3rd Chess Olympiad explained

The 3rd Chess Olympiad (German: Die 3. Schacholympiade), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open^[1] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

	Country	Players	Points
1			48½
2			47
3			44½
4			43½
5			42½
6			41½
7			41
8			40½
9			40
10			35
11			31
12			28½
13			28½
14		Machtas, Šeinbergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas	22½
15			22
16			21½
17			18
18			16

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		+	−	=	Points
1	align=left bgcolor="gold"		-	3½	2	2	1½	2	1½	3	4	2½	2½	3½	3	2½	4	4	3½	3½		12	2	3	48½
2	align=left bgcolor="silver"	Hungary	½	-	2	2	1½	3	1½	2	2	3	3½	3½	3½	4	4	4	4	3		10	3	4	47
3	align=left bgcolor="CC9966"	Germany	2	2	-	3	2	½	1½	3	3	3½	3½	3	2½	3½	2	2½	3	4		11	2	4	44½
4		2	2	1	-	2	4	2	1½	2	3½	3	3	2	3	3½	2	3	4		8	2	7	43½
5		2½	2½	2	2	-	2	½	2½	3½	1	2	3½	2½	2	4	3	3½	3½		10	2	5	42½
6	United States	2	1	3½	0	2	-	2½	2	2	2½	2½	1½	2½	3½	3	3	4	4		10	3	4	41½
7		2½	2½	2½	2	3½	1½	-	1½	1½	1½	3	3	3½	1	2½	3	4	2		10	5	2	41
8		1	2	1	2½	1½	2	2½	-	2	3	2½	3½	2½	2	2½	3½	3	3½		10	3	4	40½
9		0	2	1	2	½	2	2½	2	-	2	2½	3	3	3½	3½	3	3½	4		9	3	5	40
10		1½	1	½	½	3	1½	2½	1	2	-	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	3½		7	7	3	35
11		1½	½	½	1	2	1½	1	1½	1½	3	-	2	2	1	3	2½	2½	4		5	9	3	31
12		½	½	1	1	½	2½	1	½	1	2	2	-	2½	3½	1½	3	3	2½		6	9	2	28½
13		1	½	1½	2	1½	1½	½	1½	1	1	2	1½	-	1	3½	3½	2½	2½		4	11	2	28½
14	Lithuania	1½	0	½	1	2	½	3	2	½	1	3	½	3	-	0	1	1	2		3	11	3	22½
15		0	0	2	½	0	1	1½	1½	½	0	1	2½	½	4	-	1	3½	2½		4	12	1	22
16	Spain	0	0	1½	2	1	1	1	½	1	1	1½	1	½	3	3	-	2	1½		2	13	2	21½
17		½	0	1	1	½	0	0	1	½	2	1½	1	1½	3	½	2	-	2		1	13	3	18
18		½	1	0	0	½	0	2	½	0	½	0	1½	1½	2	1½	2½	2	-		1	13	3	16

Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.^[2]

• Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
• Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
• Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

References

• 3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 OlimpBase

Notes and References

1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
2. http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information