Boris Spassky - Career - International Team Results

International Team Results

Spassky played five times for the USSR in Student Olympiads, winning eight medals. He scored 38½/47 (+31 −1 =15), for 81.91 percent. His complete results are:

• Lyon 1955, board 2, 7½/8 (+7 −0 =1), team gold, board gold;
• Reykjavík 1957, board 2, 7/9 (+5 −0 =4), team gold, board gold;
• Varna 1958, board 2, 6½/9 (+4 −0 =5), team gold;
• Leningrad 1960, board 1, 10/12 (+9 −1 =2), team silver;
• Marianske Lazne 1962, board 1, 7½/9 (+6 −0 =3), team gold, board gold.

Spassky played twice for the USSR in the European Team Championships, winning four gold medals. He scored 8½/12 (+5 −0 =7), for 70.83 percent. His complete results are:

• Vienna 1957, board 5, 3½/5 (+2 −0 =3), team gold, board gold;
• Bath, Somerset 1973, board 1, 5/7 (+3 −0 =4), team gold, board gold.

Spassky played seven times for the Soviet Olympiad team. He won thirteen medals, and scored 69/94 (+45 −1 =48), for 73.40 percent. His complete results are:

• Varna 1962, board 3, 11/14 (+8 −0 =6), team gold, board gold medal;
• Tel Aviv 1964, 2nd reserve, 10½/13 (+8 −0 =5), team gold, board bronze;
• Havana 1966, board 2, 10/15, team gold.
• Lugano 1968, board 2, 10/14, team gold, board bronze;
• Siegen 1970, board 1, 9½/12, team gold, board gold;
• Nice 1974, board 3, 11/15, board gold, team gold;
• Buenos Aires 1978, board 1, 7/11 (+4 −1 =6), team silver.

Spassky played board one in the USSR vs. Rest of the World match at Belgrade 1970, scoring (+1 −1 =1) against Larsen.

Spassky then represented France in three Olympiads, on board one in each case. For Thessaloniki 1984, he scored 8/14 (+2 −0 =12). At Dubai 1986, he scored 9/14 (+4 −0 =10). Finally at Thessaloniki 1988, he scored 7½/13 (+3 −1 =9). He also played board one for France at the inaugural World Team Championships, Lucerne 1985, where he scored 5½/9 (+3 −1 =5).