25th Chess Olympiad explained

The 25th Chess Olympiad (German: Die 25. Schacholympiade), 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 October 29 and November 16, 1982, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The Soviet team with three world champions (reigning champion Karpov, future champion Kasparov and former champion Tal) were back in their usual form and this time left no doubt about the outcome. In the end, they only drew one match (against the Netherlands; and won the rest) and finished no less than 6½ points ahead of runners-up Czechoslovakia. The United States took the bronze medals.

Off the board, FIDE elected a new president at its congress held concurrently with the Olympiad. Friðrik Ólafsson of Iceland was succeeded by Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines.

Open event

A total of 91 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament - 93 had applied, but The Gambia and Mauritania did not arrive. To make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. For the first time, the two British Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, participated with a joint team.

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
rating !! Points !! Buchholz !! MP

1		Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal, Yusupov	2651	42½
2			2539	36
3			2580	35½
4			2554	35
5			2579	33½	461.5
6			2475	33½	431.5
7			2459	33
8			2433	32½	442.5
9			2483	32½	432.5
10			2561	32	456.5
11			2458	32	447.0
12			2488	32	442.0
13			2475	32	432.0
14			2396	32	421.5
15			2518	31½	456.5
16			2518	31½	451.0
17			2546	31½	448.0
18			2453	31½	441.0
19			2428	31½	411.5
20			2371	31½	402.5
21			2425	31
22			2355	30½	432.5
23			2446	30½	415.0
24			2383	30½	414.0
25			2394	30½	398.0
26			2479	30	451.0
27			2320	30	430.5
28			2425	30	418.5	20
29			2414	30	418.5	17
30			2310	30	407.5
31			2243	30	398.5
-	"B"		2303	30	397.0
32			2324	29½	422.5
33			2343	29½	412.5
34			2294	29½	409.5
35			2334	29½	408.5
36			2344	29½	399.0
37			2395	29	426.5
38			2424	29	412.5
39			2426	29	409.0	16
40			2285	29	409.0	13
41			2390	28½	419.0
42			2323	28½	397.0
43			2306	28½	396.5
44			2218	28½	390.0
45			2289	28	412.5
46			2253	28	393.0
47			2265	28	388.5
48			2293	28	378.0	17
49			2214	28	378.0	14
50			2303	27½	403.5
51			2353	27½	386.5
52			2294	27½	378.0
53			2248	27½	375.5
54			2328	27	390.0
55			2256	27	387.5
56			2200	27	368.5
57		Liew Chee Meng, Hon Kah Seng, Goh Yoon Wah, Choong Yit Chuan, Quah Seng Sun, A. Annvar Bin Zainal	2226	26½	385.0
58			2251	26½	374.0
59			2211	26½	372.5
60			2208	26	383.5
61			2200	26	365.5
62			2240	25½	389.5
63			2204	25½	369.0
64		Arrata, Vintimilla, Matamoros Franco, Delgado, Yépez Jaramillo, M. Pinoargote	2214	25½	364.5
65			2200	25½	363.5
66			2213	25½	363.0
67			2200	25½	362.5
68			2200	25½	360.5
69			2200	25½	354.5
70	and		2200	25½	352.0
71			2200	25½	351.5
72			2205	25½	347.5
73			2200	25½	345.5
74			2200	25½	341.5
75		Caiafas, I. Onime, Agusto, O. Faseyitan	2200	25	367.5
76			2211	25	346.5
77			2200	25	334.5
78			2200	25	330.5
79			2200	24½
80			2200	24	364.5
81			2200	24	348.0
82		Sakho, Sargos, S. Mbaye, Diop, P. Sakho	2200	24	334.0
83			2209	23
84			2200	22½	325.5
85		Van Tilbury, Turner, Chiu Yum San, Grumer, Carty, W. Grolemund	2201	22½	320.5
86			2200	22½	316.0
87			2200	22	319.5
88			2200	22	289.5
89			2200	19½
90			2200	14½	325.0
91			2200	14½	322.5

Individual medals

• Board 1: Zenón Franco Ocampos 11 / 13 = 84.6%
• Board 2: Rico Mascariñas 7½ / 9 = 83.3%
• Board 3: Carlos Matamoros Franco 7 / 9 = 77.8%
• Board 4: Simen Agdestein 9 / 12 = 75.0%
• 1st reserve: Daniël Roos 9 / 11 = 81.8%
• 2nd reserve: Stuart Fancy 8 / 9 = 88.9%

Women's event

45 nations were signed up, and to make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. However, the Dominican Republic never showed up, so the competition ended up consisting of an odd 45 teams after all.

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 three-point margin. Romania and Hungary took silver and bronze, respectively.

	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1		Chiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani	2360	33
2			2297	30
3			2205	26
4			2153	25½
5			2090	24½	342.5
6			2185	24½	340.0
7			2122	24
8			2058	23½	321.0
9			2007	23½	299.5
10			2112	23	341.0
11			2083	23	337.0
12			2165	23	333.5
13			1927	23	297.5
14			2143	22½	335.5
15			1975	22½	311.5
16			1892	22½	303.5
17			2110	22	339.0
18			1875	22	306.0
19			1953	22	302.5
20		Hulgana, P. Buzhinlham, Sh. Batcengel	1800	22	299.5
21			1885	22	292.0
22		Nika, Kondou, Firigou, K. Mihailidou	1802	22	235.0
23			1953	21½	305.5
24		Tamin, Wijayanti, Mun, S. Punyanan	1802	21½	287.0
25			1813	21	306.0
26			1905	21	294.5
27			1833	21	265.5
28			1800	21	219.5
29			1945	20½	301.0
30		Glaz, Schwartz, Gal, A. Inbar	1928	20½	297.0
31			1820	20½	294.5
32			1923	20½	254.0
33			1843	20½	231.5
34			1800	20
35			1860	19½	294.0
-	"B"		1848	19½	279.0
36			1838	19½	253.5
37			1853	19½	244.5
38			1815	18½	248.0
39			1800	18½	243.5
40			1800	18½	220.0
41			1800	16½
42			1800	11½
43			1800	5½
44		Widmer, Quenzel, F. Jankowski, N. Fodiaba	1800	4

Individual medals

• Board 1: Barbara Pernici 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
• Board 2: Nana Alexandria 7½ / 9 = 83.3%
• Board 3: Daniela Nuțu-Terescenko 11 / 12 = 91.7%
• Reserve: Elisabeta Polihroniade and Teresa Leyva 7 / 9 = 77.8%

References

• 25th Chess Olympiad: Lucerne 1982 OlimpBase

Notes and References

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