9th Chess Olympiad

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The 9th Chess Olympiad, 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, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). 84 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

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc	45½
2	Argentina	Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik	43½
3	West Germany	Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte	40½
4	United States	Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans	40
5	Netherlands	Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner	37
6	Belgium	O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor	32
7	Austria	Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert	31½
8	Chile	Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni	30½
9	France	Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux	28½
10	Finland	Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo	28
11	Sweden	Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg	27½
12	Italy	Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera	25
13	Denmark	Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen	22
14	Peru	Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis	21½
15	Norway	Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl	15
16	Greece	Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos	12

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:^[2]

Board 1: Miguel Najdorf and Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6%
Board 2: Julio Bolbochán 11½ / 14 = 82.1%
Board 3: Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9%
Board 4: Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0%
1st reserve: Herman Pilnik 7½ / 10 = 75.0%
2nd reserve: Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%

References

↑ 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

Chess Olympiad / Women's Chess Olympiad

Official	London 1927 The Hague 1928 Hamburg 1930 Prague 1931 Folkestone 1933 Warsaw 1935 Stockholm 1937 Buenos Aires 1939 Dubrovnik 1950 Helsinki 1952 Amsterdam 1954 Moscow 1956 Munich 1958 Leipzig 1960 Varna 1962 Tel Aviv 1964 Havana 1966 Lugano 1968 Siegen 1970 Skopje 1972 Nice 1974 Haifa 1976 Buenos Aires 1978 Valletta 1980 Lucerne 1982 Thessaloniki 1984 Dubai 1986 Thessaloniki 1988 Novi Sad 1990 Manila 1992 Moscow 1994 Yerevan 1996 Elista 1998 Istanbul 2000 Bled 2002 Calvià 2004 Turin 2006 Dresden 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Istanbul 2012 Tromsø 2014 Baku 2016 open women controversies Batumi 2018

Unofficial	Paris 1924 Budapest 1926 Munich 1936 Tripoli 1976

Women's	Emmen 1957 Split 1963 Oberhausen 1966 Lublin 1969 Skopje 1972 Medellín 1974

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