38TH FIDE CHESS OLYMPIADS, DRESDEN

The ICSC President, Michele Visco, with the ICSC Flag

The ICSC Captains, Olga Nazarova and Goran Cehic

38TH FIDE CHESS OLYMPIADS, DRESDEN

The ICSC Men’s Team

The ICSC Ladies team

38TH FIDE CHESS OLYMPIADS, DRESDEN

IM Sergei Salov pondering over his first move

Svetlana Gonchar psyching up for action

38TH FIDE CHESS OLYMPIADS, DRESDEN

Olaf Hoyer (far left) amongst the spectators!

Dresden v Hamburg, German Team Championships 2008

GAMES PLAYED AGAINST F.I.D.E. WORLD CHAMPIONS 1. Verlinsky - Alekhine St.Petersburg 1909 Chigorin Memorial (B) 0:1 2. Verlinsky - Alekhine Odessa 1916 Exhibition 0:1 3. Verlinsky - Alekhine Odessa 1916 Exhibition 1:0 4. Verlinsky/Brannasky - Alekhine Odessa 1918 Consultation 1:0 5. Alekhine - Verlinsky Odessa 1918 Exhibition 1:0 6. Alekhine - Verlinsky Odessa 1918 Training Match 1:0 7. Alekhine - Verlinsky Odessa 1918 Training Match 1:0 8. Alekhine - Verlinsky Odessa 1918 Training Match 1:0 9. Verlinsky - Alekhine Odessa 1918 Training Match 0:1 10.Verlinsky - Alekhine Odessa 1918 Training Match 0:1 11.Capablanca - Verlinsky Moscow 1925 International Tournament 0:1 12.Verlinsky - Lasker Moscow 1925 International Tournament 0:1 13.Verlinsky - Botvinnik Moscow 1931 USSR Championships 0:1 14.Alekhine - Svabensky Hodonin 1943 Simultaneous 0:1 15.Smyslov - Verlinsky Moskow 1945 Moscow Championships 1:0 16.Tal, M - Vetra Riga 1950 Riga Championships 0:1 17.Vetra - Tal, M Riga 1951 Riga Championships ½ 18.Geller - Zuev Kiev 1955 Simultaneous 0:1 19.Smyslov - Salov Moscow 1955 Simultaneous 1:0 20.Smyslov - Salov Moscow 1958 Simultaneous ½ 21.Petrosjan - Salov Moscow 1958 Simultaneous 0:1 22.Tal, M - Salov Moscow 1960 Simultaneous 0:1 23.Tal, M - Zuev Kiev 1961 Simultaneous 0:1 24.Euwe - Salov Moscow 1961 Simultaneous 1:0 25.Smyslov - Kamensky Moscow 1968 Simultaneous 0:1 26.Fatalibekova - Salov Moscow 1970 Moscow Chs, Semi-final 0:1 27.Salov - Tal, M Moscow 1973 Moscow Blitz 0:1 28.Petrosjan - Chauvenet Mariland 1976 Simultaneous 0:1 29.Tal, M - Salov Moscow 1980 Moscow Blitz Chs 1:0 30.Petrosjan - Muratov Moscow 1982 Simultaneous 0:1 31.Petrosjan - Sokolov Moscow 1982 Simultaneous 1:0 32.Petrosjan - Parfenov, P Moscow 1982 Simultaneous ½ 33.Petrosjan - Makhlin Moscow 1982 Simultaneous ½ 34.Smyslov - Smirnov Moscow 1985 Simultaneous 1:0 35.Tal, M - Salov Moscow 1986 Moscow Blitz Chs 1:0 36.Kasparov - “ZIL” Moscow 1986 Consultation 0:1 (Baikov,Salov,Losev) 37.Karpov - Beliakov Moscow 1992 Simultaneous 1:0 38.Karpov - Zhukov Moscow 1992 Simultaneous 1:0 39.Korchnoj - Collutiis Bratto 1998 International Tournament 1:0 40.Karpov - Margusheva Moscow 2005 Simultaneous ½ 41.Karpov - Jentsh Wolsburg 2007 Simultaneous 1:0 Overall Score: +22 – 14 = 5 (24,5 : 16,5) win FIDE World Champions! Compiled by Sergei Salov, IM 2008 Lübeck, Germany.

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