Chess Olympiad
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35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002
The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been organized by FIDE every second year since 1927.
Men's Olympiads
Year
Event
Location
Gold
1924
1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad (individual)
Paris, France
Czechoslovakia 31
1926
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad
The Team Tournament
(part of FIDE summit)
Budapest, Hungary
Hungary 9
1927
1st Chess Olympiad
London, United Kingdom
Hungary 40
1928
2nd Chess Olympiad
The Hague, Netherlands
Hungary 44
1930
3rd Chess Olympiad
Hamburg, Germany
Poland 48.5
1931
4th Chess Olympiad
Prague, Czechoslovakia
USA 48
1933
5th Chess Olympiad
Folkestone, United Kingdom
USA 39
1935
6th Chess Olympiad
Warsaw, Poland
USA 54
1936
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad
Munich, Germany
Hungary 110.5
1937
7th Chess Olympiad
Stockholm, Sweden
USA 54.5
1939
8th Chess Olympiad
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Germany 36
1950
9th Chess Olympiad
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia 45.5
1952
10th Chess Olympiad
Helsinki, Finland
USSR 21
1954
11th Chess Olympiad
Amsterdam, Netherlands
USSR 34
1956
12th Chess Olympiad
Moscow, Soviet Union
USSR 31
1958
13th Chess Olympiad
Munich, West Germany
USSR 34.5
1960
14th Chess Olympiad
Leipzig, East Germany
USSR 34
1962
15th Chess Olympiad
Varna, Bulgaria
USSR 31.5
1964
16th Chess Olympiad
Tel Aviv, Israel
USSR 36.5
1966
17th Chess Olympiad
La Habana, Cuba
USSR 39.5
1968
18th Chess Olympiad
Lugano, Switzerland
USSR 39.5
1970
19th Chess Olympiad
Siegen, West Germany
USSR 27.5
1972
20th Chess Olympiad
Skopje, Yugoslavia
USSR 42
1974
21st Chess Olympiad
Nice, France
USSR 46
1976
22nd Chess Olympiad *
Haifa, Israel
USA 37
1978
23rd Chess Olympiad
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hungary 37
1980
24th Chess Olympiad
Valletta, Malta
USSR 39
1982
25th Chess Olympiad
Lucerne, Switzerland
USSR 42.5
1984
26th Chess Olympiad
Thessaloniki, Greece
USSR 41
1986
27th Chess Olympiad
Dubai, UAE
USSR 40
1988
28th Chess Olympiad
Thessaloniki, Greece
USSR 40.5
1990
29th Chess Olympiad
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
USSR 39
1992
30th Chess Olympiad
Manila, Philippines
Russia 39
1994
31st Chess Olympiad
Moscow, Russia
Russia 37.5
1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
Yerevan, Armenia
Russia 38.5
1998
33rd Chess Olympiad
Elista, Russia
Russia 35.5
2000
34th Chess Olympiad
Istanbul, Turkey
Russia 38
2002
35th Chess Olympiad
Bled, Slovenia
Russia 38.5
2004
36th Chess Olympiad
Calviá, Spain
Ukraine 39.5
2006
37th Chess Olympiad
Turin, Italy
Armenia 36
2008
38th Chess Olympiad
Dresden, Germany
Armenia 19
2010
39th Chess Olympiad
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
* In 1976 the USSR and other communist countries did not compete for political reasons.
Best individual results in men's Olympiads
| # | Player | Country | Olymp. | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | % | Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Tal | Soviet Union | 101 | 65 | 34 | 2 | 81.2 | 5 - 2 - 0 | |
| 2 | Anatoly Karpov | Soviet Union | 68 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 80.1 | 3 - 2 - 0 | |
| 3 | Tigran Petrosian | Soviet Union | 129 | 78 | 50 | 1 | 79.8 | 6 - 0 - 0 | |
| 4 | Isaac Kashdan | United States | 79 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 79.7 | 2 - 1 - 1 | |
| 5 | Vassily Smyslov | Soviet Union | 113 | 69 | 42 | 2 | 79.6 | 4 - 2 - 2 | |
| 6 | David Bronstein | Soviet Union | 49 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 79.6 | 3 - 1 - 0 | |
| 7 | Garry Kasparov | Soviet Union (1) | 82 | 50 | 29 | 3 | 78.7 | 7 - 2 - 2 | |
| 8 | Alexander Alekhine | France | 72 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 78.5 | 2 - 2 - 0 | |
| 9 | Milan Matulovic | Yugoslavia | 78 | 46 | 28 | 4 | 76.9 | 1 - 2 - 0 | |
| 10 | Paul Keres | Soviet Union (2) | 141 | 85 | 44 | 12 | 75.9 | 5 - 1 - 1 | |
| 11 | Efim Geller | Soviet Union | 76 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 75.6 | 3 - 3 - 0 | |
| 12 | James Tarjan | United States | 51 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 75.5 | 2 - 1 - 0 | |
| 13 | Bobby Fischer | United States | 65 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 75.4 | 2 - 1 - 0 | |
| 14 | Mikhail Botvinnik | Soviet Union | 73 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 74.7 | 2 - 1 - 2 | |
| 15 | Salo Flohr | Czechoslovakia | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 73.2 | 2 - 1 - 1 |
N O T E S:
The 2004 Olympiad was originally planned to take place at Cala Galdana on Menorca, but in October 2003, a change of venue to Calviá on Mallorca was announced. This change was apparently motivated by funding difficulties. The 2006 Olympiad is due to be held in Turin in Italy.
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