Chess Olympiad 1930
The 3rd Chess Olympiad took place from July 13th to 27th, 1930 in Hamburg . It was organized by FIDE and consisted of a men's competition. The 1930 women's world chess championship took place in the same context .
background
Germany, which had taken over the organization of the Chess Olympiad, chose the city of Hamburg as the venue, where the Olympiad was linked to the centenary of the Hamburger SK . The venue was the box house of the Provincial Lodge of Lower Saxony on Moorweidenstrasse.
This time 18 teams took part in the Olympics, which played against each other in a round-robin tournament . Lithuania, Norway and Iceland made their debuts at this tournament.
The tournament favorite Poland won with Rubinstein , Tartakower , Przepiorka , Makarczyk and P. Frydman , ahead of the Hungarian team with Maróczy , Takács , Vajda , E. Steiner and Havasi .
The German team achieved third place in the line-up of Ahues , Sämisch , Carls , Richter and Wagner .
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 17th 18th BP MP + = - 1 Poland POLE ● 3½ 2 2 1½ 2 1½ 3 4th 2½ 2½ 3½ 3 2½ 4th 4th 3½ 3½ 48½ 27 12 3 2 2 Hungary HUN ½ ● 2 2 1½ 3 1½ 2 2 3 3½ 3½ 3½ 4th 4th 4th 4th 3 47 24 10 4th 3 3 Germany GER 2 2 ● 3 2 ½ 1½ 3 3 3½ 3½ 3 2½ 3½ 2 2½ 3 4th 44½ 26th 11 4th 2 4th Austria AUT 2 2 1 ● 2 4th 2 1½ 2 3½ 3 3 2 3 3½ 2 3 4th 43½ 23 8th 7th 2 5 Czechoslovakia CSR 2½ 2½ 2 2 ● 2 ½ 2½ 3½ 1 2 3½ 2½ 2 4th 3 3½ 3½ 42½ 25th 10 5 2 6th United States United States 2 1 3½ 0 2 ● 2½ 2 2 2½ 2½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 3 3 4th 4th 41½ 24 10 4th 3 7th Netherlands NED 2½ 2½ 2½ 2 3½ 1½ ● 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 3 3½ 1 2½ 3 4th 2 41 22nd 10 2 5 8th England CLOSELY 1 2 1 2½ 1½ 2 2½ ● 2 3 2½ 3½ 2½ 2 2½ 3½ 3 3½ 40½ 24 10 4th 3 9 Sweden SWE 0 2 1 2 ½ 2 2½ 2 ● 2 2½ 3 3 3½ 3½ 3 3½ 4th 40 23 9 5 3 10 Latvia LAT 1½ 1 ½ ½ 3 1½ 2½ 1 2 ● 1 2 3 3 4th 3 2 3½ 35 17th 7th 3 7th 11 Denmark THE 1½ ½ ½ 1 2 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 3 ● 2 2 1 3 2½ 2½ 4th 31 13 5 3 9 12 France FRA ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 2½ 1 ½ 1 2 2 ● 2½ 3½ 1½ 3 3 2½ 28½ 14th 6th 2 9 13 Romania ROME 1 ½ 1½ 2 1½ 1½ ½ 1½ 1 1 2 1½ ● 1 3½ 3½ 2½ 2½ 28½ 10 4th 2 11 14th Lithuania LTU 1½ 0 ½ 1 2 ½ 3 2 ½ 1 3 ½ 3 ● 0 1 1 2 22½ 3 3 11 15th Iceland ISL 0 0 2 ½ 0 1 1½ 1½ ½ 0 1 2½ ½ 4th ● 1 3½ 2½ 22nd 4th 1 12 16 Spain ESP 0 0 1½ 2 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1½ 1 ½ 3 3 ● 2 1½ 21½ 2 2 13 17th Finland FIN ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 2 1½ 1 1½ 3 ½ 2 ● 2 18th 1 3 13 18th Norway NOR ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 2 ½ 0 ½ 0 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 2½ 2 ● 16 1 3 13
Most successful participant
space | Surname | country | Points | Games | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Akiba Rubinstein | Poland | 15th | 17th | 88.2 |
2 | Salo Flohr | Czechoslovakia | 14½ | 17th | 85.3 |
3 | Isaac Kashdan | United States | 14th | 17th | 82.4 |
4th | Frank James Marshall | United States | 12½ | 17th | 73.5 |
5 | Erik Lundin | Sweden | 12 | 17th | 70.6 |
5 | Savielly Tartakower | Poland | 12 | 16 | 75.0 |
Team lineups
literature
- Arpad Földeak: Chess Olympiads, Ten Have Verlag 1971
Web links
- 3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 OlimpBase (English)