6th Chess Olympiad

The 6th Chess Olympiad (Polish: 6. Olimpiada szachowa), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open^[1] and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland. The famous retired Polish master Dawid PrzepiÃ³rka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee.

The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

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#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Fine, Marshall, Kupchik, Dake, Horowitz	54
2	Sweden	StÃ¥hlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Danielsson, Larsson	52Â½
3	Poland	Tartakower, Frydman, Najdorf, Friedman, Makarczyk	52
4	Hungary	Steiner L., Lilienthal, Havasi, SzabÃ³, RÃ©thy	51
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, OpoÄenskÃ½, RejfÃÅ, Treybal K., PelikÃ¡n	49
6	Yugoslavia	Vidmar, Pirc, KostiÄ, TrifunoviÄ, KÃ¶nig	45Â½
7	Austria	GrÃ¼nfeld, Spielmann, Eliskases, MÃ¼ller, Podhorzer	43Â½
8	Argentina	Grau, BolbochÃ¡n Jac., Pleci, Maderna	42
9	Latvia	Petrovs, ApÅ¡enieks, Feigins, Hasenfuss, KrÅ«miÅÅ¡	41
10	France	Alekhine, Betbeder, Muffang, Kahn, Raizman	38
11	Estonia	Keres, Friedemann, Laurine, Raud, Kibbermann	37Â½
12	England	Winter, Thomas, Alexander, Atkins, Golombek	37
13	Finland	BÃ¶Ã¶k, Rasmusson, Solin, Krogius, Salo	35
14	Lithuania	MikÄnas, Machtas, Vistaneckis, Vaitonis, Luckis	34
15	Palestine	Foerder, Enoch, Dobkin, Winz, Czerniak	32
16	Denmark	Andersen, Nielsen B., Enevoldsen, Nielsen J., SÃ¸rensen	31Â½
17	Romania	Silbermann, Ichim, BrÃ³dy, ErdÃ©lyi, Popa	27Â½
18	Italy	Sacconi, Monticelli, Rosselli del Turco, Romi, Napolitano	24
19	Switzerland	Naegeli, Grob, Michel, StÃ¤helin, Gygli	21
20	Irish Free State	Reilly, Creevey, O'Hanlon, Cranston, De Burca	12

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	+	â	=	Points
1	United States	-	1Â½	2Â½	1	3	2Â½	2Â½	2Â½	2Â½	3Â½	3Â½	2Â½	3Â½	2Â½	3Â½	3	4	3Â½	3Â½	3	17	2	0	54
2	Sweden	2Â½	-	1Â½	2	2	1Â½	2	3Â½	2Â½	3Â½	3	2Â½	2Â½	3	3	3	4	4	3	3Â½	14	2	3	52Â½
3	Poland	1Â½	2Â½	-	2Â½	2	1Â½	2	2	3	2Â½	3Â½	3Â½	3	2Â½	3	3	2	4	4	4	13	2	4	52
4	Hungary	3	2	1Â½	-	2	3	2	1Â½	3	2Â½	3	2Â½	2Â½	2Â½	3Â½	3Â½	3	3Â½	3Â½	3	14	2	3	51
5	Czechoslovakia	1	2	2	2	-	2	2	2Â½	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	3Â½	2Â½	3	3Â½	4	10	1	8	49
6	Yugoslavia	1Â½	2Â½	2Â½	1	2	-	1	2	2	3	3	2Â½	2Â½	3	3	2Â½	3	3	1Â½	4	12	4	3	45Â½
7	Austria	1Â½	2	2	2	2	3	-	2	1Â½	2	2	2Â½	1Â½	2	3	2Â½	1Â½	3	3Â½	4	7	4	8	43Â½
8	Argentina	1Â½	Â½	2	2Â½	1Â½	2	2	-	1	2Â½	2Â½	2	1Â½	2Â½	2Â½	3	2Â½	3Â½	3Â½	3	10	5	4	42
9	Latvia	1Â½	1Â½	1	1	2	2	2Â½	3	-	2	1Â½	1	2Â½	1Â½	3	3	3	3Â½	2Â½	3	9	7	3	41
10	France	Â½	Â½	1Â½	1Â½	1	1	2	1Â½	2	-	2Â½	2Â½	1Â½	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	6	8	5	38
11	Estonia	Â½	1	Â½	1	1	1	2	1Â½	2Â½	1Â½	-	1Â½	1Â½	2	2Â½	3Â½	3Â½	4	3	3Â½	7	10	2	37Â½
12	England	1Â½	1Â½	Â½	1Â½	2	1Â½	1Â½	2	3	1Â½	2Â½	-	3	1Â½	2Â½	1	1Â½	3	2	3Â½	6	10	3	37
13	Finland	Â½	1Â½	1	1Â½	0	1Â½	2Â½	2Â½	1Â½	2Â½	2Â½	1	-	2	2	2	4	1	3Â½	2	6	9	4	35
14	Lithuania	1Â½	1	1Â½	1Â½	1	1	2	1Â½	2Â½	2	2	2Â½	2	-	1Â½	2	1Â½	1	3	3	4	10	5	34
15	Palestine	Â½	1	1	Â½	2	1	1	1Â½	1	1	1Â½	1Â½	2	2Â½	-	2	2Â½	2	3Â½	4	4	11	4	32
16	Denmark	1	1	1	Â½	Â½	1Â½	1Â½	1	1	1	Â½	3	2	2	2	-	3Â½	3	2	3Â½	4	11	4	31Â½
17	Romania	0	0	2	1	1Â½	1	2Â½	1Â½	1	2	Â½	2Â½	0	2Â½	1Â½	Â½	-	2	3	2Â½	5	11	3	27Â½
18	Italy	Â½	0	0	Â½	1	1	1	Â½	Â½	2	0	1	3	3	2	1	2	-	1Â½	3Â½	3	13	3	24
19	Switzerland	Â½	1	0	Â½	Â½	2Â½	Â½	Â½	1Â½	0	1	2	Â½	1	Â½	2	1	2Â½	-	3	3	14	2	21
20	Irish Free State	1	Â½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	Â½	Â½	2	1	0	Â½	1Â½	Â½	1	-	0	1	18	12

6th Chess Olympiad

Results

Team standings

Team results

Individual medals

References

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