Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tuni a cikin 1978 an yi zaton za ta kasance a cikin ƙungiyar matan Soviet da ke wasa a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 23
a birnin Buenos Aires. Koyaya, ƙungiyar gabaɗaya ta ƙunshi 'yan wasan Georgia, kuma jami'an Soviet sun maye gurbin Ioseliani - ƙarami - don ɗan wasan da aka haifa a Rasha. Ioseliani ya kasance a cikin tawagar Soviet a lokacin wasannin Olympics na 24 da 25. Daga baya ta shiga tawagar Georgia a gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 30 kuma a cikin 31 da 32. Tawagarta ta lashe zinare sau biyar. Ta kuma halarci wasannin Olympiad uku masu zuwa; Georgia ta ƙare a matsayi na 3, na 2 da na 4. Sakamakonta na mutum ya kasance maki 65 daga wasanni 88 (+ 49, = 32, -7).