Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Chess Olympiad 1931,Prague, Czechoslovakia.


The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (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 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague,Czechoslovakia.
The final results were as follows:

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[edit]Final

#↓Country↓Players↓Points↓
1 United StatesKashdanMarshallDakeHorowitzSteiner H.48
2 PolandRubinsteinTartakowerPrzepiórkaMakarczykFrydman47
3 CzechoslovakiaFlohrGilgRejfířOpočenskýSkalička46½
4Kingdom of Yugoslavia YugoslaviaVidmarAsztalosKostićPircKönig46
5 GermanyBogoljubowAhuesWagnerRichterHelling45½
6 LatviaMatisonsApšenieksPetrovsFeiginsHasenfuss45½
7 SwedenStåhlbergStoltzBerndtssonLundin45½
8 AustriaGrünfeldSpielmannKmochBeckerLokvenc45
9 EnglandSultan KhanYatesThomasWinterWahltuch44
10 HungarySteiner E.Steiner L.VajdaHavasiSterk39½
11 NetherlandsWeeninkNoteboomVan den Bosch, Addicks, Van Doesburgh35
12 SwitzerlandJohner H.NaegeliZimmermannRivierMichel34
13 LithuaniaMikėnas, Šembergas, VistaneckisAbramavičiusLuckis30½
14 FranceAlekhineGromerKahnBetbederDuchamp29½
15 RomaniaErdélyiBaloghBaratzGudju, Wechsler28
16 ItalyRosselli del TurcoMonticelliRomi, Hellmann24
17 DenmarkAndersen, Cruusberg, Ruben, Lie, Larsen19½
18 NorwayChristoffersen, Hansen, Halvorsen, Hovind, Gulbrandsen15½
19 SpainGolmayo, Vilardebo, Soler, Marin y Llovet, Sanz Aguado15½

[edit]Women's World Chess Championship

The third Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[2][3][4]
#↓Player↓Points↓
1 Vera Menchik (Czechoslovakia)8
2 Paula Wolf-Kalmar (Austria)4
3 Agnes Stevenson (England)
4 Katarina Beskow (Sweden)
5 W. Henschel (Germany)2

[edit]Notes

  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. ^ Gawlikowski, Stanisław (1978). Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974, Warszawa: Wyd. Sport i Turystyka.
  3. ^ I campionati del mondo femminile (The World Chess Championship for Women)
  4. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino (Women's World Championship) Buenos Aires 1939

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