1st Chess Olympiad

The 1st Chess Olympiad took place from 18 to 30 July 1927 in London. It was organized by the FIDE and consisted of a men's competition. In addition still various attractions were held to publicize chess.

Background

It was played at Westminster Central Hall. It was attended by 16 teams participate with a total of 70 players who played in a round robin tournament against each other. Time controls were 1.5 hours for the first 30 moves, then 30 minutes for each 10 additional trains.

Hungary won in the cast Maroczy, Nagy, Vajda, E. Steiner and Havasi.

The German team played in the cast Tarrasch, Lousy, and Carl Wagner. As the only team it played in all matches in the same board order.

Results Men

A total of 16 teams

Full crosstabulate

Methodist Central Hall Westminster Endre Steiner Siegbert Tarrasch Jacques Mieses Carl Carls Heinrich Wagner Bronze England 2nd Chess Olympiad 4th Chess Olympiad 5th Chess Olympiad 6th Chess Olympiad 7th Chess Olympiad 9th Chess Olympiad 10th Chess Olympiad 11th Chess Olympiad 12th Chess Olympiad 13th Chess Olympiad 14th Chess Olympiad 15th Chess Olympiad 16th Chess Olympiad 17th Chess Olympiad 18th Chess Olympiad 19th Chess Olympiad 20th Chess Olympiad 22nd Chess Olympiad 23rd Chess Olympiad 24th Chess Olympiad 25th Chess Olympiad 26th Chess Olympiad 27th Chess Olympiad 28th Chess Olympiad 33rd Chess Olympiad 35th Chess Olympiad 36th Chess Olympiad 37th Chess Olympiad 41st Chess Olympiad 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad Against Chess Olympiad
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