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6th Chess Olympiad

1935 chess tournament in Warsaw, Poland

The winning American team is awarded the Hamilton-Russell Cup.

The 6th 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 August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland. The famous retired Polish master Dawid Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee.

The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

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Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	+	−	=
United States	-	1½	2½	1	3	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	2½	3½	2½	3½	3	4	3½	3½	3	17	2	0	54
Sweden	2½	-	1½	2	2	1½	2	3½	2½	3½	3	2½	2½	3	3	3	4	4	3	3½	14	2	3	52½
POL	1½	2½	-	2½	2	1½	2	2	3	2½	3½	3½	3	2½	3	3	2	4	4	4	13	2	4	52
HUN	3	2	1½	-	2	3	2	1½	3	2½	3	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	3	3½	3½	3	14	2	3	51
	1	2	2	2	-	2	2	2½	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	3½	2½	3	3½	4	10	1	8	49
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1½	2½	2½	1	2	-	1	2	2	3	3	2½	2½	3	3	2½	3	3	1½	4	12	4	3	45½
	1½	2	2	2	2	3	-	2	1½	2	2	2½	1½	2	3	2½	1½	3	3½	4	7	4	8	43½
	1½	½	2	2½	1½	2	2	-	1	2½	2½	2	1½	2½	2½	3	2½	3½	3½	3	10	5	4	42
	1½	1½	1	1	2	2	2½	3	-	2	1½	1	2½	1½	3	3	3	3½	2½	3	9	7	3	41
FRA	½	½	1½	1½	1	1	2	1½	2	-	2½	2½	1½	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	6	8	5	38
	½	1	½	1	1	1	2	1½	2½	1½	-	1½	1½	2	2½	3½	3½	4	3	3½	7	10	2	37½
England	1½	1½	½	1½	2	1½	1½	2	3	1½	2½	-	3	1½	2½	1	1½	3	2	3½	6	10	3	37
	½	1½	1	1½	0	1½	2½	2½	1½	2½	2½	1	-	2	2	2	4	1	3½	2	6	9	4	35
Lithuania	1½	1	1½	1½	1	1	2	1½	2½	2	2	2½	2	-	1½	2	1½	1	3	3	4	10	5	34
British Mandate for Palestine	½	1	1	½	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1½	1½	2	2½	-	2	2½	2	3½	4	4	11	4	32
	1	1	1	½	½	1½	1½	1	1	1	½	3	2	2	2	-	3½	3	2	3½	4	11	4	31½
	0	0	2	1	1½	1	2½	1½	1	2	½	2½	0	2½	1½	½	-	2	3	2½	5	11	3	27½
Italy	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	2	0	1	3	3	2	1	2	-	1½	3½	3	13	3	24
	½	1	0	½	½	2½	½	½	1½	0	1	2	½	1	½	2	1	2½	-	3	3	14	2	21
Irish Free State	1	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	½	2	1	0	½	1½	½	1	-	0	1	18	12

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

Board 1: CSK Salo Flohr 13 / 17 = 76.5%
Board 2: HUN Andor Lilienthal 15 / 19 = 78.9%
Board 3: AUT Erich Eliskases 15 / 19 = 78.9%
Board 4: USA Arthur Dake 15½ / 18 = 86.1%
Reserve: USA Al Horowitz 12 / 15 = 80.0%

References

6th Chess Olympiad: Warsaw 1935 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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