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🏆 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad (1936)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Paul Keres, Miguel Najdorf, Friedrich Saemisch, Lodewijk Prins, Eero Book, Antoni Wojciechowski, Lajos Steiner, Massimiliano Romi, Paulino Frydman, Kurt Richter, Vladimir Petrov, Vladas Mikenas, Vasja Pirc, Gideon Stahlberg, Joao de Souza Mendes, Oskar Naegeli, Mario Monticelli, Petar Trifunovic, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Karel Hromadka, Wolfgang Hasenfuss, Alexandar Tsvetkov, Albert Becker, Josef Rejfir, Bora Tot, Amos Pokorny, Octavio Trompowsky, Hans Mueller, Paul Johner, Adriaan de Groot, Erno Gereben, Ilmar Raud, Vladimir Vukovic, Karl Gilg, Christian Poulsen, Karlis Ozols, Janos Balogh, Imre Koenig, Arpad Vajda, Gosta Stoltz, Borislav Kostic, Frantisek Zita, Paul Michel, Fricis Apsenieks, Erik Lundin, Marcos Luckis, Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Walter Oswaldo Cruz, Erwin Voellmy, Endre Steiner, Herbert Heinicke, Bjorn Nielsen, Geza Maroczy, Kornel Havasi, Lajos Asztalos, Bengt Ekenberg, Teodor Regedzinski, Laszlo Szabo, Gedeon Barcza, Erich Eliskases, Kaarle Ojanen, Theo van Scheltinga, Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Weiss, Gheorghe-Gica Alexandrescu, Jan Foltys, Eggert Gilfer, Erik Andersen, Gerrit van Doesburgh, Louis Betbeder Matibet, Georgy Geshev, Hans Christian Christoffersen, Movsa Feigin, Fritz Gygli, Arni Snaevarr, Gosta Danielsson, Mirko Schreiber, Eino Heilimo, Ludwig Engels, Holger Norman-Hansen, Courte, Jacques Francez, Elias Baikovicius, Traian Ichim, Carl Ahues, D Danchev, Johannes Turn, Baldur Moller, Poul Hage, Lucius Endzelins, Julius Nielsen, Alexander Kiprov, Adolf Staehelin, Ragnar Krogius, Amedee Gibaud, Asmundur Asgeirsson, Hendrik Felderhof, Vytautas Skibiniauskas, Bertil Sundberg, R A Olsen plus 102 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
non-FIDE Munich Olympiad (1936)

Crosstable: http://www.olimpbase.org/1936x/1936....

 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 308  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Keres vs L Steiner 1-0621936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA12 English with b3
2. A Wojciechowski vs Courte 1-0261936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC47 Four Knights
3. J de Souza Mendes vs E Book 1-0221936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA46 Queen's Pawn Game
4. C Ahues vs L Prins 1-0331936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA40 Queen's Pawn Game
5. T Popa vs A Kiprov  1-0571936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Szabo vs J Turn 1-0131936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
7. L Laurine vs Barcza 1-0551936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. A Vajda vs F Villard  1-0371936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC14 French, Classical
9. J Balogh vs L Sepp  1-0411936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
10. Stahlberg vs J Foltys 1-0271936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
11. G Stoltz vs E Zinner  1-0361936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
12. Hromadka vs G Danielsson 1-0231936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA02 Bird's Opening
13. Kostic vs A Staehelin  1-0341936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC13 French
14. K Poschauko vs W Hasenfuss  1-0431936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
15. Keres vs G Alexandrescu 1-0241936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC02 French, Advance
16. Eliskases vs V Mikenas  1-0411936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA40 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Gilg vs N Voinov  1-0461936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. W Weil vs P Tautvaisas 1-0271936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA12 English with b3
19. E Richter vs J Francez  1-0261936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. H Nielsen vs P Tautvaisas  1-0251936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. J Foltys vs G Geshev  1-0681936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. E Zinner vs D Danchev  1-0291936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadB40 Sicilian
23. L Rellstab vs R Crepeaux  1-0411936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC71 Ruy Lopez
24. L Roedl vs B N Rometti 1-0121936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
25. E Gereben vs H A Carlos 1-0361936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 308  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-28-21  whiteshark: just to get started:

https://www.olimpbase.org/1936x/193...
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_u... ]

Nov-15-23  stone free or die: Some more description of this tournament

<Brazil, Berlin and Bavaria - back in 1936> https://digital.la84.org/digital/ap...

It also includes a higher contrast photo of the exhibition playing hall, the "Theresienhöhe", with the logo on the front:

<„München Güsst Die Schachmeister Der Welt“>

"Munich welcomes the chess masters of the world"

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