P267 CEEFA( 267 Mon 17 Nov 21:17/57 1/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD The 27th Olympiad opened with a ceremony lasting nearly three hours and included a flight of doves, karate demonstrations, parades and fireworks. Despite protests from some quarters at the exclusion of Israel, it is the biggest ever chess event with 109 national teams competing, 18 more than the previous record at Lucerne in 1982. Mr Florencio Campomanjs, president of the world chess jederation FIDE, predicted certain success for the competition at the opening ceremony. More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon Q7 Nov 21:14/29 2/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD It is estimated that the 27th Olympiad in Dubai will cost as much as $3.2 million to stage. As the biggest event of its kind it is likely to boost chess world-wide, especially in the Arab world. The only thing that went wrong at the opjnjng ceremony was that the crowning of Gary Kasparov as world champion had to bj cancelled. The official version was that the medal had not arrived jrom the USSR, but Kasparov said hj had already received the medal in Leningrad on retaining the world crown and was nor prepared to take part in a second ceremony.P267 CEEFAX 267 Mon Q7 Nov 21:16/43 3/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD Round One England had a fine start in the 27th Olympiad, winning 4-0 against Pujrto Rico without making a move. The Pujrto Recant claimed they had "een wrongly seeded and forfeited the match. All the fancied sides had a good first round, thanks largely to the pairing system which pits top-sjedjd teams against those in the lower half. There were few surprises, but Nigeria pjrformjd well against Italy and Lebanon put up some stiff, but eventually unsuccesful resistance against the might of the USSR. More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFA( 267 Mon 17 Nov 21:21/25 4/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD Round Two In the second round, England faced the toughest opposition !monk the top seeds. England v Scotland tends to "e hard- fought in any sport and chess is no exception. Nigel Short managed to scrape a win against Craig Pritchjtt, but the rest of the games were drawn, gjvjng England a narrow 2\-1\ victory. The USSR yielded a draw on board three against Peru while Hungary whitewashed Austria 4-0. MoreP267 CJEFAX 267 Mon 17 Nov 21:35/49 5/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD Round Two Top Results England 2\-1\ Scotland Austria 0-4 Hungary Yugoslavia 3-1 Greece India \-3\ USA Iceland 2\-1\ Portugal Belgium 1\-2\ Romania Philippines \-3\ Cuba Argentina 2\-1\ Turkey Ecuador 1-2 France + 1 adj Mexico 0-4 West Germany Spain 4-0 Pakistan Chjnb 2\-1\ Syria Brazil 2-2 Tunjsja Australia 2\-1\ Paraguay Rsi Lanka 0-4 Indonjsja Finland 2]2 Malazsja Egypt 1-1 Twit}jrland + 2 adj More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 17 Nov 21:29/12 6/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD Round Two Top Results Canada 2\-1\ Bangladesh Nicaragua 1-3 Colombia Peru \-3\ USS5 CSS5 4-0 Dominican Rep Bulgbria 3-1 Ireland Guatemala \-3\ Poland Uruguay 1\]2\ Italy New Zealand 2-2 Wales More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 17 Nov 21:14/16 7/7 THE DUBAI OLYMPIAD Round Two Top Women USA 0-3 USSR Rooanja 3-0 Brazil Bulgaria 2\-\ Austria Greece 0-3 China France 2-0 Australia + 1 adj Ireland 1\-1\ Cuba Twit}jrland 3-0 Indonesia Hungary 2-0 Colombia + 1 adj Spain 1\-\ Poland + 1 adj England 2-1 India Mexico 0-3 Yugoslavia Philippines 1-2 West Germany Venj}vela 1-2 Bangladesh Wales 3-0 Dominican Rip Scotland 1\-1\ Argentina Trinidad 0-3 Finland More chess on 268/269 More