3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad

The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (Grossdeutscher Schachbund) as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events.[1][2] Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Significantly, the "Jewish" teams of Hungary (i.e. Lajos Steiner, Endre Steiner, László Szabó, Ernő Gereben, Kornél Havasi) and Poland (i.e. Paulino Frydman, Miguel Najdorf, Henryk Friedman, Leon Kremer, Henryk Pogorieły) beat "Aryan" Germany. Also Jewish masters from other countries played leading roles there (i.e. Movsas Feigins, Gunnar Friedemann, Imre König, Lodewijk Prins, Isakas Vistaneckis, Emil Zinner, etc.).

The Schach-Olympia 1936 took place in Munich between August 17 and September 1, 1936. In that extra-Olympiad (non-FIDE) 208 participants, representing 21 countries, played 1680 games. The Munich unofficial Olympiad was the biggest team competition ever held.[3]

Results

Final

# Country Points
1  Hungary 110.5
2  Poland 108
3  Germany 106.5
4  Yugoslavia 104.5
5  Czechoslovakia 104
6  Latvia 96.5
7  Austria 95
8  Sweden 94
9  Denmark 91.5
10  Estonia 90
11  Lithuania 77.5
12  Finland 75
13  Netherlands 71.5
14  Romania 68
15  Norway 64.5
16  Brazil 63
17   Switzerland 61.5
18  Italy 59
19  Iceland 57.5
20  France 43.5
21  Bulgaria 38.5

Team medals

# Country Players
1  Hungary Géza Maróczy, Lajos Steiner, Endre Steiner, Kornél Havasi, László Szabó, Gedeon Barcza, Árpád Vajda, Ernő Gereben, János Balogh, Imre Kóródy Keresztély
2  Poland Paulin Frydman, Mieczysław Najdorf, Teodor Regedziński, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Henryk Friedman, Leon Kremer, Henryk Pogorieły, Antoni Wojciechowski, Franciszek Sulik, Jerzy Jagielski
3  Germany Kurt Richter, Carl Ahues, Ludwig Engels, Carl Carls, Ludwig Rellstab, Fritz Sämisch, Ludwig Rödl, Herbert Heinicke, Wilhelm Ernst, Paul Michel

Individual medals

# Board Player Country Points Games %
1 Paul Keres  Estonia 15.5 20 77.5
1 Vasja Pirc  Yugoslavia 12 17 70.6
1 Gideon Ståhlberg  Sweden 11.5 17 67.6
2 Mieczysław Najdorf  Poland 16 20 80.0
2 Lajos Steiner  Hungary 15.5 20 77.5
2 Albert Becker  Austria 13.5 18 75.0
3 Bjørn Nielsen  Denmark 11.5 15 76.7
3 Movsas Feigins  Latvia 14.5 19 76.3
3 Emil Zinner  Czechoslovakia 14.5 20 72.5
4 Karel Hromádka  Czechoslovakia 14 20 70.0
4 Gösta Danielsson  Sweden 13.5 20 67.5
4 Markas Luckis  Lithuania 13.5 20 67.5
5 László Szabó  Hungary 16.5 19 86.8
5 Henryk Friedman  Poland 15.5 20 77.5
5 Ludwig Rellstab  Germany 12 17 70.6
6 Borislav Kostić  Yugoslavia 16 19 84.2
6 Leon Kremer  Poland 15 20 75.0
6 Feliks Villard  Estonia 13 19 68.4
7 Ludwig Rödl  Germany 11 16 68.8
7 Alfred Christensen  Denmark 13 19 68.4
7 Henryk Pogorieły  Poland 13.5 20 67.5
8 Wolfgang Weil  Austria 12.5 17 73.5
8 Herbert Heinicke  Germany 13 18 72.2
8 Karlis Ozols  Latvia 10.5 15 70.0
1 reserve František Zíta  Czechoslovakia 7.5 11 68.2
1 reserve Wilhelm Ernst  Germany 9.5 14 67.9
1 reserve János Balogh  Hungary 8.5 13 65.4
2 reserve Ozren Nedeljković  Yugoslavia 8 10 80.0
2 reserve Paul Michel  Germany 9.5 12 79.2
2 reserve Bertil Sundberg  Sweden 10.5 15 70.0

See also

References

  1. ^ OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, information
  2. ^ Edward Winter: The 1936 Munich Chess Olympiad
  3. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski: Olimpiady szachowe 1924-1974, Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978