.. - <.J:Jhess \ _Olympian overthrow • AFTER SEIZING the lead in for the USSR? their part, but simply that a few top-class players each, never have · it all their own the 12th round, Admittedly the Russian - there has been such an up• and in an Olympiad these way again. dung on to win the 23rd team was weakened by the surge in the standard of days that may be all you R•ulta: 1st, Hungary - 37 - and in so absence of world champion in countries outside the need. points/14 rounds; 2nd, Soviet ~ doing shattered more than a and his sec• Soviet bloc. Certainly the Therefore, despite the - tre• Union - 36; _ 3r4; . United quarter of a century of Soviet onds Yuri Balashov and Mik• Russians have many more mendous depth of strong States· - 35; 4tb, West Ger• domination of the World hail Tai - all exhausted after grandmasters to choose from players in the USSR, no com• many _:... 33; 5th equal, Team Championship. Led by battling Korchnoi in the Phil• - but in an Olympiad the bination- of those is going to. and Rumania - 32½; 7th experienced 41-year-old Lajos ippines. But still, the Soviet teams are of six men, and 'be able to _walk over, say, a . equal, , , Portisch, the Hungarians Union has so many tremen• only four of those can play Hungarian quartet like Por• Spain, and fielded a brilliant young team dously strong grandmasters each day. Several countries in tisch, Ribli, Sax and Csom. Canada; while hal( a point . of attacking players and fully to choose from. the West can now strongly And judging by the ovation below were , . Bul• deserved their first victory in I think the reason for al• challenge the USSR over a at _the closing ceremony, we garia, Holland; and following an Olympiad since 1928. But most all the setbacks to Rus• few boards - Holland, West may be seeing a possible them on 31 points were Yu• the question on everybody's sian chess over the past year Germany, the United States turning point in the future of goslavia, and Argen• mind is - what went wrong i~ ~ot so much any failingon and even England - all have world chess; the Soviets may tina. (65 countries competed.)

But of course, all of this DONNER 21. Ne5 doesn't mean the Ruskies 22. Rfd1 Nxc4 have forgotten how to move 23. BXc4· Qe7 the pieces! In the final round, For if 23 ().() then against Holland, they were 24.8Xc5-.' completelv ruins still in with a chance of Black's position. catching the Hungarian team which was a half-point· in 24. Bg5 Qd7 front. and 28-year-old Oleg 25. e51 exes 26. Re1 Resigns Rornanishin produced the fol• lowing fine win over Dutch The 11a1n· thing about this Jail Donner. position is that _1;i// Bloc/.. ·_1