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1978 Chess Olympiad
Compiled by chessmoron
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Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina
When: 25th October - 12th November 1978

MEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts---Buch----WIN--DRAW--- LOST
1.----Hungary----HUN----37----446.0---10-----3--- --1
2.-Soviet Union--URS----36----445.5---10-----3----1 3.-United States-USA----35----447.5---10-----3----1

WOMEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts--WIN--DRAW--LOST
1.--Soviet Union-URS---36½--13---1-----0
2.----Hungary----HUN---30---8----5-----1
3.---W. Germany--GER---27---7----6-----1

Thunderstruck
Sosonko vs L Schneider, 1978 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 21 moves, 1-0

2 Bishops wins vs 2 Knights
Miles vs Portisch, 1978
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1

Liberzon overlooked the c5 pawn is hanging
A Kuligowski vs V Liberzon, 1978
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 55 moves, 1-0

Black overcame and wins
Gulko vs N Padevsky, 1978 
(A90) Dutch, 60 moves, 0-1

Who's aggressive?
Velimirovic vs J Tarjan, 1978 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Counterattack: 22...g5!
B Nickoloff vs M Ghinda, 1978
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 33 moves, 0-1

Proud Chinese
W Liu vs J H Donner, 1978 
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0

Can win but settle for a draw
O Sarapu vs E Torre, 1978 
(B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

"The Pelican"
Nunn vs E Bhend, 1978 
(B33) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Beautiful and stunning game from L. Day
L Day vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1978 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Downing Defence
J Powell vs C Downing, 1978 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Deserving win for Schneider, Lars-Åke
L Schneider vs Romanishin, 1978 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 55 moves, 1-0

Kingside attack by Viktor
Korchnoi vs Miles, 1978 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

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