3rd World Youth U26 Team Championship: Graz 1981

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Basic data

3rd World Youth U26 Team Championship
Date: 16th - 30th August 1981
City: Graz, Austria
Teams participating: 34 (including Austria "B")
Players participating: 177 (including 6 GMs, 20 IMs and 13 FMs)
Games played: 748
Game system: Four board eleven round Swiss.
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points
Clock routine: N/A
Downloadable game file: 81wtch-u26.zip

Final standings

no. team code ∑ players
1. Soviet Union URS 32½ Kasparov, Psakhis, Yusupov, Dolmatov, Kochiev, Vladimirov
2. England ENG 30½ Speelman, Mestel, Plaskett, Davies, Hodgson
3. Hungary HUN 28½ Groszpeter, Karolyi, Karsa, Orso, Kallay, Pirisi
4. United States USA 26½
5. France FRA 24½
6. Israel ISR 24½
7. Switzerland SUI 24
8. Yugoslavia YUG 24
9. Austria AUT 24
10. Argentina ARG 24
11. West Germany GER 24
12. Poland POL 24 Kuligowski, Przewoźnik, Tomaszewski, Pańczyk, Stempin
13. Indonesia INA 23½
14. Netherlands NED 23½
15. Canada CAN 23½
16. Finland FIN 23½
17. Sweden SWE 23
18. Brazil BRA 23 Sunyé Neto, Filguth, Braga, Paolozzi, Resende
19. Italy ITA 23
20. Turkey TUR 22½
21. Venezuela VEN 22½
22. Scotland SCO 22½
23. Greece GRE 22
24. Tunisia TUN 21½
25. Austria "B" AUT2 21½
26. Norway NOR 20½
27. Lebanon LIB 19
28. United Arab Emirates UAE 17½
29. Luxembourg LUX 17
30. Japan JPN 15½
31. Kuwait KUW 13½
32. Jordan JOR 13½
33. Yemen YEM 13½
34. Libya LBA 10½

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Viewable games


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See the games online

The Graz Championship was a landmark event to bring many famous games. Here is the concise listing of most interesting ones:

According to Davies this was his "most artistic miniature ever played". Agreed!
Polajzer, Danilo (YUG) - Davies, Nigel (ENG) 0 - 1

Yusupov's most famous tactical win, a sacrifice of both Rooks.
Yusupov, Artur (URS) - Morrison, Rob (CAN) 1 - 0

That was most inspiring Garry's play as he just turned 18.
Sunye Neto, Jaime (BRA) - Kasparov, Garry (URS) 0 - 1

According to Informant that's the longest game in their database (143 moves!).
Van der Wiel, John (NED) - Fedorowicz, John (USA) ½ - ½