Chess Olympiad - Best Individual Results in The Open Section

Best Individual Results in The Open Section

The best individual results in order of overall percentage are:

# Player Country Olymp. Games Won Drawn Lost % Medals
1 Petrosian, TigranTigran Petrosian Soviet Union
10
 129 78 50 1 81.4 6 - 0 - 0
2 Tal, MikhailMikhail Tal Soviet Union
8
 101 65 34 2 81.2 5 - 2 - 0
3 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union
6
 68 43 23 2 80.1 3 - 2 - 0
4 Kashdan, IsaacIsaac Kashdan USA
5
 79 52 22 5 79.7 2 - 1 - 2
5 Smyslov, VassilyVassily Smyslov Soviet Union
9
 113 69 42 2 79.6 4 - 2 - 2
6 Bronstein, DavidDavid Bronstein Soviet Union
4
 49 30 18 1 79.6 3 - 1 - 0
7 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union (1)
8
 82 50 29 3 78.7 7 - 2 - 2
8 Alekhine, AlexanderAlexander Alekhine France
5
 72 43 27 2 78.5 2 - 2 - 0
9 Matulović, MilanMilan Matulović Yugoslavia
6
 78 46 28 4 76.9 1 - 2 - 0
10 Keres, PaulPaul Keres Soviet Union (2)
10
 141 85 44 12 75.9 5 - 1 - 1
11 Geller, EfimEfim Geller Soviet Union
7
 76 46 23 7 75.6 3 - 3 - 0
12 Tarjan, JamesJames Tarjan USA
5
 51 32 13 6 75.5 2 - 1 - 0
13 Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer USA
4
 65 40 18 7 75.4 0 - 2 - 1
14 Botvinnik, MikhailMikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union
6
 73 39 31 3 74.7 2 - 1 - 2
15 Flohr, SaloSalo Flohr Czechoslovakia
7
 82 46 28 8 73.2 2 - 1 - 1


NOTES:

  • Only players participating to at least four Olympiads are considered in this table.
  • Medals indicated are only individual ones (not team), in the order gold - silver - bronze.
  • (1) Kasparov played his first four olympiads for the Soviet Union, the rest for Russia. Four gold medals are for best-rating performance (first introduced at Thessaloniki 1984) and three for best score on first board.
  • (2) Keres played his first three Olympiads for Estonia, the rest for the Soviet Union.

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