3rd Chess Olympiad

The Polish gold medalists: Frydman, Tartakower (1st and 2nd from the left), Rubinstein (centre), Makarczyk, and Przepiórka (2nd and 3rd from the right).

The 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open^[1] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Poland	Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman	48½
2	Hungary	Maróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.	47
3	Germany	Ahues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner	44½
4	Austria	Kmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf	43½
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný	42½
6	United States	Kashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson	41½
7	Netherlands	Weenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout	41
8	United Kingdom	Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor	40½
9	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson	40
10	Latvia	Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube	35
11	Denmark	Andersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe	31
12	France	Alekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin	28½
13	Romania	Baratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju	28½
14	Lithuania	Machtas, Šembergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas	22½
15	Iceland	Gilfer, Ásgeirsson, Þorvaldsson, Guðmundsson	22
16	Spain	Marín y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler	21½
17	Finland	Rasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm	18
18	Norway	Olsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen	16

Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.^[2]

Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

References

↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
↑ OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information

3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 OlimpBase

Chess Olympiads

Open events	1927 1928 1930 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Unofficial	1924 1926 1936 1976

Women's	1957 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974

Women's Chess Olympiad Blind Chess Olympiad

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