15th Chess Olympiad

The 15th Chess Olympiad 1962 was held from September 6 to October 10, 1962 in Varna ( Bulgaria).

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It was attended by 37 teams, identified in four opening acts, the teams for the final groups A to C. 220 players ( including 31 grandmasters and 37 international masters ) took part in the competition. In both the opening acts as well as in the final Group A and B round robin tournaments were played, Final Group C in the Swiss system (11 rounds). The first three teams each opening act qualified for the Final Group A

Chief Judge was Salomon Flohr from the Soviet Union. The cooling-off period was 40 moves in 150 minutes, then one hour for each 16 moves. The placement was due to the board points (BP ), Team Points (MP) and a direct comparison.

Best German participants was Wolfgang Uhlmann, who won a fourth place on the first board.

Final Final Group A crosstabulate

Final Final Group B crosstabulate

Final Final Group C as a progress chart

For the C- final in addition a second team of the host was added to obtain an even number of participants. This team is not taken into account in determining the rankings.

Best percentage results

Player of the Soviet Union ( Olympic gold medalist )

Player of the Federal Republic of Germany

Players of the German Democratic Republic

Salo Flohr Jonathan Penrose Vlastimil Hort Borislav Ivkov Paul Keres Efim Geller Donald Byrne Levente Lengyel Wolfgang Unzicker Klaus Darga Hans-Joachim Hecht 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 16th Chess Olympiad 17th Chess Olympiad 18th 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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