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3rd Chess Olympiad
FIDE chess tournament for national teams

The 3rd Chess Olympiad , organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

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Results

Team standings

#CountryPlayersPoints
1 PolandRubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman48½
2 HungaryMaróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.47
3 GermanyAhues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner44½
4 AustriaKmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf43½
5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný42½
6 United StatesKashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson41½
7 NetherlandsWeenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout41
8 Great BritainSultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor40½
9 SwedenStåhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson40
10 LatviaApšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube35
11 DenmarkAndersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe31
12 FranceAlekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin28½
13 RomaniaBaratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju28½
14 LithuaniaMachtas, Šeinbergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas22½
15 IcelandGilfer, Ásgeirsson, Thorvaldsson, Guðmundsson22
16 SpainMarín y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler21½
17 FinlandRasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm18
18 NorwayOlsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen16

Team results

PlaceCountry123456789101112131415161718+=Points
1 Poland-22234344122348½
2 Hungary½-22322344443103447
3 Germany22-32½333234112444½
4 Austria221-2422332323482743½
5 Czechoslovakia22-2½12243102542½
6 United States2102-223344103441½
7 Netherlands2-331342105241
8 Great Britain1212-2323103440½
9 Sweden0212½22-2333493540
10 Latvia1½½312-123343277335
11 Denmark½½1213-2213459331
12 France½½11½1½122-3369228½
13 Romania1½2½112-1411228½
14 Lithuania0½12½32½13½3-0112311322½
15 Iceland002½01½01½4-1412122
16 Spain002111½111½33-2213221½
17 Finland½011½001½213½2-2113318
18 Norway½100½02½0½022-113316

Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.2

  • Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
  • Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
  • Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

References

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

  2. OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html