1st Chess Olympiad
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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 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 38½ 3 Great Britain
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, Vilardebó, Soler 14½
Individual medals
No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]
# Player Points Percentage 1 George Alan Thomas (England)
12/15 80% 1 Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark)
12/15 80% 3 Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)
11½/15 76.7% 4 Géza Maróczy (Hungary)
9/12 75% 5 Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)
9½/13 73.1% 6 Max Euwe (Netherlands)
10½/15 70%
References
- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ^ OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information
- 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)