29th Chess Olympiad - Open Event

Open Event

108 teams from 106 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. For the first time, the host nation got the right to field two additional teams. All three Yugoslavian sides finished in the top 30.

In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

Open event

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	Soviet Union	Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Beliavsky, Yusupov, Yudasin, Bareev	2645	39
2	United States	Seirawan, Gulko, Christiansen, Benjamin, Fedorowicz, De Firmian	2599	35½	452.5
3	England	Short, Speelman, Nunn, Adams, Chandler, Hodgson	2604	35½	450.5

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
4	Czechoslovakia	2530	34½
5	Yugoslavia	2576	33	460.0
6	China	2521	33	444.0
7	Cuba	2526	33	440.5
8	Iceland	2451	32½	452.0
9	West Germany	2549	32½	451.0
10	India	2488	32½	449.0
11	Sweden	2439	32½	441.5
12	Netherlands	2561	32½	435.0
13	Yugoslavia "B"	2534	32½	433.0
14	Bulgaria	2514	32	451.5
15	France	2493	32	433.0
16	Israel	2533	32	431.0
17	Hungary	2553	32	427.5
18	Poland	2476	32	421.5
19	Mexico	2463	32	414.5
20	Colombia	2424	31½	429.5
21	Philippines	2443	31½	427.0
22	Peru	2381	31½	421.0
23	Scotland	2381	31½	418.5
24	Finland	2449	31½	416.5
25	East Germany	2509	31	446.0
26	Yugoslavia "C"	2506	31	441.0
27	Chile	2456	31	436.5
28	Indonesia	2416	31	425.0
29	Argentina	2439	31	423.5
30	Canada	2451	31	418.5
31	Spain	2495	31	417.0
32	Romania	2483	31	412.5
33	Brazil	2471	30½	420.5
34	Australia	2454	30½	415.0
35	Italy	2409	30½	412.0
36	Switzerland	2501	30	427.5
37	Norway	2473	30	425.0
38	Denmark	2498	30	424.0
39	Austria	2465	30	417.5
40	Albania	2386	30	417.0
41	Egypt	2376	30	416.5
42	Wales	2301	30	391.5
43	New Zealand	2295	29½
44	Vietnam	2201	29	405.5	17
45	Mongolia	2349	29	405.5	14
46	Singapore	2370	29	396.0
47	Turkey	2346	29	394.5
48	Ecuador	2240	29	376.0
49	Greece	2450	28½	427.5
50	Paraguay	2343	28½	405.0
51	Bangladesh	2363	28½	403.5
52	Tunisia	2329	28½	403.0
53	Belgium	2369	28½	396.5
54	Costa Rica	2276	28½	392.0
55	Portugal	2411	28	439.0
56	Pakistan	2295	28	397.5
57	Uruguay	2295	28	395.5
58	Iran	2256	28	392.0
59	Ireland	2306	28	391.0
60	Luxembourg	2249	28	387.5
61	Thailand	2230	28	377.5
62	Angola	2324	28	377.0
63	Syria	2291	27½	395.0
64	Bolivia	2230	27½	378.5
65	Barbados	2235	27½	372.0
66	Japan	2226	27½	369.0
67	United Arab Emirates	2216	27	383.0
68	Yemen	2200	27	369.5
69	Morocco	2259	26	390.0
70	Algeria	2218	26	384.5
71	Puerto Rico	2244	26	380.5
72	Lebanon	2241	26	366.5
73	Malaysia	2228	26	362.5
74	Trinidad and Tobago	2200	26	361.5
75	Guatemala	2230	26	337.0
76	Venezuela	2285	25½	386.0
77	Dominican Republic	2235	25½	378.5
78	Uganda	2296	25½	361.5
79	Faroe Islands	2240	25	381.0
80	El Salvador	2268	25	374.5
81	Nigeria	2203	25	366.5
82	Cyprus	2206	25	346.5
83	Hong Kong	2240	24½	364.0
84	Jamaica	2218	24½	351.5
85	Andorra	2213	24½	350.0
86	Libya	2201	24½	345.5
87	Guernsey and Jersey	2218	24	362.5	11
88	Zimbabwe	2209	24	362.5	6
89	Qatar	2229	24	362.0
90	Zambia	2209	24	349.0
91	Netherlands Antilles	2246	24	345.0
92	Mali	2203	24	341.0
93	Sudan	2201	23½	358.5
94	Bahrain	2200	23½	347.5
95	Malta	2210	23½	343.0
96	Haiti	2204	23	357.5
97	Fiji	2200	23	326.0
98	San Marino	2200	22	326.5
99	British Virgin Islands	2200	22	326.0
100	Panama	2200	22	323.5
101	United States Virgin Islands	2226	22	317.0
102	Liechtenstein	2200	22	315.5
103	Honduras	2200	22	282.0
104	Botswana	2200	21½	323.5
105	Bahamas	2201	21½	314.0
106	Bermuda	2200	21
107	Mauritius	2200	20
108	Kenya	2201	18