1st Esperantist Olympiad: Kalocsa 1983

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Basic data

1st Esperantist Olympiad
Date: 20th - 29th July 1983
City: Kalocsa, Hungary
Head Organizer: Mr. József Németh (HUN)
Teams participating: 12 (incl. some reserve teams) in men's competition
8 (incl. some reserve teams) in men's competition
Players participating: 48 (incl. some IMs and FMs) in men's competition
Games played: 264 (men)
56 (women)
System of play: Four board round robin (men)
Two board round robin (women)
Tie-breaks: Game points
Time control: N/A
Official logo: Tournament logo
Related Web sites: Debrecena Bulteno no. 13 [HU]
Downloadable game file: 83esperanto.zip (only one game available!)

Final standings - men

no. team code ∑ players
1. Czechoslovakia "A" CSR 35 IM E.Prandstetter, IM L.Neckář, FM B.Modr
2. Hungary "A" HUN 32½ S.Balogh 5, J.Ruppáner 9½, S.Szilágyi 8½, D.Solt and I.Szántó 9½
3. Poland "A" POL 32½ G.Chrapkowski 8½, E.Turczynowicz 6½, T.Maszkowski 6½, K.Lewandowski 11
4. Malta MLT 28½ J.Lauri, C.Sollars, G.Borg
5. Poland "B" POL2 23½ G.Ograbek, J.Gębala, Cz.Figiel, C.Pelc
6. ESLI-Paco ESLI 22
7. United States USA 21
8. Hungary "B" HUN2 20
? France FRA
? Czechoslovakia "B" CSR2
? Romania ROM
? Belgium BEL


Final standings - women

no. team code ∑ players
1. Hungary "A" HUN 11 J.Kurucsai, M.Kurucsai
2. Czechoslovakia CSR 10½
3. Poland POL 10½ H.Zboroń 5½, L.Turczynowicz 5
4. Hungary "C" HUN3 7½
... a total of 8 teams participated


Best board results - men

bd name code pts gms %
1.= IM Prandstetter, Eduard CSR 8½ 11 77.3
1.= Chrapkowski, Grzegorz POL 8½ 11 77.3
2. Borg, Geoffrey MLT 9½ 11 86.3
3. FM Modr, Břetislav CSR 10 11 90.9
4. Lewandowski, Krzysztof POL 11 11 100

Tournament review

Commemorative plaqueThe International Esperanto Chess League (originally known as Esperanta Ŝak-Ligo Internacia) organised the very first Esperantist Olympiad in the Hungarian city Kalocsa, 20th - 29th July 1983 celebrating 70th anniversary of Esperanto activity in the city. There were players from 9 countries: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Malta, Poland, Romania, USA, Hungary and the Soviet Union. There were separate groups for men and women. There was even a commemorative plaque installed in memory of this event (see photo).

Tournament logoMen's Czechoslovak team were clear favourites boarding three titled players but Poland took surprise lead after three rounds. Czechoslovakia moved to the nose then finishing in well deserved first. Hungary beat Poland 2½-1½ in the direct clash for silver. Hungary won women's competition (no titled players, but a few masters) ahead of Czechoslovakia who tied on points with Poland but took silver medals by virtue of direct match result (2-0).

Available games


The only available game
Szilágyi, Sándor (HUN) - Maszkowski, Tadeusz (POL) 1 - 0