7th Chess Olympiad

Template:Short description The 7th 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 July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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

Results

Final

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Template:Flagu	Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz	54½
2	Template:Flagcountry	Lilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda	48½
3	Template:Flagcountry	Tartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński	47
4		Piazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci	47
5		Flohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta	45
6	Template:Flagu	Euwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot	44
7		Keres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann	41½
8	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius	41½
9	Template:Flagcountry	Pirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder	40
10	Template:Flagu	Ståhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson	38½
11		Petrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelīns	37½
12		Gauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen	34
13	Template:Flagu	Thomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft	34
14	Template:Flagicon Italy	Castaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco	26½
15		Enevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen	25½
16	Template:Flagcountry	Gilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson	23
17	Template:Flagu	Dunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse	22½
18		Herseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen	19½
19		Aitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie	14

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19		+	−	=	Points
1	Template:Flagu	-	2	3½	2½	3	2	2½	3½	3	2½	2	3½	3½	3	4	4	3½	3	3½		15	0	3	54½
2	Template:Flagcountry	2	-	2	2	2	2½	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2½	3	3½	4	4		11	0	7	48½
3	Template:Flagcountry	½	2	-	2½	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	1½	2½	2½	3	3½	4	2½	3	4		14	2	2	47
4		1½	2	1½	-	2	1	2	3	2½	3	2	3	2½	4	3	4	2½	3½	4		11	3	4	47
5		1	2	2	2	-	2	2½	3½	1½	3	2	3	2½	3	2½	3½	3½	3	2½		11	2	5	45
6	Template:Flagu	2	1½	1½	3	2	-	2½	3	2½	2	3	2	2½	3	2	2½	3	2½	3½		11	2	5	44
7		1½	1	1½	2	1½	1½	-	1½	3	2	2½	½	3	3	3	3½	3	3½	4		9	7	2	41½
8	Lithuania	½	2	1½	1	½	1	2½	-	2½	2	3½	2	2	4	3	1½	4	4	4		8	6	4	41½
9	Template:Flagcountry	1	1	1½	1½	2½	1½	1	1½	-	2	3	2	2½	3	3½	2	3	3½	4		8	7	3	40
10	Template:Flagu	1½	2	½	1	1	2	2	2	2	-	3	2	2½	3	3	2½	3½	3	2		7	4	7	38½
11		2	1	2½	2	2	1	1½	½	1	1	-	3	3	2	3	2½	2½	3	4		8	6	4	37½
12		½	1	1½	1	1	2	3½	2	2	2	1	-	1	3	2½	2½	2	3	2½		6	7	5	34
13	Template:Flagu	½	1	1½	1½	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1½	1	3	-	3	2	3½	3	3	2		5	10	3	34
14	Template:Flagicon Italy	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	-	1½	3	2	3	4		3	12	3	26½
15		0	1½	½	1	1½	2	1	1	½	1	1	1½	2	2½	-	2	2½	1½	2½		3	12	3	25½
16	Template:Flagcountry	0	1	0	0	½	1½	½	2½	2	1½	1½	1½	½	1	2	-	3½	1½	2		2	13	3	23
17	Template:Flagu	½	½	1½	1½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1½	2	1	2	1½	½	-	2½	3½		2	14	2	22½
18		1	0	1	½	1	1½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2½	1½	-	2		2	15	1	19½
19		½	0	0	0	1½	½	0	0	0	2	0	1½	2	0	1½	2	½	2	-		0	14	4	14

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

• Board 1: Template:Flagicon Salo Flohr 12½ / 16 = 78.1%
• Board 2: Template:Flagicon Reuben Fine 11½ / 15 = 76.7%
• Board 3: Template:Flagicon Isaac Kashdan 14 / 16 = 87.5%
• Board 4: Template:Flagicon Gösta Danielsson 14 / 18 = 77.8%
• Reserve: Template:Flagicon Al Horowitz 13 / 15 = 86.7%

References

• 7th Chess Olympiad: Stockholm 1937 OlimpBase