17th Chess Olympiad

The 17th Chess Olympiad (Spanish: La 17^a Olimpíada de ajedrez), 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 October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their eighth consecutive gold medals, with the United States and Hungary taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

When Hungary and Yugoslavia tied on both game and match points, and they had drawn 2–2 with each other, the rules dictated that the final ranking would be decided by using the Neustadtl score – but not which version of it. A so-called unweighted score was used, which placed Hungary ahead of Yugoslavia, giving them the bronze medals. Had the weighted variant been used instead, the result would have been the other way around.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 52 teams entered the competition and were divided into seven preliminary groups of seven or eight teams each. The top two from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 3rd-4th to Final B, no. 5-6 to Final C, and the rest to Final D. All preliminary groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments. The preliminary results were as follows:

Group 1

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			−	=	Points
«A»	Soviet Union	-	2½	3½	3½	3½	3½	4	4		7	0	0	24½
«A»	Spain	1½	-	3	2	3	4	3	4		5	1	1	20½
«B»	Switzerland	½	1	-	4	2½	3	3½	4		5	2	0	18½
«B»	Sweden	½	2	0	-	2½	3½	3	4		4	2	1	15½
«C»	Philippines	½	1	1½	1½	-	2½	2½	4		3	4	0	13½
«C»	Uruguay	½	0	1	½	1½	-	2	3½		1	5	1	9
«D»	Monaco	0	1	½	1	1½	2	-	1½		0	6	1	7½
«D»	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	½	2½	-		1	6	0	3

Group 2

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			−	=	Points
«A»	Yugoslavia	-	3½	3½	3½	3	4	3½		6	0	0	21
«A»	Iceland	½	-	1	3½	1½	3½	3½		3	3	0	13½
«B»	Indonesia	½	3	-	1½	2	2	3½		2	2	2	12½
«B»	Austria	½	½	2½	-	3	1½	4		3	3	0	12
«C»	Turkey	1	2½	2	1	-	2½	2		2	2	2	11
«C»	Mongolia	0	½	2	2½	1½	-	2½		2	3	1	9
«D»	Mexico	½	½	½	0	2	1½	-		0	5	1	5

Group 3

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			−	=	Points
«A»	United States	-	1½	3	2	3½	3½	4		4	1	1	17½
«A»	Norway	2½	-	2	1½	4	3	3½		4	1	1	16½
«B»	Poland	1	2	-	3	3½	4	3		4	1	1	16½
«B»	Israel	2	2½	1	-	3	3	4		4	1	1	15½
«C»	Ecuador	½	0	½	1	-	2½	3		2	4	0	7½
«C»	Portugal	½	1	0	1	1½	-	2		0	5	1	6
«D»	Bolivia	0	½	1	0	1	2	-		0	5	1	4½

Group 4

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			−	=	Points
«A»	Argentina	-	2½	3	3	4	4	4		6	0	0	20½
«A»	Denmark	1½	-	1½	3½	3½	4	4		4	2	0	18
«B»	England	1	2½	-	3	2½	3½	2½		5	1	0	15
«B»	France	1	½	1	-	2	2½	2½		2	3	1	9½
«C»	Ireland	0	½	1½	2	-	2½	1½		1	4	1	8
«C»	Chile	0	0	½	1½	1½	-	3½		1	5	0	7
«D»	South Africa	0	0	1½	1½	2½	½	-		1	5	0	6

Group 5

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			−	=	Points
«A»	Czechoslovakia	-	2	3	4	4	4	4		5	0	1	21
«A»	East Germany	2	-	2½	3	3½	4	4		5	0	1	19
«B»	Canada	1	1½	-	4	3½	4	4		4	2	0	18
«B»	Scotland	0	1	0	-	2½	2½	3½		3	3	0	9½
«C»	Italy	0	½	½	1½	-	2½	3½		2	4	0	8½
«C»	Luxembourg	0	0	0	1½	1½	-	3½		1	5	0	6½
«D»	Cyprus	0	0	0	½	½	½	-		0	6	0	1½

Group 6

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			−	=	Points
«A»	Hungary	-	3	2½	4	4	3	3½	3½		7	0	0	23½
«A»	Cuba	1	-	2	2½	3½	4	4	4		5	1	1	21
«B»	Netherlands	1½	2	-	2½	4	3½	3½	3½		5	1	1	20½
«B»	Belgium	0	1½	1½	-	2	2	3½	4		2	3	2	14½
«C»	Venezuela	0	½	0	2	-	2½	3½	4		3	3	1	12½
«C»	Tunisia	1	0	½	2	1½	-	3½	3		2	4	1	11½
«D»	Panama	½	0	½	½	½	½	-	4		1	6	0	6½
«D»	Lebanon	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	-		0	7	0	2

Group 7

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			−	=	Points
«A»	Romania	-	2	2½	2½	3½	4	4	4		6	0	1	22½
«A»	Bulgaria	2	-	3	2	3	3½	4	4		5	0	2	21½
«B»	Colombia	1½	1	-	2½	2	2	4	4		3	2	2	17
«B»	Finland	1½	2	1½	-	2½	2	3½	4		3	2	2	17
«C»	Greece	½	1	2	1½	-	2	3	4		2	3	2	14
«C»	Puerto Rico	0	½	2	2	2	-	2	3½		1	2	4	12
«D»	Morocco	0	0	0	½	1	2	-	2½		1	5	1	6
«D»	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	½	1½	-		0	7	0	2

Final

Final A

#	Country	Players	Points	MP	Head- to-head	NS
1	Soviet Union	Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, Stein, Korchnoi, Polugaevsky	39½
2	United States	Fischer, Byrne, Benko*, Evans, Addison, Rossolimo	34½
3	Hungary	Portisch, Szabó, Bilek, Lengyel, Forintos, Bárczay	33½	20	2	232.25
4	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Ivkov, Parma, Matanović, Matulović, Čirić	33½	20	2	229.75
5	Argentina	Najdorf, Panno, Bolbochán, Sanguineti, García, Schweber	30
6	Czechoslovakia	Pachman, Hort, Filip, Kaválek, Jansa, Ujtelky*	29½
7	Bulgaria	Minev, Bobotsov, Tringov, Padevsky, Kolarov, Popov	28½
8	Romania	Gheorghiu, Ciocâltea, Ghițescu, Soós*, Drimer, Stanciu	26½
9	East Germany	Uhlmann, Pietzsch, Fuchs, Malich, Zinn, Liebert	25½
10	Denmark	Larsen, Brinck-Claussen, Andersen, Enevoldsen, Holm, Pedersen	20
11	Iceland	Friðrik Ólafsson, Ingi Randver Jóhannsson, Guðmundur Pálmason, Freysteinn Thorbergsson, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Guðmundur Sigurjónsson	19
12	Spain	Pomar, Medina García, Menvielle Laccourreye, Calvo, Franco Raymundo, Pérez Gonsalves	18
13	Norway	Johannessen, Zwaig, Hoen, Kristiansen, De Lange, Wibe	14
14	Cuba	Jiménez Zerquera, Ortega, Cobo Arteaga, Rodríguez Gonzáles, García Martínez, Santa Cruz	12

*HUN-born

Final B

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
15	Netherlands	Bouwmeester, Prins, Zuidema, Langeweg, Ree, Kapsenberg G.	37
16	Poland	Bednarski, Doda, Kostro, Śliwa, Balcerowski, Filipowicz	31½
17	Austria	Prameshuber, Kinzel, Stoppel, Winiwarter, Janetschek, Schubirz	30
18	Switzerland	Bhend, Walther, Blau, Roth, Glauser, Baumgartner	28½	15
19	Israel	Porat, Kraidman, Czerniak, Kagan, Aloni, Smiltiner	28½	13
20	Finland	Ojanen, Westerinen, Kanko, Rantanen, Lahti, Niemelä	28
21	England	Clarke, Lee, Hartston, Littlewood, Hindle, Keene	27½
22	Colombia	Cuartas, Alzate, de Greiff, Minaya Molano, Sánchez, Restrepo	26½
23	Canada	Yanofsky, Vranesic, Witt, Suttles, Kalotay, Divinsky	25½
24	Sweden	Johansson, Nilsson, Westman, Jansson, Kinnmark, Backström	24½
25	Belgium	O'Kelly, Boey, Cornelis, Dunkelblum, Mollekens, Beyen	23
26	France	Mazzoni, Boutteville, Ducic, Zinser, Huguet, Chiaramonti	20
27	Indonesia	Bachtiar, Wotulo, Lim Hong Gie, Suwandhio, Hutagalung, Suradiradja	18
28	Scotland	Fairhurst, Fallone, McAlpine, Pritchett, Freeman, Holmes H. D.	15½

Final C

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
29	Italy	Tatai, Cappello, Zichichi, Romani, Norcia	38
30	Mongolia	Myagmarsuren, Üitümen, Tsagan T., Zorigt, Badamgarav G., Chalkhasuren	33½
31	Philippines	Naranja, De Castro, Balinas, Campomanes F., Viajar, Campomanes M.	31
32	Greece	Vizantiadis, Ornithopoulos, Anastasopoulos, Bastas, Papapostolou, Kapralos	29
33	Uruguay	Alvarez del Monte, Cabral, Olivera A., Olivera J. F., Elemberg, Vachini	28
34	Tunisia	Belkadi, Bouaziz N., Kchouk, Ben Rehouma, Bouaziz S., Mohsen	26½
35	Turkey	Süer, Bilyap, Onat, Erözbek, Külür, İbrahimoğlu	25½
36	Venezuela	Schorr, Diaz, Villarroel, Caro, Hernández, Quintero	25	12
37	Portugal	Durão, Rocha, Cordovil, Ribeiro, Rego, Sardinha	25	10
38	Chile	Letelier, Larrain Cadaiz, Jiménez Rojas, Orpinas, Carrasco, Vergara	23½	9
39	Ecuador	Yépez Ol., Cevallos, Yepez Obando, Chonillo, Yépez Os., Calero	23½	8
40	Ireland	Heidenfeld, Cassidy R., Keogh, Reilly, Kerr, Cassidy P.	21
41	Puerto Rico	Colón Romero A., Colón Romero M., Suárez Navas, Reissmann, Benítez, Kaplan	18½
42	Luxembourg	Philippe, Schneider, Feller, Dietrich, Piscitelli, Greiveldinger	16

Final D

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
43	South Africa	Dreyer, Kroon, Heyns, Hangelbroek, Price, Wilken	28
44	Mexico	Iglesias, Acevedo, Araiza, Camarena, Delgado, Terrazas	24½
45	Bolivia	García Soruco, Martínez Vaca, Salazar, Carvajal, Navarro	22
46	Monaco	Casa, Weiss, Donné, Kostjoerin, Paris, Jezequelou	20
47	Morocco	Bakali, Hadri, Bennis, Benabud, Kaderi, Bennouna	19½
48	Nicaragua	Tenorio, Morales, Baca, Aguilar, Herdocia, Montalván	17
49	Panama	Pérez, Ramón Martínez, Van der Hans, Rivera	16½
50	Lebanon	Tarazi, Bedrossian, Galeb, Salameh, Daoud, Allam	11	3
51	Cyprus	Kleopas, Constantinou, Lantsias, Madelia, Chariklis	11	2
52	Hong Kong	Ko Chi, Sin Kuen, Krouk, Fung Yee Wang, Hobson	10½

Final «A»

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14			−	=	Points
1	Soviet Union	-	2½	2	2½	3	2½	3½	3	2½	4	3	3½	4	3½		12	0	1	39½
2	United States	1½	-	2	1½	3	2½	2	2	3	3½	3½	4	3	3		8	2	3	34½
3	Hungary	2	2	-	2	2	1½	2½	2½	2½	3½	3	3½	3	3½		8	1	4	33½
4	Yugoslavia	1½	2½	2	-	2	1½	2½	2½	3	3	3	3½	4	2½		9	2	2	33½
5	Argentina	1	1	2	2	-	2	2½	1½	3½	3	2½	2½	3	3½		7	3	3	30
6	Czechoslovakia	1½	1½	2½	2½	2	-	1	3	2	2	3	2½	3	3		7	3	3	29½
7	Bulgaria	½	2	1½	1½	1½	3	-	1½	2	2½	3	3	3½	3		6	5	2	28½
8	Romania	1	2	1½	1½	2½	1	2½	-	2½	2½	2	2	2	3½		5	4	4	26½
9	East Germany	1½	1	1½	1	½	2	2	1½	-	1½	3½	3	4	2½		4	7	2	25½
10	Denmark	0	½	½	1	1	2	1½	1½	2½	-	1	2½	2½	3½		4	8	1	20
11	Iceland	1	½	1	1	1½	1	1	2	½	3	-	1½	2½	2½		3	9	1	19
12	Spain	½	0	½	½	1½	1½	1	2	1	1½	2½	-	2	3½		2	9	2	18
13	Norway	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	2	0	1½	1½	2	-	2½		1	10	2	14
14	Cuba	½	1	½	1½	½	1	1	½	1½	½	1½	½	1½	-		0	13	0	12

Final «B»

№	Country	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28			−	=	Points
15	Netherlands	-	2½	2½	1½	2½	3	2½	3½	3	3	3	3	3½	3½		12	1	0	37
16	Poland	1½	-	1½	3	2	1	1½	2	2½	3½	3	3	3	4		7	4	2	31½
17	Austria	1½	2½	-	2	2	2½	2	2½	2	1½	2½	3½	2	3½		6	2	5	30
18	Switzerland	2½	1	2	-	2½	2½	2	2	1½	4	2	1½	2	3		5	3	5	28½
19	Israel	1½	2	2	1½	-	1½	3	1	1½	2½	4	2	3	3		5	5	3	28½
20	Finland	1	3	1½	1½	2½	-	2½	2	3	3	1½	1½	3	2		6	5	2	28
21	England	1½	2½	2	2	1	1½	-	2	1½	2	2	3	3½	3		4	4	5	27½
22	Colombia	½	2	1½	2	3	2	2	-	2½	1	2	2½	3½	2		4	3	6	26½
23	Canada	1	1½	2	2½	2½	1	2½	1½	-	2½	1½	1½	3	2½		6	6	1	25½
24	Sweden	1	½	2½	0	1½	1	2	3	1½	-	2	3½	2½	3½		5	6	2	24½
25	Belgium	1	1	1½	2	0	2½	2	2	2½	2	-	2	2½	2		3	4	6	23
26	France	1	1	½	2½	2	2½	1	1½	2½	½	2	-	1½	1½		3	8	2	20
27	Indonesia	½	1	2	2	1	1	½	½	1	1½	1½	2½	-	3		2	9	2	18
28	Scotland	½	0	½	1	1	2	1	2	1½	½	2	2½	1	-		1	9	3	15½

Final «C»

№	Country	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42			−	=	Points
29	Italy	-	2	3	4	2½	2½	3½	2½	2½	3	2½	3½	3	3½		12	0	1	38
30	Mongolia	2	-	1	3	3½	1½	2	3½	3	3	2½	3	3	2½		9	2	2	33½
31	Philippines	1	3	-	2	3	2½	2	1	2	3½	2½	1½	4	3		7	3	3	31
32	Greece	0	1	2	-	2½	2	2	2½	2½	2½	3	1½	3½	4		7	3	3	29
33	Uruguay	1½	½	1	1½	-	3½	3	3	2	2½	2	2	2	3½		5	4	4	28
34	Tunisia	1½	2½	1½	2	½	-	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	2	2½	2		6	3	4	26½
35	Turkey	½	2	2	2	1	2	-	1½	2½	1	3	2½	2½	3		5	4	4	25½
36	Venezuela	1½	½	3	1½	1	1½	2½	-	2	2	2	3	2	2½		4	5	4	25
37	Portugal	1½	1	2	1½	2	1½	1½	2	-	1½	2½	3	3	2		3	6	4	25
38	Chile	1	1	½	1½	1½	1½	3	2	2½	-	½	3½	1½	3½		4	8	1	23½
39	Ecuador	1½	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1	2	1½	3½	-	1	2½	3		3	8	2	23½
40	Ireland	½	1	2½	2½	2	2	1½	1	1	½	3	-	2	1½		3	7	3	21
41	Puerto Rico	1	1	0	½	2	1½	1½	2	1	2½	1½	2	-	2		1	8	4	18½
42	Luxembourg	½	1½	1	0	½	2	1	1½	2	½	1	2½	2	-		1	9	3	16

Final «D»

№	Country	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52			−	=	Points
43	South Africa	-	2½	3	3	4	2	2½	4	4	3		8	0	1	28
44	Mexico	1½	-	2	2	3	3	3	2½	3½	4		6	1	2	24½
45	Bolivia	1	2	-	2½	2	2	3½	3½	2½	3		5	1	3	22
46	Monaco	1	2	1½	-	2	2	3	3	2½	3		4	2	3	20
47	Morocco	0	1	2	2	-	3½	2½	2½	3	3		5	2	2	19½
48	Nicaragua	2	1	2	2	½	-	2	1½	3	3		2	3	4	17
49	Panama	1½	1	½	1	1½	2	-	3½	2½	3		3	5	1	16½
50	Lebanon	0	1½	½	1	1½	2½	½	-	2	1½		1	7	1	11
51	Cyprus	0	½	1½	1½	1	1	1½	2	-	2		0	7	2	11
52	Hong Kong	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2	-		1	7	1	10½

Individual medals

• Board 1: Tigran Petrosian 11½ / 13 = 88.5%
• Board 2: Oscar Panno 14 / 18 = 77.8%
• Board 3: Mikhail Tal 12 / 13 = 92.3%
• Board 4: Christian Langeweg 12 / 15 = 80.0%
• 1st reserve: Viktor Korchnoi 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
• 2nd reserve: László Bárczay 11 / 12 = 91.7%

References

• 17th Chess Olympiad: Havana 1966 OlimpBase