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

# Country Players Points
1 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar jr, Puc 45.5
2 Flag of Argentina Argentina Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik 43.5
3 Flag of West Germany West Germany Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte 40.5
4 Flag of the United States United States Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans 40
5 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner 37
6 Flag of Belgium Belgium O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor 32
7 Flag of Austria Austria Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert 31.5
8 Flag of Chile Chile Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni 30.5
9 Flag of France France Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux 28.5
10 Flag of Finland Finland Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo 28
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg 27.5
12 Flag of Italy Italy Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera 25
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen 22
14 Flag of Peru Peru Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis 21.5
15 Flag of Norway Norway Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl 15
16 Flag of Greece 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

  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. ^ 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)