9th Chess Olympiad
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1950 chess tournament in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament,[1] as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.
Results
[edit ]Team standings
[edit ]Team results
[edit ]Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | + | − | = | Points |
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1 | Yugoslavia | - | 11⁄2 | 3 | 2 | 21⁄2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 451⁄2 |
2 | Argentina | 21⁄2 | - | 2 | 11⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 4 | 31⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 431⁄2 |
3 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | - | 11⁄2 | 3 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 401⁄2 |
4 | United States | 2 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | - | 2 | 21⁄2 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 2 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 3 | 3 | 21⁄2 | 4 | 31⁄2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 40 |
5 | Netherlands | 11⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 1 | 2 | - | 11⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
6 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 11⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 21⁄2 | - | 21⁄2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 3 | 11⁄2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
7 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 11⁄2 | 11⁄2 | - | 21⁄2 | 2 | 11⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 3 | 31⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 311⁄2 |
8 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 11⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 11⁄2 | - | 2 | 21⁄2 | 2 | 3 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 301⁄2 |
9 | France | 1⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1⁄2 | 1 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 31⁄2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 281⁄2 |
10 | Finland | 1 | 11⁄2 | 1 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 1 | 21⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 31⁄2 | - | 1⁄2 | 3 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 3 | 21⁄2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
11 | Sweden | 1 | 1⁄2 | 0 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 1⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 3 | 31⁄2 | - | 11⁄2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31⁄2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 271⁄2 |
12 | Italy | 0 | 1⁄2 | 1 | 1 | 1⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 1 | 11⁄2 | 1 | 21⁄2 | - | 3 | 31⁄2 | 2 | 21⁄2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
13 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 2 | 11⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 21⁄2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 31⁄2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
14 | Peru | 0 | 1⁄2 | 2 | 11⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 1 | 1 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1⁄2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 211⁄2 |
15 | Norway | 0 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 0 | 0 | 21⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 0 | 1⁄2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 31⁄2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
16 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1⁄2 | 0 | 1 | 1⁄2 | 2 | 1⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 2 | 1⁄2 | - | 0 | 13 | 2 | 12 |
Individual medals
[edit ]The prizes for best individual results went to:[2]
- Board 1: Argentina Miguel Najdorf and West Germany Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6%
- Board 2: Argentina Julio Bolbochán 111⁄2 / 14 = 82.1%
- Board 3: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9%
- Board 4: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0%
- 1st reserve: Argentina Hermann Pilnik 71⁄2 / 10 = 75.0%
- 2nd reserve: United States Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%
References
[edit ]- ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
- ^ 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950 at olimpbase.org