4th Chess Olympiad

The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open^[1] and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The 3rd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Kashdan, Marshall, Dake, Horowitz, Steiner H.	48
2	Poland	Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman	47
3	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Gilg, Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička	46½
4	Yugoslavia	Vidmar, Asztalos, Kostić, Pirc, König	46
5	Germany	Bogoljubow, Ahues, Wagner, Richter, Helling	45½
6	Latvia	Matisons, Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss	45½
7	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Berndtsson, Lundin	45½
8	Austria	Grünfeld, Spielmann, Kmoch, Becker, Lokvenc	45
9	United Kingdom	Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Wahltuch	44
10	Hungary	Steiner E., Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Sterk	39½
11	Netherlands	Weenink, Noteboom, Van den Bosch, Addicks, Van Doesburgh	35
12	Switzerland	Johner H., Naegeli, Zimmermann, Rivier, Michel	34
13	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Luckis	30½
14	France	Alekhine, Gromer, Kahn, Betbeder, Duchamp	29½
15	Romania	Erdélyi, Balogh, Baratz, Gudju, Wechsler	28
16	Italy	Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Romi, Hellmann	24
17	Denmark	Andersen, Cruusberg, Ruben, Lie, Larsen	19½
18	Norway	Christoffersen, Hansen, Halvorsen, Hovind, Gulbrandsen	15½
19	Spain	Golmayo, Vilardebo, Soler, Marín y Llovet, Sanz Aguado	15½

For the first time, medals were awarded to the top three individual players on each board.

Board 1		Board 2		Board 3		Board 4		Reserve
Alexander Alekhine	13½ / 18 75.0	Gösta Stoltz	13½ / 18 75.0	Vladimirs Petrovs	11½ / 16 71.9	Albert Becker	10½ / 14 75.0	Karel Skalička	10½ / 14 75.0
Efim Bogoljubow	12½ / 17 73.5	Savielly Tartakower	13 / 18 75.0	George Alan Thomas	12½ / 18 69.4	Vasja Pirc	12½ / 17 73.5	Herman Steiner	8½ / 12 70.8
Isaac Kashdan	12 / 17 70.6	Lajos Steiner	12 / 17 70.6	Josef Rejfiř	11 / 16 68.8	Kurt Richter	10½ / 15 70.0	Wolfgang Hasenfuss	7½ / 11 68.2

↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.

Chess Olympiad / Women's Chess Olympiad

Official	London 1927 The Hague 1928 Hamburg 1930 Prague 1931 Folkestone 1933 Warsaw 1935 Stockholm 1937 Buenos Aires 1939 Dubrovnik 1950 Helsinki 1952 Amsterdam 1954 Moscow 1956 Munich 1958 Leipzig 1960 Varna 1962 Tel Aviv 1964 Havana 1966 Lugano 1968 Siegen 1970 Skopje 1972 Nice 1974 Haifa 1976 Buenos Aires 1978 Valletta 1980 Lucerne 1982 Thessaloniki 1984 Dubai 1986 Thessaloniki 1988 Novi Sad 1990 Manila 1992 Moscow 1994 Yerevan 1996 Elista 1998 Istanbul 2000 Bled 2002 Calvià 2004 Turin 2006 Dresden 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Istanbul 2012 Tromsø 2014 Baku 2016 open women controversies Batumi 2018

Unofficial	Paris 1924 Budapest 1926 Munich 1936 Tripoli 1976

Women's	Emmen 1957 Split 1963 Oberhausen 1966 Lublin 1969 Skopje 1972 Medellín 1974

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