Soviet Union in Chess

The record

• Chess Olympiad29 golds, 3 silvers29golds
  Every result, newest first32

  • Novi Sad 1990 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Vassily Ivanchuk; Boris Gelfand; Alexander Beliavsky; Artur Yusupov; Leonid Yudasin; Evgeny Bareev
  • Novi Sad 1990 · Silver · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Nona Gaprindashvili; Alisa Galliamova; Ketevan Arakhamia
  • Thessaloniki, Greece 1988 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Garry Kasparov; Anatoly Karpov; Artur Yusupov; Alexander Beliavsky; Jaan Ehlvest; Vassily Ivanchuk
  • Thessaloniki, Greece 1988 · Silver · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Elena Akhmilovskaya; Irina Levitina; Marta Litinskaya
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1986 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Garry Kasparov; Anatoly Karpov; Andrei Sokolov; Artur Yusupov; Rafael Vaganian; Vitaly Tseshkovsky
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1986 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Elena Akhmilovskaya; Nona Gaprindashvili; Nana Alexandria
  • Thessaloniki, Greece 1984 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Alexander Beliavsky; Lev Polugaevsky; Rafael Vaganian; Vladimir Tukmakov; Artur Yusupov; Andrei Sokolov
  • Thessaloniki, Greece 1984 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Irina Levitina; Nona Gaprindashvili; Lidia Semenova
  • Lucerne, Switzerland 1982 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Anatoly Karpov; Garry Kasparov; Lev Polugaevsky; Alexander Beliavsky; Mikhail Tal; Artur Yusupov
  • Lucerne, Switzerland 1982 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Nana Alexandria; Nona Gaprindashvili; Nana Ioseliani
  • Valletta, Malta 1980 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Anatoly Karpov; Lev Polugaevsky; Mikhail Tal; Efim Geller; Yuri Balashov; Garry Kasparov
  • Valletta, Malta 1980 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Nona Gaprindashvili; Nana Alexandria; Nana Ioseliani
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Boris Spassky; Tigran Petrosian; Lev Polugaevsky; Boris Gulko; Oleg Romanishin; Rafael Vaganian
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Maia Chiburdanidze; Nona Gaprindashvili; Nana Alexandria; Elena Akhmilovskaya
  • Nice, France 1974 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi; Boris Spassky; Tigran Petrosian; Mikhail Tal; Gennady Kuzmin
  • Medellín, Colombia 1974 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Nona Gaprindashvili; Nana Alexandria; Irina Levitina
  • Skopje 1972 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Tigran Petrosian; Viktor Korchnoi; Vasily Smyslov; Mikhail Tal; Anatoly Karpov; Vladimir Savon
  • Skopje 1972 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Nona Gaprindashvili; Alla Kushnir; Irina Levitina
  • Siegen 1970 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Boris Spassky; Tigran Petrosian; Viktor Korchnoi; Lev Polugaevsky; Vasily Smyslov; Efim Geller
  • Lublin, Poland 1969 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Nona Gaprindashvili; Alla Kushnir; Nana Alexandria
  • Lugano, Switzerland 1968 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Tigran Petrosian; Boris Spassky; Viktor Korchnoi; Efim Geller; Lev Polugaevsky; Vasily Smyslov
  • Havana, Cuba 1966 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Tigran Petrosian; Boris Spassky; Mikhail Tal; Leonid Stein; Viktor Korchnoi; Lev Polugaevsky
  • Oberhausen 1966 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Nona Gaprindashvili; Valentina Kozlovskaya; Tatiana Zatulovskaya
  • Tel Aviv, Israel 1964 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Tigran Petrosian; Mikhail Botvinnik; Vasily Smyslov; Paul Keres; Leonid Stein; Boris Spassky
  • Split 1963 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Nona Gaprindashvili; Tatiana Zatulovskaya; Kira Zvorykina
  • Varna 1962 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Mikhail Botvinnik; Tigran Petrosian; Boris Spassky; Paul Keres; Efim Geller; Mikhail Tal
  • Leipzig 1960 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Mikhail Tal; Mikhail Botvinnik; Paul Keres; Viktor Korchnoi; Vasily Smyslov; Tigran Petrosian
  • Munich 1958 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Mikhail Botvinnik; Vasily Smyslov; Paul Keres; David Bronstein; Mikhail Tal; Tigran Petrosian
  • Emmen, Netherlands 1957 · Gold · Women, Olympiad · Olga Rubtsova; Kira Zvorykina
  • Moscow 1956 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Mikhail Botvinnik; Vasily Smyslov; Paul Keres; David Bronstein; Mark Taimanov; Efim Geller
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands 1954 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Mikhail Botvinnik; Vasily Smyslov; David Bronstein; Paul Keres; Efim Geller; Alexander Kotov
  • Helsinki, Finland 1952 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Paul Keres; Vasily Smyslov; David Bronstein; Efim Geller; Isaac Boleslavsky; Alexander Kotov

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