5th Chess Olympiad

The 5th 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 July 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The 4th Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#CountryPlayersPoints
1 United StatesKashdan, Marshall, Fine, Dake, Simonson39
2 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička37½
3 SwedenStåhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Berndtsson34
4 PolandTartakower, Frydman, Regedziński, Appel, Makarczyk34
5 HungaryMaróczy, Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Lilienthal34
6 AustriaGrünfeld, Eliskases, Glass, Müller, Igel33½
7 LithuaniaMikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius30½
8 FranceAlekhine, Betbeder, Kahn, Duchamp, Voisin28
9 LatviaApšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss27½
10 Great BritainSultan Khan, Thomas, Winter, Michell, Alexander27
11 ItalyRosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Sacconi, Norcia, Campolongo24½
12 DenmarkAndersen, Enevoldsen, Gemzøe, Nielsen B., Nielsen J.22½
13 BelgiumSoultanbeieff, Dunkelblum, Engelmann, Devos17
14 IcelandÁsgeirsson, Gilfer, Þorvaldsson, Sigurðsson17
15 ScotlandFairhurst, Page, MacIsaac, MacKenzie, Combe14

The English team still went under the name of Great Britain, even though it only consisted of English players and Scotland participated with their own team.

Estonia was supposed to participate, but the team never showed up.

Individual medals

Board 1Board 2Board 3Board 4Reserve
France Alexander Alekhine9½ / 12
79.2
United States Frank Marshall7 / 10
70.0
Sweden Erik Lundin10 / 14
71.4
Czechoslovakia Karel Opočenský11½ / 13
88.5
Hungary Andor Lilienthal10 / 13
76.9
United States Isaac Kashdan10 / 14
71.4
France Louis Betbeder8 / 18
66.7
United States Reuben Fine9 / 13
69.2
United States Arthur Dake10 / 13
76.9
Lithuania Leonardas Abramavičius6 / 9
66.7
Poland Savielly Tartakower
Czechoslovakia Salo Flohr
9 / 14
64.3
Poland Paulino Frydman7½ / 12
62.5
Latvia Movsas Feigins9 / 14
64.3
Austria Hans Müller9 / 13
69.2
United Kingdom C. H. O'Donel Alexander7 / 11
63.6

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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