Russia loses chess to West Germany

Press, 6 November 1978, Page 3

Russia loses chess to West Germany

VZPA-Reuter Buenos Aires 1 West Germany scored a • uajor upset at the twenty- s :hird chess Olympiad last 1 light by becoming the first * team to beat the Soviet Union in the tournament. < The first two boards. ! Spassky-Htibner and Petro- 1 sian-Unzicker, ended in'! quick draws, and Hecht i drew later on with Vagaman 1 on the fourth board. But the , 36-year-old Helmut Pfleger ; crushed his opponent, Lev Polugayevski. The result cut the Soviet Union’s lead to only half a’ point. It has 24 points, pur-J sued by the Germans w : th 234 points, and Hungary with 23 points. Switzerland. with the,, ebullient, unbeaten Victor! Korchnoi on their first j board, got the upper hand over Spain by 24 to U. i The Soviet dissident beat Diez del Corral to put his team ahead. It now has 2'l j points in fifth place, behind the United States. The Olympiad will resume i today, after a rest day I yesterday. WOMEN Round seven.—Group One:' France 2, Venezuela 1; The; Netherlands 3, Finland 0. Group Two: West Germany 2-K Scotland: 5. Group Four: Colombia 2, Japan 1: Rumania 2, Spain 1. (Spain advanced to the finals). MEN Round seven.—Poland 2X, Eng-

land 1-i: Argentina-A 2„. Iceland li; Rumania 2. Israel 2; Soviet Union 2. Denmark 2; United States 2?., Yugoslavia JA; New Zealand 31, Malaysia i: Peru 3i, Guyana X; Austria 3, Hong Kong 1; Ecuador 2, Tunisia 2; Uruguay 2, Sri Lanka 2: Linland 2, China 2; Canada 3L Dominican Republic i; Argentina-B 2, Norwax 2; Indonesia 2.’. Venezuela L; Sweden 21, The Netherlands I‘.: Switzerland 21. Brazil I’: Australia 2X, Paraguay 1£: Cuba 3, Philippines I: France 2X; Spain U: West Germany 4; Wales 0: Bolivia 2L Mauritania U; Japan 21. Guatemala IA; Trinidad and Tobago 21, Virgin Islands IV Jordan 2L British Virgin Islands IV Andorra 31, United Arab Emirate A. I Round eight.—Soviet Union 3. ‘United States 1; Denmark 2. ‘Cuba 2; Hungary 3, England 1: Bulgaria 11..I 1 .. Rumania IV Yugo‘slavia 2V Poland H: Switzerland 2, Sweden 2- Spain 3V Australia V Canada 2. Chile 2: Israel 3. jFinland I: Colombia 3. Norwax China 2. The Netherlands 1: | Brazil 2V Wales U; 2V Indonesia I V Austria 31. j ■ Malaysia X; Ecudador 2V Faroe Islands IV Tunisia 21; Bolivia IV I Uruguay 21, Guyana IV Puerto 1 Rico 4, Mauritania 0; Sri Lanka : 2. Syria 2; Belgium 2. Trinidad j land Tobago 2; Jordan 2. Andorra 2: U.S. Virgin Islands 21. Zaire; 111; The Libyan Jamahiriyah 21 ; British Virgin Islands 11. Round nine.—West Germany 21. i Soviet Union 1.1; Hungarv 2J, Bui Igaria IV Switzerland 21, Spain I V France 2. Rumania 2; Argentina A 3, Peru 1; The Netherlands 21, Paraguay 11; Norway 3. Indonesia 1: Venezuela 3J; Peurto Rico I V Uruguay 2, Faroe Islands 2; Tunisia 21. Syria 11; Guatemala 2V Malaysia 11; Luxembourg 3. Andorra 1; Jordan 2J. Mauritania U; Morocco 31, Ber muda V Lvbia 3V Arab Emirates ■U-