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1962 Men Chess Olympiad
Compiled by chessmoron
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Where: Zlatni Piasaci (Golden Sands) near Varna, Bulgaria

When: 15th September - 10th October 1962

MEN TEAM PERFORMANCE:

No.--Team--------Code--Pts----WIN--DRAW--LOST
1.--Soviet Union--URS--59-----18-----1----0
2.---Yugoslavia---YUG--55½----16-----3----1 (2nd in Finals) 3.---Argentina----ARG--55½----14-----3----3

No Women Chess Olympiad!

Rarity: Fischer-Botvinnik
Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962 
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

Quick attack with far-sighted sacrifice.
Unzicker vs Uhlmann, 1962 
(C18) French, Winawer, 27 moves, 0-1

J Penrose vs Portisch, 1962 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Pushy Fischer but Black smoothly penetrated their rear.
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1962 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 44 moves, 0-1

Fischer true masterpiece
Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

Dazzling Draw
O'Kelly vs J Penrose, 1962 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Playing with greed, doesn't help you much
Najdorf vs Portisch, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

Uhlmann vs Botvinnik, 1962 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Excellent, positional sacrifices exposed white King.
Portisch vs M Aaron, 1962 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 27 moves, 0-1

Andreas Fault
A Dueckstein vs Petrosian, 1962 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1

Neat trick based on passed pawn motive.
Pachman vs Szabo, 1962
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 1-0

Black kept the Bishop en prise for too long.
Benko vs K Darga, 1962
(A14) English, 21 moves, 1-0

B Soos vs Geller, 1962 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Evans, 1962 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

Black were tapped for a cheap trick.
D Mohrlok vs H Kramer, 1962 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 1-0

Misjudgment
Tal vs Barcza, 1962 
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0

Must-see's
Tal vs H Hecht, 1962 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0

Mini-me in Olympiad
R G Wade vs A Kinzel, 1962 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Classical ending by Botvinnik.
Unzicker vs Botvinnik, 1962 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1

Fischer's unexpected sacrifice that leads to lost
Fischer vs J H Donner, 1962 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1

49. Kf3 through the ending is instructive
Botvinnik vs Robatsch, 1962 
(A10) English, 64 moves, 1-0

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