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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 28th Chess Olympiad China competed at the 28th Chess Olympiad, which took place between 12 November and 30 November 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece. This was the sixth Chess Olympiad the men's team competed in (the first being in 1978). The women's team made their fifth Olympiad appearance.

Summary

 * The Chinese men's team finished in 8th place.
 * No medals were won.
 * In the 2nd round, China managed to hold to a draw with the United States. A notable game in this match was Xu Jun's marathon 191-move draw with Yasser Seirawan of the US.
 * In the 3rd round, China upset the one of the favorites Yugoslavia 3-1, a match which featured no draws. A notable game in this match was Ye Rongguang of China while playing black in a King's Indian annihilating Predrag Nikolić in under 30 moves.
 * In the penultimate round, China got destroyed by Hungary 1-3.

Medals
None.

Summary

 * The Chinese women's team finished in 4th place.
 * One gold individual medal for Board Prize was won by Peng Zhaoqin for third board.

Medals
Third board


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