1st Chess Olympiad

The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open[1] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 18 and 30 July 1927 in London, United Kingdom. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship took place during the Olympiad.

Players and spectators at the Westminster Central Hall.

Competing countries (in green) of the 1st Chess Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Hungary	Maróczy, Nagy, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.	40
2	Denmark	Krause, Norman-Hansen, Andersen, Ruben	38½
3	Great Britain	Atkins, Yates, Thomas, Michell, Spencer	36½
4	Netherlands	Euwe, Weenink, Kroone, te Kolsté, Schelfhout	35
5	Czechoslovakia	Réti, Gilg, Hromádka, Pokorný, Prokeš	34½
6	Germany	Tarrasch, Mieses, Carls, Wagner	34
7	Austria	Grünfeld, Lokvenc, Kmoch, Wolf, Gruber	34
8	Switzerland	Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Grob, Michel	32
9	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Kostić, Vuković V., Asztalos, Kalabar	30
10	Italy	Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romih, Sacconi	28½
11	Sweden	Nilsson, Nyholm, Jakobson, Stoltz	28
12	Argentina	Grau, Rivarola, Nogués Acuña, Palau	27
13	France	Chéron, Muffang, Renaud, Betbeder	24½
14	Finland	Tschepurnoff, Rasmusson, Heilimo, Terho	21½
15	Belgium	Koltanowski, Censer I., Louviau, Censer M.	21½
16	Spain	Golmayo, Marín y Llovet, Vilardebó, Soler	14½

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	+	−	=	Points
1	Hungary	-	1	2½	1½	3	3	3	1½	4	3	1½	3½	3	2½	3½	3½	11	4	0	40
2	Denmark	3	-	2½	2	3½	2½	1½	2½	1	2	2½	3	3	3½	2	4	10	2	3	38½
3	Great Britain	1½	1½	-	3	1½	2½	1½	3	3½	2	3½	2½	2½	2	3	3	9	4	2	36½
4	Netherlands	2½	2	1	-	3	2	2½	1½	2	3½	4	2	1	3½	2	2½	7	3	5	35
5	Czechoslovakia	1	½	2½	1	-	2½	1½	2½	2½	2½	1	4	2½	3	3½	4	10	5	0	34½
6	Germany	1	1½	1½	2	1½	-	2	3	2½	2½	3	2½	2½	3	2½	3	9	4	2	34
7	Austria	1	2½	2½	1½	2½	2	-	1½	3	1½	2½	2½	3	3½	1½	3	9	5	1	34
8	Switzerland	2½	1½	1	2½	1½	1	2½	-	2	1½	2½	1½	2	3½	3½	3	7	6	2	32
9	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	0	3	½	2	1½	1½	1	2	-	2½	3	1½	3½	3	2	3	6	6	3	30
10	Italy	1	2	2	½	1½	1½	2½	2½	1½	-	1	2½	2	3	3	2	5	6	4	28½
11	Sweden	2½	1½	½	0	3	1	1½	1½	1	3	-	1½	4	3	1½	2½	6	9	0	28
12	Argentina	½	1	1½	2	0	1½	1½	2½	2½	1½	2½	-	1½	2	3	3½	5	8	2	27
13	France	1	1	1½	3	1½	1½	1	2	½	2	0	2½	-	1	3	3	4	9	2	24½
14	Finland	1½	½	2	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	2	3	-	2½	3½	3	10	2	21½
15	Belgium	½	2	1	2	½	1½	2½	½	2	1	2½	1	1	1½	-	2	2	9	4	21½
16	Spain	½	0	1	1½	0	1	1	1	1	2	1½	½	1	½	2	-	0	13	2	14½

Individual medals

No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]

#	Player	Points	Percentage
1	George Alan Thomas (England)	12/15	80%
1	Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark)	12/15	80%
3	Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)	11½/15	76.7%
4	Géza Maróczy (Hungary)	9/12	75%
5	Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)	9½/13	73.1%
6	Max Euwe (Netherlands)	10½/15	70%

References

Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
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