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The 15th Chess Olympiad (Bulgarian: 15-ата Шахматна олимпиада, 15-ata Shahmatna olimpiada), 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 September 15 and October 10, 1962, in Varna, Bulgaria.

The Soviet team with six GMs, led by world champion Botvinnik, lived up to expectations and won their sixth consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and Argentina taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 37 teams entered the competition and were divided into four preliminary groups of eight to ten teams each. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th-6th to Final B, and the rest to Final C, where they were joined by a Bulgarian "B" team that played outside the contest. All preliminary groups as well as Finals A and B were played as round-robin tournaments, while Final C with 14 teams was played as an 11-round Swiss system tournament.

The Soviet Union took first place in group 1, well ahead of the two German teams, East with half a point more than West. Sweden, Belgium, and Spain took the places 4–6, while Norway, Turkey, and Greece finished at the bottom of the group.

Group 2 was won by the United States, while the Bulgarian hosts and Romania were tied for second place. Israel, Mongolia, and Switzerland made up the middle part of the group, while Puerto Rico and Tunisia had to settle for Final C.

Yugoslavia clinched group 3, ahead of the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. Poland, Iceland, and Finland had to settle for Final B. Meanwhile, France, Uruguay, Luxembourg, and Cyprus finished at the bottom of the group.

Group 4 was won by Argentina, ahead of Hungary and Austria. Denmark, Cuba, and England made up the middle part of the group, while Albania, India, Iran, and Ireland completed the field.

  • Group 1:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + = Points
«A»  Soviet Union - 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 8 0 0 27½
«A»  East Germany 1 - 2 4 6 1 1 21½
«A»  West Germany ½ 2 - 3 4 4 6 1 1 21
«B»  Sweden 1 - 2 3 3 4 3 1 17
«B»  Belgium 1 1 2 - 2 3 3 2 16
«B»  Spain 0 1 - 4 4 3 5 0 16
«C»  Norway 1 ½ 1 2 - 3 2 5 1 13
«C»  Turkey 0 ½ 0 0 1 - 3 1 7 0
«C»  Greece 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 0 8 0
  • Group 2:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + = Points
«A»  United States - 2 4 4 4 4 6 0 1 24
«A»  Bulgaria 2 - 2 3 3 3 5 0 2 20
«A»  Romania 2 - 2 4 4 1 2 20
«B»  Israel ½ ½ 2 - 3 3 3 3 1 13
«B»  Mongolia 0 ½ ½ 1 - 3 3 4 0 11
«B»   Switzerland 0 1 0 1 - 3 3 4 0 10
«C»  Puerto Rico 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 3 1 6 0
«C»  Tunisia 0 1 ½ 1 1 - 0 7 0
  • Group 3:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + = Points
«A»  Yugoslavia - 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 0 1 27½
«A»  Netherlands 2 - 2 4 3 4 6 1 2 25
«A»  Czechoslovakia 2 - 4 4 6 2 1 25
«B»  Poland 0 - 4 4 4 4 6 3 0 25
«B»  Iceland 1 - 2 4 5 3 1 21
«B»  Finland 0 2 - 4 4 4 4 1 19½
«C»  France 1 1 ½ ½ - 4 3 6 0 17
«C»  Uruguay 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 4 3 6 0 12
«C»  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 3 1 8 0
«C»  Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 0 9 0
  • Group 4:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + = Points
«A»  Argentina - 2 3 4 3 4 4 8 0 1 29½
«A»  Hungary 2 - 3 3 3 4 3 4 8 0 1 28
«A»  Austria ½ 1 - 2 3 3 3 6 2 1 21
«B»  Denmark 1 - 3 5 4 0 19½
«B»  Cuba 1 - 2 3 5 3 1 19
«B»  England ½ 1 2 - 2 4 3 3 4 2 19
«C»  Albania 0 0 1 2 - 3 3 3 5 1 14½
«C»  India 1 1 1 0 - 4 3 2 7 0 14½
«C»  Iran 0 ½ 1 ½ 2 1 1 0 - 1 7 1
«C»  Ireland 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 - 0 9 0

Final

Final A
#CountryPlayersPointsMP
1 Soviet UnionBotvinnik, Petrosian, Spassky, Keres, Geller, Tal31½
2 YugoslaviaGligorić, Trifunović, Matanović, Ivkov, Parma, Minić28
3 ArgentinaNajdorf, Bolbochán, Panno, Sanguineti, Rossetto, Foguelman26
4 United StatesFischer, Benko, Evans, R. Byrne, D. Byrne, Mednis25
5 HungaryPortisch, Szabó, Bilek, Barcza, Lengyel, Honfi23
6 BulgariaPadevsky, Tringov, Minev, Kolarov, Milev, Popov21½
7 West GermanyUnzicker, Darga, Schmid, Tröger, Hecht, Mohrlok21
8 East GermanyUhlmann, Pietzsch, Malich, Zinn, Fuchs, Liebert20½10
9 RomaniaCiocâltea, Ghițescu, Gheorghiu, Soós, Radovici, Günsberger20½9
10 CzechoslovakiaFilip, Pachman, Hort, Fichtl, Blatný, Trapl18½
11 NetherlandsEuwe, Donner, Bouwmeester, Langeweg, Prins, Kramer18
12 AustriaRobatsch, Dückstein, Beni, Gragger, Kinzel, Lokvenc10½
Final B
#CountryPlayersPointsMPMWHTH
13 SpainPomar, del Corral, Puig Pulido, Franco Raymundo, Ridameya Tatche, Serra Olives26½16
14 EnglandPenrose, Clarke, Golombek, Littlewood, Barden, Wade26½14
15 IsraelPorat, Aloni, Czerniak, Kraidman, Domnitz, Szapiro25
16 CubaJiménez, Cobo Arteaga, García, Ortega, Calero22½12
17 SwedenJohansson, Sköld, Nilsson, Buskenström, Olsson, Söderborg22½114
18 PolandŚliwa, Balcerowski, Doda, Tarnowski, Schmidt, Filipowicz22½114
19 BelgiumO'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Limbos, Boey, De Rijcke22
20 FinlandOjanen, Raisa, Rantanen, Niemelä, Westerinen, Fred20½
21 MongoliaPurevzhav, Möömöö, Myagmarsuren, Chalkhasuren, Tsagan T., Namzhil2093
22  SwitzerlandBlau, Castagna, Roth, Gebauer, Luginbühl2092
23 IcelandÓlafsson, Guðmundsson, Pálsson, Thorsteinsson, Torvaldsson, Kristinsson19
24 DenmarkKølvig, Holm, From, Søby, Korning, Brinck-Claussen17
Final C
#CountryPlayersPointsMP
25 NorwayJohannessen, Lindblom, Hoen, Vinje-Gulbrandsen, Zwaig, Stensholt32½
- Bulgaria "B"Filipov, Karastoichev, Daskalov, Bogdanov, Chipev, Burkhanlarsky29½
26 AlbaniaPustina, Duraku, Konçi, Veizaj, Siliqi, Omari28½17
27 TunisiaBelkadi, Lagha, Kchouk, Kahia, Mohsen, Ennigrou28½16
28 IndiaAaron, Sakhalkar, Ali, Hassan, Nawab, Shukla26½
29 IranHemmasian, Farboud, Parniani, Safvat, Zandifar25
30 FranceBoutteville, Bergraser, Thiellement, Noradounguian, Ferry, Ravinet P.23½
31 Puerto RicoColón Romero A., Rivera D., Navas, Reissmann, Colón Romero M., Prieto Azúar, Rabell Méndez[2]22½
32 UruguayEstrada Degrandi, Etcheverry, Alvarez del Monte, Bauzá, Silva Nazzari22
33 GreeceKokkoris, Anastasopoulos, Papapostolou, Vizantiadis, Paidousis, Hadziotis18½
34 LuxembourgConrady, Philippe, Schneider, Zeyen, Aloyse Neu, Leners18
35 TurkeySüer, Boysan, Akakinci, Günsav17
36 IrelandReid, Murphy P., Reilly, Loughrey, O'Hare, Cassidy14½
37 CyprusKleopas, Lantsias, Ioannidis, Fieros

Final «A»

Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + = Points
1  Soviet Union - 2 4 10 0 1 31½
2  Yugoslavia - 2 3 2 3 3 8 1 2 28
3  Argentina 2 - 1 3 3 2 3 4 6 3 2 26
4  United States 1 3 - 2 2 2 6 2 3 25
5  Hungary 2 - 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 23
6  Bulgaria 1 2 - 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 21½
7  West Germany ½ ½ ½ 2 - 2 3 4 5 2 21
8  East Germany ½ 2 2 - 1 3 4 5 2 20½
9  Romania 2 2 1 2 1 ½ - 3 3 5 3 20½
10  Czechoslovakia ½ 1 2 2 2 - 2 3 1 6 4 18½
11  Netherlands ½ 1 2 ½ 3 1 2 - 3 6 2 18
12  Austria 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 ½ 1 - 0 10 1 10½

Final «B»

Country 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 + = Points
13  Spain - ½ 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 2 2 26½
14  England - 2 2 6 3 2 26½
15  Israel 1 - 2 3 1 3 6 4 1 25
16  Cuba 1 - 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 22½
17  Sweden 2 - 2 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 22½
18  Poland 1 ½ 2 - 3 2 4 2 4 4 3 22½
19  Belgium 3 2 1 - 1 3 5 5 1 22
20  Finland 1 ½ 1 2 2 2 - 2 3 4 4 20½
21  Mongolia 3 2 3 0 - 2 2 1 3 5 3 20
22   Switzerland 2 2 ½ 2 - 2 2 2 4 5 20
23  Iceland ½ 2 ½ 2 1 2 3 2 2 - 2 4 5 19
24  Denmark 2 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2 3 2 - 2 6 3 17

Final «C»

Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 + = Points
25  Norway 4 3 2 2 3 4 9 0 2 32½
33 34 27 26 # 30 31 36 28 35 32
#  Bulgaria 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 7 1 3 29½
32 26 31 33 25 27 28 36 30 29 37
26  Albania 2 3 2 3 2 3 7 1 3 28½
29 # 34 25 27 28 32 31 35 36 33
27  Tunisia 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 4 7 2 2 28½
36 31 25 29 26 # 37 28 33 34 30
28  India 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 5 26½
30 29 32 34 35 26 # 27 25 37 36
29  Iran 2 2 2 4 4 3 25
26 28 35 27 32 37 36 25 34 # 31
30  France 2 2 1 ½ 4 4 5 2 23½
28 32 33 36 34 25 35 37 # 31 27
31  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 4 ½ 4 6 1 22½
35 27 # 32 37 33 25 26 36 30 29
32  Uruguay 2 3 2 2 1 4 1 ½ 4 4 3 22
# 30 28 31 29 35 26 34 37 33 25
33  Greece 0 4 3 ½ 2 ½ 2 0 3 1 4 5 2 18½
25 37 30 # 36 31 34 35 27 32 26
34  Luxembourg 4 1 ½ ½ ½ 3 ½ 4 7 0 18
37 25 26 28 30 36 33 32 29 27 35
35  Turkey 1 ½ 4 ½ 2 2 ½ 0 3 6 2 17
31 36 29 37 28 32 30 33 26 25 34
36  Ireland 1 3 ½ 2 1 0 2 ½ 1 8 2 14½
27 35 37 30 33 34 29 # 31 26 28
37  Cyprus 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
34 33 36 35 31 29 27 30 32 28 #

Individual medals

At the other end of the spectrum, Milton Ioannidis of Cyprus lost all of his 20 games, the worst score ever of any player at any Olympiad.

References

  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. The extra team-member was allowed to replace withdrawn player on a basis of special permission granted by organizing committee.
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