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{|class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;text-align: left; font-size:100%" ! style="background:lavender" | China at the 23rd Chess Olympiad China competed at the 23rd Chess Olympiad, which took place between 25 October and 12 November 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the first Chess Olympiad China competed in. In this tournament only the men's team competed. The women's team made their inaugural appearance in the next Olympiad in 1980.

Summary

 * China finished in 20th place.
 * All the Chinese players were untitled.
 * China produced a major upset in the very first round when they crushed Iceland 3-1.
 * Qi defeated GM Sigurjónsson on board 1 in a convincing fashion.


 * In the round 8 in one of most memorable Olympic games Liu Wenzhe of China beat GM Jan Hein Donner in a game that marked China as becoming a rising power in chess history.

Medals
Fourth (reserve) board