18th Chess Olympiad

The 18th Chess Olympiad 1968 was held from 17 October to 7 November 1968 in Lugano ( Switzerland ).

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It was attended by 53 teams, identified in seven opening acts The teams for the final groups A to D. 314 players ( including 41 grandmasters and 55 international masters ) took part in the competition. In both the opening acts as well as in the final group round robin tournaments were held. The first two teams each opening act qualified for the Final Group A

Head of the organizing committee was Alois Nagler from Switzerland. The main referee Jaroslav Šajtar served from Czechoslovakia. The cooling-off period was 40 moves in 150 minutes, then one hour for each 16 moves. The placement was determined on the basis of the board points (BP) and Team Points (MP).

Final Final Group A crosstabulate

Final Final Group B crosstabulate

Final Final Group C crosstabulate

Final Final Group D crosstabulate

Best percentage results

Player of the Soviet Union ( Olympic gold medalist )

Results from the opening act 1 and Final Group A

Player of the Federal Republic of Germany

Results from the opening act 5 and Final Group A

Players of the German Democratic Republic

Results from the opening act 6 and Final Group A

Players of Switzerland

Results from the opening act 5 and Final Group B

Jonathan Penrose Georgi Tringov Gedeon Barcza Donald Byrne Lodewijk Prins Efim Geller Lev Polugaevsky Wolfgang Unzicker Klaus Darga Helmut Pfleger Hans-Joachim Hecht Wolfgang Uhlmann Wolfgang Pietzsch Burkhard Malich 2nd Chess Olympiad 4th Chess Olympiad 5th Chess Olympiad 6th Chess Olympiad 7th Chess Olympiad 9th Chess Olympiad 10th Chess Olympiad 11th Chess Olympiad 12th Chess Olympiad 13th Chess Olympiad 14th Chess Olympiad 15th Chess Olympiad 16th Chess Olympiad 17th Chess Olympiad 19th Chess Olympiad 20th Chess Olympiad 22nd Chess Olympiad 23rd Chess Olympiad 24th Chess Olympiad 25th Chess Olympiad 26th Chess Olympiad 27th Chess Olympiad 28th Chess Olympiad 33rd Chess Olympiad 35th Chess Olympiad 36th Chess Olympiad 37th Chess Olympiad 41st Chess Olympiad 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad Against Chess Olympiad
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