1st unofficial Chess Olympiad

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The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the Games of the 8th Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20th July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. 54 players representing 18 countries arrived to Paris. They were decided to be split into 9 preliminary groups of 6, a winner of each qualifying into the Championship Final while the rest joined 8-round Swiss consolation tournament. The winner of the individual tournament earned the title of the Amateur World Champion. Mrs. Edith Holloway for Great Britain was the first woman to have appeared at the Olympiads. [1] [2]

The final results were as follows:

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[edit] Amateur World Championship

# Player Points Buch
1 Flag of Latvia Hermanis Matisons (Latvia) 5.5
2 Flag of Latvia Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia) 5.0
3 Flag of Belgium Edgard Colle (Belgium) 4.5
4 Flag of Hungary Árpád Vajda (Hungary) 4 16.75
5 Flag of the Netherlands Machgielis Euwe (Netherlands) 4 15.75
6 Flag of Finland Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland) 4 14.75
7 Flag of Argentina Luis Argentino Palau (Argentina) 3.5
8 Flag of Spain Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente (Spain) 3
9 Flag of Hungary Kornél Havasi (Hungary) 2.5

[edit] Consolation Cup

# Player Σ Points Qual. Final
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Karel Hromádka (Czechoslovakia) 9.5 3 6.5
2 Flag of Czechoslovakia Jan Schulz (Czechoslovakia) 9 4 5
3 Flag of Switzerland Erwin Voellmy (Switzerland) 8.5 3.5 5
4 Flag of Latvia Karl Behting (Latvia) 8 2 6
Flag of France Georges Renaud (France) 8 3 5
Flag of Argentina Roberto Grau (Argentina) 8 3.5 4.5
Flag of Belgium George Koltanowski (Belgium) 8 3.5 4.5
8 Flag of Italy Giovanni Cenni (Italy) 7.5 1.5 6
Flag of Hungary Endre Steiner (Hungary) 7.5 2 5.5
Flag of Switzerland Otto Zimmermann (Switzerland) 7.5 2.5 5
Flag of Poland Dawid Daniuszewski (Poland) 7.5 2.5 5
Flag of Hungary Károly Sterk (Hungary) 7.5 3 4.5
Flag of Argentina Damián Reca (Argentina) 7.5 3.5 4
14-45 etc.

[edit] Individual medals

# Player Achievement
1 Flag of Latvia Hermanis Matisons (Latvia) Championship Final Winner
2 Flag of Latvia Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia) Championship Final 2nd place
Flag of Belgium Edgard Colle (Belgium) Championship Final 3rd place
3 Flag of Hungary Árpád Vajda (Hungary) Championship Final Participant
Flag of the Netherlands Machgielis Euwe (Netherlands) Championship Final Participant
Flag of Finland Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland) Championship Final Participant
Flag of Argentina Luis Argentino Palau (Argentina) Championship Final Participant
Flag of Spain Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente (Spain) Championship Final Participant
Flag of Hungary Kornél Havasi (Hungary) Championship Final Participant
Flag of Czechoslovakia Karel Hromádka (Czechoslovakia) Consolation Cup Winner

[edit] Team Classification

# Team Points Players
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 31 Hromádka 9½, Schulz 9, Vaněk 6½, Skalička 6
2 Flag of Hungary Hungary 30 Vajda 8, Sterk 7½, Steiner E. 7½, Havasi 7
3 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 29 Voellmy 8½, Zimmermann 7½, Johner 6½, Naegeli
4 Flag of Latvia Latvia 27.5 Apšenieks 10, Matisons 9½, Behting 8
Flag of Argentina Argentina 27.5 Grau 8, Reca 7½, Palau 7, Fernández Coria 5
6 Flag of Italy Italy 26.5 Cenni 7½, Rosselli del Turco 7, Romih 6½, Miliani 5½
7 Flag of France France 25.5 Renaud 8, Lazard 6½, Duchamp 6, Gibaud 5
Flag of Poland Poland 25.5 Daniuszewski 7½, Piltz 6, Kohn 6, Kleczyński 6
9 Flag of Belgium Belgium 24 Colle 8½, Koltanowski 8, Lancel 5, Jonet 2½
10 Flag of Spain Spain 19 Golmayo Torriente 7, Marin y Llovet 6, Rey Ardid 6
11 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 18.5 Euwe 8, Oskam 6, Rueb
12 Flag of Romania Romania 18 Davidescu 7, Gudju 6, Loewenton 5
13 Flag of Finland Finland 15 Tschepurnoff 9, Malmberg 6
14 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 12.5 Handasyde 6, Wreford 3½ Holloway 3
15 Flag of Ireland Ireland 5.5 O'Hanlon
16 Flag of Canada Canada 5 Smith 5
17 Flag of Russia Russia 4.5 Potemkine 3, Kahn
18 Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Serbs
Croats and Slovenes
2.5 Rozić 2½

[edit] FIDE

On July 20th, the last day of the games, 15 delegates from all over the World signed the proclamation act of the International Chess Federation (originally known as Fédération Internationale des Échecs in French) and elected Dr. Alexander Rueb of Holland the first FIDE president.

Latin motto Gens una sumus ("we are one family") became official and well-recognized watchword of the chess unity. Below is the historic list of 15 founders of FIDE: Abonyi (Hungary), Grau (Argentina), Gudju (Romania), Marusi (Italy), Nicolet (Switzerland), Ovadija (Yugoslavia), Penalver y Zamora (Spain), Rawlins (Great Britain), Rueb (Netherlands), Skalička (Czechoslovakia), Smith (Canada), Towbin (Poland), Tschepurnoff (Finland), Vincent (France), Weltjens (Belgium).

[edit] References

  1. ^ OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information
  2. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978

[edit] See also

2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)