Medal of the 1966 Chess Olympiad
Curious fact
At the end of the event, a series of simultaneous displays totalling 6480 boards was held on the Revolution square
Havana, Cuba, hold the 17th Olympiad between October 23 and November 20, 1966. Fifty-two teams entered the competition. West Germany boycotted the event for political reasons, while the USA, just a couple of years after the Cuban crisis, did not hesitate to come. The Soviet team won the Championship for the eighth time, displaying effective form throughout and conceding only one drawn match. The U.S. team finished in second place thanks to Robert Fischer, who scored 15/17 on board one.
