7th Chess Olympiad

The 7th 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 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden].

The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Final

#	Country	Players	Points
1	United States	Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz	54½
2	Hungary	Lilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda	48½
3	Poland	Tartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński	47
4	Argentina	Piazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci	47
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta	45
6	Netherlands	Euwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot	44
7	Estonia	Keres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann	41½
8	Lithuania	Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius	41½
9	Yugoslavia	Pirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder	40
10	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson	38½
11	Latvia	Petrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelins	37½
12	Finland	Gauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen	34
13	England	Thomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft	34
14	Italy	Castaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco	26½
15	Denmark	Enevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen	25½
16	Iceland	Gilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson	23
17	Belgium	Dunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse	22½
18	Norway	Herseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen	19½
19	Scotland	Aitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie	14

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:^[2]

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%

References

↑ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
↑ OlimpBase :: 7th Chess Olympiad, Stockholm 1937, information

7th Chess Olympiad: Stockholm 1937 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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