16th Chess Olympiad
# Country Points
15 East Germany 38½
16 Sweden 32
17 Denmark 31½
18 England 31
19 Peru 27½
20 Austria 27½
21 Cuba 26
22 Norway 25½
23 Mongolia 25½
24 Chile 24
25 Philippines 22½
26 Ecuador 18
27 Paraguay 17½
28 Scotland 17
The 16th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Petrosian, lived up to expectations and won their seventh consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and West Germany taking the silver and bronze, respectively.