217

Final «C»

No.Country2930313233343536373839404142+=Points
29-332322441003**37½ **
30Switzerland1-3243433102136½
311-3334121035
322-343493135
3311-143376030½
34France213-2223354429½
35Greece102-4242355327½
36Iran½½½20-332447223½
37India2110221-2336422
38Puerto Rico00112-348121½
39½111½01-33257120½
40Mexico21½½1221-227420
410½00½½½112-3210113
420½1½101½21-012112

Final «D»

No.Country4344454647484950+=Points
43Australia-2434601**22½ **
44South Africa2-3451118
450-443015½
4611-223332214½
47½2-3333114
48½21-223212
49½1-316010½
50Cyprus0001121-0615

Individual medals

  • Board 1: GDR Wolfgang Uhlmann 15 / 18 = 83.3%
  • Board 2: MGL Tudev Ujtumen 13½ / 17 = 79.4%
  • Board 3: URS Vassily Smyslov 11 / 13 = 84.6%
  • Board 4: URS Paul Keres (10/12), FRG Helmut Pfleger (12½/15), and RSA David Friedgood (10/12) = 83.3%
  • 1st reserve: URS Leonid Stein 10 / 13 = 76.9%
  • 2nd reserve: YUG Milan Matulović and GDR 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

References

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