- 3rd Chess Olympiad
The 3rd
Chess Olympiad , organized by the FIDE and comprising an open [ Although commonly referred to as the "men's division", this section is open to bothmale andfemale players. ] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game ofchess , took place betweenJuly 13 andJuly 27 ,1930 , inHamburg ,Germany .The final results were as follows:
Final
:
Individual medals
The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top 3 individual results were awarded with a prize. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information ] ]
* Gold medal wonAkiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
* Silver medal wonSalo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
*Bronze medal wonIsaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).Women's World Chess Championship
The 2nd
Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows: [Stanisław Gawlikowski "Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974" Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978] [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/campioni/femminile.htm femminile ] ] [ [http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/11%20Ajedrez%20Femenino/Palmares/Ctos_Mundo/Buenos_Aires_39.htm Campeonato Mundo femenino Buenos Aires 1939 ] ]:
References
* [http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html 3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930] OlimpBase
ee also
1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)
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