9th Chess Olympiad
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The 9th 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 August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (present day Croatia).
The final results were as follows:
[edit] Final
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# Country Players Points 1 Yugoslavia Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar jr, Puc 45.5 2 Argentina Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik 43.5 3 West Germany Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte 40.5 4 United States Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans 40 5 Netherlands Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner 37 6 Belgium O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor 32 7 Austria Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert 31.5 8 Chile Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni 30.5 9 France Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux 28.5 10 Finland Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo 28 11 Sweden Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg 27.5 12 Italy Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera 25 13 Denmark Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen 22 14 Peru Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis 21.5 15 Norway Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl 15 16 Greece Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos 12
The prizes for best individual results went to Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) and Wolfgang Unzicker (West Germany), Julio Bolbochán (Argentina), Petar Trifunović (Yugoslavia), Braslav Rabar (Yugoslavia), Herman Pilnik (Argentina), and Larry Evans (USA), from board 1 to 6 respectively.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ^ 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950 at olimpbase.org
[edit] See also
1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)
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