17th Chess Olympiad

The 17th 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 October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their eighth consecutive gold medals, with the United States and Hungary taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

When Hungary and Yugoslavia tied on both game and match points, and they had drawn 2–2 with each other, the rules dictated that the final ranking would be decided by using the Neustadtl score – but not which version of it. A so-called unweighted score was used, which placed Hungary ahead of Yugoslavia, giving them the bronze medals. Had the weighted variant been used instead, the result would have been the other way around.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 52 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. Switzerland, 4. Sweden, 5. Philippines, 6. Uruguay, 7. Monaco, 8. Hong Kong.
  • Group 2: 1. Yugoslavia, 2. Iceland, 3. Indonesia, 4. Austria, 5. Turkey, 6. Mongolia, 7. Mexico.
  • Group 3: 1. United States, 2. Norway, 3. Poland, 4. Israel, 5. Ecuador, 6. Portugal, 7. Bolivia.
  • Group 4: 1. Argentina, 2. Denmark, 3. England, 4. France, 5. Ireland, 6. Chile, 7. South Africa.
  • Group 5: 1. Czechoslovakia, 2. East Germany, 3. Canada, 4. Scotland, 5. Italy, 6. Luxembourg, 7. Cyprus.
  • Group 6: 1. Hungary, 2. Cuba, 3. Netherlands, 4. Belgium, 5. Venezuela, 6. Tunisia, 7. Panama, 8. Lebanon.
  • Group 7: 1. Romania, 2. Bulgaria, 3. Colombia, 4. Finland, 5. Greece, 6. Puerto Rico, 7. Morocco, 8. Nicaragua.

Final
Final A
#CountryPlayersPointsMPHead-
to-head		NS
1 Soviet UnionPetrosian, Spassky, Tal, Stein, Korchnoi, Polugaevsky39½
2 United StatesFischer, Byrne, Benko*, Evans, Addison, Rossolimo34½
3 HungaryPortisch, Szabó, Bilek, Lengyel, Forintos, Bárczay33½202232.25
4 YugoslaviaGligorić, Ivkov, Parma, Matanović, Matulović, Čirić33½202229.75
5 ArgentinaNajdorf, Panno, Bolbochán, Sanguineti, García, Schweber30
6 CzechoslovakiaPachman, Hort, Filip, Kaválek, Jansa, Ujtelky*29½
7 BulgariaMinev, Bobotsov, Tringov, Padevsky, Kolarov, Popov28½
8 RomaniaGheorghiu, Ciocâltea, Ghițescu, Soós*, Drimer, Stanciu26½
9 East GermanyUhlmann, Pietzsch, Fuchs, Malich, Zinn, Liebert25½
10 DenmarkLarsen, Brinck-Claussen, Andersen, Enevoldsen, Holm, Pedersen20
11 IcelandFriðrik Ólafsson, Ingi Randver Jóhannsson, Guðmundur Pálmason,
Freysteinn Þorbergsson, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Guðmundur Sigurjónsson		19
12 SpainPomar, Medina García, Menvielle Lacourrelle, Calvo Mínguez,
Franco Raymundo, Pérez Gonsalves		18
13 NorwayJohannessen, Zwaig, Hoen, Kristiansen, De Lange, Wibe14
14 CubaJiménez Zerquera, Ortega, Cobo Arteaga, Rodríguez Gonzáles,
García Martínez, Santa Cruz		12
  • HUN-born

Individual medals

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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