Chess Olympiad 1950

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The 9th Chess Olympiad took place from August 20th to September 11th 1950 in Dubrovnik / Yugoslavia in today's Croatia .

Overview

16 teams took part in a round-robin tournament to determine the Olympic champion. Greece was there for the first time. 84 players took part in the competition, including four grandmasters and 23 international champions. With Chantal Chaudé de Silans , a woman took part in a chess Olympiad for the first time. The tournament was played with teams of four, with up to two substitutes allowed. It was played in the Dubrovnik Art Hall. The main referee was Hans Kmoch from Austria . The time to consider was two and a half hours for 40 trains, then one hour for 16 trains each time. The placements were determined based on the board points (BP).

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 Yugoslavia YUG ● 1½ 3 2 2½ 3 2 2 3½ 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 45½ 25th 11 3 1
2 Argentina ARG 2½ ● 2 1½ 1½ 4th 3 3 2½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 4th 3½ 3½ 3 43½ 25th 12 1 2
3 FRG GER 1 2 ● 1½ 3 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 4th 3 3 2 3½ 4th 40½ 24 11 2 2
4th United States United States 2 2½ 2½ ● 2 2½ 2 3½ 2 2½ 2½ 3 3 2½ 4th 3½ 40 26th 11 4th 0
5 Netherlands NED 1½ 2½ 1 2 ● 1½ 2½ 2½ 2 2 2 3½ 3½ 2½ 4th 4th 37 20th 8th 4th 3
6th Belgium BEL 1 0 1½ 1½ 2½ ● 2½ 2 2 3 3½ 1½ 3½ 3 1½ 3 32 16 7th 2 6th
7th Austria AUT 2 1 1½ 2 1½ 1½ ● 2½ 2 1½ 2½ 1½ 2 3 3½ 3½ 31½ 14th 5 4th 6th
8th Chile CHI 2 1 1½ ½ 1½ 2 1½ ● 2 2½ 2 3 2½ 2½ 4th 2 30½ 15th 5 5 5
9 France FRA ½ 1½ 1 2 2 2 2 2 ● ½ 1 2½ 2½ 2 3½ 3½ 28½ 14th 4th 6th 5
10 Finland FIN 1 1½ 1 1½ 2 1 2½ 1½ 3½ ● ½ 3 1½ 2 3 2½ 28 12 5 2 8th
11 Sweden SWE 1 ½ 0 1½ 2 ½ 1½ 2 3 3½ ● 1½ 2 3 2 3½ 27½ 12 4th 4th 7th
12 Italy ITA 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 2½ 2½ 1 1½ 1 2½ ● 3 3½ 2 2½ 25th 13 6th 1 8th
13 Denmark THE 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 2 1½ 1½ 2½ 2 1 ● 2 3 3½ 22nd 09 3 3 9
14th Peru BY 0 ½ 2 1½ 1½ 1 1 1½ 2 2 1 ½ 2 ● 3 2 21½ 07th 1 5 9
15th Norway NOR 0 ½ ½ 0 0 2½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2 2 1 1 ● 3½ 15th 06th 2 2 11
16 Greece GRE 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2 ½ 1½ ½ 1½ ½ 2 ½ ● 12 02 0 2 13

Best percentage results

Board, place Name first Name code BP Lots %
Board 1
1 Wolfgang Unzicker GER 11 14th 78.6
1 Miguel Najdorf ARG 11 14th 78.6
3 Samuel Reshevsky United States 8½ 11 77.3
Board 2
1 Julio Bolbochan ARG 11½ 14th 82.1
2 Lothar Schmid GER 9 12 75.0
2 Nicolas Rossolimo FRA 9 12 75.0
Board 3
1 Petar Trifunović YUG 10 13 76.9
2 Lodewijk Prins NED 6½ 10 65.0
3 Gerhard Pfeiffer GER 7th 11 63.6
Board 4
1 Braslav Rabar YUG 9 10 90.0
2 Nicolaas Cortlever NED 8½ 11 77.3
3 Nils Bergkvist SWE 7½ 12 62.5
3 Héctor Rossetto ARG 7½ 12 62.5
Reserve 1
1 Herman Pilnik ARG 7½ 10 75.0
2 Hans Lambert AUT 8th 12 66.7
3 George Kramer United States 7½ 12 62.5
3 Hans-Hilmar Staudte GER 7½ 12 62.5
Reserve 2
1 Larry Evans United States 9 10 90.0
2 Johannes Hendrikus Donner NED 4½ 8th 56.3

Only two participants played more than half of the games on the second reserve board.

Team from Yugoslavia (Olympic Champion)

board Name first Name BP Lots % space
1 Svetozar Gligorić 11 15th 73.3 4th
2 Vasja Pirc 9½ 14th 67.9 4th
3 Petar Trifunović 10 13 76.9 1.
4th Braslav Rabar 9 10 90.0 1.
Res 1 Milan Vidmar junior 5 6th 83.3
Res 2 Stojan Puc 1 2 50.0

Results of the West German players (FRG)

board Name first Name BP Lots % space
1 Wolfgang Unzicker 11 14th 78.6 1.
2 Lothar Schmid 9 12 75.0 2.
3 Gerhard Pfeiffer 7th 11 63.6 3.
4th Ludwig Rellstab 6th 11 54.5 7th
reserve Hans-Hilmar Staudte 7½ 12 62.5 3.

Team lineups

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chantal Chaudé de Silans on his 100th birthday on chessbase.de