Chess Olympiad 1935 Warsaw, Poland

The 6th 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 August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland. The famous retired Polish master Dawid Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee.

The final results were as follows:

Contents  [hide] 1 Final 2 Women's World Chess Championship 3 References 4 See also

[edit]Final

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Fine, Marshall, Kupchik, Dake, Horowitz	54
2	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Danielsson, Larsson	52½
3	Poland	Tartakower, Frydman, Najdorf, Friedman, Makarczyk	52
4	Hungary	Steiner L., Lilienthal, Havasi, Szabó, Réthy	51
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Opočenský, Rejfíř, Treybal K., Pelikán	49
6	Yugoslavia	Vidmar, Pirc, Kostić, Trifunović, König	45½
7	Austria	Grünfeld, Spielmann, Eliskases, Müller, Podhorzer	43½
8	Argentina	Grau, Bolbochán Jac., Pleci, Maderna	42
9	Latvia	Petrovs, Apšenieks, Feigins, Hasenfuss, Krūmiņš	41
10	France	Alekhine, Betbeder, Muffang, Kahn, Raizman	38
11	Estonia	Keres, Friedemann, Laurine, Raud, Kibbermann	37½
12	United Kingdom	Winter, Thomas, Alexander, Atkins, Golombek	37
13	Finland	Böök, Rasmusson, Solin, Krogius, Salo	35
14	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Machtas, Vistaneckis, Vaitonis, Luckis	34
15	Palestine	Foerder, Enoch, Dobkin, Winz, Czerniak	32
16	Denmark	Andersen, Nielsen B., Enevoldsen, Nielsen J., Sørensen	31½
17	Romania	Silbermann, Ichim, Bródy, Erdélyi, Popa	27.5
18	Italy	Sacconi, Monticelli, Rosselli del Turco, Romi, Napolitano	24
19	Switzerland	Naegeli, Grob, Michel, Stähelin, Gygli	21
20	Ireland	Reilly, Creevey, O'Hanlon, Cranston, De Burca	12

The prizes for best individual results went to Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), Andor Lilienthal (Hungary), Erich Eliskases (Austria), Arthur Dake(USA) and Al Horowitz (USA), from board 1 to 5 respectively.^[2]

[edit]Women's World Chess Championship

The fifth Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:^[3][4][5][6]

#	Player	Points
1	Vera Menchik (Czechoslovakia)	9
2	Regina Gerlecka (Poland)	6½
3	Gisela Harum (Austria)	6
4	Olga Menchik (Czechoslovakia)	5½
5	H. Thierry (Denmark)	5
6	Edith Holloway (England)	3.5
7	Róża Herman (Poland)	3½
8	C. Skjönsberg (Norway)	3
9	Natalia Kowalska (Poland)	1½
10	A.M.S. O'Shannon (Ireland)	1½

[edit]References

1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
2. ^ OlimpBase :: 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935, information
3. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
4. ^ GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935
5. ^ femminile
6. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Varsovia 1935

• 6th Chess Olympiad: Warsaw 1935 OlimpBase

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