The US is on the verge of wining Olympiad Gold! They are controlling their own destiny. But let’s take a look at the history of the Chess Olympiad.
The last time the US won Gold was in 1976. But that was the year the Soviet Union boycotted. So the victory has an *. If you do not count 1976, you have to go back to 1937. That was an era when the US dominated by winning 4 in a row: Prague , Czechoslovakia 1931 (Kashdan , Marshall , Dake , Horowitz , Steiner H. ), Folkestone , United Kingdom 1933 (Kashdan , Marshall , Fine , Dake , Simonson ), Warsaw , Poland 1935 (Fine , Marshall , Kupchik , Dake , Horowitz ) and Stockholm , Sweden 1937 (Reshevsky , Fine , Kashdan , Marshall , Horowitz )!
Therefore, it would be so big if the US could win Gold in 2016 with Fabiano Caruana (started his chess career in my Chess Club in New York in May 1998), Hakaru Nakamura (participated in my Mayor’s Cup Invitational in June 2001), Wesley So Ray Robson
This is an exciting time for US Chess with the performance of US team in Baku, and the upcoming World Championship in New York City between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin.
Olympiad History
Year
Event
Host
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1924
1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad (individual)Paris , France Czechoslovakia 31Hungary 30Switzerland 29
1926
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad The Team Tournament Budapest , Hungary Hungary 9Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 8Romania 5
1927
1st Chess Olympiad London , United Kingdom Hungary 40Denmark 38½England 36½
1928
2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague , Netherlands Hungary 44United States 39½Poland 37
1930
3rd Chess Olympiad Hamburg , Germany Poland 48½Hungary 47Germany 44½
1931
4th Chess Olympiad Prague , Czechoslovakia United States 48Poland 47Czechoslovakia 46½
1933
5th Chess Olympiad Folkestone , United Kingdom United States 39Czechoslovakia 37½Sweden 34
1935
6th Chess Olympiad Warsaw , Poland United States 54Sweden 52½Poland 52
1936
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad Munich , Germany Hungary 110½Poland 108Germany 106½
1937
7th Chess Olympiad Stockholm , Sweden United States 54½Hungary 48½Poland 47
1939
8th Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires , Argentina Germany 36Poland 35½Estonia 33½
1950
9th Chess Olympiad Dubrovnik , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 45½Argentina 43½West Germany 40½
1952
10th Chess Olympiad Helsinki , Finland Soviet Union 21Argentina 19½Yugoslavia 19
1954
11th Chess Olympiad Amsterdam , Netherlands Soviet Union 34Argentina 27Yugoslavia 26½
1956
12th Chess Olympiad Moscow , Soviet Union Soviet Union 31Yugoslavia 26½Hungary 26½
1958
13th Chess Olympiad Munich , West Germany Soviet Union 34½Yugoslavia 29Argentina 25½
1960
14th Chess Olympiad Leipzig , East Germany Soviet Union 34United States 29Yugoslavia 27
1962
15th Chess Olympiad Varna , Bulgaria Soviet Union 31½Yugoslavia 28Argentina 26
1964
16th Chess Olympiad Tel Aviv , Israel Soviet Union 36½Yugoslavia 32West Germany 30½
1966
17th Chess Olympiad Havana , Cuba Soviet Union 39½United States 34½Hungary 33½
1968
18th Chess Olympiad Lugano , Switzerland Soviet Union 39½Yugoslavia 31Bulgaria 30
1970
19th Chess Olympiad Siegen , West Germany Soviet Union 27½Hungary 26½Yugoslavia 26
1972
20th Chess Olympiad Skopje , Yugoslavia Soviet Union 42Hungary 40½Yugoslavia 38
1974
21st Chess Olympiad Nice , France Soviet Union 46Yugoslavia 37½United States 36½
1976
22nd Chess Olympiad *Haifa , Israel United States 37Netherlands 36½England 35½
1976
Against Chess Olympiad Tripoli , Libya El Salvador 38½Tunisia 36Pakistan 34½
1978
23rd Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires , Argentina Hungary 37Soviet Union 36United States 35
1980
24th Chess Olympiad Valletta , Malta Soviet Union 39Hungary 39United States 35
1982
25th Chess Olympiad Lucerne , Switzerland Soviet Union 42½Czechoslovakia 36United States 35
1984
26th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki , Greece Soviet Union 41England 37United States 35
1986
27th Chess Olympiad Dubai , United Arab Emirates Soviet Union 40England 39United States 38
1988
28th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki , Greece Soviet Union 40½England 34½Netherlands 34½
1990
29th Chess Olympiad Novi Sad , Yugoslavia Soviet Union 39United States 35½England 35½
1992
30th Chess Olympiad Manila , Philippines Russia 39Uzbekistan 35Armenia 34½
1994
31st Chess Olympiad Moscow , Russia Russia 37½Bosnia and Herzegovina 35Russia “B” 34½
1996
32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan , Armenia Russia 38½Ukraine 35United States 34
1998
33rd Chess Olympiad Elista , Russia Russia 35½United States 34½Ukraine 32½
2000
34th Chess Olympiad Istanbul , Turkey Russia 38Germany 37Ukraine 35½
2002
35th Chess Olympiad Bled , Slovenia Russia 38½Hungary 37½Armenia 35
2004
36th Chess Olympiad Calvià , Spain Ukraine 39½Russia 36½Armenia 36½
2006
37th Chess Olympiad Turin , Italy Armenia 36China 34United States 33
2008
38th Chess Olympiad Dresden , Germany Armenia 19Israel 18United States 17
2010
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia Ukraine 19Russia 18Israel 17
2012
40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul , Turkey Armenia 19Russia 19Ukraine 18
2014
41st Chess Olympiad Tromsø , Norway China 19Hungary 17India 17
Photos round 1-11 and Closing Ceremony:
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