9th Chess Olympiad

The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament,^[1] as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.

The official poster for the 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:^[2]

• 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%