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1974 Chess Olympiad
Compiled by chessmoron
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Where: Nice, France
When: 6th - 30th June 1974

MEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts----WIN--DRAW--LOST
1.--Soviet Union--URS--75-----21-----2----0
2.---Yugoslavia---YUG--63-----15-----5----3
3.-United States--USA--63-----16-----4----3

Where: Medellin, Colombia
When: 15th September - 7th October 1974

WOMEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts----WIN--DRAW--LOST
1.--Soviet Union--URS--24½----11-----2----1
2.---Romania------ROM--21½-----8-----5----1
3.----Bulgaria----BUL--18½-----9-----2----2

Best game prize
M Stean vs Browne, 1974 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0

Best game prizes II
Korchnoi vs Quinteros, 1974 
(A53) Old Indian, 46 moves, 1-0

Best game prizes III
I Jones vs J Dueball, 1974 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 29 moves, 0-1

Best game prizes IV
Portisch vs I Radulov, 1974 
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Best game prizes V: 25. Rxg6+!
Petrosian vs F Visier Segovia, 1974 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

Losing to Karpov in black position
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

White's incorrect sac
Jansa vs Gligoric, 1974 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 52 moves, 0-1

Missed chance to win
A Pomar vs Portisch, 1974 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Greed attack but done well
W Hartston vs Portisch, 1974 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0

Unpleasant Pawn sacrifice
Kavalek vs Quinteros, 1974
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 20 moves, 1-0

Kavalek vs Suttles, 1974 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1

White's awkwardness wins for black
A H Williams vs Hort, 1974 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 0-1

An Italian GM on the rise
W Schmidt vs S Mariotti, 1974 
(A92) Dutch, 33 moves, 0-1

9. Bd3 was a strategy to win
Gligoric vs A Pomar, 1974 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 30 moves, 1-0

High-quality chess
Gligoric vs Portisch, 1974 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 55 moves, 0-1

23. Nf6+!
Ljubojevic vs N Padevsky, 1974 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Myagmarsuren, 1974 
(A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Nice effort but not easy to beat a strong GM
P Garbett vs Jansa, 1974
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

Lost, win, and finally lost!
Najdorf vs A Pomar, 1974 
(A04) Reti Opening, 71 moves, 0-1

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