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The 21st Chess Olympiad (French: La 21 e Olympiade d'échecs), organized by FIDE and comprising an open [1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France.
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
Gennady Kuzmin was a chess trainer in Ukraine and along with Yuri Kruppa, had helped rising star Kateryna Lahno become the world's youngest Woman Grandmaster. He was also a trainer to Ruslan Ponomariov when he became the youngest (FIDE) world champion in history, at 18 years and 104 days.
Eugene Torre participated in the 1969 (10th) and 1971 (11th) editions of the Junior World Chess Championship, an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). It was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry who organized the inaugural ...
Sevillano was a two-time participant in the Chess Olympiad for the Philippines: . At the 30th Chess Olympiad (1992) in Manila, Philippines where he manned the First Reserve Board as an IM (2345 ELO) and played impressively scoring 7.0/9 (+6 =2 -1) for a 77.8% winning rate and a high 2501 TPR and placed 6th overall among First Reserve Board players.
In 1976, at second reserve board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+4, =2, -1) and won team silver and individual bronze medals. Franciscus Kuijpers two played for Netherlands in the World Student Team Chess Championships (1961-1962) and in individual competition won gold (1962) medal. [ 2 ]
In 1974, at first reserve board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+5, =3, -1), In 1978, at first reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3, =5, -2), In 1980, at second reserve board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+1, =3, -1). Luben Spasov played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championships: [2]
In the 1970s Glenn Bordonada was one of the leading Filipino chess players. In 1975, in Melbourne he participated in the Asian Zonal Chess Tournament of the World Chess Championship. [1] Glenn Bordonada played for Philippines in the Chess Olympiads: [2] In 1974, at first reserve board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+6, =2, -5),