4th Chess Olympiad
# 4th Chess Olympiad

The 4th Chess Olympiad (Czech: 4. Šachová olympiáda), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (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 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The 3rd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

## Results

### Team standings

    #CountryPlayersPoints 1 United StatesKashdan, Marshall, Dake, Horowitz, Steiner H.48 2 PolandRubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman47 3 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Gilg, Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička46½ 4 YugoslaviaVidmar, Asztalos, Kostić, Pirc, König46 5 GermanyBogoljubow, Ahues, Wagner, Richter, Helling45½ 6 LatviaMatisons, Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss45½ 7 SwedenStåhlberg, Stoltz, Berndtsson, Lundin45½ 8 AustriaGrünfeld, Spielmann, Kmoch, Becker, Lokvenc45 9 Great BritainSultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Wahltuch44 10 HungarySteiner E., Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Sterk39½ 11 NetherlandsWeenink, Noteboom, Van den Bosch, Addicks, Van Doesburgh35 12 SwitzerlandJohner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Rivier, Michel34 13 LithuaniaMikėnas, Šeinbergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Luckis30½ 14 FranceAlekhine, Gromer, Kahn, Betbeder, Duchamp29½ 15 RomaniaErdélyi, Balogh, Baratz, Gudju, Wechsler28 16 ItalyRosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romi, Hellmann24 17 DenmarkAndersen, Cruusberg, Ruben, Lie, Larsen19½ 18 NorwayChristoffersen, Hansen, Halvorsen, Hovind, Gulbrandsen15½ 19 SpainGolmayo, Vilardebó, Soler, Marín y Llovet, Sanz Aguado15½

### 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 | United States | - | 2 | 3½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 48 |
| 2 | Poland | 2 | - | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 2½ | 4 | 2½ | 11 | 2 | 5 | 47 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | ½ | 1½ | - | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 46½ |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 46 |
| 5 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 3 | - | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | ½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45½ |
| 6 | Latvia | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 45½ |
| 7 | Sweden | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 9 | 2 | 7 | 45½ |
| 8 | Austria | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | ½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | - | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 44 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 39½ |
| 11 | Netherlands | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | - | 0 | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 2½ | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | ½ | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 30½ |
| 14 | France | 1 | ½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 11 | 3 | 29½ |
| 15 | Romania | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 16 | Italy | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1 | - | 2½ | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 1½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | - | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 19½ |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | ½ | ½ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ½ | ½ | - | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15½ |
| 19 | Spain | 1 | 1½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 16 | 2 | 15½ |

### Individual medals

For the first time, medals were awarded to the top three individual players on each board.

    Board 1Board 2Board 3Board 4Reserve Alexander Alekhine13½ / 18 75.0 Gösta Stoltz13½ / 18 75.0 Vladimirs Petrovs11½ / 16 71.9 Albert Becker10½ / 14 75.0 Karel Skalička10½ / 14 75.0 Efim Bogoljubow12½ / 17 73.5 Savielly Tartakower13½ / 18 75.0 George Alan Thomas12½ / 18 69.4 Vasja Pirc12½ / 17 73.5 Herman Steiner8½ / 12 70.8 Isaac Kashdan12 / 17 70.6 Lajos Steiner12 / 17 70.6 Josef Rejfiř11 / 16 68.8 Kurt Richter10½ / 15 70.0 Wolfgang Hasenfuss7½ / 11 68.2
