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

Team standings

#	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

• HUN-born

Individual medals

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

Notes

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

References

• 4th Chess Olympiad: Prague 1931 OlimpBase