6th Chess Olympiad

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The winning American team is awarded the Hamilton-Russell Cup.

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Award from the 1935 Chess Olympiad

The 6th Chess Olympiad (Template:Langx), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open 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 Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee.

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

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Template:Flagu	Fine, Marshall, Kupchik, Dake, Horowitz	54
2	Template:Flagu	Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Danielsson, Larsson	52½
3	Template:Flagcountry	Tartakower, Frydman, Najdorf, Friedman, Makarczyk	52
4	Template:Flagcountry	Steiner L., Lilienthal, Havasi, Szabó, Réthy	51
5		Flohr, Opočenský, Rejfíř, Treybal K., Pelikán	49
6	Template:Flagcountry	Vidmar, Pirc, Kostić, Trifunović, König	45½
7		Grünfeld, Spielmann, Eliskases, Müller, Podhorzer	43½
8		Grau, Bolbochán Jac., Pleci, Maderna	42
9		Petrovs, Apšenieks, Feigins, Hasenfuss, Krūmiņš	41
10	Template:Flagcountry	Alekhine, Betbeder, Muffang, Kahn, Raizman	38
11		Keres, Friedemann, Laurine, Raud, Kibbermann	37½
12	Template:Flagu	Winter, Thomas, Alexander, Atkins, Golombek	37
13		Böök, Rasmusson, Solin, Krogius, Salo	35
14	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Machtas, Vistaneckis, Vaitonis, Luckis	34
15	Template:Flagcountry	Foerder, Enoch, Dobkin, Winz, Czerniak	32
16		Andersen, Nielsen B., Enevoldsen, Nielsen J., Sørensen	31½
17		Silbermann, Ichim, Bródy, Erdélyi, Popa	27½
18	Template:Flagu	Sacconi, Monticelli, Rosselli del Turco, Romi, Napolitano	24
19		Naegeli, Grob, Michel, Stähelin, Gygli	21
20	Template:Country data Irish Free State	Reilly, Creevey, O'Hanlon, Cranston, De Burca	12

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		+	−	=	Points
1	Template:Flagu	-	1½	2½	1	3	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	2½	3½	2½	3½	3	4	3½	3½	3		17	2	0	54
2	Template:Flagu	2½	-	1½	2	2	1½	2	3½	2½	3½	3	2½	2½	3	3	3	4	4	3	3½		14	2	3	52½
3	Template:Flagcountry	1½	2½	-	2½	2	1½	2	2	3	2½	3½	3½	3	2½	3	3	2	4	4	4		13	2	4	52
4	Template:Flagcountry	3	2	1½	-	2	3	2	1½	3	2½	3	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	3	3½	3½	3		14	2	3	51
5		1	2	2	2	-	2	2	2½	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	3½	2½	3	3½	4		10	1	8	49
6	Template:Flagcountry	1½	2½	2½	1	2	-	1	2	2	3	3	2½	2½	3	3	2½	3	3	1½	4		12	4	3	45½
7		1½	2	2	2	2	3	-	2	1½	2	2	2½	1½	2	3	2½	1½	3	3½	4		7	4	8	43½
8		1½	½	2	2½	1½	2	2	-	1	2½	2½	2	1½	2½	2½	3	2½	3½	3½	3		10	5	4	42
9		1½	1½	1	1	2	2	2½	3	-	2	1½	1	2½	1½	3	3	3	3½	2½	3		9	7	3	41
10	Template:Flagcountry	½	½	1½	1½	1	1	2	1½	2	-	2½	2½	1½	2	3	3	2	2	4	4		6	8	5	38
11		½	1	½	1	1	1	2	1½	2½	1½	-	1½	1½	2	2½	3½	3½	4	3	3½		7	10	2	37½
12	Template:Flagu	1½	1½	½	1½	2	1½	1½	2	3	1½	2½	-	3	1½	2½	1	1½	3	2	3½		6	10	3	37
13		½	1½	1	1½	0	1½	2½	2½	1½	2½	2½	1	-	2	2	2	4	1	3½	2		6	9	4	35
14	Lithuania	1½	1	1½	1½	1	1	2	1½	2½	2	2	2½	2	-	1½	2	1½	1	3	3		4	10	5	34
15	Template:Flagcountry	½	1	1	½	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1½	1½	2	2½	-	2	2½	2	3½	4		4	11	4	32
16		1	1	1	½	½	1½	1½	1	1	1	½	3	2	2	2	-	3½	3	2	3½		4	11	4	31½
17		0	0	2	1	1½	1	2½	1½	1	2	½	2½	0	2½	1½	½	-	2	3	2½		5	11	3	27½
18	Template:Flagu	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	2	0	1	3	3	2	1	2	-	1½	3½		3	13	3	24
19		½	1	0	½	½	2½	½	½	1½	0	1	2	½	1	½	2	1	2½	-	3		3	14	2	21
20	Template:Country data Irish Free State	1	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	½	2	1	0	½	1½	½	1	-		0	1	18	12

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

• Board 1: Template:Flagicon Salo Flohr 13 / 17 = 76.5%
• Board 2: Template:Flagicon Andor Lilienthal 15 / 19 = 78.9%
• Board 3: Template:Flagicon Erich Eliskases 15 / 19 = 78.9%
• Board 4: Template:Flagicon Arthur Dake 15½ / 18 = 86.1%
• Reserve: Template:Flagicon Al Horowitz 12 / 15 = 80.0%

References

• 6th Chess Olympiad: Warsaw 1935 OlimpBase