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27th Chess Olympiad — Dubai 1986

1986 · Dubai
Soviet Union won the 27th Chess Olympiad, held at Dubai in 1986, scoring 40 game points across a field of 108 teams. England took silver (39½) and United States bronze (38½).
▦ 2917 GAMES
Format
Tournament
Dates
1986
Venue
Dubai
Games
2917

◈Final Standings

40
Soviet Union won the 27th Chess Olympiad, held at Dubai in 1986, scoring 40 game points across a field of 108 teams. England took silver (39½) and United States bronze (38½).

108 nations contested a fourteen-round, four-board Swiss at Dubai. The archive preserves 2,917 of the 3,024 games played; the remainder were forfeits or games absent from the Mega2024 source.

This archive holds 2917 of the 3024 games played; the standings above are the official final result.

# Team Points
1 Soviet Union 40
2 England 39½
3 United States 38½
4 Hungary 34½
5 Iceland 34
6 Bulgaria 34
7 China 34
8 Czechoslovakia 33
9 Cuba 33
10 France 33
11 Argentina 33
12 Peru 33
13 West Germany 32½
14 Austria 32½
15 Yugoslavia 32
16 Poland 32
17 Portugal 32
18 Romania 31½
19 Indonesia 31½
20 Brazil 31½
21 Chile 31½
22 Scotland 31½
23 Canada 31½
24 Spain 31
25 India 31
26 Greece 31
27 Italy 30½
28 The Philippines 30½
29 Switzerland 30½
30 Belgium 30½
31 Australia 30
32 Dominican Republic 30
33 Singapore 30
34 Finland 30
35 Colombia 30
36 Paraguay 30
37 New Zealand 30
38 Iraq 30
39 Turkey 29½
40 Egypt 29½
41 Mexico 29½
42 Malaysia 29½
43 Ecuador 29
44 Nicaragua 29
45 Tunisia 29
46 Ireland 29
47 Venezuela 29
48 Pakistan 29
49 Lebanon 29
50 Uruguay 28½
51 Wales 28½
52 Puerto Rico 28½
53 Guatemala 28½
54 El Salvador 28½
55 Costa Rica 28
56 Malta 28
57 Andorra 28
58 Syria 27½
59 Thailand 27½
60 Bolivia 27½
61 Morocco 27½
62 Trinidad & Tobago 27½
63 North Yemen 27½
64 Palestine 27½
65 Bangladesh 27
66 Nigeria 27
67 Guernsey-Jersey 27
68 Jordan 27
69 Hong Kong 27
70 Honduras 27
71 Luxembourg 26½
72 United Arab Emirates "A" 26½
73 Zimbabwe 26½
74 Haiti 26½
75 San Marino 26½
76 Sri Lanka 26
77 Algeria 26
78 Angola 26
79 Libya 26
80 Mauritania 26
81 Mali 26
82 Bahrain 26
83 United Arab Emirates "B" 25½
84 Uganda 25½
85 Zambia 25½
86 Panama 25
87 Barbados 25
88 Senegal 25
89 Cyprus 24½
90 Japan 24½
91 South Yemen 24½
92 Jamaica 24
93 Kenya 24
94 Sudan 24
95 Ghana 24
96 Fiji 24
97 Brunei 23½
98 Netherlands Antilles 23½
99 Qatar 23
100 Antigua 23
101 Papua New Guinea 23
102 British Virgin Islands 22
103 The Bahamas 22
104 Bermuda 20
105 Mauritius 20
106 Botswana 18½
107 The Gambia 14½
108 Seychelles 5
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