25th Chess Olympiad

The 25th Chess Olympiad, 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

91 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament - 93 had applied, but Gambia and Mauretania never showed up. 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
1	Soviet Union	Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal, Yusupov	2651	42½
2	Czechoslovakia	Hort, Smejkal, Ftáčnik, Jansa, Plachetka, Ambrož	2539	36
3	United States	Browne, Seirawan, Alburt, Kavalek, Tarjan, Christiansen	2580	35½

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
4	Yugoslavia	2554	35
5	Hungary	2579	33½	461.5
6	Bulgaria	2475	33½	431.5
7	Poland	2459	33
8	Denmark	2433	32½	442.5
9	Cuba	2483	32½	432.5
10	England	2561	32	456.5
11	Argentina	2458	32	447.0
12	Romania	2488	32	442.0
13	Israel	2475	32	432.0
14	Austria	2396	32	421.5
15	West Germany	2518	31½	456.5
16	Sweden	2518	31½	451.0
17	Netherlands	2546	31½	448.0
18	Canada	2453	31½	441.0
19	Philippines	2428	31½	411.5
20	Colombia	2371	31½	402.5
21	Chile	2425	31
22	Australia	2355	30½	432.5
23	Iceland	2446	30½	415.0
24	Norway	2383	30½	414.0
25	Finland	2394	30½	398.0
26	Switzerland	2479	30	451.0
27	Indonesia	2320	30	430.5
28	Spain	2425	30	418.5	20
29	France	2414	30	418.5	17
30	Wales	2310	30	407.5
31	Ireland	2243	30	398.5
-	Switzerland "B"	2303	30	397.0
32	Scotland	2324	29½	422.5
33	Greece	2343	29½	412.5
34	Mongolia	2294	29½	409.5
35	Dominican Republic	2334	29½	408.5
36	Venezuela	2344	29½	399.0
37	China	2395	29	426.5
38	Brazil	2424	29	412.5
39	Mexico	2426	29	409.0	16
40	Albania	2285	29	409.0	13
41	India	2390	28½	419.0
42	Italy	2323	28½	397.0
43	Singapore	2306	28½	396.5
44	Uruguay	2218	28½	390.0
45	New Zealand	2289	28	412.5
46	Egypt	2253	28	393.0
47	Turkey	2265	28	388.5
48	Guatemala	2293	28	378.0	17
49	Sri Lanka	2214	28	378.0	14
50	Belgium	2303	27½	403.5
51	Portugal	2353	27½	386.5
52	Paraguay	2294	27½	378.0
53	Syria	2248	27½	375.5
54	Thailand	2328	27	390.0
55	Pakistan	2256	27	387.5
56	Faroe Islands	2200	27	368.5
57	Malaysia	2226	26½	385.0
58	Hong Kong	2251	26½	374.0
59	Lebanon	2211	26½	372.5
60	Puerto Rico	2208	26	383.5
61	Japan	2200	26	365.5
62	Tunisia	2240	25½	389.5
63	Trinidad and Tobago	2204	25½	369.0
64	Ecuador	2214	25½	364.5
65	Algeria	2200	25½	363.5
66	Cyprus	2213	25½	363.0
67	Andorra	2200	25½	362.5
68	Zimbabwe	2200	25½	360.5
69	Suriname	2200	25½	354.5
70	Guernsey and  Jersey	2200	25½	352.0
71	Papua New Guinea	2200	25½	351.5
72	Malta	2205	25½	347.5
73	United Arab Emirates	2200	25½	345.5
74	Monaco	2200	25½	341.5
75	Nigeria	2200	25	367.5
76	Luxembourg	2211	25	346.5
77	Uganda	2200	25	334.5
78	Zaire	2200	25	330.5
79	Libya	2200	24½
80	Jamaica	2200	24	364.5
81	Jordan	2200	24	348.0
82	Senegal	2200	24	334.0
83	British Virgin Islands	2209	23
84	Honduras	2200	22½	325.5
85	United States Virgin Islands	2201	22½	320.5
86	Bahrain	2200	22½	316.0
87	Angola	2200	22	319.5
88	Kenya	2200	22	289.5
89	Bermuda	2200	19½
90	Botswana	2200	14½	325.0
91	Zambia	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 results

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
1	Soviet Union	Chiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani	2360	33
2	Romania	Mureşan, Pogorevici, Nuţu-Terescenko, Polihroniade	2297	30
3	Hungary	Verőci-Petronić, Ivánka, Porubszky-Angyalosine, Csonkics	2205	26

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
4	Poland	2153	25½
5	China	2090	24½	342.5
6	West Germany	2185	24½	340.0
7	Sweden	2122	24
8	Netherlands	2058	23½	321.0
9	India	2007	23½	299.5
10	Spain	2112	23	341.0
11	England	2083	23	337.0
12	Yugoslavia	2165	23	333.5
13	France	1927	23	297.5
14	Bulgaria	2143	22½	335.5
15	Colombia	1975	22½	311.5
16	Brazil	1892	22½	303.5
17	United States	2110	22	339.0
18	Italy	1875	22	306.0
19	Canada	1953	22	302.5
20	Mongolia	1800	22	299.5
21	Australia	1885	22	292.0
22	Greece	1802	22	235.0
23	Argentina	1953	21½	305.5
24	Indonesia	1802	21½	287.0
25	Iceland	1813	21	306.0
26	Switzerland	1905	21	294.5
27	Philippines	1833	21	265.5
28	New Zealand	1800	21	219.5
29	Austria	1945	20½	301.0
30	Israel	1928	20½	297.0
31	Scotland	1820	20½	294.5
32	Finland	1923	20½	254.0
33	Mexico	1843	20½	231.5
34	Belgium	1800	20
35	Japan	1860	19½	294.0
-	Switzerland "B"	1848	19½	279.0
36	Turkey	1838	19½	253.5
37	Venezuela	1853	19½	244.5
38	Wales	1815	18½	248.0
39	Norway	1800	18½	243.5
40	Ireland	1800	18½	220.0
41	Egypt	1800	16½
42	Trinidad and Tobago	1800	11½
43	Zambia	1800	5½
44	United States Virgin Islands	1800	4

Individual medals

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

References

• 25th Chess Olympiad: Lucerne 1982 OlimpBase