The 25th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 25. Schacholympiade), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of

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, took place between October 29 and November 16, 1982, in

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, Switzerland. The Soviet team with three world champions (reigning champion Karpov, future champion Kasparov and former champion Tal) were back in their usual form and this time left no doubt about the outcome. In the end, they only drew one match (against the Netherlands; and won the rest) and finished no less than 6½ points ahead of runners-up Czechoslovakia. The United States took the bronze medals. Off the board, FIDE elected a new president at its congress held concurrently with the Olympiad.

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was succeeded by Florencio Campomanes of the

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Open event

A total of 91 nations played a 14-round

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- 93 had applied, but The Gambia and Mauritania did not arrive. To make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. For the first time, the two British Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, participated with a joint team. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the

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, then by match points. :

Individual medals

* Board 1:

Zenón Franco Ocampos Zenón Franco Ocampos (; born 12 May 1956, Paraguay) is a chess grandmaster (GM) from Paraguay. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at Lucerne, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13. In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad Novi Sad ...

11 / 13 = 84.6% * Board 2: Rico Mascariñas 7½ / 9 = 83.3% * Board 3:

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7 / 9 = 77.8% * Board 4: Simen Agdestein 9 / 12 = 75.0% * 1st reserve:

Daniël Roos Daniël Roos (born 9 August 1959) is a French chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM, 1982). He was an individual gold medalist at the 25th Chess Olympiad in 1982. Biography Roos comes from a French chess family. Hi ...

9 / 11 = 81.8% * 2nd reserve:

Stuart Fancy Stuart Fancy (born 2 January 1959 in London, England) is a Papua New Guinean chess FIDE Master (FM). Chess career Fancy was a member of the Lloyds Bank British Junior Chess Squad from 1971 to 1974, and then took a break from playing chess. He mo ...

8 / 9 = 88.9%

Women's event

45 nations were signed up, and to make for an even number of teams, the Swiss hosts also fielded a "B" team. However, the Dominican Republic never showed up, so the competition ended up consisting of an odd 45 teams after all. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the

, then by match points. Like the open event, the women's tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union, captained by world champion Chiburdanidze, who won the gold medals by a three-point margin. Romania and Hungary took silver and bronze, respectively. :

Individual medals

* Board 1: Barbara Pernici 9½ / 12 = 79.2% * Board 2: Nana Alexandria 7½ / 9 = 83.3% * Board 3: Daniela Nuțu-Terescenko 11 / 12 = 91.7% * Reserve: Elisabeta Polihroniade and

Teresa Leyva Teresa Leyva (born 1965) is a Colombian chess player and two time Colombian Women's Chess Champion (1976, 1982). Biography From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, she was one of the leading Colombian women's chess players. She has two wins at the ...

7 / 9 = 77.8%

References

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