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**antichrist** · 08-20-2011, 02:55 PM

Just before the beginning of the 1966 Havana chess Olympiad, Tal was hit in the head with a bottle in a bar and was beaten up because he was flirting with some husband's wife. Tal was taken to the hospital and missed the first 5 rounds. Cuba spent $5 million to host this Olympiad. Fidel Castro played several exhibition games during the event.

**antichrist** · 08-20-2011, 02:56 PM

n 1937, the USA (Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz) won its 4th consecutive gold medal at Stockholm. They also won three gold medals for individual result (Fine on 2nd Board, Kashdan on 3rd Board, and Horowitz on Reserve Board). During one round, Dutch player Salo Landau fell asleep after making his 11th move against Belgian player Arthur Dunkelblum. A few minutes later, Dunkelblum shook Landau’s arm to wake him up and offered a draw, which Landau accepted immediately

**antichrist** · 08-20-2011, 02:58 PM

At the 1978 chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires, a member of a Middle East team tried to buy one of the girls working at the site for $1 million. The offer was not taken up. Grandmaster Hans Ree broke his leg at the event after someone told him a joke and he laughed so hard he fell out of bed and broke a bone. The Hungarians won the gold medal, ahead of the Soviets, who took the silver medal. This was the first time the Soviet team did not take the gold medal when participating in an Olympiad. USA took the bronze medal. This Olympiad almost didn’t happen. Argentina almost went to war with Chile (a dispute over the Beagle Islands in Antactica) and the chief organizer of the event, Rodolfo Zanlungo, was kidnapped and was being held under the threat of death should the Olympiad be held.

08-20-2011, 02:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	chess trivia Just before the beginning of the 1966 Havana chess Olympiad, Tal was hit in the head with a bottle in a bar and was beaten up because he was flirting with some husband's wife. Tal was taken to the hospital and missed the first 5 rounds. Cuba spent $5 million to host this Olympiad. Fidel Castro played several exhibition games during the event.

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08-20-2011, 02:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	n 1937, the USA (Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz) won its 4th consecutive gold medal at Stockholm. They also won three gold medals for individual result (Fine on 2nd Board, Kashdan on 3rd Board, and Horowitz on Reserve Board). During one round, Dutch player Salo Landau fell asleep after making his 11th move against Belgian player Arthur Dunkelblum. A few minutes later, Dunkelblum shook Landau’s arm to wake him up and offered a draw, which Landau accepted immediately

08-20-2011, 02:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	At the 1978 chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires, a member of a Middle East team tried to buy one of the girls working at the site for $1 million. The offer was not taken up. Grandmaster Hans Ree broke his leg at the event after someone told him a joke and he laughed so hard he fell out of bed and broke a bone. The Hungarians won the gold medal, ahead of the Soviets, who took the silver medal. This was the first time the Soviet team did not take the gold medal when participating in an Olympiad. USA took the bronze medal. This Olympiad almost didn’t happen. Argentina almost went to war with Chile (a dispute over the Beagle Islands in Antactica) and the chief organizer of the event, Rodolfo Zanlungo, was kidnapped and was being held under the threat of death should the Olympiad be held.