SOME PALAU CHESS TEAM MEMBERS WITH ANATOLY KARPOV
L-R, FIDE Arbiter Red Dumuk, Joy Flores Whipps, Jeff Balbalosa, Gladys
Anne Paloma, Dennis Gonzales, Cyril Montel, Jr. and former world chess champion
Anatoly Karpov, middle, who is No. 2 in WCO winning percentage of 80.1% in 6
Olympiads.
WORLD CHESS OLYMPIADS
1924-2018
THE 1st unofficial
Chess Olympiad (individual) was held in 1924 at Paris, France. Czechoslovakia
won the Gold with 31 total points, Silver to Hungary (30), and Bronze to
Switzerland (29).
1926 – Budapest, Hungary was the
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad then called The Team Tournament (Part of FIDE Summit) and won by Hungary (9),
Yugoslavia (8) and Romania (5).
1927 –London, United Kingdom
hosted the 1st Chess Olympiad and won by Hungary again with 40
points, Denmark (38.5) and England (36.5).
1928 –The Hague, Netherlands was
the location of the 2nd Chess Olympiad this time with just a year
interval. Hungary won its 3rd consecutive Olympiad gold with 44
points, followed by USA (39.5) and Poland (37).
1930—Hamburg, Germany was the
site of the 3rd Olympiad with the gold going to Poland (48.5),
silver to Hungary (47), and the host country finishing 3rd for the
bronze. 2 years is the interval this time.
1931 – Prague, Czechoslovakia
hosted the 4th Chess Olympiad with the USA claiming its 1st
Olympiad gold with 39 points, Poland (47) and bronze again to the host country
by just half point (46.5).
1933 –Folkestone, United Kingdom
was the host of 5th Chess Olympiad won again by USA (39),
Czechoslovakia (37.5) and the 3rd place secured by Sweden (34).
1935 – Warsaw, Poland got the
chance to host the 6th Chess Olympiad and they finished 3rd
behind 3-time gold winner now USA (54), followed by Sweden (52.5) in their
best-ever finished.
1936 –Munich, Germany was the
site of the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (non-FIDE unofficial Chess
Olympiad won for the 4th time by Hungary (110.5), Poland (108) and
host country again! (106.5).
1937—Stockholm, Sweden was the
host of the 7th Chess Olympiad won for the 4th time by
USA (54.5), Hungary (48.5) and Poland (47).
1939—Buenos Aires, Argentina
hosted its first hosting of a Chess Olympiad (8th), with Germany
winning its first-ever gold with 36 points, Poland is just half point behind
and the bronze to Estonia, its best place ever with 33.5.
1950 –After World War II,
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia hosted the 9th Chess Olympiad, winning it with
45.5 followed by Argentina (43.5) and West Germany (40.5), who split their
country with East Germany. The succeeding Chess Olympiads are now every 2
years.
1952 –Helsinki, Finland hosted
it with the winners USSR (21), Argentina (19.5), Yugoslavia (19).
1954 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
with the same winners as in the 1952-(34), (27), and (26.5).
1956—Moscow, Soviet Union hosted
the 12th Chess Olympiad for the first time and USSR dominated the
next 12 Chess Olympiads till the 1974 in Nice, France. The only things that
changes were the venues…
1958 –Munich, West Germany –USSR
(34.5), Yugoslavia (29) and Argentina (25.5)
1960 – Leipzig, East Germany –
USSR (34), USA (29) and Yugoslavia (27)
1962 – Varna, Bulgaria – USSR
(31.5), Yugoslavia (28) and Argentina (26)
1964 – Tel Aviv, Israel – USSR
(36.5), Yugoslavia (32) and West Germany (30.5)
1966 – La Habana, Cuba –USSR
(39.5), USA (34.5) and Hungary (33.5)
1968 – Lugano, Switzerland –USSR
(39.5), Yugoslavia (31) and Bulgaria (30)
1970 – Siegen, West Germany
–USSR (27.5), Hungary (26.5) and Yugoslavia (26)
1972 – Skopje, Yugoslavia –USSR
(42), Hungary (40.5) an Yugoslavia (38)
1974 – Nice, France –USSR (46),
Yugoslavia (37.5) and USA (36.5). It is in this 21st Chess Olympiad
that Eugenio Torre of the Philippines became Asia’s 1st Grandmaster.
1976—Haifa, Israel hosted the 22nd
Chess Olympiad with USA getting the gold with 37 points, followed by Netherlands
(36.5) and England (35.5). In this Olympiad, the USSR and other communist
countries did not compete for political reasons.
1978 –Buenos Aires, Argentina’s
2nd hosting of Chess Olympiad (23rd) won for the 5th
time by Hungary (37). USSR is in a surprising 2nd place with 36 and
USA with 35.
1980 – Valletta, Malta’s first
hosting of Chess Olympiad (24th) with the previous winners except 3rd
(USA) trading places. The USSR has 39, Hungary (39) and USA (35). USSR won on
tiebreak.
1982 – Lucerne, Switzerland’s
turn this time with USSR (42.5) pulling away from Czechoslovakia (36) and USA
(35).
1984 – Thessaloniki, Greece
hosting of the 26th Chess Olympiad is probably very good that they
will host it again 4 years later with the same results of the gold and silver
(Russia -41, England, 37 and USA, 35).
1986 – Dubai, UAE was first time
host with the same results of the top 3 except the points, that only one point
separating USSR-40, England 39 and USA 38.
1988 – Thessaloniki, Greece; 1990 –Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1992 – Manila, Philippines 30th
Chess Olympiad was a breakthrough as the Soviet Union was divided into 12
States/Countries that participated for the first time separately with Russia
(39) winning over Uzbekistan (35) and Armenia (34.5).
1994 – Moscow, Russia 1996—Yerevan, Armenia 1998 –Elista, Russia
2000 – Istanbul, Turkey 2002 – Bled, Slovenia 2004 – Calvia, Spain
2006 – Turin, Italy 2008 – Dresden, Germany (Now
united since 1989)
2010 – In the Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia’s 39th World Chess Olympiad, Palau was able to sent 2
players, one team captain (Australian) and a Delegate (Swedish).
2012 – Istanbul, Turkey – this
time, 4 players for Open, a team captain and a Delegate.
2014 – Tromso, Norway –Open and
Women’s team for the first time for Palau.
2016 – Baku, Azerbaijan –the
birthplace of former world champion Gary Kasparov.
2018 – Batumi, Georgia; 2020 – Tokyo, Japan or Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 4381: 1. …Qxf1+!! 2.
Qxf1 Bxf3+ 3. Qxf3 Rg1 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 4382: Black to move and mates in 3
(Solution next issue)
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 24
Issue 22
March 16, 2015
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 24
Issue 22
March 16, 2015
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