5th Chess Olympiad

The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the 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 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The 4th Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Kashdan, Marshall, Fine, Dake, Simonson	39
2	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Opočenský, Skalička	37½
3	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Stoltz, Lundin, Berndtsson	34
4	Poland	Tartakower, Frydman, Regedziński, Appel, Makarczyk	34
5	Hungary	Maróczy, Steiner L., Vajda, Havasi, Lilienthal	34
6	Austria	Grünfeld, Eliskases, Glass, Müller, Igel	33½
7	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius	30½
8	France	Alekhine, Betbeder, Kahn, Duchamp, Voisin	28
9	Latvia	Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Hasenfuss	27½
10	Great Britain	Sultan Khan, Thomas, Winter, Michell, Alexander	27
11	Italy	Rosselli del Turco, Monticelli, Sacconi, Norcia, Campolongo	24½
12	Denmark	Andersen, Enevoldsen, Gemzøe, Nielsen B., Nielsen J.	22½
13	Belgium	Soultanbeieff, Dunkelblum, Engelmann, Devos	17
14	Iceland	Ásgeirsson, Gilfer, Þorvaldsson, Sigurðsson	17
15	Scotland	Fairhurst, Page, MacIsaac, MacKenzie, Combe	14

The English team still went under the name of Great Britain, even though it only consisted of English players and Scotland participated with their own team.

Estonia was supposed to participate, but the team never showed up.

Individual medals

Board 1		Board 2		Board 3		Board 4		Reserve
Alexander Alekhine	9½ / 12 79.2	Frank Marshall	7 / 10 70.0	Erik Lundin	10 / 14 71.4	Karel Opočenský	11½ / 13 88.5	Andor Lilienthal	10 / 13 76.9
Isaac Kashdan	10 / 14 71.4	Louis Betbeder	8 / 18 66.7	Reuben Fine	9 / 13 69.2	Arthur Dake	10 / 13 76.9	Leonardas Abramavičius	6 / 9 66.7
Savielly Tartakower Salo Flohr	9 / 14 64.3	Paulino Frydman	7½ / 12 62.5	Movsas Feigins	9 / 14 64.3	Hans Müller	9 / 13 69.2	C. H. O'Donel Alexander	7 / 11 63.6

References

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

5th Chess Olympiad: Folkestone 1933 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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