3rd Chess Olympiad

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The 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open[1] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany.

The final results were as follows:

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[edit] Final

# Country Players Points
1 Flag of Poland Poland Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman 48.5
2 Flag of Hungary Hungary Maróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E. 47
3 Flag of Germany Germany Ahues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner 44.5
4 Flag of Austria Austria Kmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf 43.5
5 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Flohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný 42.5
6 Flag of the United States United States Kashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson 41.5
7 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Weenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout 41
8 Flag of England England Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor 40.5
9 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ståhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson 40
10 Flag of Latvia Latvia Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube 35
11 Flag of Denmark Denmark Andersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe 31
12 Flag of France France Alekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin 28.5
13 Flag of Romania Romania Baratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju 28.5
14 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Machtas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas 22.5
15 Flag of Iceland Iceland Gilfer, Ásgeirsson, Þorvaldsson, Guðmundsson 22
16 Flag of Spain Spain Marin y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler 21.5
17 Flag of Finland Finland Rasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm 18
18 Flag of Norway Norway Olsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen 16

[edit] Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top 3 individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]

  • Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
  • Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
  • Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

[edit] Women's World Chess Championship

The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[3] [4] [5]

# Player Points
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Vera Menchik (Czechoslovakia) 6.5
2 Flag of Austria Paula Wolf-Kalmar (Austria) 5.5
3 Flag of Germany W. Henschel (Germany) 4.5
4 Flag of Sweden Katarina Beskow (Sweden) 2
5 Flag of England Agnes Stevenson (England) 1.5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information
  3. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
  4. ^ femminile
  5. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Buenos Aires 1939

[edit] See also

1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)