5th Chess Olympiad explained

The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open^[1] and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The 4th Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

	Country	Players	Points
1			39
2			37½
3			34
4			34
5			34
6			33½
7			30½
8		Alekhine, Betbeder, Kahn, Duchamp, Voisin	28
9			27½
10			27
11			24½
12			22½
13			17
14			17
15			14

The English team still went under the name of Great Britain, even though it only consisted of English players and Scotland participated with their own team.

Estonia was supposed to participate, but the team never showed up.

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		+	−	=	Points
1	align=left bgcolor="gold"	United States	-	1½	1½	3	2½	3	4	3	3	3	2½	2	3	3½	3½		11	2	1	39
2	align=left bgcolor="silver"		2½	-	3	2½	½	2	2½	1½	2	3	3½	3½	3½	4	3½		10	2	2	37½
3	align=left bgcolor="CC9966"		2½	1	-	2	2½	1½	2	3½	1½	2½	2½	3½	3½	2½	3		9	3	2	34
4		1	1½	2	-	2½	2½	2	2½	2½	2	2	3½	2½	4	3½		8	2	4	34
5		1½	3½	1½	1½	-	2	1½	2½	3½	2	2½	2½	3	3	3½		8	4	2	34
6		1	2	2½	1½	2	-	2½	2½	3	2½	2	3½	3	2½	3		9	2	3	33½
7	Lithuania	0	1½	2	2	2½	1½	-	2½	3	2½	2	2½	4	2	2½		7	3	4	30½
8		1	2½	½	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	3	2½	1½	2½	2½	2½	3½		7	7	0	28
9		1	2	2½	1½	½	1	1	1	-	2½	3	2½	2½	3	3½		7	6	1	27½
10		1	1	1½	2	2	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	3	3½	1½	2	3½		3	8	3	27
11	Italy	1½	½	1½	2	1½	2	2	2½	1	1	-	1½	1½	3	3		3	8	3	24½
12		2	½	½	½	1½	½	1½	1½	1½	½	2½	-	3½	3	3		4	9	1	22½
13		1	½	½	1½	1	1	0	1½	1½	2½	2½	½	-	1	2		2	11	1	17
14		½	0	1½	0	1	1½	2	1½	1	2	1	1	3	-	1		1	11	2	17
15		½	½	1	½	½	1	1½	½	½	½	1	1	2	3	-		1	12	1	14

Individual medals

Board 1		Board 2		Board 3		Board 4		Reserve
	9½ / 12 79.2		7 / 10 70.0		10 / 14 71.4		11½ / 13 88.5		10 / 13 76.9
	10 / 14 71.4		8 / 18 66.7		9 / 13 69.2		10 / 13 76.9		6 / 9 66.7
	9 / 14 64.3		7½ / 12 62.5		9 / 14 64.3		9 / 13 69.2		7 / 11 63.6

References

• 5th Chess Olympiad: Folkestone 1933 OlimpBase

Notes and References

1. Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.