Kammala wannan jumla: Alekhine ya wakilci Faransa a gaban kwamitin farko a cikin
8th Chess Olympiad a Buenos Aires 1939 lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya ɓarke a Turai. Taron dukkan shugabannin tawagar, tare da manyan matsayin da Alekhine (Faransa), Savielly Tartakower (Poland), da Albert Becker (Jamus), da shugaban Tarayyar Chess ta Argentina, Augusto de Muro, suka yanke shawarar ci gaba da gasar Olympics.