9th Chess Olympiad
![](../I/m/Poster_for_Chess_Olympiad_1950.jpg)
The official poster for the Olympiad.
The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament,[1] as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). 84 players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.
Results
Team standings
# Country Players Points 1 YugoslaviaGligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc 45½ 2 ArgentinaNajdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik 43½ 3 West GermanyUnzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte 40½ 4 United StatesReshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans 40 5 NetherlandsEuwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner 37 6 BelgiumO'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor 32 7 AustriaBeni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert 31½ 8 ChileCastillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni 30½ 9 FranceTartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux 28½ 10 FinlandBöök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo 28 11 SwedenSköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg 27½ 12 ItalyCastaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera 25 13 DenmarkPoulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen 22 14 PeruCanal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis 21½ 15 NorwayMyhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl 15 16 GreeceMastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos 12
Individual medals
The prizes for best individual results went to:[2]
- Board 1:
Miguel Najdorf and Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6% - Board 2:
Julio Bolbochán 11½ / 14 = 82.1% - Board 3:
Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9% - Board 4:
Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0% - 1st reserve:
Herman Pilnik 7½ / 10 = 75.0% - 2nd reserve:
Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%
References
- ↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ↑ 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950 at olimpbase.org
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