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🏆 Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)

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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, Jonathan Mestel, Ventzislav Inkiov, Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez, Olivier Renet, Juan Borges Matos, Krum Georgiev, Darryl K Johansen, Lothar Vogt, Rini Kuijf, Efstratios Grivas, William Watson, Einar Gausel, Dragoljub Velimirovic, Robert Kuczynski, Dibyendu Barua, Gerardo Barbero, Josef Klinger, Constantin Ionescu, Rogelio Barcenilla, Bachar Kouatly, Jonathan Tisdall, Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay, Thomas Paehtz Sr, Paul Motwani, Jouni Yrjola, Carsten Hoi, Juan Bellon Lopez, Erling Mortensen, Karl Thorsteins, Ramon Mateo, Carlo D'Amore, Gilles Miralles, Ilan Manor, Fouad El Taher, Orestes Rodriguez Vargas, Wlodzimierz Schmidt, Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia, Roman Hernandez Onna, Jesus Maria de la Villa Garcia, Dimitar I Donchev, Edhi Handoko, Ovidiu-Doru Foisor, Stefano Tatai, Rune Djurhuus, Harry Schussler, Colin McNab, Antonio Fernandes, Throstur Thorhallsson, Heikki Westerinen, Deen Hergott, Imed Abdelnabbi, Werner Hug, Henry Urday, Beat Zueger, Aleksander Sznapik, Semko Semkov, Ronen Lev, Konstantinos Moutousis, Cerdas Barus, Alexander Fauland, Aldo Haik, Jiri Nun, Bryon Nickoloff, Marcel Sisniega, Rico Mascarinas, Stephen J Solomon, Meng Kong Wong, Ennio Arlandi, Valentin Lukov, Ofer Bruk, Juan Reyes, Devaki V Prasad, Mihail-Viorel Ghinda, Lutz Espig, Heinz Wirthensohn, Herman van Riemsdijk, Jorge Gomez Baillo, Jorge Rubinetti, Sergio Mariotti, Fernando Braga, Javier Ochoa, Georg Danner, Eliahu Shvidler, Russell John Dive, Bernardo Roselli Mailhe, Ales Pekarek, Guy West, Giancarlo Franzoni, Rudy Douven, Cicero Nogueira Braga, Jules Armas, Sergio Minero Pineda, Nikolaos Gavrilakis, Zbigniew Jasnikowski, Carlos Armando Juarez Flores, Haji Ardiansyah, Gilles Andruet, Raja Ravisekhar, Andreas Dueckstein, Leon Piasetski, Yuan Eu Liao, Fatos Muco, Bjarke Barth Sahl, Ronny Gunawan, Veijo Maki, Roman Pelts, Antonio Frois, Tom O'Donnell, Fred Berend, Rafael Emilio Espinosa Flores, Mahmood Lodhi, Ta Lin, Anthony F Ker, Michel Jadoul, Pawel Stempin, Assem Afifi, Raul Fernando Henao, Llambi Qendro, Mario Belli Pino, Fernand Gobet, Luis Santos, Ilir Seitaj, Nasib Ginting, John Grantley Cooper, Jose Manuel Dominguez, Julio Eduardo Ostos, Vernon Albert Small, Krishnamoorthy Murugan, Michael Schlosser, Aron Antunes Correa, Walter Wittmann, Ilir Karkanaqe, John Rodgaard, Heini Olsen, Mark Orr, Iolo Ceredig Jones, Jose Antonio Gutierrez Herrera, Marek Hawelko, Ivar Bern, Can Arduman, Stephen R Mannion, Abdul Hameed El Arousy, Gustavo Rafael Hernandez Sevillano, Youssef M El Ghazali, Michael Shadarevian, Alexis Murillo Tsijli, Cristobal Valiente, Kimmo Valkesalmi, Jorge Luis Pacheco Asmat, Carlos Eduardo Gouveia, Fernando Silva, Eid Mahmoud Abou El Zein, Graham Morrison, Mika Ebeling, Jeremy Lim, Turhan Yilmaz, Juan Martin Santa Torres, Enrique Almada, Marc Geenen, Jesus Gonzalez Mata, Jorge Berrocal Farina, Eric Gloria, Loren Schmidt, Craig S M Thomson, Timothy J Upton, Daniel Izquierdo, Ahmad Abdallah Najjar, Ronald Weemaes, Sameer Mansour, Jonathan D Sarfati, Francis Maynard, Petter Haugli, Lorenc Rama, Leif Kristensen, Veeraphol Sunthornpongsathorn, Antonio Palacios, Haydn J Barber, Bahjat T Rimawi, Aris Daniilidis, Kok Siong Teo, Cesar S Santacruz, Hakan Erdogan, Hermes Amilcar Machado Jr, Francisco Santacruz, Chris Depasquale, Kevin Denny, Anothai Rittiphunyawong, Mohammad Omer Khan, Farag Amrou Mohamed, Eugenio Chinchilla Miranda, Zillur Rahman, Nikolaos Skalkotas, Boris Pineda, Foong Yin Wong, Emanouel Pandavos, Keith Allen, Jozef Martin Boey, Jose Castillo, Ulrich Waagener, Antonio Agudelo, Rene A Grimaldi, Hani Albitar, Manuel Dienavorian Lacherian, Luis A Baquero, Hermann V Rosch, Hubert Mossong, Rezaul Haque, Vangjel Adhami, Luis J Torres, Suchart Chaivichit, Mansoor Abdullah, Camille Wians, James E Lewis, Abdelkarim Zair, Ahmed Thabit Al-Khateeb, Alan Ludgate, Mark Lim, Emmanuel Kabuye, Ramesh Jhunjhnuwala, Simon Le Blancq, Kamel Skalli, Marc Weber, Jorge Martin del Campo, Jorge Guillermo Juarez Flores, Ford Wong, Nabil E Khechen, John Trevelyan, Roberto Navarro, Edward O'Reilly, Naresh Jhunjhnuwala, Francisco Briffel Sobrinho, Suhail Tayeb, Nikolaos Dedes, Christie Hon Kah Seng, Abed-Rabou Habboush, Pricha Sinprayoon, Stanley Chola, Carlos Gamarra Caceres, Alaa-Eddine Moussa, Shane Matthews, Mohamed Amer, Frank Loheac-Ammoun, Marios Schinis, Kilian A Hynes, Robert Schuermans, Sukh Dave Singh, Samir Benaino, Jaime Escofet Fernandez, Willy Zabasajja, Vicens Santamaria Mas, Philip Corbin, Raul Garcia Paolicchi, Alexandre Nascimento, Gregory Martineau, Manuel Jose Mateus, Anibal Gamboa Gonzalez, Neil Fairclough, Hector Velasquez, John Miles Cochrane, Antonio Ferreira, Stephen Kgatshe, John W Warlick, Andrea Magalotti, Charles Kuwaza, Mark Masango, N Zimuto, Ibrahim El-Gheiadi, Kiart Fufuengmongkolkij, Rodgers Adal, Ek Leong Ng, Collin Garrard, Emmanuel Omuku, Ian Cordon, Ali Al-Ghasra, Bogi Ziska, Romelio Chavez Chavez, Luis A Santa Torres, Kaarlo Schepel, Jorge Freyre Forest, F Yehita, Juan Carvajal, Khalid Al-Awadhi, John Hutcheson, Jonathan Hawes, Torkil Nielsen, Thomas Clarke, Paul Cutter, Sabri M Al Mohayri, Robert Wheeler, Katsumi Sasaki, William Hook, Alvin Louis A Smith, Harm Theo Wagenaar, Bulent Guner, Theophilus Caiafas, Ezio Righi, Nakorn Trisa-Ard, Humphrey Gayle, Emmanuel Tseleng, Mohamed Moubarak Rian, John Mukabi, Enrico Grassi, Equitable Brown, Peter Sammut Briffa, Philip Roach, Walter O Avelar, Jeff R Smith, Conrad Riza, Rodolfo Deras Flores, Amadou Toure, Abdelhamid Slimani, Francesc Rechi Perez, Mahmoud Said, Ousmane Aw, Colin Goman, Sergi Purra Clara, Yaya Diop, Ian Scott, John Godfrey, Sylvanus McLeod, Eduardo Vasquez, Richard Battin, M O'Donnell, F Sharaibi, Bunji Takashima, John Powell, Rui Ferreira, R Abuchamala, Gerson Adonay Fajardo, Ricardo Daniel Haces, Paul A Lamford, Nicolas Santamaria, A Ingles Estaper, N Bounena, A Abdousami, Mahmoud Akil, Tony Abouchaaya, Yousef Ahmed, Ahmed Ibrahim Mubarak, L Plaza, D Pearce, Francis Choy Wan Chin, Antti Pyhala, Vladimir Kalinin, Chiu Yum San, Eric Girault, Mohamed Jaafar, Wanjohi Kagambi, Muhammad Anwar Qureshi, Fotios Skoularikis, Pedro Lamas Baliero, Francisco Navas Lopez, Michael Demetrakis, Mike Senkiewicz, Jasvindar Singh, Zied Kilani, Amadou Ly, Salah Asaad, M Taher, D Medard, Gary Victor, Y Maiga, Sameer Abdul Rahim, F Izeldin, A Hameed Khonji

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)

Crosstable: https://olimpbase.org/1988/1988fa.h...

 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 439  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Barth Sahl vs Z Rahman  1-0451988Thessaloniki OlympiadC15 French, Winawer
2. D Lima vs J Juarez Flores  1-0601988Thessaloniki OlympiadE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
3. D Lima vs H Hamdouchi  1-0511988Thessaloniki OlympiadD03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
4. M Abdullah vs D Lima  1-0431988Thessaloniki OlympiadB12 Caro-Kann Defense
5. K S Teo vs D Lima  1-0521988Thessaloniki OlympiadD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. E Shvidler vs M Godena  1-0721988Thessaloniki OlympiadA46 Queen's Pawn Game
7. C Gamarra Caceres vs M Godena  1-0341988Thessaloniki OlympiadA61 Benoni
8. A Rodriguez vs J Castillo  1-0421988Thessaloniki OlympiadC47 Four Knights
9. R Pelts vs T Yilmaz  1-0501988Thessaloniki OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
10. A Antunes vs J E Ostos  1-0531988Thessaloniki OlympiadC00 French Defense
11. C Braga vs S Semkov  1-0341988Thessaloniki OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
12. J Nun vs R F Henao  1-0381988Thessaloniki OlympiadC53 Giuoco Piano
13. H Hamdouchi vs E Kabuye  1-0431988Thessaloniki OlympiadC07 French, Tarrasch
14. F Braga vs K Al-Awadhi  1-0311988Thessaloniki OlympiadA59 Benko Gambit
15. Ftacnik vs R Grimaldi  1-0601988Thessaloniki OlympiadA52 Budapest Gambit
16. Granda Zuniga vs G Martineau  1-0441988Thessaloniki OlympiadB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
17. Gulko vs Y M El Ghazali  1-0361988Thessaloniki OlympiadE61 King's Indian
18. J Pinter vs K Allen 1-0371988Thessaloniki OlympiadD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
19. Kotronias vs J Mukabi  1-0501988Thessaloniki OlympiadB58 Sicilian
20. L Christiansen vs F El Taher  1-0541988Thessaloniki OlympiadE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
21. Ljubojevic vs E Chinchilla Miranda  1-0201988Thessaloniki OlympiadE97 King's Indian
22. Chandler vs L Kristensen 1-0421988Thessaloniki OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
23. Petursson vs L Santa Torres  1-0321988Thessaloniki OlympiadA87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
24. Portisch vs M Orr 1-0481988Thessaloniki OlympiadD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Uhlmann vs H Mossong  1-0281988Thessaloniki OlympiadA30 English, Symmetrical
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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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