N.Z. slipping at chess Olympics
NZPA-Reuter Buenos Aires New Zealand lost to Ecua-i dor, 1-3, at the twenty-third chess Olympiad in Buenos ' Aires. Small beat Verduga. [ Stuart lost to Pazos. Ander son lost to Salvador, and Weir lost to Dreile. The United States was consolidating its lead after beating West Germany 2)4 { and one adjourned game. Ljubomir Kavalek gave the German grandmaster. Robert Hubner, his first defeat while Tarjan beat , Borik and Browne drew with Pfleger. The Liein-Hecht match was adjourned until the morning. The Soviet Union, which/ has won all the Olympics it! has participated in, relinquished the lead to the United States after an early; 1-1 result with Sweden and!; two adjourned games in the eleventh round. The United States stood / on top with 28) points,;’ while the Soviet Union had:! 261. The former world cham-[ pion, Boris Spassky, drew;: with Ulf Andresson and! Vanganian did the same' with Wedberg. Then
Polugayevsky-Orstein an Romanishin Schneide ; matches were adjournei with draws in both predicts as the likeliest results. Hungary, which scored 3- [ against Iceland, stood secon with 28 points and may pot I sibly share second plac with the Russians. The race for the top pos ;tion was exciting, with fou I days left of the two-wee competition. The United States won th last Olympiads in 1976 in It ; rael. Those games were boy jeotted by the Russians an [other Iron Curtain countries Results of adjourned tentl i round games.— Soviet Union IJ, Israel 1’; We! (Germany 2, Hungary 2; Swede i2i, England 11; Iceland 3, Bu fgaria I; Yugoslavia 21. Aigentir il-i; Denmark 2i. Switzerland h • Spain 3. Austria 1: Rumania . Argentina B 1; Poland 3, Franc !1; Philippines 2i, Chile I?.; Fil land 3. Colombia I: Netherlanc j 3. Brazil 2: Canada 3. Peru Mexico 2. Norway 2; Paragu. 2i, Wales 1A; Venezuela LJ. Chir •i; New Zealand 2-j, Tunisia I Scotland 2. Uruguay ll; Puerl Rico 2J: Faroe Islands 1; Dominican Republic 2 Trinida l Tobago 2; Guatemala 3. Guyan I; Luxemburg 2L Jordan I {Syria 3, Morocco 1; Belgium Malaysia 2; Japan 3. Lybia Andorra 3. Zaire 1; Bermuda 2 U.S. Virgin Islands U; Maui tania 2. Arab Emirates 2.
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Press, 9 November 1978, Page 32
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