Chess Olympiad 1950, Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

The 9th 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 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (present dayCroatia).

The final results were as follows:

[edit]Final

#	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

The prizes for best individual results went to Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) and Wolfgang Unzicker (West Germany), Julio Bolbochán (Argentina),Petar Trifunović (Yugoslavia), Braslav Rabar (Yugoslavia), Herman Pilnik (Argentina), and Larry Evans (USA), from board 1 to 6 respectively.^[2]

• ==See also==
• 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)
• 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
• 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)