7th Chess Olympiad

The 7th 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 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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

Results

Final
#CountryPlayersPoints
1 United StatesReshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz54½
2 HungaryLilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda48½
3 PolandTartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński47
4 ArgentinaPiazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci47
5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta45
6 NetherlandsEuwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot44
7 EstoniaKeres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann41½
8 LithuaniaMikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius41½
9 YugoslaviaPirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder40
10 SwedenStåhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson38½
11 LatviaPetrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelins37½
12 FinlandGauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen34
13 EnglandThomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft34
14 ItalyCastaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco26½
15 DenmarkEnevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen25½
16 IcelandGilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson23
17 BelgiumDunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse22½
18 NorwayHerseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen19½
19 ScotlandAitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie14

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:[2]

References
  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. OlimpBase :: 7th Chess Olympiad, Stockholm 1937, information
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