1st unofficial Chess Olympiad

International chess tournament December 2023 The 1st Team Chess Tournament was held together with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12–20 July 1924, at the Hotel Majestic. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries were split into nine preliminary groups of six. The winner of each round qualified for the Championship while the rest joined an eight-round Swiss consolation tournament.OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: informationStanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978 The event was organized by the French Chess Federation (FFE) after they unsuccessfully campaigned to include chess as an Olympic sport in the 1924 Summer Olympics.The 1st Chess Olympiad and creation of the FI(D)E - The first steps (1/4) - kwabc.org (en) https://www.kwabc.org/en/newsitem/the-1st-chess-olympiad-and-creation-of-the-fi-d-e-the-first-steps-1-4.html 2025-09-16 www.kwabc.org Edith Holloway played on the British team, making her the first woman to play in an unofficial chess Olympiad, 26 years before the first woman played in an official chess Olympiad.Did you know that the first time a woman participated in a #ChessOlympiad was in 1950?, FIDE, Facebook, 11 July, 2022 Results The final results were as follows: Amateur World Championship {| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Player !! Points !! Buch |- | 1 || Hermanis Matisons LAT || 5.5 || |- | 2 || Fricis Apšenieks LAT || 5.0 || |- | 3 || Edgard Colle BEL || 4.5 || |- | 4 || Árpád Vajda HUN 1920 || 4 || 16.75 |- | 5 || Machgielis Euwe NED || 4 || 15.75 |- | 6 || Anatol Tschepurnoff FIN || 4 || 14.75 |- | 7 || Luis Argentino Palau ARG alt || 3.5 || |- | 8 || Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente ESP 1785 || 3 || |- | 9 || Kornél Havasi HUN 1920 || 2.5 || |} Consolation Cup {| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Player !! Σ Points !! Qual. !! Final |- | 1 || Karel Hromádka TCH || 9.5 || 3 || 6.5 |- | 2 || Jan Schulz TCH || 9 || 4 || 5 |- | 3 || Erwin Voellmy SUI || 8.5 || 3.5 || 5 |- | 4 || Kārlis Bētiņš LAT || 8 || 2 || 6 |- | || Georges Renaud FRA 1794 || 8 || 3 || 5 |- | || Roberto Grau ARG alt || 8 || 3.5 || 4.5 |- | || George Koltanowski BEL || 8 || 3.5 || 4.5 |- | 8 || Giovanni Cenni ITA 1861 || 7.5 || 1.5 || 6 |- | || Endre Steiner HUN 1920 || 7.5 || 2 || 5.5 |- | || Otto Zimmermann SUI || 7.5 || 2.5 || 5 |- | || Dawid Daniuszewski POL 1919 || 7.5 || 2.5 || 5 |- | || Károly Sterk HUN 1920 || 7.5 || 3 || 4.5 |- | || Damián Reca ARG alt || 7.5 || 3.5 || 4 |- | 14–45 || etc. || || || |} Individual medals {| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Player !! Achievement |- | style="background:gold;"|1 || Hermanis Matisons LAT || Championship Final Winner |- | style="background:silver;"|2 || Fricis Apšenieks LAT || Championship Final 2nd place |- | style="background:silver;"| || Edgard Colle BEL || Championship Final 3rd place |- | style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || Árpád Vajda HUN 1920 || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Machgielis Euwe NED || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Anatol Tschepurnoff FIN || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Luis Argentino Palau ARG || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente ESP 1785 || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Kornél Havasi HUN 1920 || Championship Final Participant |- | style="background:#cc9966;"| || Karel Hromádka TCH || Consolation Cup Winner |} Team classification {| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Team !! Points !! Players |- | style="background:gold;"|1 || || 31 || Hromádka 9½, Schulz 9, Vaněk 6½, Skalička 6 |- | style="background:silver;"|2 ||HUN 1920 || 30 || Vajda 8, Sterk 7½, Steiner E. 7½, Havasi 7 |- | style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || || 29 || Voellmy 8½, Zimmermann 7½, Johner H. 6½, Naegeli 6½ |- | 4 || || 27.5 || Apšenieks 10, Matisons 9½, Bētiņš 8 |- | || || 27.5 || Grau 8, Reca 7½, Palau 7, Fernández Coria 5 |- | 6 || ITA 1861 || 26.5 || Cenni 7½, Rosselli del Turco 7, Romih 6½, Miliani 5½ |- | 7 || FRA 1794 || 25.5 || Renaud 8, Lazard F. 6½, Duchamp 6, Gibaud 5 |- | || POL 1919|| 25.5 || Daniuszewski 7½, Piltz 6, Kohn 6, Kleczyński 6 |- | 9 || || 24 || Colle 8½, Koltanowski 8, Lancel 5, Jonet 2½ |- | 10 || ESP 1785 || 19 || Golmayo Torriente 7, Marin y Llovet 6, Rey Ardid 6 |- | 11 || || 18.5 || Euwe 8, Oskam 6, Rueb 4½ |- | 12 || || 18 || Davidescu 7, Gudju 6, Loewenton 5 |- | 13 || || 15 || Tschepurnoff 9, Malmberg 6 |- | 14 || GBR || 12.5 || Handasyde 6, Wreford-Brown 3½ Holloway 3 |- | 15 || Irish Free State || 5.5 || O'Hanlon 5½ |- | 16 || CAN 1921 || 5 || Smith 5 |- | 17 || RUSRussiaPotemkine and Kahn were White émigrés living in Paris and represented "Russia", not the Soviet Union. || 4.5 || Potemkine 3, Kahn 1½ |- | 18 || Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes || 2.5 || Rozić 2½ |} FIDE On 20 July, the last day of the games, 15 delegates from all over the World signed the proclamation act of the International Chess Federation (originally known as Fédération Internationale des Échecs in French) and elected Alexander Rueb of the Netherlands the first FIDE president. Latin motto Gens una sumus ("we are one family") became official and well-recognized watchword of the chess unity. Below is the historic list of 15 founders of FIDE: Abonyi (Hungary), Grau (Argentina), Gudju (Romania), Marusi (Italy), Nicolet (Switzerland), Ovadija (Yugoslavia), Penalver y Zamora (Spain), Rawlins (Great Britain), Rueb (Netherlands), Skalička (Czechoslovakia), Smith (Canada), Towbin (Poland), Tschepurnoff (Finland), Vincent (France), Weltjens (Belgium). Notes References Unofficial 01 Olympiad Unofficial 01 Olympiad Unofficial 01 Chess Olympiad Unofficial 01 Unofficial Olympiad 01 Category:1924 in Paris Category:July 1924 sports events in Europe