The 9th Chess Olympiad (Croatian: 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament,[1] as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Croatia). Eighty-four players from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad.

The official poster for the Olympiad.

Results

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Team standings

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# Country Players Points
1   Yugoslavia Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Rabar, Vidmar Jr., Puc 45½
2   Argentina Najdorf, Bolbochán Jul., Guimard, Rossetto, Pilnik 43½
3   West Germany Unzicker, Schmid, Pfeiffer, Rellstab, Staudte 40½
4   United States Reshevsky, Steiner, Horowitz, Shainswit, Kramer G., Evans 40
5   Netherlands Euwe, van Scheltinga, Prins, Cortlever, Kramer H., Donner 37
6   Belgium O'Kelly, Dunkelblum, Devos, Thibaut, Van Schoor 32
7   Austria Beni, Busek, Müller, Palda, Lambert 31½
8   Chile Castillo, Flores, Letelier, Maccioni 30½
9   France Tartakower, Rossolimo, Hugot, Kesten, Chaudé de Silans, Crépeaux 28½
10   Finland Böök, Ojanen, Niemi, Niemelä, Helle, Heikinheimo 28
11   Sweden Sköld, Johansson, Bergkvist A., Bergkvist N., Lindquist, Stenborg 27½
12   Italy Castaldi, Nestler, Porreca, Giustolisi, Primavera 25
13   Denmark Poulsen, Enevoldsen, Pedersen, Kupferstich, Nielsen 22
14   Peru Canal, Súmar, Zapata, Pinzón Solis 21½
15   Norway Myhre, Vestøl, Morcken, Kongshavn, Opsahl 15
16   Greece Mastihiadis, Panagopoulos, Zografakis, Boulahanis, Othoneos 12

Team results

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Place Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 + = Points
1   Yugoslavia - 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 11 1 3 45½
2   Argentina - 2 4 3 3 4 3 12 2 1 43½
3   West Germany 1 2 - 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 11 2 2 40½
4   United States 2 - 2 2 2 3 3 4 11 0 4 40
5   Netherlands 1 2 - 2 2 2 4 4 8 3 4 37
6   Belgium 1 0 - 2 2 3 3 3 7 6 2 32
7   Austria 2 1 2 - 2 2 3 5 6 4 31½
8   Chile 2 1 ½ 2 - 2 2 3 4 2 5 5 5 30½
9   France ½ 1 2 2 2 2 2 - ½ 1 2 4 5 6 28½
10   Finland 1 1 2 1 - ½ 3 2 3 5 8 2 28
11   Sweden 1 ½ 0 2 ½ 2 3 - 2 3 2 4 7 4 27½
12   Italy 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 - 3 2 6 8 1 25
13   Denmark 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 2 2 1 - 2 3 3 9 3 22
14   Peru 0 ½ 2 1 1 2 2 1 ½ 2 - 3 2 1 9 5 21½
15   Norway 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2 2 1 1 - 2 11 2 15
16   Greece 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ - 0 13 2 12

Individual medals

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

References

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  1. ^ Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players.
  2. ^ 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950 at olimpbase.org