The 6th Chess Olympiad (Polish : 6. Olimpiada szachowa), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open [1] and (unofficial) 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 Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.
Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | + | − | = | Points | |
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1 | United States | - | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 54 | |
2 | Sweden | 2½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52½ | |
3 | Poland | 1½ | 2½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 52 | |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 51 | |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 49 | |
6 | Yugoslavia | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45½ | |
7 | Austria | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 43½ | |
8 | Argentina | 1½ | ½ | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 42 | |
9 | Latvia | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | - | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 | |
10 | France | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 38 | |
11 | Estonia | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 7 | 10 | 2 | 37½ | |
12 | England | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 6 | 10 | 3 | 37 | |
13 | Finland | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 0 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 35 | |
14 | Lithuania | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 34 | |
15 | Palestine | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 32 | |
16 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 3½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 11 | 4 | 31½ | |
17 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | ½ | 2½ | 0 | 2½ | 1½ | ½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 5 | 11 | 3 | 27½ | |
18 | Italy | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 13 | 3 | 24 | |
19 | Switzerland | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 0 | 1 | 2 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | - | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 21 | |
20 | Irish Free State | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 |
The prizes for best individual results went to:
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