16th Chess Olympiad

The 16th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

An official medal from the Olympiad.
Israeli postal stamp, 1964
David Ben-Gurion presenting the trophy to the winning USSR team

The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their seventh consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and West Germany taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 50 teams entered the competition and were divided into seven preliminary groups of seven or eight teams each. The top two from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 3rd-4th to Final B, no. 5-6 to Final C, and the rest to Final D. All preliminary groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments. The preliminary results were as follows:

  • Group 1: 1. Soviet Union, 2. Spain, 3. Philippines, 4. Chile, 5. Switzerland, 6. Venezuela, 7. South Africa.
  • Group 2: 1. Yugoslavia, 2. Netherlands, 3. Mongolia, 4. Austria, 5. Mexico, 6. India, 7. Bolivia.
  • Group 3: 1. Hungary, 2. Israel, 3. Sweden, 4. Scotland, 5. France, 6. Ireland, 7. Luxembourg.
  • Group 4: 1. United States, 2. Poland, 3. England, 4. Norway, 5. Turkey, 6. Iran, 7. Portugal.
  • Group 5: 1. Romania, 2. Czechoslovakia, 3. Cuba, 4. Paraguay, 5.Colombia, 6. Puerto Rico, 7. Australia.
  • Group 6: 1. Argentina, 2. Canada, 3. East Germany, 4. Ecuador, 5. Monaco, 6. Ireland, 7. Uruguay.
  • Group 7: 1. Bulgaria, 2. West Germany, 3. Denmark, 4. Peru, 5. Finland, 6. Greece, 7. Dominican Republic, 8. Cyprus.

With Australia making its debut, this was the first Olympiad where all six continents were represented.

Final
Final A
#CountryPlayersPointsMPHead-
to-head
1 Soviet UnionPetrosian, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres, Stein, Spassky36½
2 YugoslaviaGligorić, Ivkov, Matanović, Parma, Udovčić, Matulović32
3 West GermanyUnzicker, Darga, Schmid, Pfleger, Mohrlok, Bialas30½
4 HungaryPortisch, Szabó, Bilek, Lengyel, Forintos, Flesch30
5 CzechoslovakiaPachman, Filip, Hort, Kaválek, Jansa, Blatný28½
6 United StatesReshevsky, Benko, Saidy, Bisguier, Byrne, Addison27½
7 BulgariaPadevsky, Tringov, Bobotsov, Popov, Milev, Spiridonov27133
8 RomaniaGhițescu, Gheorghiu, Ciocâltea, Radovici, Mititelu, Botez27131
9 ArgentinaEliskases, García, Schweber, Wexler, Cruz26
10 PolandDoda, Bednarski, Śliwa, Filipowicz, Balcerowski, Schmidt24
11 NetherlandsKuijpers, Bouwmeester, Langeweg, Zuidema, Prins21
12 CanadaYanofsky, Anderson, Vranesic, Macskasy, Suttles, Witt19
13 SpainPomar, Medina García, Saborido, Menvielle Lacourrelle, Mora, Pérez Gonsalves17½5
14 IsraelPorath, Kraidman, Domnitz, Aloni, Guthi, Stepak17½3

Individual medals

At the other end of the spectrum, Milton Ioannidis of Cyprus lost all of his 4 games, giving him a total score at the Olympiads of 0 / 24 = 0.0%.

References
  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
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