6th Chess Olympiad

The 6th Chess Olympiad, 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 winning American team is awarded the Hamilton-Russell Cup.
Award from the 1935 Chess Olympiad

The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#CountryPlayersPoints
1 United StatesFine, Marshall, Kupchik, Dake, Horowitz54
2 SwedenStåhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Danielsson, Larsson52½
3 PolandTartakower, Frydman, Najdorf, Friedman, Makarczyk52
4 HungarySteiner L., Lilienthal, Havasi, Szabó, Réthy51
5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Opočenský, Rejfíř, Treybal K., Pelikán49
6 YugoslaviaVidmar, Pirc, Kostić, Trifunović, König45½
7 AustriaGrünfeld, Spielmann, Eliskases, Müller, Podhorzer43½
8 ArgentinaGrau, Bolbochán Jac., Pleci, Maderna42
9 LatviaPetrovs, Apšenieks, Feigins, Hasenfuss, Krūmiņš41
10 FranceAlekhine, Betbeder, Muffang, Kahn, Raizman38
11 EstoniaKeres, Friedemann, Laurine, Raud, Kibbermann37½
12 EnglandWinter, Thomas, Alexander, Atkins, Golombek37
13 FinlandBöök, Rasmusson, Solin, Krogius, Salo35
14 LithuaniaMikėnas, Machtas, Vistaneckis, Vaitonis, Luckis34
15 PalestineFoerder, Enoch, Dobkin, Winz, Czerniak32
16 DenmarkAndersen, Nielsen B., Enevoldsen, Nielsen J., Sørensen31½
17 RomaniaSilbermann, Ichim, Bródy, Erdélyi, Popa27½
18 ItalySacconi, Monticelli, Rosselli del Turco, Romi, Napolitano24
19  SwitzerlandNaegeli, Grob, Michel, Stähelin, Gygli21
20 Irish Free StateReilly, Creevey, O'Hanlon, Cranston, De Burca12

Team results

Place Country 1234567891011121314151617181920 +=Points
1  United States -13343 172054
2  Sweden -2223333443 142352½
3  Poland -22233332444 132452
4  Hungary 32-2323333 142351
5  Czechoslovakia 1222-22233243234 101849
6  Yugoslavia 12-1223333334 124345½
7  Austria 22223-2222334 74843½
8  Argentina ½222-1233 105442
9  Latvia 11223-213333 97341
10  France ½½1122-2332244 68538
11  Estonia ½1½1112-243 710237½
12  England ½223-3132 610337
13  Finland ½101-222412 69435
14  Lithuania 1112222-2133 410534
15  Palestine ½11½211112-224 411432
16  Denmark 111½½111½3222-32 411431½
17  Romania 0021112½0½-23 511327½
18  Italy ½00½111½½20133212- 313324
19   Switzerland ½10½½½½012½1½21-3 314221
20  Irish Free State 1½01000110½½210½½1- 011812

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

References

  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
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