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 final results were as follows: -
| # | Country | Players | Points | | 1 | Poland | Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman | 48.5 | | 2 | Hungary | Maróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E. | 47 | | 3 | Germany | Ahues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner | 44.5 | | 4 | Austria | Kmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf | 43.5 | | 5 | Czechoslovakia | Flohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný | 42.5 | | 6 | United States | Kashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson | 41.5 | | 7 | Netherlands | Weenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout | 41 | | 8 | England | Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor | 40.5 | | 9 | Sweden | Ståhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson | 40 | | 10 | Latvia | Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube | 35 | | 11 | Denmark | Andersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe | 31 | | 12 | France | Alekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin | 28.5 | | 13 | Romania | Baratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju | 28.5 | | 14 | Lithuania | Machtas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas | 22.5 | | 15 | Iceland | Gilfer, Ásgeirsson, Þorvaldsson, Guðmundsson | 22 | | 16 | Spain | Marin y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler | 21.5 | | 17 | Finland | Rasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm | 18 | | 18 | Norway | Olsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen | 16 | [edit] Individual medals The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top 3 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%).
[edit] Women's World Chess Championship The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[3][4][5] -
[edit] References [edit] See also 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924) 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926) 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936) |