1st Chess Olympiad

The 1st 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 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad.

The final results were as follows:

Contents

Final

# Country Players Points
1  Hungary Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E. 40
2  Denmark Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben 38½
3  England Atkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer 36½
4  Netherlands Euwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout 35
5  Czechoslovakia Réti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš 34½
6  Germany Tarrasch, Mieses, Carls, Wagner 34
7  Austria Grünfeld, Lokvenc, Kmoch, Wolf, Gruber 34
8  Switzerland Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Grob, Michel 32
9 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kostić, Vuković V., Asztalos, Kalabar 30
10  Italy Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romih, Sacconi 28½
11  Sweden Nilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz 28
12  Argentina Grau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau 27
13  France Chéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder 24½
14  Finland Tschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho 21½
15  Belgium Koltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M. 21½
16  Spain Golmayo, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebo, Soler 14½

Individual medals

No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]

References

  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information

See also