Sjakkolympiaden er en sjakkturnering for nasjonslag som er blitt arrangert av Verdenssjakkforbundet (FIDE) siden 1927, og som blir arrangert annet hvert år. De første gangene ble turneringen avholdt med uregelmessige mellomrom. Selv om sjakk blir dekket på sportssidene i mange aviser, er det ikke en offisiell olympisk idrett. Nå er imidlertid FIDE blitt medlem av Den internasjonale olympiske komité, noe som innebærer at sjakk kan bli en olympisk idrett i fremtiden, selv om mange hevder at dette er usannsynlig.

Turneringen arrangeres i to klasser. En åpen klasse hvor deltakere av begge kjønn er tillatt og en dameklasse.

Rekorder Flest deltakelser i sjakkolympiader har Lajos Portisch, som deltok 20 ganger og spilte 260 partier, der han scoret 176,5 poeng.

Det lengste partiet var en remis etter 190 trekk mellom Yasser Seirawan og Xu Jun i Thessaloniki 1988.

Det korteste gevinstpartiet varte i bare tre trekk: 1. e2-e4 g7-g5 2. d2-d4 f7-f6 3. Dd1-h5# (Rhoda Masiyasy, Zimbabwe – Akua Kosife Esse,Togo, 4. runde Tromsø 2014).

Åpen klasse

År By 1.-plass Poeng 2.-plass Poeng 3.-plass Poeng 4.-plass Poeng 5.-plass Poeng 6.-plass Poeng (1924) Paris 31,0 30,0 29,0 27,5 27,5 26,5 (1926) Budapest 9,0 8,0 5,0 2,0 1927 London 40,0 38,5 36,5 35,0 34,5 34,0 1928 Den Haag 44,0 39,5 37,0 36,5 34,0 34,0 1930 Hamburg 48,5 47,0 44,5 43,5 42,5 41,5 1931 Praha 48,0 47,0 46,5 46,0 45,5 45,5 1933 Folkestone 39,0 37,5 34,0 34,0 34,0 33,5 1935 Warszawa 54,0 52,5 52,0 51,0 49,0 45,0 (1936) München 110,5 108,0 106,5 104,5 104,0 96,5 1937 Stockholm 54,5 48,5 47,0 47,0 45,0 44,0 1939 Buenos Aires 36,0 35,5 33,5 33,0 32,5 Böhmen 32,0 1950 Dubrovnik 45,5 43,5 40,5 40,0 37,0 32,0 1952 Helsingfors 21,0 19,5 19,0 18,0 17,0 16,0 1954 Amsterdam 34,0 27,0 26,5 24,5 23,5 23,5 1956 Moskva 31,0 26,5 26,5 23,0 22,0 22,0 1958 München 34,5 29,0 25,5 24,0 22,0 22,0 1960 Leipzig 34,0 29,0 27,0 22,5 21,5 21,0 1962 Varna 31,5 28,0 26,0 25,0 23,0 21,5 1964 Tel Aviv 36,5 32,0 30,5 30,0 28,5 27,5 1966 Havanna 39,5 34,5 33,5 33,5 30,0 29,5 1968 Lugano 39,5 31,0 30,0 29,5 29,0 27,5 1970 Siegen 27,5 26,5 26,0 24,5 23,5 22,0 1972 Skopje 42,0 40,5 38,0 35,0 35,0 32,0 1974 Nice 46,0 37,5 36,5 36,5 35,5 35,0 1976 Haifa 37,0 36,5 35,5 33,0 31,0 29,5 (1976) Tripoli 38,5 36,0 34,5 33,5 32,5 32,5 1978 Buenos Aires 37,0 36,0 35,0 33,0 32,5 32,5 1980 Valletta 39,0 39,0 35,0 34,0 33,0 32,5 1982 Luzern 42,5 36,0 35,5 35,0 33,5 33,5 1984 Thessaloniki 41,0 37,0 35,0 34,5 33,0 32,5 1986 Dubai 40,0 39,5 38,5 34,5 34,0 34,0 1988 Thessaloniki 40,5 34,5 34,5 34,0 34,0 33,5 1990 Novi Sad 39,0 35,5 35,5 34,5 33,0 33,0 1992 Manila 39,0 35,0 34,5 34,0 33,5 33,5 1994 Moskva 37,5 35,0 II 34,5 34,5 34,0 34,0 1996 Jerevan 38,5 35,0 34,0 34,0 33,5 33,5 1998 Elista 35,5 34,5 32,5 32,5 31,5 31,5 2000 Istanbul 38,0 37,0 35,5 35,5 34,5 34,0 2002 Bled 38,5 37,5 35,0 34,0 33,5 33,5 2004 Calviá 39,5 36,5 36,5 35,0 34,5 34,0 2006 Torino 36,0 34,0 33,0 33,0 32,5 32,0 2008 Dresden 19 18 17 17 16 16 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 19 18 17 17 16 II 16 2012 Istanbul 19 19 18 17 17 16 2014 Tromsø 19 17 17 17 17 16 2016 Baku 20 20 18 16 16 16 2018 Batumi

Kvinner

År By 1.-plass Poeng 2.-plass Poeng 3.-plass Poeng 4.-plass Poeng 5.-plass Poeng 6.-plass Poeng 1957 Emmen 10,5 10,5 10,0 8,5 8,0 7,5 1963 Split 25,0 24,5 21,0 18,5 17,5 17,0 1966 Oberhausen 22,0 20,5 17,0 16,5 16,0 15,0 1969 Lublin 26,0 20,5 19,0 18,5 17,5 17,0 1972 Skopje 11,5 8,0 8,0 7,5 7,0 5,5 1974 Medellín 13,5 13,5 13,0 13,0 9,5 9,0 1976 Haifa 17,0 11,5 11,5 10,5 9,5 9,0 1978 Buenos Aires 16,0 11,0 11,0 11,0 10,5 8,5 1980 Valletta 32,5 32,0 26,5 26,0 24,0 24,0 1982 Luzern 33,0 30,0 26,0 25,5 24,5 24,5 1984 Thessaloniki 32,0 27,5 27,0 26,0 26,0 25,0 1986 Dubai 33,5 29,0 28,0 28,0 25,5 25,0 1988 Thessaloniki 33,0 32,5 28,0 27,0 25,0 24,0 1990 Novi Sad 35,0 35,0 29,0 26,0 25,0 24,5 1992 Manila 30,5 29,0 28,5 26,5 26,0 25,0 1994 Moskva 32,0 31,0 27,0 27,0 25,0 24,5 1996 Jerevan 30,0 28,5 28,5 26,5 26,0 25,5 1998 Elista 29,0 27,0 27,0 23,5 23,5 23,0 2000 Istanbul 32,0 31,0 28,5 27,0 26,0 25,5 2002 Bled 29,5 29,0 28,0 27,5 25,5 25,5 2004 Calviá 31,0 28,0 27,5 27,5 25,5 25,0 2006 Torino 29,5 28,0 27,5 24,5 24,5 24,5 2008 Dresden 18 18 17 17 17 16 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 22 18 16 16 16 16 2012 Istanbul 19 19 18 17 16 16 2014 Tromsø 20 18 18 17 17 17 2016 Baku 20 17 17 16 16 16 2018 Batumi

Litteratur

Raj Tischbierek: Sternstunden des Schachs: 30 x Schacholympia. Sportverlag 1993. ISBN 3-328-00554-4

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