World Team Chess Championship 1985

World Team Chess Championship 1985 – is a chess event, which took place from 15 to 28 November 1985.

World Team Chess Championship 1985
LocationLucerne, Switzerland
Dates15–28 November 1985
Competitors10 teams
Winning score37.5 points of 54
Champion
 Soviet Union
1989 →

Participating teams

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Qualification path Team
Chess Olympiad   England
  Hungary
  Romania
  West Germany
  France
European Team Chess Championship 1983   Soviet Union
Asian Team Chess Championship 1983   China
Pan-American Team Chess Championship 1985   Argentina
African nominee   African Union
Host   Switzerland

Rosters

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№ 1   Soviet Union Rating № 2   Hungary Rating № 3   England Rating № 4   Argentina Rating № 5   West Germany Rating
1   Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2720 1   Lajos Portisch (Hungary) 2625 1   Anthony Miles (England) 2560 1   Oscar Panno (Argentina) 2505 1   Eric Lobron (West Germany) 2525
2   Artur Yusupov (Russia) 2600 2   Zoltan Ribli (Hungary) 2605 2   John Nunn (England) 2600 2   Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) 2525 2   Helmut Pfleger (West Germany) 2490
3   Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) 2625 3   Gyula Sax (Hungary) 2535 3   Jon Speelman (England) 2530 3   Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina) 2515 3   Stefan Kindermann (West Germany) 2480
4   Andrei Sokolov (Russia) 2555 4   Jozsef Pinter (Hungary) 2565 4   Nigel Short (England) 2575 4   Daniel Campora (Argentina) 2440 4   Ralf Lau (West Germany) 2460
5   Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine) 2640 5   Andras Adorjan (Hungary) 2535 5   Jonathan Mestel (England) 2535 5   Gerardo Barbero (Argentina) 2455 5   Hans-Joachim Hecht (West Germany) 2445
6   Vassily Smyslov (Russia) 2595 6   Ivan Farago (Hungary) 2510 6   Murray Chandler (England) 2525 6   Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina) 2440 6   Klaus Bischoff (West Germany) 2415
1st reserve   Alexander Chernin (Russia) 2560 1st reserve   Istvan Csom (Hungary) 2465 1st reserve   James Plaskett (England) 2480 1st reserve   Jorge Gómez Baillo (Argentina) 2295 1st reserve   Gerald Hertneck (West Germany) 2410
2nd reserve   Lev Polugaevsky (Belarus) 2600 2nd reserve   Atilla Grandpierre (Hungary) 2445 2nd reserve   Glenn Flear (England) 2475 2nd reserve   Guillermo Soppe (Argentina) 2370 2nd reserve   Klaus Darga (West Germany) 2470
Average rating 2630 Average rating 2563 Average rating 2554 Average rating 2480 Average rating 2478
№ 6   France Rating № 7   Romania Rating № 8   Switzerland Rating № 9   China Rating № 10   African Union Rating
1   Boris Spassky (France) 2590 1   Mihai Suba (Romania) 2505 1   Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) 2630 1   Qi Jingxuan (China) 2485 1   Assem Afifi (Egypt) 2355
2   Bachar Kouatly (France) 2470 2   Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) 2515 2   Werner Hug (Switzerland) 2450 2   Li Zunian (China) 2465 2   Slaheddine Hmadi (Tunisia) 2250
3   Aldo Haïk (France) 2440 3   Theodor Ghițescu (Romania) 2450 3   Heinz Wirthensohn (Switzerland) 2425 3   Ye Jiangchuan (China) 2465 3   Kamel Skalli (Morocco)
4   Merchad Charif (France) 2430 4   Dan Barbulescu (Romania) 2450 4   Dieter Keller (Switzerland) 2410 4   Xu Jun (China) 2205 4   Abderahmane Busmaha (Algeria) 2205
5   Jean-Luc Seret (France) 2440 5   Mihail-Viorel Ghindă (Romania) 2430 5   Fernand Gobet (Switzerland) 2360 5   Lin Ta (China) 2240 5   Alexandre Nascimento (Angola)
6   Olivier Renet (France) 2420 6   Valentin Stoika (Romania) 2420 6   Markus Trepp (Switzerland) 2410 6   Ye Rongguang (China) 2340 6   Theophil Kayafas (Nigeria)
1st reserve   Marc Santo-Roman (France) 2350 1st reserve   Sergiu Gruenberg (Romania) 2400 1st reserve   Giancarlo Franzoni (Switzerland) 2330 1st reserve   Wu Sibing (China) 1st reserve
2nd reserve   Gilles Miralles (France) 2370 2nd reserve   Constantin Ionescu (Romania) 2430 2nd reserve   Matthias Rufenacht (Switzerland) 2265 2nd reserve 2nd reserve
Average rating 2465 Average rating 2463 Average rating 2448 Average rating 2367 Average rating 2243

Results by round

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Round 1 [1]
  Soviet Union 0 :2½ 0   Romania
  France 0 1½: 0   Hungary
  Argentina 0 2½: 0   China
  Switzerland 0 3:3 0   Germany
  African Union 0 0:6 0   England
Round 4 [2]
  Argentina 7 1½: 13   Soviet Union
  Romania 10 :2½ 12½   England
  Hungary 11½ 4:2   Germany
  France 7 :1½ 9   Switzerland
  China 8   African Union
Round 7[3]
  African Union 5 0:6 24   Soviet Union
  Switzerland 16 2½: 23½   Hungary
  England 23 :2½ 16   Argentina
  Romania 19 :2½ 18½   China
  Germany 16½ 2½: 18½   France
Round 2[4]
  Hungary :2½ 6   England
  China 1:5   Soviet Union
  Romania 2½: 3   Switzerland
  France 4:2   Argentina
  Germany ½ :1½ 0   African Union
Round 5[5]
  Soviet Union 17½ 2½: 15½   Hungary
  England 15 4:2 13½   China
  Switzerland 10½ :2½   Argentina
  Germany 11½ 2:4 13½   Romania
  African Union 3 1:5 11½   France
Round 8[6]
  Soviet Union 30 4:2 26½   England
  Hungary 27 2½: 21   China
  France 22 3:3 22½   Romania
  Argentina 18½ 4:2 19   Germany
  Switzerland 18½ 5:1 5   African Union
Round 3[7]
  Soviet Union :1½   France
  Argentina 2½: 8   Hungary
  Switzerland 2½:   China
  England 4:2   Germany
  African Union 1:5 5   Romania
Round 6[8]
  Soviet Union 20 4:2 14   Switzerland
  Hungary 19 :1½ 17½   Romania
  France 16½ 2:4 19   England
  China 15½ 3:3 13½   Germany
  Argentina 11 5:1 4   African Union
Round 9[9]
  Germany 21 2½: 34   Soviet Union
  England 28½ 2:4 23½   Switzerland
  China 24½ 2½: 25   France
  Romania 25½ 3:3 22½   Argentina
  African Union 6 1:5 29½   Hungary

Crosstable

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Place Team Av. rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points + =
    Soviet Union 2630 4 4 5 6 37½ 8 0 1
    Hungary 2563 4 5 34½ 8 0 1
    England 2554 2 4 2 4 4 6 30½ 5 0 4
4   France 2465 2 3 4 5 28½ 5 1 3
5   Romania 2463 3 3 4 5 28½ 4 2 3
6   Switzerland 2448 2 4 3 5 27½ 4 1 4
7   China 2367 1 2 3 27 4 1 4
8   Argentina 2480 2 3 4 5 25½ 2 1 6
9   Germany 2478 2 2 2 3 3 2 23½ 1 2 6
10   African Union 2243 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 0 0 9

Individual score

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References

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