9th Chess Olympiad

File:Poster for Chess Olympiad 1950.jpg

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The 9th Chess Olympiad (Template:Langx), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1		Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc	45½
2		Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik	43½
3		Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte	40½
4	Template:Flagu	Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans	40
5	Template:Flagu	Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner	37
6	Template:Flagu	O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor	32
7		Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert	31½
8	Template:Flagu	Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni	30½
9	Template:Flagcountry	Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux	28½
10		Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo	28
11	Template:Flagu	Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg	27½
12	Template:Flagu	Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera	25
13		Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen	22
14		Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis	21½
15		Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl	15
16	Greece	Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos	12

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		+	−	=	Points
1		-	1½	3	2	2½	3	2	2	3½	3	3	4	4	4	4	4		11	1	3	45½
2		2½	-	2	1½	1½	4	3	3	2½	2½	3½	3½	4	3½	3½	3		12	2	1	43½
3		1	2	-	1½	3	2½	2½	2½	3	3	4	3	3	2	3½	4		11	2	2	40½
4	Template:Flagu	2	2½	2½	-	2	2½	2	3½	2	2½	2½	3	3	2½	4	3½		11	0	4	40
5	Template:Flagu	1½	2½	1	2	-	1½	2½	2½	2	2	2	3½	3½	2½	4	4		8	3	4	37
6	Template:Flagu	1	0	1½	1½	2½	-	2½	2	2	3	3½	1½	3½	3	1½	3		7	6	2	32
7		2	1	1½	2	1½	1½	-	2½	2	1½	2½	1½	2	3	3½	3½		5	6	4	31½
8	Template:Flagu	2	1	1½	½	1½	2	1½	-	2	2½	2	3	2½	2½	4	2		5	5	5	30½
9	Template:Flagu	½	1½	1	2	2	2	2	2	-	½	1	2½	2½	2	3½	3½		4	5	6	28½
10		1	1½	1	1½	2	1	2½	1½	3½	-	½	3	1½	2	3	2½		5	8	2	28
11	Template:Flagu	1	½	0	1½	2	½	1½	2	3	3½	-	1½	2	3	2	3½		4	7	4	27½
12	Template:Flagu	0	½	1	1	½	2½	2½	1	1½	1	2½	-	3	3½	2	2½		6	8	1	25
13		0	0	1	1	½	½	2	1½	1½	2½	2	1	-	2	3	3½		3	9	3	22
14		0	½	2	1½	1½	1	1	1½	2	2	1	½	2	-	3	2		1	9	5	21½
15		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

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

• Board 1: Template:Flagicon Miguel Najdorf and Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6%
• Board 2: Template:Flagicon Julio Bolbochán 11½ / 14 = 82.1%
• Board 3: Template:Flagicon Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9%
• Board 4: Template:Flagicon Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0%
• 1st reserve: Template:Flagicon Hermann Pilnik 7½ / 10 = 75.0%
• 2nd reserve: Template:Flagicon Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%