World Team Chess Championship 1985
| World Team Chess Championship 1985 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Dates | 15–28 November 1985 |
| Competitors | 10 teams |
| Winning score | 37.5 points of 54 |
| Champion | |
 Soviet Union | |
World Team Chess Championship 1985 – is a chess event, which took place from 15 to 28 November 1985.
Participating teams
| Qualification path | Team |
|---|---|
| Chess Olympiad |  England |
 Hungary | |
 Romania | |
 West Germany | |
 France | |
| European Team Chess Championship 1983 | Soviet Union |
| Asian Team Chess Championship 1983 |  China |
| Pan-American Team Chess Championship 1985 |  Argentina |
| African nominee | %253B_Flag_of_the_African_Union_(2004%E2%80%932010).svg.png){kind=small} African Union |
| Host | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland |
Rosters
| № 1 | Soviet Union | Rating | № 2 | Hungary | Rating | № 3 | England | Rating | № 4 | Argentina | Rating | № 5 | West Germany | Rating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | 2720 | 1 | Lajos Portisch (Hungary) | 2625 | 1 | Anthony Miles (England) | 2560 | 1 | Oscar Panno (Argentina) | 2505 | 1 | Eric Lobron (West Germany) | 2525 | ||||
| 2 | Artur Yusupov (Russia) | 2600 | 2 | Zoltan Ribli (Hungary) | 2605 | 2 | John Nunn (England) | 2600 | 2 | Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) | 2525 | 2 | Helmut Pfleger (West Germany) | 2490 | ||||
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) | 2625 | 3 | Gyula Sax (Hungary) | 2535 | 3 | Jon Speelman (England) | 2530 | 3 | Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina) | 2515 | 3 | Stefan Kindermann (West Germany) | 2480 | ||||
| 4 | Andrei Sokolov (Russia) | 2555 | 4 | Jozsef Pinter (Hungary) | 2565 | 4 | Nigel Short (England) | 2575 | 4 | Daniel Campora (Argentina) | 2440 | 4 | Ralf Lau (West Germany) | 2460 | ||||
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine) | 2640 | 5 | Andras Adorjan (Hungary) | 2535 | 5 | Jonathan Mestel (England) | 2535 | 5 | Gerardo Barbero (Argentina) | 2455 | 5 | Hans-Joachim Hecht (West Germany) | 2445 | ||||
| 6 | Vassily Smyslov (Russia) | 2595 | 6 | Ivan Farago (Hungary) | 2510 | 6 | Murray Chandler (England) | 2525 | 6 | Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina) | 2440 | 6 | Klaus Bischoff (West Germany) | 2415 | ||||
| 1st reserve | Alexander Chernin (Russia) | 2560 | 1st reserve | Istvan Csom (Hungary) | 2465 | 1st reserve | James Plaskett (England) | 2480 | 1st reserve | Jorge Gómez Baillo (Argentina) | 2295 | 1st reserve | Gerald Hertneck (West Germany) | 2410 | ||||
| 2nd reserve | .svg.png){kind=small} Lev Polugaevsky (Belarus) | 2600 | 2nd reserve | Atilla Grandpierre (Hungary) | 2445 | 2nd reserve | Glenn Flear (England) | 2475 | 2nd reserve | Guillermo Soppe (Argentina) | 2370 | 2nd reserve | Klaus Darga (West Germany) | 2470 | ||||
| Average rating | 2630 | Average rating | 2563 | Average rating | 2554 | Average rating | 2480 | Average rating | 2478 | |||||||||
| № 6 | France | Rating | № 7 | Romania | Rating | № 8 | Switzerland | Rating | № 9 | China | Rating | № 10 | African Union | Rating | ||||
| 1 | Boris Spassky (France) | 2590 | 1 | Mihai Suba (Romania) | 2505 | 1 | Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | 2630 | 1 | Qi Jingxuan (China) | 2485 | 1 |  Assem Afifi (Egypt) | 2355 | ||||
| 2 | Bachar Kouatly (France) | 2470 | 2 | Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) | 2515 | 2 | Werner Hug (Switzerland) | 2450 | 2 | Li Zunian (China) | 2465 | 2 |  Slaheddine Hmadi (Tunisia) | 2250 | ||||
| 3 | Aldo Haïk (France) | 2440 | 3 | Theodor Ghițescu (Romania) | 2450 | 3 | Heinz Wirthensohn (Switzerland) | 2425 | 3 | Ye Jiangchuan (China) | 2465 | 3 |  Kamel Skalli (Morocco) | |||||
| 4 | Merchad Charif (France) | 2430 | 4 | Dan Barbulescu (Romania) | 2450 | 4 | Dieter Keller (Switzerland) | 2410 | 4 | Xu Jun (China) | 2205 | 4 |  Abderahmane Busmaha (Algeria) | 2205 | ||||
| 5 | Jean-Luc Seret (France) | 2440 | 5 | Mihail-Viorel Ghindă (Romania) | 2430 | 5 | Fernand Gobet (Switzerland) | 2360 | 5 | Lin Ta (China) | 2240 | 5 |  Alexandre Nascimento (Angola) | |||||
| 6 | Olivier Renet (France) | 2420 | 6 | Valentin Stoika (Romania) | 2420 | 6 | Markus Trepp (Switzerland) | 2410 | 6 | Ye Rongguang (China) | 2340 | 6 |  Theophil Kayafas (Nigeria) | |||||
| 1st reserve | Marc Santo-Roman (France) | 2350 | 1st reserve | Sergiu Gruenberg (Romania) | 2400 | 1st reserve | Giancarlo Franzoni (Switzerland) | 2330 | 1st reserve | Wu Sibing (China) | 1st reserve | |||||||
| 2nd reserve | Gilles Miralles (France) | 2370 | 2nd reserve | Constantin Ionescu (Romania) | 2430 | 2nd reserve | Matthias Rufenacht (Switzerland) | 2265 | 2nd reserve | 2nd reserve | ||||||||
| Average rating | 2465 | Average rating | 2463 | Average rating | 2448 | Average rating | 2367 | Average rating | 2243 | |||||||||
Results by round
Crosstable
| Place | Team | Av. rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | + | = | − | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Soviet Union | 2630 | 2½ | 4 | 4½ | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 4½ | 3½ | 6 | 37½ | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
 | Hungary | 2563 | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 34½ | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
 | England | 2554 | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 2½ | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 6 | 30½ | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | France | 2465 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 4½ | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 5 | 28½ | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Romania | 2463 | 2½ | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 28½ | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | 2448 | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 1½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 5 | 27½ | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | China | 2367 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 5½ | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Argentina | 2480 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 5 | 25½ | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Germany | 2478 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4½ | 23½ | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | African Union | 2243 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |