| 23rd Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1978 |
[ Information || Final Group || Statistics || Women's Olympiad ]
[ Standings | Crosstable | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th ]
| FIN | Finland | 2376 | 1 : 3 | 2523 | Netherlands | NED |
| GM Westerinen | 2450 | 0 - 1 | 2585 | GM Timman | ||
| Rantanen | 2420 | ½ - ½ | 2575 | GM Sosonko | ||
| Hurme | 2310 | 0 - 1 | 2490 | GM Donner | ||
| Saren | 2325 | ½ - ½ | 2440 | IM Ligterink | ||
| ISR | Israel | 2509 | 2½ : 1½ | 2339 | Brazil | BRA |
| GM Dzindzichashvili | 2550 | 1 - 0 | 2385 | Trois | ||
| GM Liberzon | 2555 | 1 - 0 | 2375 | Van Riemsdijk | ||
| IM Kagan | 2465 | 0 - 1 | 2395 | IM Segal | ||
| IM Birnboim | 2465 | ½ - ½ | Braga | |||
| COL | Colombia | 2333 | ½ : 3½ | 2483 | England | ENG |
| García | 2365 | ½ - ½ | 2565 | GM Miles | ||
| IM Gutiérrez | 2380 | 0 - 1 | 2475 | IM Hartston | ||
| Rodríguez | 2230 | 0 - 1 | 2450 | IM Mestel | ||
| IM Zapata | 2355 | 0 - 1 | 2440 | IM Nunn | ||
| BUL | Bulgaria | 2485 | 3 : 1 | 2343 | Indonesia | INA |
| GM Radulov | 2490 | ½ - ½ | 2330 | IM Ardiansyah | ||
| GM Ermenkov | 2520 | 1 - 0 | 2335 | IM Bachtiar | ||
| GM Tringov | 2480 | ½ - ½ | 2315 | Sampouw | ||
| GM Spasov | 2450 | 1 - 0 | 2390 | Kileng | ||
| VEN | Venezuela | 2253 | 1½ : 2½ | 2429 | Spain | ESP |
| Ostos | 2275 | 1 - 0 | 2490 | GM Díez del Corral | ||
| Fernández | 2285 | 0 - 1 | 2420 | GM Pomar Salamanca | ||
| Díaz | 2250 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | IM Calvo Mínguez | ||
| Gamboa | 0 - 1 | 2350 | IM Bellón López | |||
| URS | Soviet Union | 2590 | 3½ : ½ | 2278 | Argentina "B" | ARG2 |
| GM Spassky | 2630 | 1 - 0 | 2315 | Giardelli | ||
| GM Gulko | 2565 | 1 - 0 | 2395 | Seidler | ||
| GM Romanishin | 2610 | 1 - 0 | Barbero | |||
| GM Vaganian | 2555 | ½ - ½ | Braga | |||
| POL | Poland | 2409 | 1 : 3 | 2568 | Hungary | HUN |
| GM Schmidt | 2505 | 0 - 1 | 2630 | GM Portisch | ||
| Kuligowski | 2310 | ½ - ½ | 2585 | GM Ribli | ||
| IM Sznapik | 2430 | 0 - 1 | 2550 | GM Sax | ||
| IM Pytel | 2390 | ½ - ½ | 2505 | GM Vadász | ||
| YUG | Yugoslavia | 2558 | 2½ : 1½ | 2398 | Australia | AUS |
| GM Gligorić | 2565 | 1 - 0 | 2420 | IM Jamieson | ||
| GM Ljubojević | 2605 | ½ - ½ | 2385 | Shaw | ||
| GM Velimirović | 2520 | 0 - 1 | 2400 | Rogers | ||
| GM Parma | 2540 | 1 - 0 | 2385 | Woodhams | ||
| GER | West Germany | 2513 | 2½ : 1½ | 2376 | Chile | CHI |
| GM Hübner | 2595 | 1 - 0 | 2425 | Donoso Velasco | ||
| GM Unzicker | 2525 | ½ - ½ | 2400 | Frias Pablaza | ||
| GM Pfleger | 2530 | 1 - 0 | 2275 | Morovic Fernández | ||
| Borik | 2400 | 0 - 1 | 2405 | Silva Sánchez | ||
| ROM | Romania | 2461 | 1½ : 2½ | 2360 | Canada | CAN |
| GM Gheorghiu | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2255 | Hebert | ||
| IM Ghiţescu | 2450 | 0 - 1 | 2450 | IM Biyiasas | ||
| GM Şubă | 2430 | 0 - 1 | 2410 | IM Piasetski | ||
| IM Ghindă | 2445 | 1 - 0 | 2325 | Nickoloff | ||
| SUI | Switzerland | 2406 | 1½ : 2½ | 2343 | France | FRA |
| IM Hug | 2460 | 1 - 0 | 2425 | IM Haïk | ||
| IM Lombard | 2400 | 0 - 1 | 2365 | Giffard | ||
| IM Wirthensohn | 2410 | ½ - ½ | 2320 | Preissmann | ||
| Huss | 2355 | 0 - 1 | 2260 | Letzelter | ||
| NOR | Norway | 2395 | 2½ : 1½ | 2441 | Sweden | SWE |
| IM Wibe | 2420 | ½ - ½ | 2545 | GM Andersson | ||
| Helmers | 2345 | ½ - ½ | 2425 | IM Ornstein | ||
| IM Øgaard | 2435 | 1 - 0 | 2430 | IM Schneider | ||
| Hoen | 2380 | ½ - ½ | 2365 | IM Schüssler | ||
| DEN | Denmark | 2416 | 2½ : 1½ | 2361 | Mexico | MEX |
| IM Hamann | 2470 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | Sisniega | ||
| Jakobsen | 2400 | ½ - ½ | 2355 | IM Campos López | ||
| Kristiansen | 2395 | 1 - 0 | 2325 | Villarreal | ||
| Fedder | 2400 | ½ - ½ | 2310 | Aldrete | ||
| CHN | China | 2273 | ½ : 3½ | 2394 | Argentina "A" | ARG |
| Qi Jingxuan | 2405 | ½ - ½ | 2390 | Emma | ||
| Chen De | 2285 | 0 - 1 | 2410 | Hase | ||
| Liu Wenzhe | 0 - 1 | 2370 | Cámpora | |||
| Liang Jinrong | 0 - 1 | 2405 | Grinberg | |||
| AUT | Austria | 2385 | 1½ : 2½ | 2544 | United States | USA |
| GM Robatsch | 2430 | 0 - 1 | 2570 | GM Kavalek | ||
| Hölzl | 2410 | 1 - 0 | 2550 | GM Browne | ||
| Stoppel | 2350 | 0 - 1 | 2505 | GM Lein | ||
| Wittmann | 2350 | ½ - ½ | 2550 | GM Byrne | ||
| MAR | Morocco | 2200 | 0 : 4 | 2479 | Cuba | CUB |
| Chorfi | 0 - 1 | 2535 | GM García Gonzáles | |||
| Al-Hamido | 0 - 1 | 2495 | GM Rodríguez Céspedes | |||
| Arbouche | 0 - 1 | 2450 | IM Vilela | |||
| El-Amri | 0 - 1 | 2435 | GM García Martínez | |||
| PER | Peru | 2271 | 1½ : 2½ | 2339 | Philippines | PHI |
| GM Rodríguez Vargas | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2490 | GM Torre, E. | ||
| González Bernal | 0 - 1 | 2415 | Rodríguez | |||
| Vásquez Horna | 0 - 1 | 2250 | Torre, V. | |||
| Robbiano Taboada | 1 - 0 | De Guzman | ||||
| PAR | Paraguay | 2260 | 4 : 0 | 2200 | Andorra | AND |
| Franco Ocampos | 2340 | 1 - 0 | Clua Ballague | |||
| Riego Prieto | 2250 | 1 - 0 | Gómez Abad | |||
| Bogda | 2240 | 1 - 0 | Pantebre Martínez | |||
| Ferreira | 2210 | 1 - 0 | Vañó | |||
| FAI | Faroe Islands | 2200 | 3½ : ½ | 2200 | Guyana | GUY |
| Jacobsen | ½ - ½ | Broomes, M. | ||||
| Apol | 1 - 0 | Broomes, G. | ||||
| Ziska | 1 - 0 | Wharton | ||||
| Midjord | 1 - 0 | Brooms | ||||
| JPN | Japan | 2200 | 0 : 4 | 2464 | Iceland | ISL |
| Takemoto | 0 - 1 | 2530 | GM Ólafsson, F. | |||
| Matsumoto | 0 - 1 | 2500 | GM Sigurjónsson | |||
| Sakurai | 0 - 1 | 2420 | IM Ólafsson, H. | |||
| Oda | 0 - 1 | 2405 | Ásmundsson | |||
| BOL | Bolivia | 2213 | 1 : 3 | 2223 | Belgium | BEL |
| Chávez Chávez | 2250 | 0 - 1 | 2290 | Schumacher | ||
| Zarco Castillo | ½ - ½ | Wostin | ||||
| Mendivil | ½ - ½ | Mollekens | ||||
| Alborta | 0 - 1 | Larsen | ||||
| HKG | Hong Kong | 2235 | 4 : 0 | 2200 | Bermuda | BER |
| Jhunjhnuwala, K. | 1 - 0 | Yerbury | ||||
| Kan Wai Shui | 2340 | 1 - 0 | Radford | |||
| Jhunjhnuwala, R. | 1 - 0 | Harris | ||||
| Jhunjhnuwala, N. | 1 - 0 | Chudleigh | ||||
| TRI | Trinidad & Tobago | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2278 | Wales | WLS |
| Lee, Cec. | 0 - 1 | 2315 | Cooper | |||
| Payne | 0 - 1 | 2340 | Hutchings | |||
| Lee, Cou. | 0 - 1 | 2250 | Jones | |||
| Duchesne | 1 - 0 | 2205 | Trevelyan | |||
| SCO | Scotland | 2309 | 3½ : ½ | 2200 | Malaysia | MAS |
| The official bulletin wrongly attributes the game at Scotland's board #4 to Timothy Upton. | ||||||
| IM Pritchett | 2405 | 1 - 0 | Tan Bian Huat | |||
| IM Levy | 2320 | 1 - 0 | Woo Beng Keong | |||
| Jamieson | 2310 | 1 - 0 | Hon Kah Seng | |||
| Giulian | ½ - ½ | Liew Chee Meng | ||||
| ISV | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2279 | Tunisia | TUN |
| Van Tilbury | 0 - 1 | 2365 | IM Bouaziz | |||
| Grumer | 0 - 1 | 2350 | IM Belkadi | |||
| Chiu Yum San | 0 - 1 | Tabbane | ||||
| Turner | 1 - 0 | Hmadi | ||||
| SRI | Sri Lanka | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2223 | New Zealand | NZL |
| Weeramantry | 0 - 1 | 2290 | IM Sarapu | |||
| Aturupane | 1 - 0 | Small | ||||
| Goonetilleke | 0 - 1 | Anderson | ||||
| Parakrama | 0 - 1 | Weir | ||||
| LBA | Libya | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2214 | Puerto Rico | PUR |
| Shabsh Abdulatif | 1 - 0 | Moraza Choisme | ||||
| El-Ageli | 0 - 1 | 2255 | Torres | |||
| Tawengi | 0 - 1 | Martínez | ||||
| Isgeta | 0 - 1 | Ferrao | ||||
| URU | Uruguay | 2270 | 2½ : 1½ | 2200 | Syria | SYR |
| Dienavorian Lacherian | 2360 | 1 - 0 | Arafeh | |||
| Silva Nazzari | 2270 | ½ - ½ | Hakki | |||
| Bademian Orchanian | 2250 | 1 - 0 | Catalan | |||
| Lamas Baliero | 0 - 1 | Khatib | ||||
| IVB | British Virgin Islands | 2213 | 1 : 3 | 2264 | Ecuador | ECU |
| Hook | 2250 | 1 - 0 | 2355 | IM Verduga | ||
| Georges | 0 - 1 | 2240 | Pazos | |||
| Pickering | 0 - 1 | Salvador | ||||
| Campbell | 0 - 1 | 2260 | Freile | |||
| DOM | Dominican Republic | 2229 | 3½ : ½ | 2200 | United Arab Emirates | UAE |
| Gonzáles | 2205 | ½ - ½ | Saleh | |||
| Delgado | 2300 | 1 - 0 | Abdulghafour | |||
| Pérez Nivar | 2210 | 1 - 0 | Abdul Rahman | |||
| Liao Yuan Eu | 1 - 0 | Al-Kaitoob | ||||
| ZAI | Zaire | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2219 | Luxembourg | LUX |
| De Vries | 1 - 0 | 2250 | Stull | |||
| Ciezkowski | 0 - 1 | Schammo | ||||
| Merali | 0 - 1 | 2205 | Milbers | |||
| Biringanine | 0 - 1 | 2220 | Philippe | |||
| GUA | Guatemala | 2200 | 1 : 3 | 2200 | Mauritania | MAU |
| Batres | 1 - 0 | Bouasria | ||||
| Canda | 0 - 1 | Radhy Sol | ||||
| Grajeda | 0 - 1 | El-Mokhtar | ||||
| Cruz Lorenzana | 0 - 1 | Louly | ||||
| JAM | Jamaica | 2200 | 2 : 2 | 2200 | Jordan | JOR |
| Wong, S. | ½ - ½ | Arafat | ||||
| Grant | 0 - 1 | Shoumali | ||||
| Wong, A. | ½ - ½ | Al-Mallah | ||||
| Powell | 1 - 0 | Bakr | ||||
<< Standings after 2nd round >>
| no. | code | pts | Buch | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1. | ENG | 7½ | 8.0 | DOM 4 |
COL 3½ |
ARG |
| 2. | BUL | 7 | 8.0 | LUX 4 |
INA 3 |
FRA |
| 3. | NED | 7 | 7.5 | URU 4 |
FIN 3 |
HUN |
| 4. | ISR | 6½ | 8.5 | ECU 4 |
BRA 2½ |
ESP |
| GER | 6½ | 8.5 | NZL 4 |
CHI 2½ |
CUB | |
| URS | 6½ | 8.5 | WLS 3 |
ARG2 3½ |
ROM | |
| HUN | 6½ | 8.5 | SCO 3½ |
POL 3 |
NED | |
| 8. | CAN | 6½ | 6.5 | LBA 4 |
ROM 2½ |
USA |
| ESP | 6½ | 6.5 | GUA 4 |
VEN 2½ |
ISR | |
| 10. | FRA | 6½ | 6.0 | SYR 4 |
SUI 2½ |
BUL |
| 11. | ARG | 6½ | 5.5 | BOL 3 |
CHN 3½ |
ENG |
| 12. | CUB | 6½ | 5.0 | PER 2½ |
MAR 4 |
GER |
| 13. | YUG | 6 | 8.5 | TUN 3½ |
AUS 2½ |
NOR |
| 14. | NOR | 6 | 5.0 | BER 3½ |
SWE 2½ |
YUG |
| 15. | VEN | 5½ | 9.5 | MAU 4 |
ESP 1½ |
BRA |
| ROM | 5½ | 9.5 | PUR 4 |
CAN 1½ |
URS | |
| 17. | USA | 5½ | 9.0 | PAR 3 |
AUT 2½ |
CAN |
| 18. | CHI | 5½ | 7.5 | SRI 4 |
GER 1½ |
INA |
| BRA | 5½ | 7.5 | IVB 4 |
ISR 1½ |
VEN | |
| 20. | DEN | 5½ | 5.5 | JPN 3 |
MEX 2½ |
COL |
| 21. | FAI | 5½ | 4.0 | MAR 2 |
GUY 3½ |
AUS |
| 22. | FIN | 5 | 9.0 | JAM 4 |
NED 1 |
ARG2 |
| 23. | INA | 5 | 8.0 | ZAI 4 |
BUL 1 |
CHI |
| 24. | PAR | 5 | 7.5 | USA 1 |
AND 4 |
ISL |
| AUS | 5 | 7.5 | ISV 3½ |
YUG 1½ |
FAI | |
| 26. | HKG | 5 | 5.0 | SWE 1 |
BER 4 |
POL |
| 27. | ISL | 5 | 4.5 | CHN 1 |
JPN 4 |
PAR |
| 28. | SWE | 4½ | 11.0 | HKG 3 |
NOR 1½ |
BEL |
| 29. | SUI | 4½ | 10.5 | BEL 3 |
FRA 1½ |
MEX |
| 30. | ARG2 | 4½ | 8.5 | JOR 4 |
URS ½ |
FIN |
| 31. | COL | 4½ | 8.0 | UAE 4 |
ENG ½ |
DEN |
| 32. | MEX | 4½ | 7.5 | TRI 3 |
DEN 1½ |
SUI |
| POL | 4½ | 7.5 | MAS 3½ |
HUN 1 |
HKG | |
| 34. | PHI | 4½ | 5.0 | AND 2 |
PER 2½ |
WLS |
| 35. | WLS | 4 | 8.5 | URS 1 |
TRI 3 |
PHI |
| 36. | SCO | 4 | 7.5 | HUN ½ |
MAS 3½ |
AUT |
| AUT | 4 | 7.5 | GUY 2½ |
USA 1½ |
SCO | |
| 38. | BEL | 4 | 6.5 | SUI 1 |
BOL 3 |
SWE |
| 39. | CHN | 3½ | 11.5 | ISL 3 |
ARG ½ |
DOM |
| 40. | DOM | 3½ | 8.0 | ENG 0 |
UAE 3½ |
CHN |
| 41. | TUN | 3½ | 7.5 | YUG ½ |
ISV 3 |
PER |
| 42. | PER | 3 | 11.0 | CUB 1½ |
PHI 1½ |
TUN |
| 43. | LUX | 3 | 8.0 | BUL 0 |
ZAI 3 |
NZL |
| 44. | ECU | 3 | 7.5 | ISR 0 |
IVB 3 |
PUR |
| NZL | 3 | 7.5 | GER 0 |
SRI 3 |
LUX | |
| 46. | MAU | 3 | 6.5 | VEN 0 |
GUA 3 |
URU |
| PUR | 3 | 6.5 | ROM 0 |
LBA 3 |
ECU | |
| 48. | URU | 2½ | 8.5 | NED 0 |
SYR 2½ |
MAU |
| 49. | MAR | 2 | 12.0 | FAI 2 |
CUB 0 |
JAM |
| 50. | BOL | 2 | 10.5 | ARG 1 |
BEL 1 |
SYR |
| 51. | AND | 2 | 9.5 | PHI 2 |
PAR 0 |
GUY |
| GUY | 2 | 9.5 | AUT 1½ |
FAI ½ |
AND | |
| 53. | TRI | 2 | 8.5 | MEX 1 |
WLS 1 |
JOR |
| 54. | JAM | 2 | 7.0 | FIN 0 |
JOR 2 |
MAR |
| 55. | JOR | 2 | 6.5 | ARG2 0 |
JAM 2 |
TRI |
| 56. | SYR | 1½ | 9.0 | FRA 0 |
URU 1½ |
BOL |
| 57. | ISV | 1½ | 8.5 | AUS ½ |
TUN 1 |
JPN |
| 58. | JPN | 1 | 10.5 | DEN 1 |
ISL 0 |
ISV |
| 59. | LBA | 1 | 9.5 | CAN 0 |
PUR 1 |
GUA |
| GUA | 1 | 9.5 | ESP 0 |
MAU 1 |
LBA | |
| 61. | IVB | 1 | 8.5 | BRA 0 |
ECU 1 |
BER |
| MAS | 1 | 8.5 | POL ½ |
SCO ½ |
SRI | |
| SRI | 1 | 8.5 | CHI 0 |
NZL 1 |
MAS | |
| 64. | ZAI | 1 | 8.0 | INA 0 |
LUX 1 |
UAE |
| 65. | BER | ½ | 11.0 | NOR ½ |
HKG 0 |
IVB |
| 66. | UAE | ½ | 8.0 | COL 0 |
DOM ½ |
ZAI |
