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14th Chess Olympiad

1960 chess tournament in Leipzig, East Germany

The 14th Chess Olympiad (), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 26 and November 9, 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany.

The Soviet team with six grandmasters, led by world champion Mikhail Tal, lived up to expectations and won their fifth consecutive gold medals, with the United States and Yugoslavia taking the silver and bronze, respectively. In a reversal of fortune from the previous Olympiad, the East German hosts finished 9th, right behind rivals West Germany. Unlike the last time, however, the match between the two was a tight affair that ended in a 2–2 draw.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 40 teams entered the competition and were divided into four preliminary groups of 10 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. All preliminary groups as well as Finals A and B were played as round-robin tournaments, while Final C with 16 teams was played as an 11-round Swiss system tournament.

Group 1 was won by Bulgaria, ahead of Yugoslavia and the host nation. Norway, Finland, and Israel took the places 4–6, while Indonesia, France, Albania, and Malta finished at the bottom of the group.

The Soviet Union took first place in group 2, well ahead of Argentina and the Netherlands. Poland, Austria, and India made up the middle part of the group, while Portugal, the Philippines, Italy, and Monaco had to settle for the bottom.

Group 3 was won by England, ahead of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The three Nordic nations Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland had to settle for Final B. Meanwhile, Mongolia, Tunisia, Greece, and Bolivia finished at the bottom of the group.

The United States clinched group 4, ahead of West Germany and Romania. Spain, Chile, and Cuba made up the middle part of the group, while Belgium, Ecuador, Ireland, and Lebanon completed the field.

Group 1:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
Bulgaria	-	2	2	3	3½	2½	3	3½	4	3½	7	0	2	27
	2	-	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	0	4	26
	2	2	-	2½	3½	3	2	3	4	3	6	0	3	25
	1	2	1½	-	1	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	20½
	½	1	½	3	-	2½	2½	3	2½	4	6	3	0	19½
	1½	2	1	2	1½	-	1½	2½	3	4	3	4	2	19
	1	1	2	2	1½	2½	-	1½	3	4	3	4	2	18½
	½	0	1	0	1	1½	2½	-	1	3½	2	7	0	11
Albania	0	0	0	1	1½	1	1	3	-	3	2	7	0	10½
Malta	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	-	0	9	0	3

Group 2:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
	-	3½	3	3½	3½	4	3½	3	4	4	9	0	0	32
	½	-	3½	3	1½	2	3½	3	4	4	6	2	1	25
	1	½	-	1½	3½	2½	3½	3½	3½	4	6	3	0	23½
Poland	½	1	2½	-	2½	3½	3	3	2	3½	6	2	1	21½
	½	2½	½	1½	-	3½	2	1	3½	4	4	4	1	19
	0	2	1½	½	½	-	2½	2½	2	4	3	4	2	15½
	½	½	½	1	2	1½	-	3	2	3½	2	5	2	14½
Philippines	1	1	½	1	3	1½	1	-	2½	2	2	6	1	13½
	0	0	½	2	½	2	2	1½	-	3½	1	5	3	12
	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	2	½	-	0	8	1	3½

Group 3:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
	-	2½	1½	2	3½	3½	3	4	4	4	7	1	1	28
	1½	-	2	4	3½	3½	2½	3½	3½	4	7	1	1	28
	2½	2	-	3	2½	3½	3	3	3½	4	8	0	1	27
	2	0	1	-	2	3½	3½	4	3	4	5	2	2	23
	½	½	1½	2	-	1½	3½	0	3	4	3	5	1	16½
	½	½	½	½	2½	-	2½	3	3	3	5	4	0	16
Mongolia	1	1½	1	½	½	1½	-	3	3½	3	3	6	0	15½
	0	½	1	0	4	1	1	-	2½	4	3	6	0	14
Greece	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1½	-	1	0	0	9	7
	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	-	1	8	0	5

Group 4:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
	-	2½	3	2½	4	3	3½	2½	4	4	9	0	0	29
	1½	-	1½	2	3	3	2½	4	4	4	6	2	1	25½
Romania	1	2½	-	2	1	3	2½	4	4	4	6	2	1	24
Spain	1½	2	2	-	2	3	2	4	3½	3½	4	1	4	23½
	0	1	3	2	-	2½	2½	3½	3½	4	6	2	1	22
	1	1	1	1	1½	-	3	2½	4	4	4	5	0	19
	½	1½	1½	2	1½	1	-	2	3	4	2	5	2	17
	1½	0	0	0	½	1½	2	-	3½	3	2	6	1	12
	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	-	3½	1	8	0	6
	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	-	0	9	0	2

Final

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:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final B ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP !! HTH |- | 13 || || Ståhlberg, Lundin, Johansson, Nilsson, Sköld, Buskenström || 27½ || || |- | 14 || || Porat, Czerniak, Aloni, Persitz, Kraidman, Guthi || 26½ || || |- | 15 || || Robatsch, Beni, Lokvenc, Janetschek, Kaliwoda, Groiss || 24½ || || |- | 16 || || Nielsen, Kølvig, Holm, Blom, Jensen, From || 23½ || 13 || 3 |- | 17 || || Ojanen, Böök, Rantanen, Räisä, Fred, Niemelä || 23½ || 13 || 1 |- | 18 || || Jiménez, Cobo, Gonzáles, García, De Cardenas || 23 || 11 || |- | 19 || || Johannessen, de Lange, Lindblom, Hoen, Svenneby, Myhre || 23 || 10 || |- | 20 || Spain || Pérez, Pomar, Torán, Mallofré, del Corral, Pulido || 22½ || || |- | 21 || POL || Śliwa, Plater, Tarnowski, Doda, Kostro, Filipowicz || 22 || || |- | 22 || || Letelier, Larraín, Hausman, Romo, Rojas || 19½ || || |- | 23 || || Thorbergsson, Guðmundsson, Gunnarsson, Magnússon, Sólmundarson, Lárusson || 16½ || || |- | 24 || || Aaron, Sapre, Wahi, Seth || 12 || || |}

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 25 || PHI || Campomanes, Borja, Naranja, Reyes, De Castro, Villanueva, Avecilla || 28½ || |- | 26 || || Wotulo, Bachtiar, Baswedan, Tan, Panggabean || 27½ || 17 |- | 27 || Mongolia || Namzhil, Möömöö, Chalkhasuren, Myagmarsuren, Baldandorsh, Badamgarav G. || 27½ || 15 |- | 28 || Albania || Pustina, Hoxha, Konçi, Veizaj, Omari || 26½ || |- | 29 || || Muñoz, Aguirre, Morales, Yépez, Garcés, Klein || 26 || |- | 30 || || Durão, Ribeiro, Gonçalves, De Oliveira, Rocha, Cardoso || 25 || 15 |- | 31 || || Boutteville, Noradounguian, Bergraser, Casa, Linais, Cormier || 25 || 13 |- | 32 || || Contedini, Tamburini, Palmiotto, Magrin, Mercuri || 24 || |- | 33 || || O'Kelly, Thibaut, Dunkelblum, Van Schoor, Franck, Blockx || 23½ || |- | 34 || Tunisia || Belkadi, Lagha, Kahia, Mohsen, Kchouk, Ben Cheik || 21½ || |- | 35 || Greece || Anastasopoulos, Angos, Papapostolou, Paidousis, Kapralos || 20½ || |- | 36 || || Humerez, Villegas, Mendivil, Salazar, Soruco || 19½ || |- | 37 || || Kostjoerin, Fauconnier, Perrottey, d'Auriac, Renoy-Chevrier, Deslauriers J. || 17½ || |- | 38 || || Reilly, Littleton, O'Hare, Nash, Cassidy || 17 || |- | 39 || Malta || Camilleri, Soler, Gouder, Fenech, Cuschieri, Dingli || 14 || |- | 40 || || Chalabi, Salameh, Gabriel, Galeb, Tarazi, Batlouni, Allam || 8½ || |}

Final A

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	+	−	=	Points
1		-	2½	2½	3½	3	4	3½	3½	3	2½	3	3	11	0	0	34
2		1½	-	2½	2½	1½	3½	2½	2½	3½	3½	3½	2	8	2	1	29
3		1½	1½	-	2½	3	2½	2½	2½	2	3	3½	2½	8	2	1	27
4		½	1½	1½	-	1½	2	2	3½	2½	2½	2½	2½	5	4	2	22½
5		1	2½	1	2½	-	2	2	2½	2	2	1½	2½	4	3	4	21½
6		0	½	1½	2	2	-	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	3	6	21
7		½	1½	1½	2	2	2	-	2	2	2½	2	2½	2	3	6	20½
8		½	1½	1½	½	1½	2	2	-	2	3	2	3	2	5	4	19½
9		1	½	2	1½	2	2	2	2	-	1½	1	3½	1	5	5	19
10		1½	½	1	1½	2	1	1½	1	2½	-	2½	2	2	7	2	17
11	Romania	1	½	½	1½	2½	0	2	2	3	1½	-	2	2	6	3	16½
12		1	2	1½	1½	1½	2	1½	1	½	2	2	-	0	7	4	16½

Final B

№	Country	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	+	−	=	Points
13		-	2	2½	2	3	2½	2½	2	2½	3	3	2½	8	0	3	27½
14		2	-	1½	2	1½	2	2	2½	2½	3½	3	4	5	2	4	26½
15		1½	2½	-	2½	3	2	1	2½	3	3	1½	2	6	3	2	24½
16		2	2	1½	-	3	2	2	1	2	2½	2½	3	4	2	5	23½
17		1	2½	1	1	-	2½	3	3	1½	2	3	3	6	4	1	23½
18		1½	2	2	2	1½	-	2½	2	2	2	2	3½	2	2	7	23
19		1½	2	3	2	1	1½	-	1½	1½	2½	2½	4	4	5	2	23
20	Spain	2	1½	1½	3	1	2	2½	-	1½	2	2½	3	4	4	3	22½
21	Poland	1½	1½	1	2	2½	2	2½	2½	-	1	3	2½	5	4	2	22
22		1	½	1	1½	2	2	1½	2	3	-	1½	3½	2	6	3	19½
23		1	1	2½	1½	1	2	1½	1½	1	2½	-	1	2	8	1	16½
24		1½	0	2	1	1	½	0	1	1½	½	3	-	1	9	1	12

Final C

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	+	−	=	Points
25	Philippines	3	3	2	2	3	2½	3	3	2	1	4	7	1	3	28½
31	27	30	34	26	28	32	35	29	33	38
26		2½	2	3½	3½	1	2½	2½	2	3½	2½	2	7	1	3	27½
33	29	28	30	25	32	31	27	35	34	36
27	Mongolia	3½	1	2	2½	2	1½	3	2	3	4	3	6	2	3	27½
40	25	34	31	29	30	33	26	28	36	35
28	Albania	2½	2	½	3½	3	1½	3½	2½	1	4	2½	7	3	1	26½
32	35	26	39	33	25	30	31	27	38	34
29		3	2	2	1½	2	2	2½	2½	2	4	2½	5	1	5	26
34	26	33	32	27	35	38	37	25	40	39
30		3	3	2	½	2½	2½	½	1½	3	4	2½	7	3	1	25
37	38	25	26	35	27	28	36	40	39	33
31		1	3	2	1½	3½	3	1½	1½	2½	2½	3	6	4	1	25
25	39	35	27	36	34	26	28	38	32	37
32		1½	2½	2½	2½	2½	1½	1	4	2	1½	2½	6	4	1	24
28	37	38	29	34	26	25	39	36	31	40
33		1½	3	2	2	1	2½	1	3	3	3	1½	5	4	2	23½
26	36	29	35	28	39	27	40	37	25	30
34		1	4	2	2	1½	1	2	2½	2½	1½	1½	3	5	3	21½
29	40	27	25	32	31	37	38	39	26	28
35	Greece	2½	2	2	2	1½	2	3½	1	½	2½	1	3	4	4	20½
36	28	31	33	30	29	40	25	26	37	27
36		1½	1	3	3	½	2	2	2½	2	0	2	3	4	4	19½
35	33	37	38	31	40	39	30	32	27	26
37		1	1½	1	3½	2½	1	2	1½	1	1½	1	2	8	1	17½
30	32	36	40	39	38	34	29	33	35	31
38		3	1	1½	1	3	3	1½	1½	1½	0	0	3	8	0	17
39	30	32	36	40	37	29	34	31	28	25
39	Malta	1	1	3½	½	1½	1½	2	0	1½	0	1½	1	9	1	14
38	31	40	28	37	33	36	32	34	30	29
40		½	0	½	½	1	2	½	1	1	0	1½	0	10	1	8½
27	34	39	37	38	36	35	33	30	29	32

Individual medals

Board 1: AUT Karl Robatsch 13½ / 16 = 84.4%
Board 2: URS Mikhail Botvinnik 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
Board 3: URS Paul Keres 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
Board 4: MGL Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren and INA Tan Hoan Liong 16½ / 20 = 82.5%
1st reserve: URS Vassily Smyslov 11½ / 13 = 88.5%
2nd reserve: URS Tigran Petrosian 12 / 13 = 92.3%

References

14th Chess Olympiad: Leipzig 1960 OlimpBase (alternative link when site is down)

References

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

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