7th Chess Olympiad

The 7th 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 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The final results were as follows:

[edit] Final

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz	54.5
2	Hungary	Lilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda	48.5
3	Poland	Tartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński	47
4	Argentina	Piazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci	47
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta	45
6	Netherlands	Euwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot	44
7	Estonia	Keres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann	41.5
8	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius	41.5
9	Yugoslavia	Pirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder	40
10	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson	38.5
11	Latvia	Petrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelins	37.5
12	Finland	Gauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen	34
13	England	Thomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft	34
14	Italy	Castaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco	26.5
15	Denmark	Enevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen	25.5
16	Iceland	Gilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson	23
17	Belgium	Dunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse	22.5
18	Norway	Herseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen	19.5
19	Scotland	Aitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie	14

The prizes for best individual results went to Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), Reuben Fine (USA), Isaac Kashdan (USA), Gösta Danielsson (Sweden) and Al Horowitz (USA), from board 1 to 5 respectively.^[2]

The 6th Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:^[3], ^[4], ^[5], ^[6]

#	Player	Points
1	Vera Menchik (Czechoslovakia)	14
2	Clarice Benini (Italy)	10
3-4	Milda Lauberte (Latvia)	9
	Sonja Graf (Germany)	9
5	Mary Bain (United States)	8.5
6-7	Mona May Karff (Palestine)	8
	Nelly Fišerova (Czechoslovakia)	8
8-9	Ingeborg Andersson (Sweden)	7.5
	Mary Gilchrist (Scotland)	7.5
10-16	Róża Herman (Poland)	7
	Catharina Roodzant (Netherlands)	7
	E. St. John (England)	7
	Anna Andersson (Sweden)	7
	Regina Gerlecka (Poland)	7
	Clara Faragó (Hungary)	7
	Edith Holloway (England)	7
17-20	Barbara Fleröw-Bułhak (Poland)	6.5
	Gisela Harum (Austria)	6.5
	Salome Reischer (Austria)	6.5
	Olga Menchik (Czechoslovakia)	6.5
21-22	F. Thomson (Scotland)	6
	Ingrid Larsen (Denmark)	6
23	Katarina Beskow (Sweden)	5.5
24	A.M.S. O'Shannon (Ireland)	5
25	Ruth Bloch Nakkerud (Norway)	2
26	Elisabeth Mellbye (Norway)	1

^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
^ OlimpBase :: 7th Chess Olympiad, Stockholm 1937, information
^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
^ ultim8games.com
^ femminile
^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Varsovia 1935

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