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28th Chess Olympiad — Thessaloniki 1988

1988 · Thessaloniki
Soviet Union won the 28th Chess Olympiad, held at Thessaloniki in 1988, scoring 40½ game points across a field of 107 teams. England took silver and Netherlands bronze, separated only on tie-break (both 34½).
▦ 2924 GAMES
Format
Tournament
Dates
1988
Venue
Thessaloniki
Games
2924

◈Final Standings

40½
Soviet Union won the 28th Chess Olympiad, held at Thessaloniki in 1988, scoring 40½ game points across a field of 107 teams. England took silver and Netherlands bronze, separated only on tie-break (both 34½).

107 nations contested a fourteen-round, four-board Swiss at Thessaloniki. The archive preserves 2,924 of the 2,956 games played; the remainder were forfeits or games absent from the Mega2024 source.

This archive holds 2924 of the 2956 games played; the standings above are the official final result.

# Team Points
1 Soviet Union 40½
2 England 34½
3 Netherlands 34½
4 United States 34
5 Hungary 34
6 Yugoslavia 33½
7 The Philippines 33
8 China 33
9 Cuba 33
10 Argentina 33
11 Israel 33
12 Sweden 32½
13 Czechoslovakia 32½
14 Italy 32½
15 Iceland 32
16 Denmark 32
17 East Germany 32
18 West Germany 32
19 India 32
20 Switzerland 31½
21 Poland 31½
22 Spain 31½
23 Brazil 31½
24 Bulgaria 31
25 Romania 31
26 Indonesia 31
27 Greece "A" 31
28 Austria 31
29 Guatemala 31
30 Scotland 30½
31 France 30½
32 Finland 30½
33 Albania 30½
34 Belgium 30½
35 Colombia 30
36 Peru 30
37 Canada 30
38 New Zealand 30
39 Paraguay 30
40 Australia 29½
41 Venezuela 29½
42 Thailand 29½
43 Norway 29
44 Mexico 29
45 Dominican Republic 29
46 Wales 29
47 Singapore 29
48 Egypt 29
49 Uruguay 29
50 Ireland 28½
51 Syria 28½
52 Turkey 28
53 Luxembourg 28
54 Portugal 27½
55 Greece "B" 27½
56 Pakistan 27½
57 Faroe Islands 27½
58 Malaysia 27½
59 Puerto Rico 27½
60 Morocco 27½
61 Angola 27½
62 Costa Rica 27½
63 Bangladesh 27½
64 Bolivia 27½
65 Jamaica 27
66 Algeria 27
67 Japan 26½
68 United Arab Emirates 26½
69 Barbados 26½
70 Nigeria 26½
71 Libya 26½
72 Zimbabwe 26½
73 El Salvador 26
74 Cyprus 26
75 Qatar 26
76 Malta 26
77 Jordan 25½
78 Lebanon 25½
79 Honduras 25½
80 Surinam 25½
81 Zambia 25
82 Senegal 25
83 Botswana 25
84 Hong Kong 24½
85 Bahrain 24½
86 Andorra 24½
87 North Yemen 24½
88 Palestine 24½
89 Netherlands Antilles 24½
90 Mauritania 24½
91 Haiti 24
92 Panama 24
93 Liechtenstein 24
94 Monaco 24
95 Uganda 23½
96 San Marino 23½
97 Mali 23½
98 Guernsey-Jersey 23
99 Sudan 23
100 British Virgin Islands 23
101 Kenya 22½
102 U.S. Virgin Islands 22½
103 Bermuda 21
104 The Bahamas 18
105 Mauritius 16
106 Fiji 14
107 Seychelles 10
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