3rd Chess Olympiad

The Polish gold medalists: Frydman, Tartakower (1st and 2nd from the left), Rubinstein (centre), Makarczyk, and Przepiórka (2nd and 3rd from the right).

The 3rd Chess Olympiad (German: Die 3. Schacholympiade), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Team standings

#	Country	Players	Points
1	Poland	Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiórka, Makarczyk, Frydman	48½
2	Hungary	Maróczy, Takács, Vajda, Havasi, Steiner E.	47
3	Germany	Ahues, Sämisch, Carls, Richter, Wagner	44½
4	Austria	Kmoch, Müller, Eliskases, Lokvenc, Wolf	43½
5	Czechoslovakia	Flohr, Treybal K., Rejfíř, Prokeš, Pokorný	42½
6	United States	Kashdan, Marshall, Phillips, Steiner H., Anderson	41½
7	Netherlands	Weenink, Van den Bosch, Noteboom, Landau, Schelfhout	41
8	Great Britain	Sultan Khan, Yates, Thomas, Winter, Tylor	40½
9	Sweden	Ståhlberg, Berndtsson, Stoltz, Lundin, Jacobson	40
10	Latvia	Apšenieks, Petrovs, Feigins, Taube	35
11	Denmark	Andersen, Ruben, Desler, Olsen, Gemzøe	31
12	France	Alekhine, Betbeder, Gromer, Duchamp, Voisin	28½
13	Romania	Baratz, Balogh, Tyroler, Taubmann, Gudju	28½
14	Lithuania	Machtas, Šeinbergas, Vistaneckis, Abramavičius, Kolodnas	22½
15	Iceland	Gilfer, Ásgeirsson, Thorvaldsson, Guðmundsson	22
16	Spain	Marín y Llovet, Golmayo Torriente, Lafora, Ribera, Soler	21½
17	Finland	Rasmusson, Krogius, Larsen, Gauffin, Rahm	18
18	Norway	Olsen, Hovind, Kavlie-Jørgensen, Krogdahl, Halvorsen	16

Team results

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		+	−	=	Points
1	Poland	-	3½	2	2	1½	2	1½	3	4	2½	2½	3½	3	2½	4	4	3½	3½		12	2	3	48½
2	Hungary	½	-	2	2	1½	3	1½	2	2	3	3½	3½	3½	4	4	4	4	3		10	3	4	47
3	Germany	2	2	-	3	2	½	1½	3	3	3½	3½	3	2½	3½	2	2½	3	4		11	2	4	44½
4	Austria	2	2	1	-	2	4	2	1½	2	3½	3	3	2	3	3½	2	3	4		8	2	7	43½
5	Czechoslovakia	2½	2½	2	2	-	2	½	2½	3½	1	2	3½	2½	2	4	3	3½	3½		10	2	5	42½
6	United States	2	1	3½	0	2	-	2½	2	2	2½	2½	1½	2½	3½	3	3	4	4		10	3	4	41½
7	Netherlands	2½	2½	2½	2	3½	1½	-	1½	1½	1½	3	3	3½	1	2½	3	4	2		10	5	2	41
8	Great Britain	1	2	1	2½	1½	2	2½	-	2	3	2½	3½	2½	2	2½	3½	3	3½		10	3	4	40½
9	Sweden	0	2	1	2	½	2	2½	2	-	2	2½	3	3	3½	3½	3	3½	4		9	3	5	40
10	Latvia	1½	1	½	½	3	1½	2½	1	2	-	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	3½		7	7	3	35
11	Denmark	1½	½	½	1	2	1½	1	1½	1½	3	-	2	2	1	3	2½	2½	4		5	9	3	31
12	France	½	½	1	1	½	2½	1	½	1	2	2	-	2½	3½	1½	3	3	2½		6	9	2	28½
13	Romania	1	½	1½	2	1½	1½	½	1½	1	1	2	1½	-	1	3½	3½	2½	2½		4	11	2	28½
14	Lithuania	1½	0	½	1	2	½	3	2	½	1	3	½	3	-	0	1	1	2		3	11	3	22½
15	Iceland	0	0	2	½	0	1	1½	1½	½	0	1	2½	½	4	-	1	3½	2½		4	12	1	22
16	Spain	0	0	1½	2	1	1	1	½	1	1	1½	1	½	3	3	-	2	1½		2	13	2	21½
17	Finland	½	0	1	1	½	0	0	1	½	2	1½	1	1½	3	½	2	-	2		1	13	3	18
18	Norway	½	1	0	0	½	0	2	½	0	½	0	1½	1½	2	1½	2½	2	-		1	13	3	16

Individual medals

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.

• Gold medal won Akiba Rubinstein (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);
• Silver medal won Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);
• Bronze medal won Isaac Kashdan (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).

References

• 3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 OlimpBase