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29th Chess Olympiad

1990 chess tournament in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

The official logo of the 29th Olympiad on a 1990 stamp of Yugoslavia.

The 29th Chess Olympiad (, 29. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 16 and December 4, 1990, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia).

This time around, the political controversy surrounded the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – who had all recently declared their independence from the Soviet Union and wanted to send their own teams to the Olympiad. The Yugoslavian hosts, however, followed the decree from Moscow and refused to accept their entries. Despite a petition from several top players they weren't allowed to play. This meant that big names like Jaan Ehlvest, Lembit Oll, Alexei Shirov, and former world champion Mikhail Tal could not appear at the Olympiad.

Incidentally, this would also turn out to be the last Olympic appearances of the "old" Eastern Bloc countries: East Germany, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. The latter finished in style by winning their sixth consecutive gold medals and 18th overall, even without Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov who were in the midst of their fifth and final world championship match. Instead, the last Soviet team was led by Ivanchuk and Gelfand – two of the co-signers of the pro-Baltic petition. They still won in style, well ahead of the United States and England.

Open event

A total of 108 teams from 106 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. For the first time, the host nation got the right to field two additional teams. All three Yugoslavian sides finished in the top 30.

In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

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Individual medals

Performance rating: FRG Robert Hübner 2734
Board 1: PAR Zenón Franco Ocampos (9/12) and AND Raül García Paolicchi (10½/14) = 75.0%
Board 2: IND Dibyendu Barua 8½ / 11 = 77.3%
Board 3: AUT Egon Brestian 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
Board 4: MEX Roberto Martín del Campo 7½ / 10 = 75.0%
1st reserve: SYR Satea Husari 6 / 7 = 85.7%
2nd reserve: WAL Iolo Jones 6 / 7 = 85.7%

Women's event

65 teams from 63 different nations took part. Like the open event, the women's competition featured three Yugoslavian teams, all of which finished in the top 20. Lebanon were signed up, but didn't show up. Their first three matches were listed as forfeit, after which they were officially withdrawn.

In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

For the second Olympiad in a row, the Hungarian team beat the Soviet Union, although only on tie break this time. Once again, all three Polgár sisters (Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit) were in the team - and they all won their respective boards. The best individual performance, however, came from Soviet reserve Arakhamia who registered a perfect 12/12 score and an unbelievable 2935 performance rating.

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Individual medals

Performance rating: URS Ketevan Arakhamia 2935
Board 1: HUN Zsuzsa Polgár 11½ / 14 = 82.1%
Board 2: HUN Judit Polgár 10 / 13 = 76.9%
Board 3: HUN Zsófia Polgár 11½ / 13 = 88.5%
Reserve: URS Ketevan Arakhamia 12 / 12 = 100.0%

References

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

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