9th Chess Olympiad

The official poster for the Olympiad.

The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising a team tournament, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). 84 players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.

Chantal Chaudé de Silans played on the French team, making her the first woman to play in an official chess Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Yugoslavia	Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc	45½
2	Argentina	Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik	43½
3	West Germany	Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte	40½
4	United States	Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans	40
5	Netherlands	Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner	37
6	Belgium	O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor	32
7	Austria	Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert	31½
8	Chile	Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni	30½
9	France	Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux	28½
10	Finland	Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo	28
11	Sweden	Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg	27½
12	Italy	Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera	25
13	Denmark	Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen	22
14	Peru	Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis	21½
15	Norway	Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl	15
16	Greece	Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos	12

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%