9th Chess Olympiad

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four 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:

• 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%