1st Chess Olympiad
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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]
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
# Country Players Points 1 Hungary
Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E. 40 2 Denmark
Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben 38½ 3 Great Britain
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, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebó, Soler 14½
Team results
Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | - | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 11 | 4 | 0 | 40 | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | - | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38½ | |
3 | ![]() | 1½ | 1½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 36½ | |
4 | ![]() | 2½ | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | 7 | 3 | 5 | 35 | |
5 | ![]() | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 1 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | 4 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 34½ | |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 1½ | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 34 | |
8 | ![]() | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | - | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | - | 2½ | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 28½ | |
11 | ![]() | 2½ | 1½ | ½ | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 3 | - | 1½ | 4 | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 6 | 9 | 0 | 28 | |
12 | ![]() | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 0 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 | |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | 2½ | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 24½ | |
14 | ![]() | 1½ | ½ | 2 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 10 | 2 | 21½ | |
15 | ![]() | ½ | 2 | 1 | 2 | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | ½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | - | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21½ | |
16 | ![]() | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | - | 0 | 13 | 2 | 14½ |
Individual medals
No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]
# Player Points Percentage 1 George Alan Thomas (England)
12/15 80% 1 Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark)
12/15 80% 3 Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)
11½/15 76.7% 4 Géza Maróczy (Hungary)
9/12 75% 5 Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)
9½/13 73.1% 6 Max Euwe (Netherlands)
10½/15 70%
References
- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ^ a b c d OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information
See also
- 2nd Chess Olympiad (The Hague 1928)
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