1937_Chess_Olympiad

7th Chess Olympiad

1937 chess tournament in Stockholm, Sweden

The 7th Chess Olympiad (Swedish: Den 7:e Schackolympiad), 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.

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Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.

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OlimpBase :: 7th Chess Olympiad, Stockholm 1937, information

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#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz	54½
2	Hungary	Lilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda	48½
3	Poland	Tartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński	47
4	Argentina	Piazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci	47
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta	45
6	Netherlands	Euwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot	44
7	Estonia	Keres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann	41½
8	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius	41½
9	Yugoslavia	Pirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder	40
10	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson	38½
11	Latvia	Petrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelīns	37½
12	Finland	Gauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen	34
13	England	Thomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft	34
14	Italy	Castaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco	26½
15	Denmark	Enevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen	25½
16	Iceland	Gilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson	23
17	Belgium	Dunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse	22½
18	Norway	Herseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen	19½
19	Scotland	Aitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie	14

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	+	−	=	Points
1	United States	-	2	3½	2½	3	2	2½	3½	3	2½	2	3½	3½	3	4	4	3½	3	3½	15	0	3	54½
2	Hungary	2	-	2	2	2	2½	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2½	3	3½	4	4	11	0	7	48½
3	Poland	½	2	-	2½	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	1½	2½	2½	3	3½	4	2½	3	4	14	2	2	47
4	Argentina	1½	2	1½	-	2	1	2	3	2½	3	2	3	2½	4	3	4	2½	3½	4	11	3	4	47
5	Czechoslovakia	1	2	2	2	-	2	2½	3½	1½	3	2	3	2½	3	2½	3½	3½	3	2½	11	2	5	45
6	Netherlands	2	1½	1½	3	2	-	2½	3	2½	2	3	2	2½	3	2	2½	3	2½	3½	11	2	5	44
7	Estonia	1½	1	1½	2	1½	1½	-	1½	3	2	2½	½	3	3	3	3½	3	3½	4	9	7	2	41½
8	Lithuania	½	2	1½	1	½	1	2½	-	2½	2	3½	2	2	4	3	1½	4	4	4	8	6	4	41½
9	Yugoslavia	1	1	1½	1½	2½	1½	1	1½	-	2	3	2	2½	3	3½	2	3	3½	4	8	7	3	40
10	Sweden	1½	2	½	1	1	2	2	2	2	-	3	2	2½	3	3	2½	3½	3	2	7	4	7	38½
11	Latvia	2	1	2½	2	2	1	1½	½	1	1	-	3	3	2	3	2½	2½	3	4	8	6	4	37½
12	Finland	½	1	1½	1	1	2	3½	2	2	2	1	-	1	3	2½	2½	2	3	2½	6	7	5	34
13	England	½	1	1½	1½	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1½	1	3	-	3	2	3½	3	3	2	5	10	3	34
14	Italy	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	-	1½	3	2	3	4	3	12	3	26½
15	Denmark	0	1½	½	1	1½	2	1	1	½	1	1	1½	2	2½	-	2	2½	1½	2½	3	12	3	25½
16	Iceland	0	1	0	0	½	1½	½	2½	2	1½	1½	1½	½	1	2	-	3½	1½	2	2	13	3	23
17	Belgium	½	½	1½	1½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1½	2	1	2	1½	½	-	2½	3½	2	14	2	22½
18	Norway	1	0	1	½	1	1½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2½	1½	-	2	2	15	1	19½
19	Scotland	½	0	0	0	1½	½	0	0	0	2	0	1½	2	0	1½	2	½	2	-	0	14	4	14

1937_Chess_Olympiad

7th Chess Olympiad

Results

Final

Team results

Individual medals

References

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