Chess Olympiad 1978

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:chess_player
gptkbp:country gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:endDate 1978-11-12
gptkbp:eventType team chess tournament
gptkbp:followedBy Chess Olympiad 1980
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chess Olympiad 1978
gptkbp:location gptkb:Buenos_Aires
gptkbp:notableFor First Chess Olympiad won by Hungary since 1927
Garry Kasparov made his Olympiad debut
Viktor Korchnoi played for Switzerland after defecting from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union finished second for the first time since 1952
gptkbp:notablePlayer gptkb:Lajos_Portisch
gptkb:Garry_Kasparov
gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
gptkb:Bent_Larsen
gptkbp:numberOfTeams 66
gptkbp:officialName 23rd Chess Olympiad
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:precededBy Chess Olympiad 1976
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:startDate 1978-10-25
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hungarian_national_chess_team
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8