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5th Chess Olympiad

1933 chess tournament in Folkestone, England

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

Results

Team standings

:{| class="wikitable" ! # !!Country !! Players !! Points

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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	+	−	=
United States	-	1½	1½	3	2½	3	4	3	3	3	2½	2	3	3½	3½	11	2	1	39
	2½	-	3	2½	½	2	2½	1½	2	3	3½	3½	3½	4	3½	10	2	2	37½
	2½	1	-	2	2½	1½	2	3½	1½	2½	2½	3½	3½	2½	3	9	3	2	34
POL	1	1½	2	-	2½	2½	2	2½	2½	2	2	3½	2½	4	3½	8	2	4	34
HUN	1½	3½	1½	1½	-	2	1½	2½	3½	2	2½	2½	3	3	3½	8	4	2	34
	1	2	2½	1½	2	-	2½	2½	3	2½	2	3½	3	2½	3	9	2	3	33½
Lithuania	0	1½	2	2	2½	1½	-	2½	3	2½	2	2½	4	2	2½	7	3	4	30½
FRA	1	2½	½	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	3	2½	1½	2½	2½	2½	3½	7	7	0	28
	1	2	2½	1½	½	1	1	1	-	2½	3	2½	2½	3	3½	7	6	1	27½
GBR	1	1	1½	2	2	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	3	3½	1½	2	3½	3	8	3	27
Italy	1½	½	1½	2	1½	2	2	2½	1	1	-	1½	1½	3	3	3	8	3	24½
	2	½	½	½	1½	½	1½	1½	1½	½	2½	-	3½	3	3	4	9	1	22½
	1	½	½	1½	1	1	0	1½	1½	2½	2½	½	-	1	2	2	11	1	17
ISL	½	0	1½	0	1	1½	2	1½	1	2	1	1	3	-	1	1	11	2	17
	½	½	1	½	½	1	1½	½	½	½	1	1	2	3	-	1	12	1	14

Individual medals

:{| class="wikitable" ! Board 1 !! !! Board 2 !! !! Board 3 !! !! Board 4 !! !! Reserve !! |- | FRA Alexander Alekhine || style="background:gold;"| 9½ / 12 79.2 || USA Frank Marshall || style="background:gold;"| 7 / 10 70.0 || SWE Erik Lundin || style="background:gold;"| 10 / 14 71.4 || CSK Karel Opočenský || style="background:gold;"| 11½ / 13 88.5 || HUN Andor Lilienthal || style="background:gold;"| 10 / 13 76.9 |- | USA Isaac Kashdan || style="background:silver;"| 10 / 14 71.4 || FRA Louis Betbeder || style="background:silver;"| 8 / 18 66.7 || USA Reuben Fine || style="background:silver;"| 9 / 13 69.2 || USA Arthur Dake || style="background:silver;"| 10 / 13 76.9 || LTU Leonardas Abramavičius || style="background:silver;"| 6 / 9 66.7 |- | POL Savielly Tartakower CSK Salo Flohr || style="background:#cc9966;"| 9 / 14 64.3 || POL Paulino Frydman || style="background:#cc9966;"| 7½ / 12 62.5 || LAT Movsas Feigins || style="background:#cc9966;"| 9 / 14 64.3 || AUT Hans Müller || style="background:#cc9966;"| 9 / 13 69.2 || GBR C. H. O'Donel Alexander || style="background:#cc9966;"| 7 / 11 63.6 |}

References

5th Chess Olympiad: Folkestone 1933 OlimpBase

References

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

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