24th olimpiad, La Valetta

20-11-1980 > 06-12-1980

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BP Buch
1 Soviet Union (URS) VEN
GRE
AUT
YUG
BUL
2
NED
3
HUN
2
ENG
CSR
2
ISL
USA
ARG
ROM
DEN
39 449.5
2 Hungary (HUN) SCO
4
NOR
SWE
3
ISR
USA
3
ENG
URS
2
YUG
2
FIN
NED
2
CSR
2
ROM
3
BUL
ISL
39 448.0
3 Yugoslavia (YUG) TUN
MAS
BUL
URS
PHI
USA
3
SWE
3
HUN
2
ENG
CSR
2
NED
2
ISL
3
ARG
2
ROM
2
35 448.0
4 USA (USA) DOM
4
CHI
2
MEX
CUB
3
HUN
1
YUG
1
PHI
POL
SCO
ARG
2
URS
ITA
4
CSR
2
ENG
34 448.0
5 Czechoslovakia (CSR) IRL
3
FRA
3
PHI
SUI
3
POL
3
COL
3
ENG
SWE
URS
2
YUG
2
HUN
2
BUL
USA
2
NED
2
33 454.5
6 England (ENG) TUR
4
INA
2
CHI
3
POL
3
ISR
HUN
CSR
URS
YUG
FIN
3
BUL
2
NED
SWE
2
USA
32½ 453.0
7 Poland (POL) ISV
4
ALB
SUI
3
ENG
1
CSR
1
MGL
2
BEL
USA
ROM
1
DEN
2
AUS
2
CUB
3
PHI
2
BUL
3
32½ 424.0
8 Israel (ISR) PAR
4
CAN
3
ARG
3
HUN
ENG
PHI
2
BUL
FRA
2
COL
3
CUB
ROM
1
DEN
NOR
3
SWE
32 439.0
9 Canada (CAN) FAI
ISR
1
NOR
THA
4
IND
3
ESP
3
FIN
1
NED
GER
SUI
2
SCO
2
COL
2
ALB
ARG
32 410.5
10 Netherlands (NED) BEL
DEN
DOM
PAK
4
ROM
URS
1
GER
3
CAN
SWE
3
HUN
2
YUG
2
ENG
ISL
CSR
2
31½ 449.5
11 Romania (ROM) MLT2
2
EGY
AUS
POR
NED
AUT
2
NOR
COL
POL
3
BUL
2
ISR
3
HUN
1
URS
YUG
2
31½ 437.5
12 Sweden (SWE) LIB
NZL
4
HUN
1
ESP
3
FIN
3
BUL
3
YUG
1
CSR
NED
1
AUS
2
ITA
2
CHN
3
ENG
2
ISR
31½ 434.0
13 Cuba (CUB) SYR
AUT
INA
3
USA
1
FRA
ITA
AUS
3
CHN
3
BUL
ISR
DEN
POL
1
SCO
3
ESP
3
31½ 424.5
14 Argentina (ARG) MLT
4
WLS
ISR
1
FIN
1
POR
GER
2
IND
2
ITA
3
FRA
USA
2
PHI
URS
½
YUG
2
CAN
31 439.0
15 Philippines (PHI) GUY
3
ITA
3
CSR
COL
3
YUG
ISR
2
USA
ISL
ESP
MGL
4
ARG
½
CHI
3
POL
2
FIN
2
31 430.5
16 Denmark (DEN) JPN
3
NED
IND
2
FRA
PAR
3
AUS
2
ALB
2
NOR
CHN
2
POL
2
CUB
ISR
GER
3
URS
½
31 427.5
17 France (FRA) AND
CSR
1
GRE
3
DEN
CUB
FIN
½
INA
ISR
2
ARG
SCO
NOR
2
MEX
SUI
2
AUS
3
31 415.0
18 Wales (WLS) UGA
4
ARG
½
GER
AUT
1
VEN
JAM
3
MAS
POR
2
NOR
INA
3
CHN
DOM
FIN
2
SUI
31 395.0
19 Bulgaria (BUL) PAK
4
MGL
YUG
ISL
URS
2
SWE
1
ISR
FIN
2
CUB
ROM
2
ENG
2
CSR
HUN
POL
1
30½ 454.0
20 Finland (FIN) IVB
3
GER
2
ALB
ARG
3
SWE
1
FRA
CAN
3
BUL
2
HUN
½
ENG
1
CHI
2
ESP
2
WLS
2
PHI
2
30½ 431.0
21 Austria (AUT) MNC
4
CUB
URS
½
WLS
3
CHI
ROM
2
MGL
IND
1
SUI
DOM
3
ALB
GRE
CHN
3
GER
2
30½ 414.0
22 Italy (ITA) LBA
4
PHI
1
BEL
TUR
ESP
CUB
NZL
3
ARG
1
INA
IND
4
SWE
2
USA
0
COL
2
IRL
3
30½ 409.0
23 Iceland (ISL) LUX
CHN
ESP
2
BUL
½
MGL
NOR
SCO
2
PHI
IND
URS
½
GER
3
YUG
1
NED
HUN
½
30 434.5
24 Norway (NOR) PNG
4
HUN
½
CAN
BEL
2
SUI
ISL
ROM
DEN
WLS
ALB
2
FRA
2
POR
3
ISR
1
COL
30 421.5
25 West Germany (GER) THA
3
FIN
2
WLS
IND
SCO
3
ARG
2
NED
1
MEX
CAN
ESP
ISL
1
AUS
DEN
1
AUT
2
30 420.0
26 Spain (ESP) ZIM
4
BRA
3
ISL
2
SWE
1
ITA
CAN
1
POR
3
SCO
PHI
GER
SUI
FIN
2
AUS
CUB
1
30 416.5
27 Greece (GRE) BER
URS
½
FRA
1
LUX
3
ALB
BRA
SYR
NZL
2
THA
2
IRL
EGY
AUT
INA
SCO
30 402.5
28 Venezuela (VEN) URS
THA
ZIM
2
EGY
2
WLS
TUN
LIB
DOM
2
TRI
COL
POR
1
PAK
MAS
CHI
30 399.5
29 Brasilia (BRA) JOR
ESP
1
IRL
MGL
1
SYR
GRE
PAR
3
AUS
1
TUN
3
POR
COL
2
ALB
MEX
2
INA
3
30 397.0
30 Syria (SYR) CUB
½
TRI
2
MLT2
ALB
BRA
INA
1
GRE
ZIM
PAK
LUX
MEX
IND
2
NZL
3
THA
30 394.5
31 Switzerland (SUI) GCI
4
IND
POL
1
CSR
1
NOR
½
UAE
DOM
3
ALB
2
AUT
CAN
2
ESP
SCO
FRA
2
WLS
29½ 413.5
32 Colombia (COL) HKG
4
AUS
POR
2
PHI
1
INA
4
CSR
1
CHN
2
ROM
ISR
1
VEN
BRA
2
CAN
2
ITA
2
NOR
29 419.0
33 Albania (ALB) NGR
POL
FIN
½
SYR
GRE
PAK
DEN
2
SUI
2
CHI
NOR
2
AUT
BRA
CAN
½
CHN
2
29 415.5
34 Australia (AUS) ZAI
COL
ROM
MLT
3
DOM
2
DEN
2
CUB
1
BRA
3
LIB
SWE
2
POL
2
GER
ESP
FRA
1
29 410.5
35 India (IND) CYP
4
SUI
DEN
2
GER
CAN
1
LIB
3
ARG
2
AUT
3
ISL
½
ITA
0
PAR
3
SYR
2
POR
MEX
2
29 410.0
36 Chile (CHI) PUR
4
USA
2
ENG
1
SCO
2
AUT
BEL
1
EGY
MGL
ALB
CHN
2
FIN
2
PHI
1
THA
VEN
29 408.5
37 Mexico (MEX) UAE
MLT2
USA
½
PAR
2
LIB
TUR
3
IRL
GER
½
NZL
EGY
SYR
FRA
BRA
2
IND
2
29 396.0
38 China (CHN) TRI
4
ISL
½
MGL
IRL
TUR
DOM
3
COL
2
CUB
1
DEN
2
CHI
2
WLS
SWE
1
AUT
1
ALB
2
28½ 411.5
39 Portugal (POR) EGY
UAE
COL
2
ROM
ARG
PAR
ESP
1
WLS
2
IRL
BRA
VEN
3
NOR
1
IND
TUR
28½ 406.0
40 Belgium (BEL) NED
JPN
ITA
NOR
2
NZL
2
CHI
3
POL
½
INA
½
UAE
3
LIB
2
PAK
2
MAS
TUR
1
MLT
28½ 395.0
41 Ireland (IRL) CSR
1
AND
BRA
CHN
GUY
3
NZL
MEX
CYP
3
POR
GRE
MLT
3
THA
2
MGL
3
ITA
1
28½ 391.5
42 Thailand (THA) GER
1
VEN
GCI
3
CAN
0
EGY
2
GUY
2
AND
4
LIB
GRE
2
NZL
3
INA
IRL
2
CHI
SYR
28½ 390.0
43 Pakistan (PAK) BUL
0
ANG
4
TUN
NED
0
LBA
4
ALB
½
JPN
2
TUR
2
SYR
NGR
3
BEL
2
VEN
LIB
NZL
3
28½ 372.5
44 Dominican republic (DOM) USA
0
BER
4
NED
ZIM
4
AUS
2
CHN
1
SUI
1
VEN
2
TUR
3
AUT
1
TUN
3
WLS
½
EGY
3
MGL
2
28 399.0
45 Indonesia (INA) ANG
4
ENG
2
CUB
1
NZL
3
COL
0
SYR
3
FRA
½
BEL
ITA
WLS
1
THA
ZIM
GRE
BRA
1
28 397.5
46 Mongolia (MGL) KEN
4
BUL
½
CHN
BRA
3
ISL
POL
2
AUT
CHI
PAR
3
PHI
0
LIB
3
NZL
2
IRL
1
DOM
2
27½ 402.5
47 Paraguay (PAR) ISR
0
HKG
4
FAI
MEX
2
DEN
1
POR
BRA
1
JPN
MGL
1
TUN
2
IND
1
EGY
ALG
3
GUY
27½ 387.0
48 Turkey (TUR) ENG
0
PNG
4
LUX
3
ITA
CHN
½
MEX
1
MLT
PAK
2
DOM
1
MAS
2
UAE
2
TUN
BEL
3
POR
27½ 384.5
49 Malaysia (MAS) JAM
YUG
½
NZL
0
UAE
2
LUX
NGR
3
WLS
½
MLT
2
CYP
TUR
2
PUR
3
BEL
VEN
½
FAI
4
27½ 378.0
50 Trinidad & Tobago (TRI) CHN
0
SYR
2
JPN
FAI
3
MLT
3
SCO
0
ZIM
EGY
2
VEN
½
UAE
JAM
3
GCI
3
TUN
2
LIB
27½ 370.5
51 Scotland (SCO) HUN
0
CYP
JAM
4
CHI
2
GER
1
TRI
4
ISL
2
ESP
USA
½
FRA
CAN
2
SUI
CUB
1
GRE
½
27 423.5
52 Japan (JPN) DEN
1
BEL
½
TRI
HKG
3
PUR
ISV
PAK
2
PAR
½
ALG
GUY
½
KEN
MLT2
ZIM
3
EGY
27 373.0
53 Luxembourg (LUX) ISL
½
MNC
TUR
1
GRE
1
MAS
ALG
4
CYP
2
TUN
1
PUR
SYR
½
MLT2
2
GUY
NGR
3
UAE
26½ 369.0
54 Guyana (GUY) PHI
1
LBA
MLT
1
GCI
3
IRL
1
THA
2
TUN
1
PUR
1
ZAI
JPN
NZL
½
LUX
UAE
PAR
26½ 369.0
55 Algeria (ALG) NZL
½
JAM
1
JOR
BER
GCI
LUX
0
ISV
IVB
3
JPN
LBA
2
CYP
2
HKG
3
PAR
1
AND
26½ 351.0
56 New Zealand (NZL) ALG
SWE
0
MAS
4
INA
1
BEL
2
IRL
ITA
1
GRE
2
MEX
THA
1
GUY
MGL
2
SYR
1
PAK
1
26 401.0
57 Libya (LIB) SWE
½
ISV
2
NGR
TUN
MEX
IND
1
VEN
THA
AUS
½
BEL
2
MGL
1
PUR
PAK
TRI
26 389.5
58 Tunesia (TUN) YUG
½
IVB
PAK
LIB
UAE
2
VEN
GUY
3
LUX
3
BRA
1
PAR
2
DOM
1
TUR
TRI
2
PUR
2
26 387.5
59 Egypt (EGY) POR
ROM
½
PUR
3
VEN
2
THA
2
ZIM
3
CHI
½
TRI
2
AND
4
MEX
GRE
½
PAR
DOM
1
JPN
25½ 391.0
60 United Arabian Emirates (UAE) MEX
POR
½
ISV
3
MAS
2
TUN
2
SUI
½
PUR
JAM
BEL
1
TRI
TUR
2
MLT
GUY
LUX
25½ 379.0
61 Malta (MLT) ARG
0
KEN
GUY
3
AUS
1
TRI
1
PUR
TUR
½
MAS
2
MLT2
3
GCI
3
IRL
1
UAE
CYP
3
BEL
½
25½ 376.5
62 Zimbabwe (ZIM) ESP
0
JOR
VEN
2
DOM
0
ZAI
4
EGY
1
TRI
SYR
GCI
1
AND
LBA
3
INA
½
JPN
1
NGR
3
25½ 369.5
63 Puerto Rico (PUR) CHI
0
NGR
2
EGY
1
MNC
3
JPN
MLT
UAE
GUY
3
LUX
CYP
3
MAS
1
LIB
FAI
2
TUN
2
25½ 357.0
64 Malta B (MLT2) ROM
2
MEX
½
SYR
½
AND
2
FAI
1
PNG
3
NGR
LBA
MLT
1
KEN
LUX
2
JPN
ZAI
HKG
2
25½ 355.5
65 Jamaica (JAM) MAS
½
ALG
3
SCO
0
PNG
3
CYP
2
WLS
1
FAI
UAE
NGR
1
JOR
TRI
1
AND
2
MNC
LBA
3
25½ 348.5
66 US Virgin Islands (ISV) POL
0
LIB
2
UAE
1
IVB
JOR
JPN
½
ALG
ANG
PNG
HKG
FAI
1
LBA
UGA
3
CYP
25½ 333.0
67 Hong Kong (HKG) COL
0
PAR
0
KEN
JPN
1
BER
2
MNC
JOR
2
ZAI
2
FAI
ISV
IVB
3
ALG
1
GCI
3
MLT2
2
25 349.0
68 Guernsey (GCI) SUI
0
UGA
THA
1
GUY
1
ALG
LBA
BER
FAI
ZIM
3
MLT
1
NGR
2
TRI
1
HKG
1
PNG
25 345.0
69 Jordan (JOR) BRA
½
ZIM
½
ALG
NGR
1
ISV
BER
2
HKG
2
AND
½
ANG
JAM
UGA
3
CYP
1
PNG
MNC
4
25 323.5
70 Cyprus (CYP) IND
0
SCO
½
BER
2
UGA
4
JAM
2
FAI
3
LUX
2
IRL
1
MAS
PUR
1
ALG
2
JOR
3
MLT
1
ISV
24½ 356.0
71 Kenya (KEN) MGL
0
MLT
½
HKG
ANG
MNC
2
UGA
LBA
2
NGR
1
BER
3
MLT2
JPN
PNG
3
AND
IVB
2
24½ 318.5
72 Nigeria (NGR) ALB
½
PUR
2
LIB
½
JOR
3
IVB
2
MAS
1
MLT2
KEN
3
JAM
3
PAK
1
GCI
2
FAI
2
LUX
1
ZIM
1
23½ 361.0
73 Færøer (FAI) CAN
½
ZAI
3
PAR
½
TRI
1
MLT2
3
CYP
1
JAM
GCI
HKG
UGA
3
ISV
3
NGR
2
PUR
2
MAS
0
23½ 355.0
74 Andorra (AND) FRA
½
IRL
½
ZAI
MLT2
2
PNG
3
IVB
3
THA
0
JOR
EGY
0
ZIM
½
ANG
4
JAM
2
KEN
ALG
½
23½ 345.5
75 Lebanon (LBA) ITA
0
GUY
IVB
ZAI
PAK
0
GCI
KEN
2
MLT2
MNC
ALG
2
ZIM
1
ISV
ANG
3
JAM
1
23½ 344.0
76 UK Virgin Islands (IVB) FIN
1
TUN
½
LBA
ISV
NGR
2
AND
1
ZAI
2
ALG
1
UGA
MNC
3
HKG
1
ANG
BER
2
KEN
2
23½ 326.0
77 Bermuda (BER) GRE
½
DOM
0
CYP
2
ALG
HKG
2
JOR
2
GCI
UGA
2
KEN
1
ANG
2
PNG
2
MNC
IVB
2
ZAI
3
23 326.0
78 Zaire (ZAI) AUS
½
FAI
1
AND
LBA
ZIM
0
ANG
3
IVB
2
HKG
2
GUY
½
PNG
MNC
2
UGA
3
MLT2
BER
1
23 319.5
79 Monaco (MNC) AUT
0
LUX
½
UGA
PUR
1
KEN
2
HKG
ANG
3
PNG
LBA
IVB
1
ZAI
2
BER
JAM
JOR
0
20½ 326.0
80 Papua New Guinea (PNG) NOR
0
TUR
0
ANG
4
JAM
1
AND
1
MLT2
1
UGA
1
MNC
ISV
ZAI
BER
2
KEN
1
JOR
GCI
½
19½ 329.5
81 Uganda (UGA) WLS
0
GCI
½
MNC
CYP
0
ANG
KEN
½
PNG
3
BER
2
IVB
FAI
1
JOR
1
ZAI
1
ISV
1
BYE
0
17½ 302.0
82 Angola (ANG) INA
0
PAK
0
PNG
0
KEN
UGA
½
ZAI
1
MNC
1
ISV
JOR
½
BER
2
AND
0
IVB
LBA
1
BYE
2
13½ 305.5

Another expected victory for the Soviet Union. In the Belgian team Meulders disappointed while Goormachtigh managed to win an individual silver medal – the only Belgian ever to do so and, in fact, the first Belgian to win any medal at all. Defize participated as Belgian champion, while Meulders and Goormachtigh qualified after a preliminary match. I  believe the three other players were selected due to their FIDE elo, but I’m not sure. [1] has the full results.

1 GM Sosonko, Gennady NED 2545 ½
2 Gonda, Gentaro JPN 2225 ½
3
4 IM Helmers, Knut NOR 2405 ½
5 IM Chandler, Murray Graham NZL 2450 0
6
7 IM Sznapik, Aleksander POL 2460 0
8 Handoko, Edhi INA 2290 0
9
10 IM Kouatly, Bachar LBA 2350 0
11 Mirza, Shahzad PAK ½
12
13 İpek, Ali TRK 2285 0
14
Tot Meulders, Richard BEL 2230 2/9

 

1 GM Ree, Hans NED 2520 0
2
3 IM Tóth, Béla ITA 2415 ½
4
5 Small, Vernon NZL 2365 ½
6 IM Morovic Fernández, Iván Eduardo CHI 2380 1
7 GM Schmidt, Włodzimierz POL 2430 ½
8 GM Suradiradja, Herman INA 2340 0
9 Saeed, Nasser Ahmed UAE ½
10
11
12 Liew Chee Meng, Jimmy MAS 0
13
14 Attard, Wilfred MLT 2240 1
Tot De Bruycker, Bernard BEL 2350 4/9

 

1 IM Langeweg, Christiaan NED 2425 0
2
3 IM Zichichi, Alvise ITA 2395 0
4 Heim, Sverre NOR 2335 ½
5
6 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto CHI 2335 ½
7
8 IM Ardiansyah, Haji INA 2365 ½
9
10 Abouchaaya, Tony LBA 0
11 Farooqui, Zahiruddin PAK 2330 ½
12
13 Gümrüçuoğlu, Ergun TRK 2210 0
14 Gouder, Adriano MLT 2215 1
Tot Deleyn, Gunter BEL 3/9

 

1 IM Van der Wiel, John NED 2465 1
2 Shiraki, T. JPN 1
3 Taruffi, Daniele ITA ½
4
5 Aptekar, Lev NZL 1
6 Silva Sánchez, Carlos CHI 2405 ½
7
8 Gunawan, Ronny INA 2365 0
9 Saeed, Saeed Ahmed UAE 1
10
11 Chaudry, Altaf PAK ½
12 Chang Hing Wah MAS 1
13
14
Tot Goormachtigh, Johan BEL 6½/9

 

1
2 Hirata, T. JPN 1
3 Trabattoni, Franco ITA 2325 ½
4 Hoen, Ragnar Harald NOR 2395 ½
5
6 Velasquez Ojeda, César CHI 2310 1
7 Kuligowski, Adam POL 2405 0
8
9 Saeed, Naji Mohamed UAE ½
10 Khechen, Nabil LBA 1
11
12 Cheah Woon Leng, Eric MAS ½
13 IM Süer, Nevzat TRK 2270 ½
14 Sollars, Claude MLT ½
Tot Defize, Alain BEL 6/10

 

1
2 Sugimoto, Koichi JPN 1
3
4 Tiller, Bjørn NOR 2300 ½
5 Anderson, Bruce NZL ½
6
7 IM Bielczyk, Jacek POL 2380 0
8
9 Saleh, Maher UAE 1
10 Saade, N. LBA 1
11 Ahmad, Nazir PAK 2220 ½
12 Abdul Rahman, Ahmad MAS 1
13 Pamuk, Murat TRK ½
14 Gauci, Joseph MLT 1
Tot Schumacher, Helmut BEL 2300 7/10

Wanted

  • Some of the games.
  • First names for Shiraki, Hirata and Saade.

Sources

  1. OlimpBase
  2. Doorbraak No. 10
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