Olympiads and other major team events Garry Kasparov

kasparov @ valletta in 1980

kasparov played in total of 8 chess olympiads. represented soviet union 4 times , russia 4 times, following breakup of soviet union in 1991. in 1980 olympiad debut, became, @ age 17, youngest player represent soviet union or russia @ level, record broken vladimir kramnik in 1992. in 82 games, has scored (+50−3=29), 78.7% , won total of 19 medals, including team gold medals 8 times competed. 1994 moscow olympiad, had significant organizational role, in helping put event on short notice, after thessaloniki canceled offer host, few weeks before scheduled dates. kasparov s detailed olympiad record follows:

valletta 1980, ussr 2nd reserve, 9½/12 (+8−1=3), team gold, board bronze;
lucerne 1982, ussr 2nd board, 8½/11 (+6−0=5), team gold, board bronze;
dubai 1986, ussr 1st board, 8½/11 (+7−1=3), team gold, board gold, performance gold;
thessaloniki 1988, ussr 1st board, 8½/10 (+7−0=3), team gold, board gold, performance gold;
manila 1992, russia board 1, 8½/10 (+7−0=3), team gold, board gold, performance silver;
moscow 1994, russia board 1, 6½/10 (+4−1=5), team gold;
yerevan 1996, russia board 1, 7/9 (+5−0=4), team gold, board gold, performance silver;
bled 2002, russia board 1, 7½/9 (+6−0=3), team gold, board gold.

kasparov made international teams debut ussr @ age 16 in 1980 european team championship , played russia in 1992 edition of championship. won total of 5 medals. detailed euroteams record, from, follows.

skara 1980, ussr 2nd reserve, 5½/6 (+5−0=1), team gold, board gold;
debrecen 1992, russia board 1, 6/8 (+4−0=4), team gold, board gold, performance silver.

kasparov represented ussr once in youth olympiad competition, detailed data @ olimpbase incomplete; chessmetrics garry kasparov player file has individual score event.

graz 1981, ussr board 1, 9/10 (+8−0=2), team gold.




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