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The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising a team tournament, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, 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.

The official poster for the Olympiad.

Chantal Chaudé de Silans played on the French team, making her the first woman to play in an official chess Olympiad.[1][2]

Results

Team standings

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#CountryPlayersPoints
1 YugoslaviaGligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc45½
2 ArgentinaNajdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik43½
3 West GermanyUnzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte40½
4 United StatesReshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans40
5 NetherlandsEuwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner37
6 BelgiumO'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor32
7 AustriaBeni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert31½
8 ChileCastillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni30½
9 FranceTartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux28½
10 FinlandBöök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo28
11 SwedenSköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg27½
12 ItalyCastaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera25
13 DenmarkPoulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen22
14 PeruCanal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis21½
15 NorwayMyhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl15
16 GreeceMastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos12
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Team results

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1  Yugoslavia - 1½ 3 2 2½ 3 2 2 3½ 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 11 1 3 45½
2  Argentina 2½ - 2 1½ 1½ 4 3 3 2½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 4 3½ 3½ 3 12 2 1 43½
3  West Germany 1 2 - 1½ 3 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 4 3 3 2 3½ 4 11 2 2 40½
4  United States 2 2½ 2½ - 2 2½ 2 3½ 2 2½ 2½ 3 3 2½ 4 3½ 11 0 4 40
5  Netherlands 1½ 2½ 1 2 - 1½ 2½ 2½ 2 2 2 3½ 3½ 2½ 4 4 8 3 4 37
6  Belgium 1 0 1½ 1½ 2½ - 2½ 2 2 3 3½ 1½ 3½ 3 1½ 3 7 6 2 32
7  Austria 2 1 1½ 2 1½ 1½ - 2½ 2 1½ 2½ 1½ 2 3 3½ 3½ 5 6 4 31½
8  Chile 2 1 1½ ½ 1½ 2 1½ - 2 2½ 2 3 2½ 2½ 4 2 5 5 5 30½
9  France ½ 1½ 1 2 2 2 2 2 - ½ 1 2½ 2½ 2 3½ 3½ 4 5 6 28½
10  Finland 1 1½ 1 1½ 2 1 2½ 1½ 3½ - ½ 3 1½ 2 3 2½ 5 8 2 28
11  Sweden 1 ½ 0 1½ 2 ½ 1½ 2 3 3½ - 1½ 2 3 2 3½ 4 7 4 27½
12  Italy 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 2½ 2½ 1 1½ 1 2½ - 3 3½ 2 2½ 6 8 1 25
13  Denmark 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 2 1½ 1½ 2½ 2 1 - 2 3 3½ 3 9 3 22
14  Peru 0 ½ 2 1½ 1½ 1 1 1½ 2 2 1 ½ 2 - 3 2 1 9 5 21½
15  Norway 0 ½ ½ 0 0 2½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2 2 1 1 - 3½ 2 11 2 15
16 Greece 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2 ½ 1½ ½ 1½ ½ 2 ½ - 0 13 2 12
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Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:[3]

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