OLYMPIAD BOUND (Different Positions)
Mr. Igntius Leong, left, the General Secretary of World Chess Federation (FIDE), Roberto Hernandez, middle, Secretary/Treasurer of Palau Chess Federation and Gary Bekker, Oceania Zone President, are all World Chess Olympiad bound to Russia with different positions. Mr. Leong will attend the 81st FIDE Congress, Hernandez will be Board 1 of Palau Chess Team and Mr. Bekker might be an Arbiter or attend the Congress. This picture was taken when Mr. Leong visited the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship for a meeting in Australia last year. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
BEST INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
IN MEN'S CHESS OLYMPIAD
Former World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal of the former Soviet Union holds the best record in men's Chess Olympiad.
Only players who have participated in at least 4 Olympiads are considered in this statistic. The medals are indicated for individuals (not team), in order of gold-silver-bronze.
Tal played in 8 Olympiads, with 101 games played and have a 65-34-2 win-draw-loss slate for an incredible 81.2% performance and collected 5 gold medals and 2 silver.
He was followed by another former world champion Anatoly Karpov, also of Soviet Union, with 68 games played in 6 Olympiads and also has 2 losses, 43 wins and 23 draws for an 80.1% performance. He won 3 gold medals and 2 silver.
At 3rd is another Soviet and also former world champion in the 1960's and the master of defence Tigran Petrosian. He and number 10th Paul Keres had played in 10 Olympiads. Petrosian player 129 games (78-50-1) and won 6 medals, all gold. His performance rating is 79.8%.
Maybe the least popular holds the 4th spot with 52-22-5 at 79.7%. He is Isaac Kashdan of the United States of America. He played in 5 Olympiads and won 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze.
Another former world champion and also a Soviet, Vassily Smyslov occupies the 5th place with 9 Olympiads and 113 games played (69-42-2) and rating of 79.6%. He won 4 golds, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
David Bronstein of Soviet Union played only 4 Olympiads but got the 6th spot with the same rating as Smyslov. He played 49 games (30-18-1) and won 3 gold medals and a silver.
Perhaps the greatest of all time Garry Kasparov is in 7th spot with 8 Olympiads. His first 4 Olympiads were under the USSR flag and the rest for Russia. He won 4 gold medals for best rating performance (first introduced at Thessaloniki, Greece Olympiad) and 3 for best score on first board.
Kasparov played 82 games (50-29-3) and 78.7%. Aside from 7 gold medals, he also won 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Another former world champion is at 8th place, Alexander Alekhine of France. He played in 5 Olympiads and played 72 games (43-27-2). He won 2 gold medals, 2 silver and a 78.5% rating.
Milan Matulovic of Yugoslavia played in 6 Olympiads and has a 76.9% rating. He played 78 games (46-28-4) and won 1 gold and 2 silver medals.
The late Paul Keres played his first 3 Olympiads for Estonia and the 7 others for USSR. He played the most games among the 15 players in the list with 141 (85-44-12). His raing is 75.9% and he won 5 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
At 11th is another Soviet Efim Geller with 7 Olympiads and 75.6% rating. He played 76 games (46-23-7) and won 3 golds and 3 silver medals.
Two Americans occupied 12th and 13th spot with James Tarjan edging Bobby Fischer with 75.5.% to Fischer's 75.4%. He won 2 gold medals and 1 silver while Fischer didn't win any gold. He won only 2 silvers and i bronze in 4 Olympiads. Fischer played 65 games (40-18-7).
Another former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik of Soviet Union is in 14th place at 74.7% rating in 6 Olympiads and won 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze. He played 73 games (39-31-3).
Finally, Salo Flohr of Czechoslovakia is at 15th place with 7 Olympiads played and a rating of 73.2%. He won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. He played 82 games (46-28-8).
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 and 15
Volume 19 Issue 24
June 14-20, 2010
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