The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (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 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The final results were as follows: -
| # | Country | Players | Points | | 1 | United States | Kashdan, Marshall, Dake, Horowitz, Steiner H. | 48 | | 2 | Poland | Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman | 47 | | 3 | Czechoslovakia | Flohr, Gilg, Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička | 46.5 | | 4 | Yugoslavia | Vidmar, Asztalos, Kostić, Pirc, König | 46 | | 5 | Germany | Bogoljubow, Ahues, Wagner, Richter, Helling | 45.5 | | 6 | Latvia | Matisons, Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss | 45.5 | | 7 | Sweden | Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Berndtsson, Lundin | 45.5 | | 8 | Austria | Grünfeld, Spielmann, Kmoch, Becker, Lokvenc | 45 | | 9 | England | Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Wahltuch | 44 | | 10 | Hungary | Steiner E., Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Sterk | 39.5 | | 11 | Netherlands | Weenink, Noteboom, Van den Bosch, Addicks, Van Doesburgh | 35 | | 12 | Switzerland | Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Rivier, Michel | 34 | | 13 | Lithuania | Mikėnas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Luckis | 30.5 | | 14 | France | Alekhine, Gromer, Kahn, Betbeder, Duchamp | 29.5 | | 15 | Romania | Erdélyi, Balogh, Baratz, Gudju, Wechsler | 28 | | 16 | Italy | Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romi, Hellmann | 24 | | 17 | Denmark | Andersen, Cruusberg, Ruben, Lie, Larsen | 19.5 | | 18 | Norway | Christoffersen, Hansen, Halvorsen, Hovind, Gulbrandsen | 15.5 | | 19 | Spain | Golmayo, Vilardebo, Soler, Marin y Llovet, Sanz Aguado | 15.5 | [edit] Women's World Chess Championship The third Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[2][3][4] -
[edit] References [edit] See also 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924) 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926) 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936) |