3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (Grossdeutscher Schachbund) as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events.[1][2] Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Significantly, the "Jewish" teams of Hungary (i.e. Lajos Steiner, Endre Steiner, László Szabó, Ernő Gereben, Kornél Havasi) and Poland (i.e. Paulino Frydman, Miguel Najdorf, Henryk Friedman, Leon Kremer, Henryk Pogorieły) beat "Aryan" Germany. Also Jewish masters from other countries played leading roles there (i.e. Movsas Feigins, Gunnar Friedemann, Imre König, Lodewijk Prins, Isakas Vistaneckis, Emil Zinner, etc.).
The Schach-Olympia 1936 took place in Munich between August 17 and September 1, 1936. In that extra-Olympiad (non-FIDE) 208 participants, representing 21 countries, played 1680 games. The Munich unofficial Olympiad was the biggest team competition ever held.[3]
Results
Final
# Country Points 1 Hungary 110.5 2 Poland 108 3 Germany 106.5 4 Yugoslavia 104.5 5 Czechoslovakia 104 6 Latvia 96.5 7 Austria 95 8 Sweden 94 9 Denmark 91.5 10 Estonia 90 11 Lithuania 77.5 12 Finland 75 13 Netherlands 71.5 14 Romania 68 15 Norway 64.5 16 Brazil 63 17 Switzerland 61.5 18 Italy 59 19 Iceland 57.5 20 France 43.5 21 Bulgaria 38.5
Team medals
# Country Players 1 Hungary Géza Maróczy, Lajos Steiner, Endre Steiner, Kornél Havasi, László Szabó, Gedeon Barcza, Árpád Vajda, Ernő Gereben, János Balogh, Imre Kóródy Keresztély 2 Poland Paulin Frydman, Mieczysław Najdorf, Teodor Regedziński, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Henryk Friedman, Leon Kremer, Henryk Pogorieły, Antoni Wojciechowski, Franciszek Sulik, Jerzy Jagielski 3 Germany Kurt Richter, Carl Ahues, Ludwig Engels, Carl Carls, Ludwig Rellstab, Fritz Sämisch, Ludwig Rödl, Herbert Heinicke, Wilhelm Ernst, Paul Michel
Individual medals
# Board Player Country Points Games % 1 Paul Keres Estonia 15.5 20 77.5 1 Vasja Pirc Yugoslavia 12 17 70.6 1 Gideon Ståhlberg Sweden 11.5 17 67.6 2 Mieczysław Najdorf Poland 16 20 80.0 2 Lajos Steiner Hungary 15.5 20 77.5 2 Albert Becker Austria 13.5 18 75.0 3 Bjørn Nielsen Denmark 11.5 15 76.7 3 Movsas Feigins Latvia 14.5 19 76.3 3 Emil Zinner Czechoslovakia 14.5 20 72.5 4 Karel Hromádka Czechoslovakia 14 20 70.0 4 Gösta Danielsson Sweden 13.5 20 67.5 4 Markas Luckis Lithuania 13.5 20 67.5 5 László Szabó Hungary 16.5 19 86.8 5 Henryk Friedman Poland 15.5 20 77.5 5 Ludwig Rellstab Germany 12 17 70.6 6 Borislav Kostić Yugoslavia 16 19 84.2 6 Leon Kremer Poland 15 20 75.0 6 Feliks Villard Estonia 13 19 68.4 7 Ludwig Rödl Germany 11 16 68.8 7 Alfred Christensen Denmark 13 19 68.4 7 Henryk Pogorieły Poland 13.5 20 67.5 8 Wolfgang Weil Austria 12.5 17 73.5 8 Herbert Heinicke Germany 13 18 72.2 8 Karlis Ozols Latvia 10.5 15 70.0 1 reserve František Zíta Czechoslovakia 7.5 11 68.2 1 reserve Wilhelm Ernst Germany 9.5 14 67.9 1 reserve János Balogh Hungary 8.5 13 65.4 2 reserve Ozren Nedeljković Yugoslavia 8 10 80.0 2 reserve Paul Michel Germany 9.5 12 79.2 2 reserve Bertil Sundberg Sweden 10.5 15 70.0
See also
- 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)
- 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
- Against Chess Olympiad (Tripoli 1976)
References
External links
- Edward Winter, The 1936 Munich Chess Olympiad
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