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🏆 Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Ruben Rodriguez, Ortvin Sarapu, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Anatoly Karpov, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Ivan Sokolov, Julio Granda Zuniga, Kiril Georgiev, Viktor Korchnoi, Boris Spassky, Jiangchuan Ye, Artur Yusupov, Predrag Nikolic, Jeroen Piket, Jun Xu, Yasser Seirawan, Lajos Portisch, Jonathan Speelman, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Gilberto Milos, Boris Gulko, Ulf Andersson, Jaan Ehlvest, Miguel Illescas, Johann Hjartarson, Nick de Firmian, Simen Agdestein, Suat Atalik, Curt Hansen, Utut Adianto, Zoltan Ribli, John Nunn, Vasilios Kotronias, Hichem Hamdouchi, Larry Christiansen, Eric Lobron, Joel Benjamin, Vlastimil Hort, Lubomir Ftacnik, Ian Rogers, Mihail Marin, Jan Smejkal, Alon Greenfeld, Gyula Sax, Pavel Blatny, Sergey Kudrin, Ferdinand Hellers, Paul van der Sterren, Florin Gheorghiu, Murray Chandler, Joerg Hickl, Gennadi Sosonko, Helgi Olafsson, Jozsef Pinter, John van der Wiel, Rogelio Antonio Jr, Jonny Hector, Lars Bo Hansen, Mohamad Al-Modiahki, Stefan Kindermann, Reynaldo Vera, Andras Adorjan, Alonso Zapata, Wang Zili, Oscar Panno, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Uwe Boensch, Petar Popovic, Pablo Ricardi, Luc Winants, Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero, Jesus Nogueiras, Petr Haba, Ziaur Rahman, Thomas Ernst, Klaus Bischoff, Daniel Hugo Campora, Rainer Knaak, Spyridon Skembris, Michele Godena, Eugenio Torre, Vladimir Kovacevic, Manuel Rivas Pastor, Jon Arnason, Margeir Petursson, Ralf Lau, Lars Schandorff, Amador Rodriguez, Igor Ivanov, Darcy Lima, Antonio Antunes, Istvan Csom, Rongguang Ye, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Gad Rechlis, Tom Wedberg, Gildardo Garcia plus 365 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)

Crosstable: https://www.olimpbase.org/1988/1988....

 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 469  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Valkesalmi vs Lobron  ½-½221988Thessaloniki OlympiadC02 French, Advance
2. D Lima vs A T Al-Khateeb  ½-½381988Thessaloniki OlympiadE61 King's Indian
3. M Godena vs L Baquero  ½-½231988Thessaloniki OlympiadC17 French, Winawer, Advance
4. Ali Al-Ghasra vs M Godena  ½-½391988Thessaloniki OlympiadC60 Ruy Lopez
5. Fotios Skoularikis vs G Hernandez Guerrero  ½-½411988Thessaloniki OlympiadB58 Sicilian
6. A Rodriguez vs J Arnason  ½-½201988Thessaloniki OlympiadB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
7. Uhlmann vs A Rodriguez  ½-½311988Thessaloniki OlympiadA14 English
8. T Yilmaz vs A Frois  ½-½611988Thessaloniki OlympiadA02 Bird's Opening
9. R D Haces vs Z Rahman  ½-½451988Thessaloniki OlympiadB40 Sicilian
10. S Kindermann vs B Zueger  ½-½261988Thessaloniki OlympiadC28 Vienna Game
11. Ehlvest vs M Akil  ½-½561988Thessaloniki OlympiadB10 Caro-Kann
12. S Minero Pineda vs I Sokolov  ½-½341988Thessaloniki OlympiadE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
13. S Le Blancq vs D H Campora  ½-½371988Thessaloniki OlympiadB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
14. P Corbin vs G Rechlis  ½-½701988Thessaloniki OlympiadB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
15. L Schmidt vs J Tisdall  ½-½251988Thessaloniki OlympiadE15 Queen's Indian
16. J E Ostos vs Adianto  ½-½481988Thessaloniki OlympiadA13 English
17. Ta Lin vs de Firmian  ½-½541988Thessaloniki OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
18. A Zapata vs Ftacnik  ½-½381988Thessaloniki OlympiadB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. Hort vs I Rogers  ½-½341988Thessaloniki OlympiadE60 King's Indian Defense
20. Ivanchuk vs R Antonio ½-½681988Thessaloniki OlympiadA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
21. J Arnason vs I Ivanov  ½-½231988Thessaloniki OlympiadB83 Sicilian
22. Karpov vs R Mascarinas ½-½341988Thessaloniki OlympiadE10 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Short vs Kotronias  ½-½551988Thessaloniki OlympiadB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
24. V Kovacevic vs C D'Amore  ½-½611988Thessaloniki OlympiadA48 King's Indian
25. S Mariotti vs Ljubojevic  ½-½351988Thessaloniki OlympiadA46 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-01-23
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  offramp: I rang Fidé and I said er listen like yeah it's actually like really ThessalonikA not like ThessalonikI and the guy was not even like listening.
Jul-01-23
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  perfidious: FIDE, as always, marching to their own drummer....
May-04-24
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  Sally Simpson: Stephen Fry's Chess Documentary has surfaced.

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One of the best chess vid's out there. Interviews from Karpov, Kasparov, Short, Speelman etc...and of course all wrapped together with Fry's commentary.

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