# 7th Chess Olympiad

The 7th Chess Olympiad (Swedish: Den 7:e Schackolympiad), 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

    #CountryPlayersPoints 1 United StatesReshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz54½ 2 HungaryLilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda48½ 3 PolandTartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński47 4 ArgentinaPiazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci47 5 CzechoslovakiaFlohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta45 6 NetherlandsEuwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot44 7 EstoniaKeres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann41½ 8 LithuaniaMikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius41½ 9 YugoslaviaPirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder40 10 SwedenStåhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson38½ 11 LatviaPetrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelīns37½ 12 FinlandGauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen34 13 EnglandThomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft34 14 ItalyCastaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco26½ 15 DenmarkEnevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen25½ 16 IcelandGilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson23 17 BelgiumDunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse22½ 18 NorwayHerseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen19½ 19 ScotlandAitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie14

### Team results

| Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | + | − | = | Points |
| 1 | United States | - | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 15 | 0 | 3 | 54½ |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 48½ |
| 3 | Poland | ½ | 2 | - | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| 4 | Argentina | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | - | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 11 | 2 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Estonia | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | ½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 41½ |
| 8 | Lithuania | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 41½ |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Sweden | 1½ | 2 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 38½ |
| 11 | Latvia | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37½ |
| 12 | Finland | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 6 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
| 13 | England | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| 14 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 26½ |
| 15 | Denmark | 0 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | 12 | 3 | 25½ |
| 16 | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | ½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | - | 3½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 17 | Belgium | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | ½ | - | 2½ | 3½ | 2 | 14 | 2 | 22½ |
| 18 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 19½ |
| 19 | Scotland | 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: Salo Flohr 12½ / 16 = 78.1%
* Board 2: Reuben Fine 11½ / 15 = 76.7%
* Board 3: Isaac Kashdan 14 / 16 = 87.5%
* Board 4: Gösta Danielsson 14 / 18 = 77.8%
* Reserve: Al Horowitz 13 / 15 = 86.7%