| 8th Women's Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1978 |
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| 8th Women's Chess Olympiad | |
| Date: | 25th October - 12th November 1978 |
| City: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Venue: | River Plate |
| Head of Organizing Committee: | prof. Rodolfo Zanlungo (ARG) |
| General Director: | Mr. Héctor Decio Rossetto (ARG) |
| Head Referee: | IA Paul Klein (ECU) |
| Teams participating: | 32 |
| Players participating: | 125 (including 7 WGMs and 22 WIMs) |
| Games played: | 672 |
| Game system: | Two stage round robin. |
| Tie-breaks: | 1. Game points; 2. Match points; 3. Berger |
| Clock routine: | 2.5h for first 40 moves, then 1h for each next 16 moves |
| Official logo: | |
| Downloadable game file: | 78olw.zip |
| Special thanks to Carlos E. A. Drake for all kind of help on the topic. | |
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To be added soon. |
| no. | name | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | WGM Chiburdanidze, Maia | URS | A | 9 | 11 | 81.8 |
| 2. | Garwell, Jane | WLS | D | 9½ | 12 | 79.2 |
| 3. | WIM Borisova, Borislava | SWE | B | 8½ | 11 | 77.3 |
| no. | name | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | WGM Gaprindashvili, Nona | URS | A | 9½ | 11 | 86.4 |
| 2. | WGM Baumstark, Gertrude | ROM | B | 10 | 13 | 76.9 |
| 2. | WIM Ivánka, Mária | HUN | A | 10 | 13 | 76.9 |
| no. | name | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | WGM Alexandria, Nana | URS | A | 8 | 10 | 80.0 |
| 2. | Hund, Barbara | GER | A | 9½ | 12 | 79.2 |
| 3. | Jurczyńska, Anna | POL | A | 7½ | 10 | 75.0 |
| no. | name | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | WGM Akhmilovskaya, Elena | URS | A | 10 | 10 | 100.0 |
| 2. | Cramling, Pia | SWE | B | 9 | 11 | 81.8 |
| 3. | Watkins, Helen Clare | WLS | D | 6 | 8 | 75.0 |
| 3. | Teasley, Dolly | USA | B | 7½ | 10 | 75.0 |