28th Chess Olympiad - Open Event

Open Event

107 teams from 106 different nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. Chile had also been signed up, but never arrived.

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	Kasparov, Karpov, Yusupov, Beliavsky, Ehlvest, Ivanchuk	2694	40½
2	England	Short, Speelman, Nunn, Chandler, Mestel, Watson	2635	34½	457.0
3	Netherlands	Van der Wiel, Sosonko, Van der Sterren, Piket, Kuijf, Douven	2513	34½	455.0

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
4	United States	2580	34	459.0
5	Hungary	2604	34	456.5
6	Yugoslavia	2574	33½
7	Philippines	2435	33	449.5
8	China	2441	33	447.0
9	Cuba	2520	33	439.5
10	Argentina	2486	33	434.5
11	Israel	2481	33	432.5
12	Sweden	2538	32½	458.0
13	Czechoslovakia	2518	32½	446.0
14	Italy	2420	32½	423.0
15	Iceland	2550	32	449.5
16	Denmark	2475	32	449.0
17	East Germany	2508	32	444.5
18	West Germany	2540	32	435.5
19	India	2466	32	393.5
20	Switzerland	2480	31½	423.0
21	Poland	2460	31½	419.0	17
22	Spain	2479	31½	419.0	13
23	Brazil	2406	31½	416.0
24	Bulgaria	2520	31	449.0
25	Romania	2476	31	441.0
26	Indonesia	2453	31	431.5
27	Greece	2449	31	419.0
28	Austria	2415	31	411.0
29	Guatemala	2251	31	325.0
30	Scotland	2383	30½	431.0
31	France	2473	30½	429.5
32	Finland	2420	30½	421.0
33	Albania	2364	30½	415.0
34	Belgium	2388	30½	412.0
35	Colombia	2406	30	431.5
36	Peru	2460	30	428.0
37	Canada	2439	30	411.0
38	New Zealand	2321	30	405.0
39	Paraguay	2354	30	365.5
40	Australia	2414	29½	412.0
41	Venezuela	2261	29½	376.0
42	Thailand	2280	29½	368.5
43	Norway	2450	29	418.5
44	Mexico	2398	29	413.0
45	Dominican Republic	2348	29	412.0
46	Wales	2290	29	411.0
47	Singapore	2280	29	410.5
48	Egypt	2250	29	401.5
49	Uruguay	2284	29	394.5
50	Ireland	2260	28½	403.0
51	Syria	2278	28½	391.5
52	Turkey	2305	28	403.0
53	Luxembourg	2221	28	373.0
54	Portugal	2381	27½	410.0
55	Greece "B"	2288	27½	407.0
56	Pakistan	2345	27½	403.5
57	Faroe Islands	2270	27½	395.0
58	Malaysia	2211	27½	393.0
59	Puerto Rico	2239	27½	391.0
60	Morocco	2201	27½	390.0
61	Angola	2200	27½	381.0
62	Costa Rica	2240	27½	380.5
63	Bangladesh	2293	27½	377.5
64	Bolivia	2230	27½	371.0
65	Jamaica	2231	27	375.5
66	Algeria	2200	27	372.5
67	Japan	2203	26½	390.0
68	United Arab Emirates	2209	26½	383.0
69	Barbados	2206	26½	377.5
70	Nigeria	2201	26½	368.5
71	Libya	2201	26½	361.0
72	Zimbabwe	2204	26½	344.0
73	El Salvador	2228	26	383.5
74	Cyprus	2203	26	371.0
75	Qatar	2233	26	354.5
76	Malta	2200	26	347.5
77	Jordan	2210	25½	376.0
78	Lebanon	2234	25½	369.5
79	Honduras	2200	25½	364.0
80	Suriname	2200	25½	279.5
81	Zambia	2201	25	356.0
82	Senegal	2201	25	334.0
83	Botswana	2200	25	322.0
84	Hong Kong	2226	24½	382.0
85	Bahrain	2201	24½	372.0
86	Andorra	2210	24½	371.5
87	North Yemen	2201	24½	360.0
88	Palestine	2206	24½	359.5
89	Netherlands Antilles	2201	24½	350.0
90	Mauritania	2203	24½	305.5
91	Haiti	2204	24	350.0
92	Panama	2200	24	317.0
93	Liechtenstein	2200	24	295.0
94	Monaco	2200	24	293.5
95	Uganda	2203	23½	372.5
96	San Marino	2201	23½	365.0
97	Mali	2203	23½	288.5
98	Guernsey and Jersey	2220	23	327.5
99	Sudan	2203	23	315.5
100	British Virgin Islands	2200	23	295.5
101	Kenya	2203	22½	346.0
102	United States Virgin Islands	2200	22½	293.0
103	Bermuda	2201	21
104	Bahamas	2201	18
105	Mauritius	2201	16
106	Fiji	2201	14
107	Seychelles	2200	10