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7th Chess Olympiad

1937 chess tournament in Stockholm, Sweden

The 7th 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 July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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

Results

Final

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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	+	−	=
United States	-	2	3½	2½	3	2	2½	3½	3	2½	2	3½	3½	3	4	4	3½	3	3½	15	0	3	54½
HUN	2	-	2	2	2	2½	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2½	3	3½	4	4	11	0	7	48½
POL	½	2	-	2½	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	1½	2½	2½	3	3½	4	2½	3	4	14	2	2	47
	1½	2	1½	-	2	1	2	3	2½	3	2	3	2½	4	3	4	2½	3½	4	11	3	4	47
	1	2	2	2	-	2	2½	3½	1½	3	2	3	2½	3	2½	3½	3½	3	2½	11	2	5	45
Netherlands	2	1½	1½	3	2	-	2½	3	2½	2	3	2	2½	3	2	2½	3	2½	3½	11	2	5	44
	1½	1	1½	2	1½	1½	-	1½	3	2	2½	½	3	3	3	3½	3	3½	4	9	7	2	41½
Lithuania	½	2	1½	1	½	1	2½	-	2½	2	3½	2	2	4	3	1½	4	4	4	8	6	4	41½
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1	1	1½	1½	2½	1½	1	1½	-	2	3	2	2½	3	3½	2	3	3½	4	8	7	3	40
Sweden	1½	2	½	1	1	2	2	2	2	-	3	2	2½	3	3	2½	3½	3	2	7	4	7	38½
	2	1	2½	2	2	1	1½	½	1	1	-	3	3	2	3	2½	2½	3	4	8	6	4	37½
	½	1	1½	1	1	2	3½	2	2	2	1	-	1	3	2½	2½	2	3	2½	6	7	5	34
England	½	1	1½	1½	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1½	1	3	-	3	2	3½	3	3	2	5	10	3	34
ITA Italy	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	-	1½	3	2	3	4	3	12	3	26½
	0	1½	½	1	1½	2	1	1	½	1	1	1½	2	2½	-	2	2½	1½	2½	3	12	3	25½
ISL	0	1	0	0	½	1½	½	2½	2	1½	1½	1½	½	1	2	-	3½	1½	2	2	13	3	23
Belgium	½	½	1½	1½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1½	2	1	2	1½	½	-	2½	3½	2	14	2	22½
	1	0	1	½	1	1½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2½	1½	-	2	2	15	1	19½
	½	0	0	0	1½	½	0	0	0	2	0	1½	2	0	1½	2	½	2	-	0	14	4	14

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

Board 1: CSK Salo Flohr 12½ / 16 = 78.1%
Board 2: USA Reuben Fine 11½ / 15 = 76.7%
Board 3: USA Isaac Kashdan 14 / 16 = 87.5%
Board 4: SWE Gösta Danielsson 14 / 18 = 77.8%
Reserve: USA Al Horowitz 13 / 15 = 86.7%

References

7th Chess Olympiad: Stockholm 1937 OlimpBase

References

Although commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players.
[http://www.olimpbase.org/1937/1937in.html OlimpBase :: 7th Chess Olympiad, Stockholm 1937, information]

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