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
Location	Lucerne, Switzerland
Dates	15–28 November 1985
Competitors	10 teams
Winning score	37.5 points of 54
Champion
Soviet Union

Participating teams

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

№ 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

Round 1 Soviet Union 0 3½:2½ 0 Romania France 0 1½:4½ 0 Hungary Argentina 0 2½:3½ 0 China Switzerland 0 3:3 0 Germany African Union 0 0:6 0 England Round 4 Argentina 7 1½:4½ 13 Soviet Union Romania 10 3½:2½ 12½ England Hungary 11½ 4:2 9½ Germany France 7 4½:1½ 9 Switzerland China 8 5½:½ 2½ African Union Round 7 African Union 5 0:6 24 Soviet Union Switzerland 16 2½:3½ 23½ Hungary England 23 3½:2½ 16 Argentina Romania 19 3½:2½ 18½ China Germany 16½ 2½:3½ 18½ France

Round 2 Hungary 4½ 3½:2½ 6 England China 3½ 1:5 3½ Soviet Union Romania 2½ 2½:3½ 3 Switzerland France 1½ 4:2 2½ Argentina Germany ½ 4½:1½ 0 African Union Round 5 Soviet Union 17½ 2½:3½ 15½ Hungary England 15 4:2 13½ China Switzerland 10½ 3½:2½ 8½ Argentina Germany 11½ 2:4 13½ Romania African Union 3 1:5 11½ France Round 8 Soviet Union 30 4:2 26½ England Hungary 27 2½:3½ 21 China France 22 3:3 22½ Romania Argentina 18½ 4:2 19 Germany Switzerland 18½ 5:1 5 African Union

Round 3 Soviet Union 8½ 4½:1½ 4½ France Argentina 4½ 2½:3½ 8 Hungary Switzerland 6½ 2½:3½ 4½ China England 8½ 4:2 7½ Germany African Union 1½ 1:5 5 Romania Round 6 Soviet Union 20 4:2 14 Switzerland Hungary 19 4½:1½ 17½ Romania France 16½ 2:4 19 England China 15½ 3:3 13½ Germany Argentina 11 5:1 4 African Union Round 9 Germany 21 2½:3½ 34 Soviet Union England 28½ 2:4 23½ Switzerland China 24½ 2½:3½ 25 France Romania 25½ 3:3 22½ Argentina African Union 6 1:5 29½ Hungary

Crosstable

Place	Team	Av. rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		Points	+	=	−
	Soviet Union	2630		2½	4	4½	3½	4	5	4½	3½	6		37½	8	0	1
	Hungary	2563	3½		3½	4½	4½	3½	2½	3½	4	5		34½	8	0	1
	England	2554	2	2½		4	2½	2	4	3½	4	6		30½	5	0	4
4	France	2465	1½	1½	2		3	4½	3½	4	3½	5		28½	5	1	3
5	Romania	2463	2½	1½	3½	3		2½	3½	3	4	5		28½	4	2	3
6	Switzerland	2448	2	2½	4	1½	3½		2½	3½	3	5		27½	4	1	4
7	China	2367	1	3½	2	2½	2½	3½		3½	3	5½		27	4	1	4
8	Argentina	2480	1½	2½	2½	2	3	2½	2½		4	5		25½	2	1	6
9	Germany	2478	2½	2	2	2½	2	3	3	2		4½		23½	1	2	6
10	African Union	2243	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1½			7	0	0	9