Chess Olympiad 1927

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Green: Participating nations in the 1st Chess Olympiad.
Westminster Central Hall (venue)

The 1st Chess Olympiad took place in London from July 18th to 30th, 1927 . It was organized by FIDE and consisted of a men's competition. In addition, various attractions took place to make chess known.

background

The game was played in Westminster Central Hall . 16 teams with a total of 70 players took part, who played against each other in a round-robin tournament . Time controls were after 1.5 hours for the first 30 moves, then 30 minutes for every 10 further moves.

Hungary won with the line-up of Maróczy , Nagy , Vajda , E. Steiner and Havasi .

The German team played in the line-up of Tarrasch , Mieses , Carls and Wagner . It was the only team to play all matches in the same board order.

Final result as a cross table

Rg team code 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 BP MP + = -
1 Hungary HUN ● 1 2½ 1½ 3 3 3 1½ 4th 3 1½ 3½ 3 2½ 3½ 3½ 40 22nd 11 0 4th
2 Denmark THE 3 ● 2½ 2 3½ 2½ 1½ 2½ 1 2 2½ 3 3 3½ 2 4th 38½ 23 10 3 2
3 England CLOSELY 1½ 1½ ● 3 1½ 2½ 1½ 3 3½ 2 3½ 2½ 2½ 2 3 3 36½ 20th 9 2 4th
4th Netherlands NED 2½ 2 1 ● 3 2 2½ 1½ 2 3½ 4th 2 1 3½ 2 2½ 35 19th 7th 5 3
5 Czechoslovakia CSR 1 ½ 2½ 1 ● 2½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 1 4th 2½ 3 3½ 4th 34½ 20th 10 0 5
6th Germany GER 1 1½ 1½ 2 1½ ● 2 3 2½ 2½ 3 2½ 2½ 3 2½ 3 34 20th 9 2 4th
7th Austria AUT 1 2½ 2½ 1½ 2½ 2 ● 1½ 3 1½ 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 1½ 3 34 19th 9 1 5
8th Switzerland SUI 2½ 1½ 1 2½ 1½ 1 2½ ● 2 1½ 2½ 1½ 2 3½ 3½ 3 32 16 7th 2 6th
9 Yugoslavia YUG 0 3 ½ 2 1½ 1½ 1 2 ● 2½ 3 1½ 3½ 3 2 3 30th 15th 6th 3 6th
10 Italy ITA 1 2 2 ½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 1½ ● 1 2½ 2 3 3 2 28½ 14th 5 4th 6th
11 Sweden SWE 2½ 1½ ½ 0 3 1 1½ 1½ 1 3 ● 1½ 4th 3 1½ 2½ 28 12 6th 0 9
12 Argentina ARG ½ 1 1½ 2 0 1½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 1½ 2½ ● 1½ 2 3 3½ 27 12 5 2 8th
13 France FRA 1 1 1½ 3 1½ 1½ 1 2 ½ 2 0 2½ ● 1 3 3 24½ 10 4th 2 9
14th Finland FIN 1½ ½ 2 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 2 3 ● 2½ 3½ 21½ 08th 3 2 10
15th Belgium BEL ½ 2 1 2 ½ 1½ 2½ ½ 2 1 2½ 1 1 1½ ● 2 21½ 08th 2 4th 9
16 Spain ESP ½ 0 1 1½ 0 1 1 1 1 2 1½ ½ 1 ½ 2 ● 14½ 02 0 2 13

Team lineups

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