9th Chess Olympiad
# 9th Chess Olympiad

The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), 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

    #CountryPlayersPoints 1 YugoslaviaGligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc45½ 2 ArgentinaNajdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik43½ 3 West GermanyUnzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte40½ 4 United StatesReshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans40 5 NetherlandsEuwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner37 6 BelgiumO'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor32 7 AustriaBeni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert31½ 8 ChileCastillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni30½ 9 FranceTartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux28½ 10 FinlandBöök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo28 11 SwedenSköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg27½ 12 ItalyCastaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera25 13 DenmarkPoulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen22 14 PeruCanal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis21½ 15 NorwayMyhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl15 16 GreeceMastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos12

### Team results

| Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | + | − | = | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 45½ |
| 2 | Argentina | 2½ | - | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43½ |
| 3 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | - | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40½ |
| 4 | United States | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 11 | 0 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 2 | - | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | 6 | 4 | 31½ |
| 8 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30½ |
| 9 | France | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 6 | 28½ |
| 10 | Finland | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 3½ | - | ½ | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 2 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27½ |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | - | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 14 | Peru | 0 | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | ½ | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21½ |
| 15 | Norway | 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: Miguel Najdorf and Wolfgang Unzicker 11 / 14 = 78.6%
* Board 2: Julio Bolbochán 11½ / 14 = 82.1%
* Board 3: Petar Trifunović 10 / 13 = 76.9%
* Board 4: Braslav Rabar 9 / 10 = 90.0%
* 1st reserve: Hermann Pilnik 7½ / 10 = 75.0%
* 2nd reserve: Larry Evans 9 / 10 = 90.0%
