| 7th World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: San Juan 1987 |
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| 7th World Youth U26 Team Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 6th - 22nd July 1987 |
| City: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Teams participating: | 11 |
| Players participating: | N/A |
| Games played: | 220 |
| Competition format: | Four board round robin |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Other documents: | Dutch participation in WC 1987 (.doc file) |
| Downloadable game file: | 87wtch-u26.zip (only 11 games are available!) |
| no. | team | code | flag | ∑ | players; |
| 1. | Netherlands | NED | |
31 | Rini Kuijf 7/8, Rudy Douven 6½/9, Frans Cuijpers 7/8, Friso Nijboer 6½/8, Fitzgerald Krudde 4/7 |
| 2. | Argentina | ARG | |
30½ | FM Hoffman 6/9, FM Slipak 6½/8, Schwanek 4/7, IM Garbarino 7½/9, Contín 6½/7 |
| 3. | Colombia | COL | |
29½ | |
| 4. | Paraguay | PAR | |
27 | |
| 5. | Mexico | MEX | |
24 | |
| 6. | Costa Rica | CRC | |
19 | Eugenio Chinchilla, Francis Maynard, Manuel Murillo (6½/9), Carlos Granados, Marco Antonio Zumbado |
| 7. | Honduras | HON | |
14½ | |
| 8. | Puerto Rico | PUR | |
14 | |
| 9. | Venezuela | VEN | |
12 | |
| 10. | Barbados | BAR | |
11½ | |
| 11. | Ecuador | ECU | |
7 |
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Two Championships took place in Puerto Rico year by year. As in 1986 only 11 teams took part. There were 10 Latin American teams and one European side (Holland with two IMs at top boards). The Netherlands, Argentina and surprise Colombia vied for a win which went to the Dutch. Contín of Argentina achieved best individual result scoring 6½/7. |