Team lines-up of the Chess Olympiad 1968

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The tables name the lineup of teams at the 1968 Chess Olympiad in Lugano. The 53 participating teams initially played in seven preliminary round groups. From these preliminary rounds, two teams each came to the final tournaments A to C. The remaining teams reached the D final. Each team included four regular and a maximum of two substitutes. In the tables, the final placement is mentioned for each team, next to it is the achieved final tournament. The team balances are listed separately for the preliminary and final rounds, but the individual balances of the players in the sum of both tournament phases. For the placement of the teams, the board points were priority.

In contrast to previous Olympics, the matches of the teams from the same preliminary round group were transferred to the respective final tournaments and were not played again. Thus, the total number of individual games is usually less than would be expected by the number of team fights.

Crews

1. Soviet Union

2. Yugoslavia

3. Bulgaria

4. USA

5. Germany

6. Hungary

7. Argentina

8. Romania

9. Czechoslovakia

10. GDR

11. Poland

12. Denmark

13. Canada

14. Philippines

15. Netherlands

16. England

17. Austria

18. Israel

19 Spain

20. Cuba

21. Switzerland

22. Iceland

23. Finland

24. Sweden

25. Brazil

26. Belgium

27. Mongolia

28. Scotland

29 Australia

The Australians won without a fight against Puerto Rico in the last round, so Hamilton, Fuller, Flatow and Viner each count a fightless victory.

30. Norway

31. Italy

32. Venezuela

33. Turkey

34. Greece

35. Portugal

36. South Africa

37. Tunisia

38. Ireland

39. Luxembourg

40. Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico lost the last game against Australia without a fight. For the players Buitrago, Colon Romero, Sacarello and Benitez, this results in a fightless defeat.

41. Morocco

42. Monaco

43. Singapore

44. France

45. Paraguay

46. Mexico

47. Dominican Republic

48. Hong Kong

49. Costa Rica

50. Lebanon

51 . Cyprus

52. Virgin Islands

53. Andorra

Sources
1968 Chess Olympics at olimpbase.org

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