1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
- 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the Games of the 8th Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20th July 1924, at "Hotel Majestic". The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. 54 players representing 18 countries arrived to Paris. They were decided to be split into 9 preliminary groups of 6, a winner of each qualifying into the Championship Final while the rest joined 8-round Swiss consolation tournament. The winner of the individual tournament earned the title of the Amateur World Champion. Mrs. Edith Holloway for Great Britain was the first woman to have appeared at the Olympiads. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1924x/1924in.html OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information ] ] [Stanisław Gawlikowski "Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974" Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978]
The final results were as follows:
Amateur World Championship
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Team Classification
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FIDE
On July 20th, the last day of the games, 15 delegates from all over the World signed the proclamation act of the International Chess Federation (originally known as Fédération Internationale des Échecs in French) and elected Dr. Alexander Rueb of Holland the first FIDE president.
Latin motto Gens una sumus ("we are one family") became official and well-recognized watchword of the chess unity. Below is the historic list of 15 founders of FIDE: Abonyi (Hungary), Grau (Argentina), Gudju (Romania), Marusi (Italy), Nicolet (Switzerland), Ovadija (Yugoslavia), Penalver y Zamora (Spain), Rawlins (Great Britain), Rueb (Netherlands), Skalička (Czechoslovakia), Smith (Canada), Towbin (Poland), Tschepurnoff (Finland), Vincent (France), Weltjens (Belgium).
References
ee also
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)
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