Chess Olympiad London 1927

The 1st 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 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad.

The final results were as follows:

Contents  [hide] 1 Final 2 Individual medals 3 References 4 See also

[edit]Final

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Hungary	Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.	40
2	Denmark	Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben	38½
3	England	Atkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer	36½
4	Netherlands	Euwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout	35
5	Czechoslovakia	Réti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš	34½
6	Germany	Tarrasch, Mieses, Carls, Wagner	34
7	Austria	Grünfeld, Lokvenc, Kmoch, Wolf, Gruber	34
8	Switzerland	Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Grob, Michel	32
9	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Kostić, Vuković V., Asztalos, Kalabar	30
10	Italy	Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romih, Sacconi	28½
11	Sweden	Nilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz	28
12	Argentina	Grau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau	27
13	France	Chéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder	24½
14	Finland	Tschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho	21½
15	Belgium	Koltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M.	21½
16	Spain	Golmayo, Marin y Llovet, Vilardebo, Soler	14½

[edit]Individual medals

No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.^[2]

• Gold medal won George Alan Thomas (England), scoring 12/15 (80.0%) and
• Gold medal won Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark), scoring 12/15 (80.0%);
• Bronze medal won Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia), scoring 11½/15 (76.7%);
• Fourth place - Géza Maróczy (Hungary), scoring 9/12 (75.0%);
• fifth place - Ernst Grünfeld (Austria), scoring 9½/13 (73.1%);
• Six place - Max Euwe (Netherlands), scoring 10½/15 (70.0%).