- 6th Chess Olympiad
The 6th
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 betweenAugust 16 andAugust 31 1935 , inWarsaw ,Poland . The famous retired Polish masterDawid Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee.The final results were as follows:
Final
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The prizes for best individual results went to
Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia),Andor Lilienthal (Hungary),Erich Eliskases (Austria),Arthur Dake (USA) and Al Horowitz (USA), from board 1 to 5 respectively. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1935/1935in.html OlimpBase :: 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935, information ] ]Women's World Chess Championship
The 5th
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://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables6.htm GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 ] ] [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/campioni/femminile.htm femminile ] ] [ [http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/11%20Ajedrez%20Femenino/Palmares/Ctos_Mundo/Varsovia_35.htm Campeonato Mundo femenino Varsovia 1935 ] ]:
References
* [http://www.olimpbase.org/1935/1935in.html 6th Chess Olympiad: Warsaw 1935] 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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