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15th Chess Olympiad

1962 chess tournament in Varna, Bulgaria

The 15th Chess Olympiad (, 15-ata Shahmatna olimpiada), 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 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	+	−	=
	-	3	3½	3	3	4	3	4	4	8	0	0	27½
	1	-	2	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	4	6	1	1	21½
	½	2	-	2½	3	2½	2½	4	4	6	1	1	21
	1	1½	1½	-	2	3	3	2½	2½	4	3	1	17
	1	1½	1	2	-	2½	2	2½	3½	3	3	2	16
Spain	0	1½	1½	1	1½	-	2½	4	4	3	5	0	16
	1	½	1½	1	2	1½	-	3	2½	2	5	1	13
	0	½	0	1½	1½	0	1	-	3	1	7	0	7½
Greece	0	0	0	1½	½	0	1½	1	-	0	8	0	4½

Group 2:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	+	−	=
	-	2	2½	3½	4	4	4	4	6	0	1	24
Bulgaria	2	-	2	3½	3½	3	3	3	5	0	2	20
Romania	1½	2	-	2	3½	4	3½	3½	4	1	2	20
	½	½	2	-	3	1½	2½	3	3	3	1	13
Mongolia	0	½	½	1	-	3	3½	2½	3	4	0	11
	0	1	0	2½	1	-	3	2½	3	4	0	10
Puerto Rico	0	1	½	1½	½	1	-	3	1	6	0	7½
	0	1	½	1	1½	1½	1	-	0	7	0	6½

Group 3:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
	-	2	2½	2½	3	2½	3	4	4	4	8	0	1	27½
	2	-	2	4	2½	1½	3	3½	2½	4	6	1	2	25
	1½	2	-	2½	1½	2½	3½	3½	4	4	6	2	1	25
Poland	1½	0	1½	-	2½	4	3½	4	4	4	6	3	0	25
	1	1½	2½	1½	-	2	2½	3½	2½	4	5	3	1	21
	1½	2½	1½	0	2	-	2½	1½	4	4	4	4	1	19½
	1	1	½	½	1½	1½	-	3½	4	3½	3	6	0	17
	0	½	½	0	½	2½	½	-	3½	4	3	6	0	12
	0	1½	0	0	1½	0	0	½	-	3	1	8	0	6½
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	-	0	9	0	1½

Group 4:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	−	=
	-	2	3½	2½	3	3½	4	3	4	4	8	0	1	29½
	2	-	3	3	2½	3	4	3	3½	4	8	0	1	28
	½	1	-	2½	2½	2	3	3	3	3½	6	2	1	21
	1½	1	1½	-	1½	2½	2½	2½	3½	3	5	4	0	19½
	1	1½	1½	2½	-	2½	2½	2½	2	3	5	3	1	19
	½	1	2	1½	1½	-	2	4	3	3½	3	4	2	19
Albania	0	0	1	1½	1½	2	-	2½	3	3	3	5	1	14½
	1	1	1	1½	1½	0	1½	-	4	3	2	7	0	14½
Iran	0	½	1	½	2	1	1	0	-	2½	1	7	1	8½
	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1½	-	0	9	0	6½

Final

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:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final B ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP !! MW !! HTH |- | 13 || Spain || Pomar, del Corral, Puig Pulido, Franco Raymundo, Ridameya Tatche, Serra Olives || 26½ || 16 || || |- | 14 || || Penrose, Clarke, Golombek, Littlewood, Barden, Wade || 26½ || 14 || || |- | 15 || || Porat, Aloni, Czerniak, Kraidman, Domnitz, Szapiro || 25 || || || |- | 16 || || Jiménez, Cobo Arteaga, García, Ortega, Calero || 22½ || 12 || || |- | 17 || || Johansson, Sköld, Nilsson, Buskenström, Olsson, Söderborg || 22½ || 11 || 4 || 2½ |- | 18 || POL || Śliwa, Balcerowski, Doda, Tarnowski, Schmidt, Filipowicz || 22½ || 11 || 4 || 1½ |- | 19 || || O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Limbos, Boey, De Rijcke || 22 || || || |- | 20 || || Ojanen, Raisa, Rantanen, Niemelä, Westerinen, Fred || 20½ || || || |- | 21 || Mongolia || Purevzhav, Möömöö, Myagmarsuren, Chalkhasuren, Tsagan T., Namzhil || 20 || 9 || 3 || |- | 22 || || Blau, Castagna, Roth, Gebauer, Luginbühl || 20 || 9 || 2 || |- | 23 || || Ólafsson, Guðmundsson, Pálsson, Thorsteinsson, Torvaldsson, Kristinsson || 19 || || || |- | 24 || ||Kølvig, Holm, From, Søby, Korning, Brinck-Claussen || 17 || || || |}

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 25 || || Johannessen, Lindblom, Hoen, Vinje-Gulbrandsen, Zwaig, Stensholt || 32½ || |- | - || Bulgaria "B" || Filipov, Karastoichev, Daskalov, Bogdanov, Chipev, Burkhanlarsky || 29½ || |- | 26 || Albania || Pustina, Duraku, Konçi, Veizaj, Siliqi, Omari || 28½ || 17 |- | 27 || Tunisia || Belkadi, Lagha, Kchouk, Kahia, Mohsen, Ennigrou || 28½ || 16 |- | 28 || || Aaron, Sakhalkar, Ali, Hassan, Nawab, Shukla || 26½ || |- | 29 || Iran || Hemmasian, Farboud, Parniani, Safvat, Zandifar || 25 || |- | 30 || || Boutteville, Bergraser, Thiellement, Noradounguian, Ferry, Ravinet P. || 23½ || |- | 31 || PUR || Colón Romero A., Rivera D., Navas, Reissmann, Colón Romero M., Prieto Azúar, Rabell Méndez || 22½ || |- | 32 || || Estrada Degrandi, Etcheverry, Alvarez del Monte, Bauzá, Silva Nazzari || 22 || |- | 33 || Greece || Kokkoris, Anastasopoulos, Papapostolou, Vizantiadis, Paidousis, Hadziotis || 18½ || |- | 34 || || Conrady, Philippe, Schneider, Zeyen, Aloyse Neu, Leners || 18 || |- | 35 || || Süer, Boysan, Akakinci, Günsav || 17 || |- | 36 || || Reid, Murphy P., Reilly, Loughrey, O'Hare, Cassidy || 14½ || |- | 37 || CYP || Kleopas, Lantsias, Ioannidis, Fieros || 1½ || |}

Final «A»

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	+	−	=	Points
1		-	2½	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	2½	2	3½	3½	4	10	0	1	31½
2		1½	-	2	3	2½	2½	2½	3½	2	3	2½	3	8	1	2	28
3		1½	2	-	1	2½	3	2½	1½	3	2	3	4	6	3	2	26
4		1½	1	3	-	2	2½	3½	2	2½	2½	2½	2	6	2	3	25
5		1½	1½	1½	2	-	2	3½	2	2	2½	1½	3	3	4	4	23
6	Bulgaria	1½	1½	1	1½	2	-	2	2½	3	2	2	2½	3	4	4	21½
7		½	1½	1½	½	½	2	-	2½	3½	2	3½	3	4	5	2	21
8		1½	½	2½	2	2	1½	1½	-	2½	2½	1	3	4	5	2	20½
9	Romania	2	2	1	1½	2	1	½	1½	-	2½	3	3½	3	5	3	20½
10		½	1	2	1½	1½	2	2	1½	1½	-	2	3	1	6	4	18½
11		½	1½	1	1½	2½	2	½	3	1	2	-	2½	3	6	2	18
12		0	1	0	2	1	1½	1	1	½	1	1½	-	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	2½	3	1½	3	2½	2	3½	2	7	2	2	26½
14		3½	-	2½	1½	2½	1½	1½	3½	2½	2	2	3½	6	3	2	26½
15		1	1½	-	1½	2	3½	2½	3	1	2½	3½	3	6	4	1	25
16		1	2½	2½	-	1½	2	1	2	2	2½	2	3½	4	3	4	22½
17		1½	1½	2	2½	-	2½	2	2	1	1½	3	3	4	4	3	22½
18	Poland	1	2½	½	2	1½	-	3	2	4	2½	2	1½	4	4	3	22½
19		2½	2½	1½	3	2	1	-	2½	1½	1½	1	3	5	5	1	22
20		1	½	1	2	2	2	1½	-	2½	3½	2½	2	3	4	4	20½
21	Mongolia	1½	1½	3	2	3	0	2½	1½	-	2	2	1	3	5	3	20
22		2	2	1½	1½	2½	1½	2½	½	2	-	2	2	2	4	5	20
23		½	2	½	2	1	2	3	1½	2	2	-	2½	2	4	5	19
24		2	½	1	½	1	2½	1	2	3	2	1½	-	2	6	3	17

Final «C»

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	+	−	=	Points
25		4	3	2	2½	2½	3½	2½	2	3	4	3½	9	0	2	32½
33	34	27	26	#	30	31	36	28	35	32
#	Bulgaria 2	2½	2	2½	3½	1½	3	2	4	2½	2	4	7	1	3	29½
32	26	31	33	25	27	28	36	30	29	37
26	Albania	2½	2	3½	1½	3	2	3	2½	3½	2	3	7	1	3	28½
29	#	34	25	27	28	32	31	35	36	33
27		3	3	2	2½	1	1	4	2	4	3½	2½	7	2	2	28½
36	31	25	29	26	#	37	28	33	34	30
28		2	2	1	3½	3½	2	2	2	1	4	3½	4	2	5	26½
30	29	32	34	35	26	#	27	25	37	36
29	Iran	1½	2	3½	1½	1½	3½	2½	2	1½	2	3½	4	4	3	25
26	28	35	27	32	37	36	25	34	#	31
30		2	2	1	3½	3½	½	1½	4	1½	2½	1½	4	5	2	23½
28	32	33	36	34	25	35	37	#	31	27
31	Puerto Rico	3	1	1½	2	4	3½	1½	1½	2½	1½	½	4	6	1	22½
35	27	#	32	37	33	25	26	36	30	29
32		1½	2	3	2	2½	2	1	2½	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	2½	2	0	3	1	4	5	2	18½
25	37	30	#	36	31	34	35	27	32	26
34		4	1	½	½	½	3	1½	1½	2½	½	2½	4	7	0	18
37	25	26	28	30	36	33	32	29	27	35
35		1	2½	½	4	½	2	2½	2	½	0	1½	3	6	2	17
31	36	29	37	28	32	30	33	26	25	34
36		1	1½	3	½	2	1	1½	0	1½	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	1½
34	33	36	35	31	29	27	30	32	28	#

Individual medals

Board 1: ISL Friðrik Ólafsson 14 / 18 = 77.8%
Board 2: URS Tigran Petrosian 10 / 12 = 83.3%
Board 3: URS Boris Spassky 11 / 14 = 78.6%
Board 4: YUG Borislav Ivkov and ARG Raúl Sanguineti 13½ / 16 = 84.4%
1st reserve: URS Efim Geller 10½ / 12 = 87.5%
2nd reserve: URS Mikhail Tal 10 / 13 = 76.9%

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

15th Chess Olympiad: Varna 1962 OlimpBase

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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