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) African Union | 
| Host | .svg.png) Switzerland | 
Rosters
| № 1 |  Soviet Union | Rating | № 2 |  Hungary | Rating | № 3 |  England | Rating | № 4 |  Argentina | Rating | № 5 |  West Germany | Rating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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) 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 | .svg.png) 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) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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) 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 | .svg.png) Switzerland | Rating | № 9 |  China | Rating | № 10 | %253B_Flag_of_the_African_Union_(2004%E2%80%932010).svg.png) African Union | Rating | ||||
| 1 |  Boris Spassky (France) | 2590 | 1 |  Mihai Suba (Romania) | 2505 | 1 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) Heinz Wirthensohn (Switzerland) | 2425 | 3 |  Ye Jiangchuan (China) | 2465 | 3 |  Kamel Skalli (Morocco) | |||||
| 4 |  Merchad Charif (France) | 2430 | 4 |  Dan Barbulescu (Romania) | 2450 | 4 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) Fernand Gobet (Switzerland) | 2360 | 5 |  Lin Ta (China) | 2240 | 5 |  Alexandre Nascimento (Angola) | |||||
| 6 |  Olivier Renet (France) | 2420 | 6 |  Valentin Stoika (Romania) | 2420 | 6 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | %253B_Flag_of_the_African_Union_(2004%E2%80%932010).svg.png) African Union | 2243 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |