3rd Chess Olympiad

The 3rd 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 July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

The Polish gold medalists: Frydman, Tartakower (1st and 2nd from the left), Rubinstein (centre), Makarczyk, and Przepiórka (2nd and 3rd from the right).

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, Henry 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

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
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