9th Chess Olympiad

9th Chess Olympiad

The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open [ Although commonly referred to as the "men's division", this section is open to both male and female players. ] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (present day Croatia).

The final results were as follows:

Final

:

The prizes for best individual results went to Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) and Wolfgang Unzicker (West Germany), Julio Bolbochán (Argentina), Petar Trifunović (Yugoslavia), Braslav Rabar (Yugoslavia), Herman Pilnik (Argentina), and Larry Evans (USA), from board 1 to 6 respectively. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1950/1950in.html 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950] at olimpbase.org]

References

ee also

1st unofficial Chess Olympiad (Paris 1924)
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Budapest 1926)
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (Munich 1936)


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