1st Chess Olympiad

Players and spectators at the Westminster Central Hall.

Competing countries (in green) of the 1st Chess Olympiad.

The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 18 and 30 July 1927 in London, United Kingdom. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Hungary	Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.	40
2	Denmark	Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben	381⁄2
3	Great Britain	Atkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer	361⁄2
4	Netherlands	Euwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout	35
5	Czechoslovakia	Réti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš	341⁄2
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	281⁄2
11	Sweden	Nilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz	28
12	Argentina	Grau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau	27
13	France	Chéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder	241⁄2
14	Finland	Tschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho	211⁄2
15	Belgium	Koltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M.	211⁄2
16	Spain	Golmayo, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebo, Soler	141⁄2

Individual medals

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

#	Player	Points	Percentage
1	George Alan Thomas (England)	12/15	80%
1	Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark)	12/15	80%
3	Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)	111⁄2/15	76.7%
4	Géza Maróczy (Hungary)	9/12	75%
5	Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)	91⁄2/13	73.1%
6	Max Euwe (Netherlands)	101⁄2/15	70%

References

• 1st Chess Olympiad: London 1927 OlimpBase

Chess Olympiad London 1927 http://chess.comrel.pl/2012/06/wywiad-z-autorem.html

See also

• 2nd Chess Olympiad (The Hague 1928)