9th Chess Olympiad

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament,^[1] as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). 84 players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc	45½
2	Argentina	Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik	43½
3	West Germany	Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte	40½
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	31½
8	Chile	Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni	30½
9	France	Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux	28½
10	Finland	Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo	28
11	Sweden	Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg	27½
12	Italy	Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera	25
13	Denmark	Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen	22
14	Peru	Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis	21½
15	Norway	Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl	15
16	Greece	Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos	12

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:^[2]

Board 1: Miguel Najdorf and Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6%
Board 2: Julio Bolbochán 11½ / 14 = 82.1%
Board 3: Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9%
Board 4: Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0%
1st reserve: Herman Pilnik 7½ / 10 = 75.0%
2nd reserve: Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%

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

Chess Olympiads

Open events	1927 1928 1930 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Unofficial	1924 1926 1936 1976

Women's	1957 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974

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