2nd Chess Olympiad

The 2nd 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 21 and August 6, 1928, in The Hague, Netherlands.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Hungary	Nagy, Steiner, E., Vajda, Havasi	44
2	United States	Kashdan, Steiner, H., Factor, Tholfsen, Hanauer	39½
3	Poland	Makarczyk, Frydman, Regedziński, Chwojnik, Blass	37
4	Austria	Hönlinger, Lokvenc, Müller, Wolf, Beutum	36½
5	Denmark	Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Gemzøe, Ruben	34
6	Switzerland	Rivier, Gygli, Voellmy, Naegeli, Henneberger M., Michel	34
7	Czechoslovakia	Gilg, Prokeš, Pokorný, Rejfíř, Schulz, Teller	34
8	Argentina	Fernández Coria, Maderna, Palau, Reca, Grau	33½
9	Germany	Wagner, Hilse, Schönmann, Blümich, Foerder	31½
10	Netherlands	Weenink, Kroone, Van den Bosch, Schelfhout, Wertheim W., Wertheim J.	31½
11	France	Gaudin, Betbeder, Duchamp, Crépeaux, Muffang, Drezga	31
12	Belgium	Sapira, Koltanowski, Censer I., Dunkelblum	31
13	Sweden	Stoltz, Jacobson, Ståhlberg, Karlin, Jonsson	31
14	Latvia	Apšenieks, Strautmanis, Petrovs, Taube, Melnbārdis	30
15	Italy	Monticelli, Sacconi, Hellmann, Calapso, De Nardo, Marotti	26½
16	Romania	Bródy, Proca, Balogh, Gudju	25½
17	Spain	Marín y Llovet, Cortes, Aguilera, Ribera, Molla	13½

Individual medals

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

Gold medal winner – Isaac Kashdan (United States), scoring 13/15 (86.7%);
Silver medal winner – André Muffang (France), scoring 12½/16 (78.1%);
Bronze medal winner – Teodor Regedziński (Poland), scoring 10/13 (76.9%);
4-5th place – Endre Steiner (Hungary), scoring 11½/16 (71.9%);
4-5th place – Géza Nagy (Hungary), scoring 11½/16 (71.9%);
6th place – William Rivier (Switzerland), scoring 7½/11 (68.2%).

Amateur World Championship

The second Amateur World Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:^[3]^[4]

#	Player	Points	Berger System
1	Max Euwe (Netherlands)	12
2	Dawid Przepiórka (Poland)	11
3	Hermanis Matisons (Latvia)	10
4	Manuel Golmayo Torriente (Spain)	9½	66.25
5	Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia)	9½	64.50
6	Norman Whitaker (United States)	9½	57.25
7	Carl Carls (Germany)	9
8	Albert Becker (Austria)	7
9	André Chéron (France)	6	47.00
10	Allan Nilsson (Sweden)	6	41.75
11	Stefano Rosselli del Turco (Italy)	6	36.50
12	Lajos Steiner (Hungary)	5½	36.00
13	José Araiza (Mexico)	5½	35.75
14	Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland)	5½	31.75
15	Alexandru Tyroler (Romania)	5
16	Walter Henneberger (Switzerland)	3

Notes

↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
↑ 2nd Chess Olympiad: The Hague, 1928—Information–Basic data–Tournament review–Individual medals–Interesting games–Trivia
↑ Gawlikowski, Stanisław (1978). Olimpiady szachowe 1924–1974, Warszawa: Wyd. Sport i Turystyka.
↑ 2nd Chess Olympiad: The Hague 1928—Amateur World Championship–Standings–Round by Round Pairings–Progress Table

References

2nd Chess Olympiad: The Hague 1928 OlimpBase

Chess Olympiad / Women's Chess Olympiad

Official	London 1927 The Hague 1928 Hamburg 1930 Prague 1931 Folkestone 1933 Warsaw 1935 Stockholm 1937 Buenos Aires 1939 Dubrovnik 1950 Helsinki 1952 Amsterdam 1954 Moscow 1956 Munich 1958 Leipzig 1960 Varna 1962 Tel Aviv 1964 Havana 1966 Lugano 1968 Siegen 1970 Skopje 1972 Nice 1974 Haifa 1976 Buenos Aires 1978 Valletta 1980 Lucerne 1982 Thessaloniki 1984 Dubai 1986 Thessaloniki 1988 Novi Sad 1990 Manila 1992 Moscow 1994 Yerevan 1996 Elista 1998 Istanbul 2000 Bled 2002 Calvià 2004 Turin 2006 Dresden 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Istanbul 2012 Tromsø 2014 Baku 2016 open women controversies Batumi 2018

Unofficial	Paris 1924 Budapest 1926 Munich 1936 Tripoli 1976

Women's	Emmen 1957 Split 1963 Oberhausen 1966 Lublin 1969 Skopje 1972 Medellín 1974

Blind Chess Olympiad Correspondence Chess Olympiad

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.