27th Chess Olympiad
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The 27th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 14 and December 2, 1986, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Once again, the Olympiad was marred by politics. With the event being held in an Arab nation, Israel couldn't participate, being in an official state of war with several Arab countries. In protest Western European nations like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands didn't come to Dubai. Strong individual players like Viktor Korchnoi, Robert Hübner, and Eric Lobron also stayed away.
With no championship match in progress at the time, the Soviet Union was again able to field the strongest possible team, led by reigning world champion Kasparov and ex-champion Karpov. Even so, they only finished half a point ahead of England - and they only managed to capture the top spot in the last round. The United States, who had led the table after the penultimate round, had to settle for the bronze medals.
Open event
For the first time, the number of participants reached triple digits. 108 teams from 107 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
Open event # Country Players Average
ratingPoints 1 Soviet Union
Kasparov, Karpov, Sokolov, Yusupov, Vaganian, Tseshkovsky 2681 40 2 England
Miles, Nunn, Short, Chandler, Speelman, Flear 2585 39½ 3 United States
Seirawan, Christiansen, Kavalek, Fedorowicz, De Firmian, Dlugy 2555 38½ # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz MP 4 Hungary
2584 34½ 5 Iceland
2526 34 466.0 6 Bulgaria
2479 34 465.0 7 China
2448 34 432.5 8 Czechoslovakia
2523 33 456.5 9 Cuba
2510 33 452.0 10 France
2499 33 443.5 11 Argentina
2501 33 443.0 12 Peru
2380 33 426.5 13 West Germany
2473 32½ 436.0 14 Austria
2394 32½ 421.0 15 Yugoslavia
2580 32 466.5 16 Poland
2445 32 446.0 17 Portugal
2385 32 420.0 18 Romania
2525 31½ 466.5 19 Indonesia
2418 31½ 445.5 20 Brazil
2433 31½ 444.0 21 Chile
2451 31½ 443.0 22 Scotland
2395 31½ 432.0 23 Canada
2406 31½ 420.0 24 Spain
2460 31 462.5 25 India
2389 31 413.5 26 Greece
2389 31 411.0 27 Italy
2413 30½ 434.0 28 Philippines
2348 30½ 424.0 29 Switzerland
2413 30½ 423.0 30 Belgium
2355 30½ 403.5 31 Australia
2419 30 426.5 32 Dominican Republic
2319 30 415.5 33 Singapore
2281 30 413.5 17 34 Finland
2415 30 413.5 15 35 Colombia
2403 30 405.5 36 Paraguay
2280 30 399.5 37 New Zealand
2321 30 396.5 38 Iraq
2214 30 393.5 39 Turkey
2344 29½ 425.5 40 Egypt
2269 29½ 419.0 41 Mexico
2316 29½ 409.5 42 Malaysia
2271 29½ 385.0 43 Ecuador
2323 29 420.5 44 Nicaragua
2264 29 412.5 45 Tunisia
2293 29 409.0 46 Ireland
2290 29 408.0 47 Venezuela
2243 29 404.0 48 Pakistan
2315 29 402.0 49 Lebanon
2239 29 391.0 50 Uruguay
2254 28½ 403.0 51 Wales
2314 28½ 401.0 52 Puerto Rico
2255 28½ 399.0 53 Guatemala
2264 28½ 397.5 54 El Salvador
2233 28½ 391.5 55 Costa Rica
2239 28 389.5 56 Malta
2251 28 388.5 57 Andorra
2215 28 373.5 58 Syria
2306 27½ 417.0 59 Thailand
2234 27½ 394.5 60 Bolivia
2213 27½ 388.5 61 Morocco
2200 27½ 381.5 62 Trinidad and Tobago
2201 27½ 374.0 63 North Yemen
2200 27½ 373.5 64 Palestine
2200 27½ 361.5 65 Bangladesh
2266 27 400.5 66 Nigeria
2201 27 383.0 67 Guernsey and
Jersey
2218 27 377.0 68 Jordan
2200 27 374.0 69 Hong Kong
2240 27 373.0 70 Honduras
2200 27 372.5 71 Luxembourg
2203 26½ 394.5 72 United Arab Emirates
2221 26½ 384.0 73 Zimbabwe
2200 26½ 364.0 74 Haiti
2200 26½ 362.5 75 San Marino
2200 26½ 353.0 76 Sri Lanka
2280 26 402.5 77 Algeria
2203 26 394.0 78 Angola
2206 26 387.0 79 Libya
2203 26 367.5 80 Mauritania
2200 26 334.5 81 Mali
2200 26 329.5 82 Bahrain
2200 26 321.0 83 United Arab Emirates "B"
2201 25½ 372.0 84 Uganda
2201 25½ 354.5 85 Zambia
2201 25½ 351.5 86 Panama
2200 25 366.5 87 Barbados
2200 25 363.0 88 Senegal
2200 25 330.5 89 Cyprus
2200 24½ 379.5 90 Japan
2200 24½ 367.0 91 South Yemen
2200 24½ 360.0 92 Jamaica
2203 24 372.0 93 Kenya
2211 24 365.0 94 Sudan
2200 24 347.0 95 Ghana
2200 24 336.5 96 Fiji
2200 24 310.0 97 Brunei
2200 23½ 336.5 98 Netherlands Antilles
2200 23½ 324.5 99 Qatar
2200 23 346.0 100 Antigua and Barbuda
2200 23 332.0 101 Papua New Guinea
2204 23 308.5 102 British Virgin Islands
2201 22 328.5 103 Bahamas
2200 22 307.5 104 Bermuda
2200 20 312.5 105 Mauritania
2200 20 300.5 106 Botswana
2200 18½ 107 Gambia
2200 14½ 108 Seychelles
2200 5
Individual medals
- Performance rating:
Garry Kasparov 2746
- Board 1:
Garry Kasparov 8½ / 11 = 77.3%
- Board 2:
Imed Abdelnabbi 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
- Board 3:
Nigel Short 10 / 13 = 76.9%
- Board 4:
Artur Yusupov 10 / 12 = 83.3%
- 1st reserve:
Luís Muñiz 6 / 7 = 85.7%
- 2nd reserve:
Ng Ek Teong 6 / 7 = 85.7%
Women's results
A total of 49 nations took part. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
Like the open event, the women's tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union, captained by world champion Chiburdanidze, who won the gold medals by a comfortable margin. Hungary and Romania took silver and bronze, respectively.
The real star of the women's event, though, was 45-year-old ex-world champion Gaprindashvili, who won all of her 10 games and finished with an uncanny performance rating of 2877 - more than 100 points better than the best male.
# Country Players Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 1 Soviet Union
Chiburdanidze, Akhmilovskaya, Gaprindashvili, Alexandria 2358 33½ 2 Hungary
Verőci-Petronić, Mádl, Ivánka, Grosch 2247 29 3 Romania
Mureşan, Nuţu, Polihroniade, Stanciu-Olăraşu 2178 28 343.5 # Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 China
2133 28 342.0 5 Yugoslavia
2190 25½ 6 West Germany
2153 25 7 Poland
2237 24½ 350.0 8 England
2222 24½ 344.0 9 Bulgaria
2148 23½ 10 Cuba
2063 23 11 Brazil
2005 22½ 303.0 12 Austria
1967 22½ 288.0 13 Finland
1903 22½ 287.5 14 Spain
2087 22 339.5 15 France
2067 22 327.5 16 United States
2055 22 318.0 17 Scotland
1903 22 306.5 18 Greece
1977 21½ 324.5 19 India
2083 21½ 311.5 20 Ireland
1928 21½ 305.0 21 Wales
1988 21½ 291.5 22 Mexico
1900 21½ 235.5 23 Switzerland
2055 21 313.5 24 Argentina
1907 21 308.5 25 Indonesia
1925 21 302.0 26 Turkey
1912 21 299.5 27 Belgium
1902 21 291.0 28 Italy
1900 21 287.0 29 Colombia
1913 20½ 309.5 30 Philippines
1900 20½ 301.5 31 Dominican Republic
1902 20½ 294.5 32 Bangladesh
1960 20½ 286.0 33 Australia
1933 20½ 278.0 34 United Arab Emirates
1900 20½ 228.5 35 Iraq
1900 20 263.0 36 Guatemala
1900 20 246.5 37 Venezuela
1900 20 221.5 38 Uruguay
1900 20 218.0 39 Japan
1903 19½ 289.0 40 Malaysia
1900 19½ 263.0 41 New Zealand
1902 19½ 255.5 42 Portugal
1902 19½ 251.0 43 Syria
1900 19½ 229.0 44 Puerto Rico
1900 18½ 45 Trinidad and Tobago
1902 16½ 223.5 46 Jamaica
1900 16½ 221.0 47 Nigeria
1900 15½ 48 Seychelles
1900 5½ 49 Panama
1900 2½
Individual medals
- Performance rating:
Nona Gaprindashvili 2877
- Board 1:
Tatjana Lematschko 9½ / 11 = 86.4%
- Board 2:
Faridah Karim 7 / 8 = 87.5%
- Board 3:
Nona Gaprindashvili 10 / 10 = 100.0%
- Reserve:
Gabriela Stanciu-Olăraşu 7 / 9 = 77.8%
References
- ↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- 27th Chess Olympiad: Dubai 1986 OlimpBase