Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Chess Olympiad 1930, Hamburg, Germany.


The 3rd 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 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany.
The final results were as follows:

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[edit]Final

#↓Country↓Players↓Points↓
1 PolandRubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman48½
2 HungaryMaróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.47
3 GermanyAhues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner44½
4 AustriaKmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf43½
5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný42½
6 United StatesKashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson41½
7 NetherlandsWeenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout41
8 EnglandSultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor40½
9 SwedenStåhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson40
10 LatviaApšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube35
11 DenmarkAndersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe31
12 FranceAlekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin28½
13 RomaniaBaratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju28½
14 LithuaniaMachtas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas22½
15 IcelandGilfer, Ásgeirsson, Þorvaldsson, Guðmundsson22
16 SpainMarin y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler21½
17 FinlandRasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm18
18 NorwayOlsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen16

[edit]Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]
  • Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
  • Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
  • Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

[edit]Women's World Chess Championship

The second Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[3][4][5]
#↓Player↓Points↓
1 Vera Menchik (Czechoslovakia)6½
2 Paula Wolf-Kalmar (Austria)5½
3 W. Henschel (Germany)4½
4 Katarina Beskow (Sweden)2
5 Agnes Stevenson (England)1½

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