The 19th Chess Olympiad ( German: Die 19. Schacholympiade), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany. ^[1]

The Soviet team with six Grandmasters, led by world champion Boris Spassky, lived up to expectations and won their tenth consecutive gold medal, although only by a single point, with Hungary and Yugoslavia taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

Tournament report

Held at the Siegerland Hall venue, a total of 64 nations applied to enter the tournament. Unfortunately, space constraints and FIDE's intended model format meant that only 60 could be accommodated. It was then found that four teams were to have their applications rejected on the grounds that they had missed the deadline. These four teams were: Argentina, France, Ecuador, and Venezuela. When Panama withdrew their application, Argentina took their place.

The tournament was run as a two-stage round-robin. Six preliminary groups of 10 teams each determined the composition of five Finals of 12 teams each, with the top two from each group ending up in Final A etc. Several unsatisfactory aspects of this system were voiced, however, and they manifested themselves in a variety of ways.

Firstly, the pressure was raised to fever pitch at a very early stage in the proceedings. A single poor result in the preliminaries could condemn a team to a low final group. All this proved too much for England's top player, Jonathan Penrose, who in his crucial last-round preliminary match, blundered a piece and fainted from the shock. A nervous player at the best of times, he was retired from the rest of the contest on medical grounds and England ended up in Group C, below their seeding, which they then went on to win by a hefty margin.

The Sunday Times reported several instances of cheating. For example, in the Indonesia versus Switzerland preliminary match, a player moved his queen next to the opponent's king with check. Capturing the queen with the king was forced and so the player made the move for his opponent, declaring stalemate and shaking hands all in one movement. His dazed opponent ended up signing the scoresheet before recovering his wits and realizing (too late) that it was not a stalemate at all.

It was possible for strong teams, sitting comfortably in favourable qualification spots, to not try as hard as they might have in other circumstances. Such actions could influence the qualification process below them and, as a deliberate ploy, could have assisted in assigning a strong rival to a lower final group.

Then there was the whole question of apartheid. Albania decided to forfeit their game against South Africa as a protest against racial segregation and so lost 4–0. Naturally, this meant that the whole group dynamic was lost and the resulting placings somewhat distorted. Some teams and a small number of strong players did not compete at all as a protest against the participation of the South African team.

The teams competed for the Hamilton-Russell Cup. Matches were scored by game points, with match points being used in the event of a tie-break. The Chief Referee was International Arbiter Harry de Graaf. A total of 360 players took part, including 35 grandmasters and 66 international masters.

As was customary, the FIDE congress was also held during the Olympiad and the major news concerned the retirement of President Folke Rogard after 21 years of service. He was to be replaced by former World Champion Max Euwe and this appeared to be a universally popular decision. Another important issue was the presentation of a proposed new system for the awarding GM and IM titles; the congress adopted in full the report submitted by a committee comprising top player Svetozar Gligorić, Professor Arpad Elo and FIDE Vice President Mr. Dorazil.

The tournament was very well attended by the public, particularly on the day that current World Champion Boris Spassky played future champion Bobby Fischer, with an estimated 3000 spectators turning up (Spassky won).

Individual performances

World Champion Boris Spassky took the best score on board one (79.17%) and won a suit as a prize. Bobby Fischer finished a close second with 76.9% and Bent Larsen a close third with 76.5%.

Tigran Petrosian extended his amazing run of unbeaten Olympiad games to 90 (won 58, drawn 32).

Viktor Korchnoi lost only one game - as a result of oversleeping he defaulted to the Spaniard, Diez del Corral. There was no satisfactory explanation as to why (non-playing) team captain Paul Keres or one of Korchnoi's teammates could not have telephoned his room when noticing he was a few minutes late.

Oscar Panno drew a record 15 games; however this may be partially explained by his accommodation. Siegen was a small place and many competitors were housed in the surrounding area. When Korchnoi asked Panno where he was living, his reply was "in a pure field".

Results

Preliminaries

Preliminary head-to-head results were carried over to the finals, so no teams met more than once. All preliminary groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments. The results were as follows:

• Group 1:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Soviet Union	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4		9	0	0	31
«A»	Spain	1	-	2	2½	3½	4	3½	4	4	4		7	1	1	28½
«B»	Poland	1	2	-	3	2	1½	3½	3	4	4		5	2	2	24
«B»	Australia	1	1½	1	-	3	3½	2	3	4	4		5	3	1	23
«C»	Tunisia	1	½	2	1	-	1	2	4	3	3½		3	4	2	18
«C»	Greece	1	0	2½	½	3	-	1½	2½	2½	4		5	4	0	17½
«D»	Peru	0	½	½	2	2	2½	-	2	4	4		3	3	3	17½
«D»	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1	0	1½	2	-	2	3½		1	6	2	11
«E»	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	1	1½	0	2	-	4		1	7	1	8½
«E»	Monaco	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	-		0	9	0	1

• Group 2:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Yugoslavia	-	2½	3½	4	2½	3½	3½	4	4	4		9	0	0	31½
«A»	Canada	1½	-	1	2	3	2½	2½	3	3½	4		6	2	1	23
«B»	Indonesia	½	3	-	1½	1	3½	2½	4	2½	4		6	3	0	22½
«B»	Mongolia	0	2	2½	-	2	2½	2½	4	3½	3		6	1	2	22
«C»	England	1½	1	3	2	-	2	2	3	3	4		4	2	3	21½
«C»	Iran	½	1½	½	1½	2	-	2	4	4	3½		3	4	2	19½
«D»	Switzerland	½	1½	1½	1½	2	2	-	2½	3	4		3	4	2	18½
«D»	Luxembourg	0	1	0	0	1	0	1½	-	3	2		1	7	1	8½
«E»	Andorra	0	½	1½	½	1	0	1	1	-	2		0	8	1	7½
«E»	Hong Kong	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	2	2	-		0	7	2	5½

• Group 3:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	East Germany	-	2½	3	3	2½	3½	4	4	4	4		9	0	0	30½
«A»	United States	1½	-	2	3	2½	4	4	4	3½	4		7	1	1	28½
«B»	Netherlands	1	2	-	2	3½	4	3½	4	4	4		6	1	2	28
«B»	Finland	1	1	2	-	1	2	4	4	3½	4		4	3	2	22½
«C»	Belgium	1½	1½	½	3	-	2	1½	3	2½	3½		4	4	1	19
«C»	Brazil	½	0	0	2	2	-	2½	2½	3½	4		4	3	2	17
«D»	Mexico	0	0	½	0	2½	1½	-	2	2	3½		2	5	2	12
«D»	Japan	0	0	0	0	1	1½	2	-	3½	4		2	6	1	12
«E»	Turkey	0	½	0	½	1½	½	2	½	-	3		1	7	1	8½
«E»	United States Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	-		0	9	0	2

• Group 4:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Romania	-	1½	1½	3	2½	2½	3½	4	4	4		7	2	0	26½
«A»	Hungary	2½	-	2½	2½	2	2½	2½	3½	4	4		8	0	1	26
«B»	Denmark	2½	1½	-	2	3½	2½	2	3½	4	4		6	1	2	25½
«B»	Sweden	1	1½	2	-	2½	1½	2	3½	4	4		4	3	2	22
«C»	Philippines	1½	2	½	1½	-	2½	2½	3½	3½	4		5	3	1	21½
«C»	Italy	1½	1½	1½	2½	1½	-	2	3½	4	3½		4	4	1	21½
«D»	Ireland	½	1½	2	2	1½	2	-	3	3	3½		3	3	3	19
«D»	Lebanon	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	-	1½	3		1	8	0	8
«E»	Morocco	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	2½	-	3½		2	7	0	7½
«E»	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	-		0	9	0	2½

• Group 5:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Argentina	-	2	2½	2	2½	3½	3½	2½	4	3½		7	0	2	26
«A»	Czechoslovakia	2	-	2½	2	2	3½	2	4	4	3½		5	0	4	25½
«B»	Israel	1½	1½	-	2	2½	3½	2½	3½	4	3½		6	2	1	24½
«B»	Cuba	2	2	2	-	2½	3	3	2½	3	2½		6	0	3	22½
«C»	Norway	1½	2	1½	1½	-	2	4	3	3	3½		4	3	2	22
«C»	Scotland	½	½	½	1	2	-	4	3	3	4		4	4	1	18½
«D»	Singapore	½	2	1½	1	0	0	-	2	3½	3½		2	5	2	14
«D»	Portugal	1½	0	½	1½	1	1	2	-	2½	4		2	6	1	14
«E»	Malta	0	0	0	1	1	1	½	1½	-	3		1	8	0	8
«E»	Rhodesia	½	½	½	1½	½	0	½	0	1	-		0	9	0	5

• Group 6:

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		+	−	=	Points
«A»	West Germany	-	2	3½	3	3	4	3½	3	3½	4		8	0	1	29½
«A»	Bulgaria	2	-	2½	3½	2	3	3½	4	3½	4		7	0	2	28
«B»	Austria	½	1½	-	2	2½	4	4	1½	2½	3		5	3	1	21½
«B»	Colombia	1	½	2	-	2½	2½	3½	2	3½	3		5	2	2	20½
«C»	Iceland	1	2	1½	1½	-	2	2½	3	1½	4		3	4	2	19
«C»	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1½	2	-	2½	2½	3	3½		4	4	1	16
«D»	South Africa	½	½	0	½	1½	1½	-	4	1½	4		2	7	0	14
«D»	Albania	1	0	2½	2	1	1½	0	-	2½	3		3	5	1	13½
«E»	New Zealand	½	½	1½	½	2½	1	2½	1½	-	3		3	6	0	13½
«E»	Cyprus	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	1	1	-		0	9	0	4½

• Team Albania refused to play South Africa due to political reasons.

Finals

Final A

#	Country	Players	Points	MP	Head- to-head
1	Soviet Union	Spassky, Petrosian, Korchnoi, Polugaevsky, Smyslov, Geller	27½
2	Hungary	Portisch, Lengyel, Bilek, Forintos, Csom, Ribli	26½
3	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Ivkov, Matulović, Matanović, Parma, Minić	26
4	United States	Fischer, Reshevsky, Evans, Benko, Lombardy, Mednis	24½
5	Czechoslovakia	Hort, Filip, Jansa, Smejkal, Přibyl, Blatný	23½
6	West Germany	Unzicker, Schmid, Darga, Hecht, Mohrlok, Klundt	22
7	Bulgaria	Bobotsov, Tringov, Padevsky, Popov, Radulov, Kolarov	21½	10	2½
8	Argentina	Najdorf, Panno, Bolbochán, Quinteros, Rubinetti, Juárez	21½	10	1½
9	East Germany	Uhlmann, Malich, Liebert, Hennings, Zinn, Baumbach	19
10	Romania	Gheorghiu, Ciocâltea, Ghițescu, Ungureanu, Mititelu, Reicher	18½
11	Canada	Yanofsky, Suttles, Vranesic, Witt, Amos, Fuster	17½
12	Spain	Pomar, Díez del Corral, Torán, Medina, Calvo, Bellón López	16

Final B

#	Country	Players	Points	MP	Head- to-head
13	Israel	Kagan, Kraidman, Peretz, Geller, Gelfer, Bleiman	27
14	Poland	Kostro, Doda, Adamski, Schmidt, Bednarski, Filipowicz	25
15	Australia	Browne, Fuller, Hamilton, Shaw, Purdy, Koshnitsky	24½
16	Mongolia	Myagmarsuren, Üitümen, Lhagva, Zorigt, Jigjidsuren, Gungabazar	23½
17	Sweden	Andersson, Jansson, Kinnmark, Liljedahl, Johansson, Olsson	23	13	2½
18	Netherlands	Scholl, Ree, Langeweg, Zuidema, Bouwmeester, Hartoch	23	13	1½
19	Denmark	Larsen, Petersen, Jakobsen, Moe, Holm, Enevoldsen	22
20	Finland	Westerinen, Ojanen, Sirkiä, Koskinen, Lahti, Gostowski	21½
21	Cuba	García Martínez, Jiménez, Cobo Arteaga, Hernández, Carlos Diaz, Lebredo Zarragoitia	20
22	Austria	Dückstein, Holaszek, Kinzel, Röhrl, Steiner, Janetschek	19½
23	Colombia	Rodríguez, Cuéllar, Cuartas, Alzate, de Greiff, Muñoz	18
24	Indonesia	Wotulo, Ardiansyah, Rusli, Bachtiar, Bessaria, Hamdan A. H.	17

Final C

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
25	England	Penrose, Keene, Hartston, Lee, Whiteley, Corden	30
26	Philippines	Naranja, Torre, Rodríguez, De Castro, Lobigas, Estimo	27½
27	Iceland	Sigurjónsson, Kristinsson, Thorbergsson, Magnússon, Sólmundarson, Angantýsson	26
28	Brazil	Câmara, Rocha, Nóbrega, Toth, Resende, Pinto Paiva	25½
29	Norway	Johannessen, Hoen, Vinje-Gulbrandsen, Wibe, de Lange, Øgaard	24
30	Italy	Tatai, Paoli, Primavera, Zichichi, Cosulich, Romani	22½
31	Greece	Siaperas, Vizantiadis, Trikaliotis, Kazilaris, Skalkotas, Papapostolou	20
32	Iran	Hemmasi, Mashian, Safvat, Harandi, Ebrahimi, Sharif	19
33	Belgium	Boey, Cornelis, Beyen, Schumacher, Van Schoor, Wostyn	18½	10
34	Scotland	Levy, Pritchett, McKay, Bonner, Jamieson, Freeman	18½	9
35	Tunisia	Bouaziz, Belkadi, Kchouk, Amandou, Nouisseri, Lagha	17½
36	Puerto Rico	Kaplan, Colón Romero M., Berríos Pagán, Martínez Buitrago, Sacarello, Cintrón	14½

Final D

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
37	Switzerland	Lombard, Schaufelberger, Gereben, Hohler, Huss, Castagna	29½
38	Albania	Pustina, Duraku, Vila, Adhami, Omari, Konçi	28
39	Peru	Rodríguez Vargas, Súmar Casis, Quiñones, Vásquez, Espinoza, Miranda	27½
40	Singapore	Tan Lian Ann, Lim Kok Ann, Giam Choo Kwee, Lee Chee Seng, Pang Kwok Leong, Leow	26½
41	Portugal	Cordovil, Durão, Gilbert, Ribeiro, Santos, Rego	24½
42	Ireland	Littleton, Patterson, Moles, Heidenfeld, Henry, Kennefick	23½
43	South Africa	Friedgood, Price, Heyns, Griffiths, Dreyer, Bloch	22½
44	Mexico	Campos López, Acevedo, Winter Gallegos, Mondragón, Rizo, Terrazas	21
45	Lebanon	Sursock, Tarazi, Loheac-Ammoun, Salameh, Bedros, Galeb	17
46	Luxembourg	Feller, Stull, Philippe, Schammo, Weber, Milbers	15½
47	Japan	Miyasaki, Matsumoto, Higashi, Hoshino I., Nonaka, Arita	15
48	Dominican Republic	Belliard Alonzo, Malagón, Yabra, Andujar, Gonzáles, Belliard	13½

Final E

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
49	New Zealand	Sarapu, Wade, Anderson, Evans C. A., Kerr, Green	36
50	Rhodesia	Donnely, Hope, Fox, Lampitt, Bennett, Levy	28	17
51	Turkey	İbrahimoğlu, Bilyap, Uzman, Nutku, Öztürk, Günsav	28	16
52	Malta	Camilleri, Gouder, Saliba, Sollars, Cilia Vincenti, Pace Floridia	27½
53	Hong Kong	Krstic, Kazanski, Hasan, Krouk, Fung Yee Wang, Hasan	26
54	Morocco	Kaderi, Belarbi, Marachi, Bouadid, Kattani, Bendriss	25
55	Faroe Islands	Petersen, Olsen, Midjord, Thomsen, Vilhelm, Durhuus	19
56	Andorra	Ulvestad, Clua Ballague, Calderó, Sanz, Pantebre Martínez, Grimpera	18
57	Cyprus	Avgousti, Kleopas, Constantinou, Georgiades G., Hadjittofis, Lantsias	16
58	British Virgin Islands	Hook, Hoyt, Abraham, Potter, Scherman, Edwards	15
59	Guernsey	Withers, Palmer, Jones, Lainé, Naftel, Bisson	13
60	Monaco	Lorinczi Retek, Barriera, Dusclaux, Zapuzek, Scharf, Martelli R.	12½

Final «A»

• Matches played in semi-finals are italicized.

№	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		+	−	=	Points
1	Soviet Union	-	2	2	2½	2½	2½	2	2	3	2½	3½	3		7	0	4	27½
2	Hungary	2	-	1½	2½	2	2½	2½	2½	3	2½	3	2½		8	1	2	26½
3	Yugoslavia	2	2½	-	2	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	2½	2½	2½		8	0	3	26
4	United States	1½	1½	2	-	2	2½	3½	3	1½	2½	2	2½		5	3	3	24½
5	Czechoslovakia	1½	2	2	2	-	2½	1	2	2	2	3½	3		3	2	6	23½
6	West Germany	1½	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	2	2½	2	3	2½	2½		4	5	2	22
7	Bulgaria	2	1½	1½	½	3	2	-	2½	2	1½	2	3		3	4	4	21½
8	Argentina	2	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1½	-	2½	2½	2½	3		4	5	2	21½
9	East Germany	1	1	1½	2½	2	2	2	1½	-	2	2	1½		1	5	5	19
10	Romania	1½	1½	1½	1½	2	1	2½	1½	2	-	1½	2		1	7	3	18½
11	Canada	½	1	1½	2	½	1½	2	1½	2	2½	-	2½		2	6	3	17½
12	Spain	1	1½	1½	1½	1	1½	1	1	2½	2	1½	-		1	9	1	16

Final «B»

• Matches played in semi-finals are italicized.

№	Country	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24		+	−	=	Points
13	Israel	-	2½	2½	3	3	3	2	2½	2	2	1½	3		7	1	3	27
14	Poland	1½	-	3	3½	1½	2	3½	0	2	2½	3	2½		6	3	2	25
15	Australia	1½	1	-	2½	3½	1	1½	1½	3	3½	2½	3		6	5	0	24½
16	Mongolia	1	½	1½	-	2½	2	3	3	3	2	2½	2½		6	3	2	23½
17	Sweden	1	2½	½	1½	-	2½	2	3	2	3½	2½	2		5	3	3	23
18	Netherlands	1	2	3	2	1½	-	2½	2	2½	2½	2	2		4	2	5	23
19	Denmark	2	½	2½	1	2	1½	-	3	3	½	2½	3½		5	4	2	22
20	Finland	1½	4	2½	1	1	2	1	-	1½	2½	3	1½		4	6	1	21½
21	Cuba	2	2	1	1	2	1½	1	2½	-	3	2	2		2	4	5	20
22	Austria	2	1½	½	2	½	1½	3½	1½	1	-	2	3½		2	6	3	19½
23	Colombia	2½	1	1½	1½	1½	2	1½	1	2	2	-	1½		1	7	3	18
24	Indonesia	1	1½	1	1½	2	2	½	2½	2	½	2½	-		2	6	3	17

Final «C»

• Matches played in semi-finals are italicized.

№	Country	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36		+	−	=	Points
25	England	-	3	3	1½	2	2½	2½	2	4	3½	3	3		8	1	2	30
26	Philippines	1	-	2	1½	1	2½	3½	2½	4	3	3	3½		7	3	1	27½
27	Iceland	1	2'	-	3	3	2½	2	3	1½	3½	2½	2		6	2	3	26
28	Brazil	2½	2½	1	-	2½	2	2½	2	2	3	3	2½		7	1	3	25½
29	Norway	2	3	1	1½	-	1	3	2½	2½	2	2	3½		5	3	3	24
30	Italy	1½	1½	1½	2	3	-	2	2	1½	2	2½	3		3	4	4	22½
31	Greece	1½	½	2	1½	1	2	-	2	2	3	3	2		2	4	5	20½
32	Iran	2	1½	1	2	1½	2	2	-	2½	1½	1	2		1	5	5	19
33	Belgium	0	0	2½	2	1½	2½	2	1½	-	2	2½	2		3	4	4	18½
34	Scotland	½	1	½	1	2	2	1	2½	2	-	3	3		3	5	3	18½
35	Tunisia	1	1	1½	1	2	1½	1	3	1½	1	-	3		2	8	1	17½
36	Puerto Rico	1	½	2	1½	½	1	2	2	2	1	1	-		0	7	4	14½

Final «D»

• Matches played in semi-finals are italicized.

№	Country	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48		+	−	=	Points
37	Switzerland	-	2½	1½	2	3	2	3	3½	3	2½	3	3½		8	1	2	29½
38	Albania	1½	-	2	2	2½	3	0	3	3	3½	4	3½		7	2	2	28
39	Peru	2½	2	-	2½	2½	2	2	3	3	2½	3½	2		7	0	4	27½
40	Singapore	2	2	1½	-	2	2	2½	3½	3	2	2½	3½		5	1	5	26½
41	Portugal	1	1½	1½	2	-	3	2	1	2	3	4	3½		4	4	3	24½
42	Ireland	2	1	2	2	1	-	3½	2½	3	2	2	2½		4	2	5	23½
43	South Africa	1	4	2	1½	2	½	-	1	3	3	1½	3		4	5	2	22½
44	Mexico	½	1	1	½	3	1½	3	-	1½	3	2	4		4	6	1	21
45	Lebanon	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2½	-	1½	3	2		2	7	2	17
46	Luxembourg	1½	½	1½	2	1	2	1	1	2½	-	1½	1		1	8	2	15½
47	Japan	1	0	½	1½	0	2	2½	2	1	2½	-	2		2	6	3	15
48	Dominican Republic	½	½	2	½	½	1½	1	0	2	3	2	-		1	7	3	13½

Final «E»

• Matches played in semi-finals are italicized.

№	Country	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60		+	−	=	Points
49	New Zealand	-	4	3½	3	2	2	4	3½	3	3½	4	3½		9	0	2	36
50	Rhodesia	0	-	2	1	2½	2½	3½	3½	3½	4	2½	3½		8	2	1	28
51	Turkey	½	2	-	1½	3	2½	4	3½	2	3	3	3		7	2	2	28
52	Malta	1	3	2½	-	2	2	2	3	2½	3½	3	3		7	1	3	27½
53	Hong Kong	2	1½	1	2	-	3	3	2	2½	3	3	3		6	2	3	26
54	Morocco	2	1½	1½	2	1	-	1	2½	3½	3	3½	3½		5	4	2	25
55	Faroe Islands	0	½	0	2	1	3	-	1	2	2	3½	4		3	5	3	19
56	Andorra	½	½	½	1	2	1½	3	-	3	2½	1½	2		3	6	2	18
57	Cyprus	1	½	2	1½	1½	½	2	1	-	3	1½	1½		1	8	2	16
58	British Virgin Islands	½	0	1	½	1	1	2	1½	1	-	3½	3		2	8	1	15
59	Guernsey	0	1½	1	1	1	½	½	2½	2½	½	-	2		2	8	1	13
60	Monaco	½	1	1	1	1	½	0	2	2½	1	2	-		1	8	2	12½

Individual medals

• Board 1: Boris Spassky 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
• Board 2: Borislav Ivkov 10 / 13 = 76.9%
• Board 3: William Hartston 12½ / 16 = 78.1%
• Board 4: Aleksandar Matanović 10 / 12 = 83.3%
• 1st reserve: William Lombardy 11 / 14 = 78.6%
• 2nd reserve: Samuel Estimo 8 / 10 = 80.0%

Best game

The 'Best Game' prize went to Lothar Schmid (West Germany) - Anton Kinzel (Austria) from the preliminaries.

References

• Siegen Chess Olympiad by Raymond Keene and David Levy - pub. Chess Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, England, 1970
• The Sunday Times - October 25, 1970; comments from England team captain C. H. O'D. Alexander.
• Olimpbase report, list of interesting games with viewer, individual prize winners etc.