Editing Chess Olympiad (section)

==Best individual results in the open section==
The best individual results in order of overall percentage are:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Rank<br /> !! Player !! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Country &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; !! Ol. !! Gms. !!class="unsortable" |&nbsp; + &nbsp;!! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; = &nbsp; !! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; – &nbsp; !!&nbsp;%&nbsp;!! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; Individual <br />medals !!&nbsp; Number of<br />ind. medals !! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; Team medals !!&nbsp; Number of<br />team medals
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Mikhail|Tal}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|8 || style="text-align:center"|101 || &nbsp;65 || &nbsp;34 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|81.2 || style="text-align:center"|5 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|7 || style="text-align:center"|8 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|8
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 6 || style="text-align:center"|68 || &nbsp;43 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|80.1 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Tigran|Petrosian}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|10|| style="text-align:center"|129 || &nbsp;78 || &nbsp;50 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|79.8 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|9 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|10
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;4 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Isaac|Kashdan}} || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||style="text-align:center"| 5 || style="text-align:center"|79 || &nbsp;52 || &nbsp;22 || &nbsp;&nbsp;5 || style="text-align:center"|79.7 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|5|| style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;5 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Vasily|Smyslov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 9 || style="text-align:center"|113 || &nbsp;69 || &nbsp;42 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|79.6 || style="text-align:center"|4 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|8|| style="text-align:center"|9 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|9
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6 || &nbsp;{{sortname|David|Bronstein}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|49 || &nbsp;30 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|79.6 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|4 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} (4)<br /> {{flag|Russia}} (4) ||style="text-align:center"| 8 || style="text-align:center"|82 || &nbsp;50 || &nbsp;29 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|78.7 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|6|| style="text-align:center"|8 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|8
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;8 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Alexander|Alekhine}} || {{flag|France}} ||style="text-align:center"| 5|| style="text-align:center"|72 || &nbsp;43 || &nbsp;27 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|78.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|0
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;9 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Milan|Matulović}} || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} ||style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|78 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;28 || &nbsp;&nbsp;4 || style="text-align:center"|76.9 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|10 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Paul|Keres}} || {{flag|Estonia}} (3)<br /> {{flag|Soviet Union}} (7) ||style="text-align:center"| 10|| style="text-align:center"|141 || &nbsp;85 || &nbsp;44 || &nbsp;12 || style="text-align:center"|75.9 || style="text-align:center"|5 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|7|| style="text-align:center"|7 – 0 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|8
|-
|11 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Efim|Geller}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 7|| style="text-align:center"|76 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || style="text-align:center"|75.7 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 3 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6|| style="text-align:center"|7 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|7
|-
|12= || &nbsp;{{sortname|Israel|Horowitz|Israel Albert Horowitz}} || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|51 || &nbsp;29 || &nbsp;19 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|75.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2|| style="text-align:center"|3 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|12= || &nbsp;{{sortname|James|Tarjan}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"|5|| style="text-align:center"|51 || &nbsp;32 || &nbsp;13 || &nbsp;&nbsp;6 || style="text-align:center"|75.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|1 – 0 – 3 || style="text-align:center"|4
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|14 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Bobby|Fischer}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|65 || &nbsp;40 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || style="text-align:center"|75.4 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
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|15 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Ian|Nepomniachtchi}} || {{flag|Russia}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|38 || &nbsp;20 || &nbsp;17 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|75.0 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|2
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|16 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Mikhail|Botvinnik}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|73 || &nbsp;39 || &nbsp;31 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|74.7 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6
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|17 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Amon|Simutowe}} || {{flag|Zambia}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|37 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;9 || &nbsp;&nbsp;5 || style="text-align:center"|74.3 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|1 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|0
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|18 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Sam|Shankland}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|35 || &nbsp;20 || &nbsp;12 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|74.3 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|1 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
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|19 || &nbsp;[[Yu Yangyi]] || {{flag|China}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|42 || &nbsp;22 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|73.8 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
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|20 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Salo|Flohr}} || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|82 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;28 || &nbsp;&nbsp;8 || style="text-align:center"|73.2 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|2
|}
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76052-0335, Schacholympiade, Tal (UdSSR) gegen Fischer (USA).jpg|right|thumb|170px|Fischer and Tal at the 1960 Olympiad]]
;Notes
* Only players participating in at least '''four Olympiads''' are included in this table.
* Medals indicated in the order gold - silver - bronze. The statistics of individual medals includes only medals which are awarding to the top three individual players on each board. The medals for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]] (awarded in 1984–2006) are not included into this statistics, but are listed separately below the table.
* [[Anatoly Karpov]] won another individual silver medal for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]]. In total he won 3 gold and 1 silver individual medals.
* [[Garry Kasparov]] played his first four Olympiads for the [[Soviet Union]], the rest for [[Russia]]. He won another four individual gold medals and one individual silver medal for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]]. In total he won 7 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze individual medals.
* [[Paul Keres]] played his first three Olympiads for [[Estonia]], the rest for the [[Soviet Union]].
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