Team line-ups for the 1939 Chess Olympiad

The tables show the line-up of the teams at the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires . The 27 participating teams initially played in four preliminary round groups. The best four teams from each group made it to the A-final, the rest contested the B-final. Each team had four regular players and a maximum of one substitute player. In the tables, the final position is given for each team, next to it is the final tournament reached. The team balances are listed separately for the preliminary and final round, whereas the individual balances of the players are shown in the sum of both tournament phases. For the placement of the teams, the board points were the priority.

Special features in the course of the tournament

After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, the English team left and decided not to take part in the A final. During the final, some games were counted as a tie without a fight because the participating countries were at war with one another or there were other political tensions. These are taken into account accordingly for the teams. With the individual players there are correspondingly fewer games.
It was about the competitions

• Germany - Poland
• Germany - Palestine
• Germany - France
• Poland - Bohemia and Moravia
• Argentina - Palestine
• France - Bohemia and Moravia

Teams

1. Germany

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
1 (A)	Germany	05	01	0	16	11
		09	05	0	36	23
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Erich Eliskases	07th	05	2	9.5	14th
2	Paul Michel	03	11	0	8.5	14th
3	Ludwig Engels	12	04th	0	14th	16
4th	Albert Becker	06th	03	3	7.5	12
R.	Heinrich Reinhardt	05	03	4th	6.5	12

2. Poland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
2 (A)	Poland	05	1	0	18.5	11
		07th	5	2	35.5	19th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Savielly Tartakower	07th	7th	3	10.5	17th
2	Mieczysław Najdorf	12	4th	2	14th	18th
3	Paulino Frydman	11	4th	2	13	17th
4th	Teodor Regedziński	06th	4th	3	8th	13
R.	Franciszek Sulik	04th	1	2	4.5	7th

3. Estonia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
3 (A)	Estonia	03	1	1	13	7th
		07th	3	4th	33.5	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Paul Keres	12	5	2	14.5	19th
2	Ilmar Raud	07th	5	5	9.5	17th
3	Paul Felix Schmidt	02	6th	5	5	13
4th	Gunnar Friedemann	11	3	3	12.5	17th
R.	Johannes Türn	03	4th	3	5	10

4. Sweden

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
4 (A)	Sweden	04th	0	1	14th	8th
		07th	2	5	33	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Gideon Ståhlberg	07th	8th	1	11	16
2	Erik Lundin	10	1	5	10.5	16
3	Nils Bergkvist	07th	4th	7th	9	18th
4th	Gosta Danielsson	07th	5	3	9.5	15th
R.	Bengt Ekenberg	05	4th	2	7th	11

5. Argentina

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
5 (A)	Argentina	06th	0	0	18th	12
		09	1	4th	32.5	19th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Roberto Gray	01	4th	5	3	10
2	Luis Roberto Piazzini	04th	4th	3	6th	11
3	Jacobo Bolbochan	10	6th	3	13	19th
4th	Carlos Guimard	09	5	3	11.5	17th
R.	Isaías Pleci	14th	2	3	15th	19th

6. Bohemia and Moravia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
6 (A)	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	05	1	0	18.5	11
		08th	3	3	32	19th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Karel Opočenský	08th	4th	5	10	17th
2	Jan Foltys	08th	5	3	10.5	16
3	Jiří Pelikán	08th	5	2	10.5	15th
4th	Karel Skalička	03	1	4th	3.5	8th
R.	František Zíta	10	4th	2	12	16

7. Latvia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
7 (A)	Latvia	05	00	1	17.5	10
		09	02	3	31.5	20th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Vladimir Petrovs	08th	11	0	13.5	19th
2	Fricis Apšenieks	05	08th	6th	9	19th
3	Movsas Feigins	10	05	4th	12.5	19th
4th	Lūcijs Endzelīns	07th	03	5	8.5	15th
R.	Tenis Melngailis	04th	03	1	5.5	8th

8. Netherlands

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
8 (A)	Netherlands	4th	01	1	15th	9
		6th	05	3	30.5	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Theo van Scheltinga	4th	08th	5	8th	17th
2	Nicolaas Cortlever	3	11	2	8.5	16
3	Adriaan de Groot	6th	07th	4th	9.5	17th
4th	Lodewijk Prins	9	04th	3	11	16
R.	Christiaan de Ronde	8th	01	5	8.5	14th

9. Palestine

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
9 (A)	Palestine	3	0	02	11	6th
		4th	5	05	26th	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Moshe Czerniak	4th	2	10	5	16
2	Heinz Foerder	9	4th	01	11	14th
3	Victor Winz	4th	5	06th	6.5	15th
4th	Zelman Kleinstein	2	2	06th	3	10
R.	Meir Rauch	4th	7th	02	7.5	13

10. France

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
10 (A)	France	2	2	02	13.5	6th
		1	7th	06th	24.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Alexander Alekhine	9	7th	00	12.5	16
2	Aristide Gromer	6th	7th	04th	9.5	17th
3	Victor Kahn	4th	5	09	6.5	18th
4th	Barbatto Rometti	3	5	10	5.5	18th
R.	Edmond Dec	0	0	03	0	3

11. Cuba

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
11 (A)	Cuba	2	0	03	10	4th
		4th	2	08th	22.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	José Raúl Capablanca	7th	9	00	11.5	16
2	Alberto López Arce	1	3	11	2.5	15th
3	Miguel Alemán Dovo	5	4th	10	7th	19th
4th	Rafael Blanco Estera	2	0	06th	2	8th
R.	Francisco Planas García	8th	3	07th	9.5	18th

12. Lithuania

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
12 (A)	Lithuania	04th	0	2	16.5	8th
		03	4th	7th	22nd	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Vladas Mikėnas	10	4th	5	12	19th
2	Povilas Vaitonis	06th	6th	8th	9	20th
3	Markas Luckis	07th	5	8th	9.5	20th
4th	Povilas Tautvaišas	05	6th	9	8th	20th
R.	Ksavras Andrašiūnas	00	0	1	0	1

13. Chile

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
13 (A)	Chile	04th	0	2	14th	8th
		03	2	9	22nd	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Mariano Castillo Larenas	02	4th	9	4th	15th
2	Rodrigo Flores Alvarez	04th	9	5	8.5	18th
3	René Letelier Martner	04th	1	8th	4.5	13
4th	Julio Salas Romo	08th	1	9	8.5	18th
R.	Enrique Reed Valenzuela	10	1	5	10.5	16

14. Brazil

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
14 (A)	Brazil	3	0	03	12.5	6th
		2	2	10	21st	6th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Octavio Trompowsky	2	6th	09	5	17th
2	Adhemar da Silva Rocha	5	8th	03	9	16
3	Walter Cruz	4th	5	07th	6.5	16
4th	João Souza Mendes	4th	2	09	5	15th
R.	Oswaldo Cruz Filho	5	6th	05	8th	16

15. Denmark

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
15 (A)	Denmark	2	2	02	13.5	6th
		2	0	12	17.5	4th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Jens Enevoldsen	5	3	11	6.5	19th
2	Christian Poulsen	6th	2	11	7th	19th
3	Alfred Christensen	5	5	09	7.5	19th
4th	Ernst Sørensen	5	7th	07th	8.5	19th
R.	Øjvind Larsen	1	1	02	1.5	4th

England

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
-	England	4th	0	2	13.5	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander	2	1	3	2.5	6th
2	George Alan Thomas	2	2	1	3	5
3	Philip Stuart Milner-Barry	3	2	0	4th	5
4th	Harry Golombek	1	2	1	2	4th
R.	Baruch Harold Wood	1	2	8th	2	4th

The English team had qualified for the A-final, but left before it started because of the outbreak of war in Europe.

16. Iceland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
16 (B)	Iceland	02	1	3	13	5
		08th	2	0	28	18th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Baldur Möller	06th	4th	5	8th	15th
2	Ásmundur Ásgeirsson	08th	3	4th	9.5	15th
3	Jón Guðmundsson	11	0	3	11	14th
4th	Einar Þorvaldsson	03	4th	3	5	10
R.	Guðmundur Arnlaugsson	06th	3	1	7.5	10

17. Canada

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
17 (B)	Canada	02	0	4th	11	4th
		07th	2	1	28	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	John Stuart Morrison	05	4th	6th	7th	15th
2	Daniel Abraham Yanofsky	12	3	1	13.5	16
3	Haakon Opsahl	07th	5	3	9.5	15th
4th	Walter Holowach	05	6th	4th	8th	15th
R.	Abraham Helman	01	0	2	1	3

18. Norway

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
18 (B)	Norway	2	1	2	8th	5
		6th	2	2	27	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ernst Rojahn	8th	4th	3	10	15th
2	Arne Larsen	8th	1	6th	8.5	15th
3	Sverre Rebnord	7th	3	5	8.5	15th
4th	Johannes Austbø	7th	2	6th	8th	15th

19. Uruguay

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
19 (B)	Uruguay	01	0	5	8.5	2
		06th	2	2	26th	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ernesto Rotunno	03	5	4th	5.5	12
2	Carlos Hounie Fleurquin	08th	3	5	9.5	16
3	Luis Alberto Gulla	02	1	6th	2.5	9
4th	Luis Roux-Cabral	05	4th	3	7th	12
R.	Alfredo Olivera	10	0	5	10	15th

20. Bulgaria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
20 (B)	Bulgaria	1	2	3	10	4th
		7th	0	3	25.5	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Alexandar Tsvetkov	7th	4th	5	9	16
2	Oleg Nejkirch	6th	4th	5	8th	15th
3	Alexandar Kiprov	2	7th	4th	5.5	13
4th	Mikhail Kantardzhiev	8th	1	2	8.5	11
R.	Emil Karastoichev	3	3	3	4.5	9

21. Ecuador

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
21 (B)	Ecuador	0	0	06th	3.5	0
		5	1	04th	21st	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Neptali Ponce	3	2	11	4th	16
2	Santiago Morales	6th	3	06th	7.5	15th
3	José Sierra	8th	2	05	9	15th
4th	Miguel Suarez Dávila	1	6th	07th	4th	14th
R.	Carlos Ayala	0	0	04th	0	4th

22. Guatemala

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
22 (B)	Guatemala	0	0	05	4th	0
		4th	1	05	15.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Guillermo Vassaux	5	2	08th	6th	15th
2	José Luis Asturias	2	2	11	3	15th
3	Domingo Cruz Bulnes	3	3	09	4.5	15th
4th	Carlos Salazar	4th	4th	07th	6th	15th

23. Ireland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
23 (B)	Ireland	1	0	05	4.5	2
		2	1	07th	15.5	5
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	John O'Hanlon	1	0	04th	1	5
2	John O'Donovan	7th	4th	05	9	16
3	Gerard Kerlin	2	7th	06th	5.5	15th
4th	William Minnis	0	2	13	1	15th
R.	William Nash	1	5	07th	3.5	13

24. Peru

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
24 (B)	Peru	1	0	05	5	2
		2	2	06th	14th	6th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Alberto Ismodes Dulanto	1	3	11	2.5	15th
2	Felipe Pinzón Solis	3	2	08th	4th	13
3	René Castro de Mendoza	1	5	09	3.5	15th
4th	Domingo Soto	5	3	06th	6.5	14th
R.	Jesús Alberto Cayo Murillo	1	3	03	2.5	7th

25. Bolivia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
25 (B)	Bolivia	0	1	05	4.5	1
		1	1	08th	10	3
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Hugo Cordova	2	1	13	2.5	16
2	Pablo Baender	3	8th	05	7th	16
3	Jorge Rodriguez Hurtado	1	3	12	2.5	16
4th	Luis Zavala	0	5	10	2.5	15th
R.	Victor Reyes Velasco	0	0	01	0	1

26. Paraguay

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
26 (B)	Paraguay	0	0	06th	5	0
		0	0	10	9.5	0
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Juan Silvano Díaz Pérez	3	1	11	3.5	15th
2	Ernesto Espínola	0	3	11	1.5	14th
3	Luis Laterza	0	2	07th	1	9
4th	Luis Oscar Boettner	3	5	08th	5.5	16
R.	Augusto Aponte	1	4th	05	3	10

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• Chess Olympiad 1939 at olimpbase.org
• Team photos of the participating teams