1st Chess Olympiad

The 1st 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 18 and 30 July, 1927 at the Westminster Central Hall, London, United Kingdom. It was officially known by its current name from 1952. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the time of the olympiad.[2]

Players and spectators at the Westminster Central Hall.
Competing countries (in green) of the 1st Chess Olympiad.

Teams & Players

16 participating teams constituting a total of 70 players participated in the event. All of the teams except Argentina were from Europe.

Each team had 4 players and some teams even had a reserve player.[2]

Rounds & Games

The event was played in a round robin format. 15 rounds were played throughout the 12-day span of the event, each played at 2:30. Four extra rounds were played on four days at 9:30.

480 games were played in the event between the players of different teams. The teams could choose in which order they would give the board number to the participants unlike today's system of board numbers given by player strength.

The players played in a classical time control of 90 minutes for 30 moves and then 30 minutes for every 10 moves after.[2]

Results

Team standings
#CountryPlayersPoints
1 HungaryMaróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.40
2 DenmarkKrause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben38½
3 Great BritainAtkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer36½
4 NetherlandsEuwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout35
5 CzechoslovakiaRéti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš34½
6 GermanyTarrasch, Mieses, Carls, Wagner34
7 AustriaGrünfeld, Lokvenc, Kmoch, Wolf, Gruber34
8  SwitzerlandJohner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Grob, Michel32
9 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesKostić, Vuković V., Asztalos, Kalabar30
10 ItalyRosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romih, Sacconi28½
11 SwedenNilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz28
12 ArgentinaGrau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau27
13 FranceChéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder24½
14 FinlandTschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho21½
15 BelgiumKoltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M.21½
16 SpainGolmayo, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebó, Soler14½

Team results
Place Country 12345678910111213141516 +−=Points
1  Hungary -12½1½3331½431½3½32½3½3½ 114040
2  Denmark 3-2½23½2½1½2½122½333½24 102338½
3  Great Britain 1½1½-31½2½1½33½23½2½2½233 94236½
4  Netherlands 2½21-322½1½23½4213½22½ 73535
5  Czechoslovakia 1½2½1-2½1½2½2½2½142½33½4 105034½
6  Germany 11½1½21½-232½2½32½2½32½3 94234
7  Austria 12½2½1½2½2-1½31½2½2½33½1½3 95134
8   Switzerland 2½1½12½1½12½-21½2½1½23½3½3 76232
9  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 03½21½1½12-2½31½3½323 66330
10  Italy 122½1½1½2½2½1½-12½2332 56428½
11  Sweden 2½1½½0311½1½13-1½431½2½ 69028
12  Argentina ½11½201½1½2½2½1½2½-1½233½ 58227
13  France 111½31½1½12½202½-133 49224½
14  Finland 1½½2½11½½11123-2½3½ 310221½
15  Belgium ½212½1½2½½212½111½-2 29421½
16  Spain ½011½0111121½½1½2- 013214½

Individual medals

No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]

#PlayerPointsPercentage
1 George Alan Thomas (England)12/1580%
1 Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark)12/1580%
3 Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)11½/1576.7%
4 Géza Maróczy (Hungary)9/1275%
5 Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)9½/1373.1%
6 Max Euwe (Netherlands)10½/1570%

References
  1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information

See also
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