4th Chess Olympiad

The 4th Chess Olympiad (Czech: 4. Šachová olympiáda), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising a team tournament, 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

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Kashdan, Marshall, Dake, Horowitz, Steiner H.	48
2	Poland	Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman	47
3	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Gilg, Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička	46½
4	Yugoslavia	Vidmar, Asztalos, Kostić, Pirc, König	46
5	Germany	Bogoljubow, Ahues, Wagner, Richter, Helling	45½
6	Latvia	Matisons, Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss	45½
7	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Berndtsson, Lundin	45½
8	Austria	Grünfeld, Spielmann, Kmoch, Becker, Lokvenc	45
9	Great Britain	Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Wahltuch	44
10	Hungary	Steiner E., Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Sterk	39½
11	Netherlands	Weenink, Noteboom, Van den Bosch, Addicks, Van Doesburgh	35
12	Switzerland	Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Rivier, Michel	34
13	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Šeinbergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Luckis	30½
14	France	Alekhine, Gromer, Kahn, Betbeder, Duchamp	29½
15	Romania	Erdélyi, Balogh, Baratz, Gudju, Wechsler	28
16	Italy	Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romi, Hellmann	24
17	Denmark	Andersen, Cruusberg, Ruben, Lie, Larsen	19½
18	Norway	Christoffersen, Hansen, Halvorsen, Hovind, Gulbrandsen	15½
19	Spain	Golmayo, Vilardebó, Soler, Marín y Llovet, Sanz Aguado	15½

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 1		Board 2		Board 3		Board 4		Reserve
Alexander Alekhine	13½ / 18 75.0	Gösta Stoltz	13½ / 18 75.0	Vladimirs Petrovs	11½ / 16 71.9	Albert Becker	10½ / 14 75.0	Karel Skalička	10½ / 14 75.0
Efim Bogoljubow	12½ / 17 73.5	Savielly Tartakower	13½ / 18 75.0	George Alan Thomas	12½ / 18 69.4	Vasja Pirc	12½ / 17 73.5	Herman Steiner	8½ / 12 70.8
Isaac Kashdan	12 / 17 70.6	Lajos Steiner	12 / 17 70.6	Josef Rejfiř	11 / 16 68.8	Kurt Richter	10½ / 15 70.0	Wolfgang Hasenfuss	7½ / 11 68.2

References

• 4th Chess Olympiad: Prague 1931 OlimpBase