1st Chess Olympiad

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Players and spectators at the Westminster Central Hall
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Competing countries (in green) of the 1st Chess Olympiad

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 18 and 30 July, 1927 at the Westminster Central Hall, London, United Kingdom. It was officially known by its current name from 1952. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the time of the olympiad. [2]

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Teams & Players

16 participating teams constituting a total of 70 players participated in the event. All of the teams except Argentina were from Europe.

Each team had 4 players and some teams even had a reserve player. [2]

Rounds & Games

The event was played in a round robin format. 15 rounds were played throughout the 12-day span of the event, each played at 2:30. Four extra rounds were played on four days at 9:30.

480 games were played in the event between the players of different teams. The teams could choose in which order they would give the board number to the participants unlike today's system of board numbers given by player strength.

The players played in a classical time control of 90 minutes for 30 moves and then 30 minutes for every 10 moves after. [2]

Results

Team standings

#CountryPlayersPoints
1Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E. 40
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben 38½
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Atkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer 36½
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Euwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout 35
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Réti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš 34½
6Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany Tarrasch, Mieses, Carls, Wagner 34
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Grünfeld, Lokvenc, Kmoch, Wolf, Gruber 34
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Grob, Michel 32
9Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kostić, Vuković V., Asztalos, Kalabar 30
10Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romih, Sacconi 28½
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Nilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz 28
12Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Grau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau 27
13Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France Chéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder 24½
14Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho 21½
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Koltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M. 21½
16Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain Golmayo, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebó, Soler 14½

Team results

PlaceCountry12345678910111213141516+=Points
1Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary -1333433114040
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3-2123324102338½
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain -33223394236½
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21-322421273535
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1½1-1434105034½
6Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 12-2333394234
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12-33395134
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 11-22376232
9Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 03½212-332366330
10Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 122½-1233256428½
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ½03113-4369028
12Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina ½120-2358227
13Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 11312½20-13349224½
14Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ½2½11½½11123-310221½
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ½212½½2111-229421½
16Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain ½01011112½1½2-013214½

Individual medals

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

#PlayerPointsPercentage
1Flag of England.svg  George Alan Thomas  (England)12/1580%
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Holger Norman-Hansen  (Denmark)12/1580%
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Richard Réti  (Czechoslovakia)11½/1576.7%
4Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Géza Maróczy  (Hungary)9/1275%
5Flag of Austria.svg  Ernst Grünfeld  (Austria)9½/1373.1%
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Max Euwe  (Netherlands)10½/1570%

References

  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. 1 2 3 4 OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information

See also