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Best ever team player?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:13 pm
by Nick Burrows
I would be very surprised if anyone can beat the record of Tigran Petrosian.
6 individual olympiad gold medals (9 team golds) with a record of 78 wins, 50 draws, 1 loss!
Any other candidates?
Re: Best ever team player?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:19 pm
by Roger de Coverly
Nick Burrows wrote:
6 individual olympiad gold medals (9 team golds) with a record of 78 wins, 50 draws, 1 loss!
Any other candidates?
Most of the Soviet players of that era had pretty impressive records in Olympiads.
Re: Best ever team player?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:13 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
Soviet Olympiad records discussed previously here (for those who missed it at the time):
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 35#p188048
Apparently, Petrosian's single loss was on time in a rook endgame he could well have held.
Re: Best ever team player?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:24 pm
by Nick Burrows
Aha, thanks Chris