# 6th Chess Olympiad

The 6th Chess Olympiad (Polish: 6. Olimpiada szachowa), 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

    #CountryPlayersPoints 1 United StatesFine, Marshall, Kupchik, Dake, Horowitz54 2 SwedenStåhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Danielsson, Larsson52½ 3 PolandTartakower, Frydman, Najdorf, Friedman, Makarczyk52 4 HungarySteiner L., Lilienthal, Havasi, Szabó, Réthy51 5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Opočenský, Rejfíř, Treybal K., Pelikán49 6 YugoslaviaVidmar, Pirc, Kostić, Trifunović, König45½ 7 AustriaGrünfeld, Spielmann, Eliskases, Müller, Podhorzer43½ 8 ArgentinaGrau, Bolbochán Jac., Pleci, Maderna42 9 LatviaPetrovs, Apšenieks, Feigins, Hasenfuss, Krūmiņš41 10 FranceAlekhine, Betbeder, Muffang, Kahn, Raizman38 11 EstoniaKeres, Friedemann, Laurine, Raud, Kibbermann37½ 12 EnglandWinter, Thomas, Alexander, Atkins, Golombek37 13 FinlandBöök, Rasmusson, Solin, Krogius, Salo35 14 LithuaniaMikėnas, Machtas, Vistaneckis, Vaitonis, Luckis34 15 PalestineFoerder, Enoch, Dobkin, Winz, Czerniak32 16 DenmarkAndersen, Nielsen B., Enevoldsen, Nielsen J., Sørensen31½ 17 RomaniaSilbermann, Ichim, Bródy, Erdélyi, Popa27½ 18 ItalySacconi, Monticelli, Rosselli del Turco, Romi, Napolitano24 19 SwitzerlandNaegeli, Grob, Michel, Stähelin, Gygli21 20 Irish Free StateReilly, Creevey, O'Hanlon, Cranston, De Burca12

### Team results

| Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | + | − | = | Points |
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52½ |
| 3 | Poland | 1½ | 2½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 52 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 51 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 49 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45½ |
| 7 | Austria | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 43½ |
| 8 | Argentina | 1½ | ½ | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Latvia | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | - | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
| 10 | France | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Estonia | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 7 | 10 | 2 | 37½ |
| 12 | England | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 6 | 10 | 3 | 37 |
| 13 | Finland | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 0 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 35 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 15 | Palestine | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 16 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 3½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 11 | 4 | 31½ |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | ½ | 2½ | 0 | 2½ | 1½ | ½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 5 | 11 | 3 | 27½ |
| 18 | Italy | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 19 | Switzerland | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 0 | 1 | 2 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | - | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 20 | 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: Salo Flohr 13 / 17 = 76.5%
* Board 2: Andor Lilienthal 15 / 19 = 78.9%
* Board 3: Erich Eliskases 15 / 19 = 78.9%
* Board 4: Arthur Dake 15½ / 18 = 86.1%
* Reserve: Al Horowitz 12 / 15 = 80.0%