Tournament

Unofficial Chess Olympiad — Munich 1936

1936 · Munich
Hungary won with 110½ board points, followed by Poland on 108 and Germany on 106½. Yugoslavia scored 104½; Czechoslovakia 104; Latvia 96½; Austria 95; Sweden 94; Denmark 91½; Estonia 90; Lithuania 77½; Finland 75; Netherlands 71½; Romania 68; Norway 64½; Brazil 63; Switzerland 61½; Italy 59; Iceland 57½; France 43½; Bulgaria 38½.
Incomplete record·660 of 1680 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 660 of the 1680 games played; 1020 are missing.

Final standings

55½
Hungary won with 110½ board points, followed by Poland on 108 and Germany on 106½. Yugoslavia scored 104½; Czechoslovakia 104; Latvia 96½; Austria 95; Sweden 94; Denmark 91½; Estonia 90; Lithuania 77½; Finland 75; Netherlands 71½; Romania 68; Norway 64½; Brazil 63; Switzerland 61½; Italy 59; Iceland 57½; France 43½; Bulgaria 38½.

The twenty-one teams played 1680 board games from 17 August to 1 September 1936. The archive holds 660 playable scores, including 31 original position fragments; 1020 played scores are absent from MasterDB. The cross-table reflects the surviving scores, while the official full-event board totals are given above. All original FEN positions, recorded moves, dates and rounds remain intact.

# Team Points MP Match record
1 Germany 55½ 36 +17 =2 -1
2 Hungary 47½ 33 +16 =1 -2
3 Czechoslovakia 44½ 24 +10 =4 -6
4 Poland 43 26 +12 =2 -4
5 Yugoslavia 42½ 30 +12 =6 -2
6 Bulgaria 38½ 1 +0 =1 -19
7 Austria 37 26 +12 =2 -5
8 Estonia 37 22 +8 =6 -6
9 Latvia 34½ 22 +11 =0 -7
10 Denmark 32 16 +7 =2 -10
11 Sweden 31 19 +8 =3 -9
12 Finland 31 17 +4 =9 -7
13 Lithuania 29 21 +9 =3 -8
14 Romania 25 13 +4 =5 -9
15 Iceland 24 18 +8 =2 -10
16 Brazil 20 17 +5 =7 -7
17 Italy 20 16 +4 =8 -7
18 Netherlands 19½ 12 +3 =6 -11
19 Switzerland 18 14 +5 =4 -10
20 Norway 17½ 15 +6 =3 -9
21 France 13 6 +1 =4 -13

Cross Table

Rank Team 123456789101112131415161718192021
1 Germany 2 2 2 1½ 6½ 3 3½ 3 3 2½ 1½ 2 3½ 2½ 1 1½ 3 3 3 5½
2 Hungary 3 2½ 2 1½ 7½ 3 4 3 3 3 0 2 3 2½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 0 1
3 Czechoslovakia 1 1½ 2½ 1 8 2½ 3½ 1 1 1 3½ ½ 3 1½ 1 1 4 3 2 2
4 Poland 2 0 3½ 1½ 8 1½ 3½ 1½ 1½ 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 3
5 Yugoslavia ½ ½ 1 2½ 7 1 2½ 3 2 2 1½ 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 2
6 Bulgaria 1½ ½ 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1½ 2½ 1½ 3 3 4 2½ 3 3 3 2½
7 Austria 1 ½ 2½ 0 6 1½ 1 4½ 2 2 2 1 ½ 2 2 2½ 2 2 2
8 Estonia 1½ 2 1½ 1½ 2½ 6 1½ ½ 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 3 1½ 2 1½
9 Latvia 0 1 2 1 7 0 2½ 1½ 2 2½ 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 2
10 Denmark 2 0 1 ½ 1 6 1½ 1 ½ 1 4 4 1 ½ 2 0 2 2 2
11 Sweden 1½ 0 3 ½ 0 6½ 1 1 1 2 1½ 0 3½ 0 ½ 2 2 3 0 2
12 Finland 1½ 0 ½ 1 1½ 5½ 3 0 ½ 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 ½ 1 2½ 2 1 2
13 Lithuania 0 1 1½ 0 0 6½ 1 2 2 1 2 1½ 2 1 1 1 1½ 1 1 2
14 Romania 2½ 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 ½ 1½ 2 2 ½ 2 1 1
15 Iceland ½ 1 ½ 1 0 5 1½ 1 0 1½ 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 3 1
16 Brazil 0 ½ 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 ½ 1½ 0 1½ 0 1½ 1 1 2 1½
17 Italy ½ 1½ 1 0 1 5½ 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1½ 1 0 1
18 Netherlands 0 ½ 0 0 1 5 ½ 1 0 0 0 2½ 2½ 1 1 1 1 1½ 0 1
19 Switzerland 0 ½ 0 1 0 5 2 1½ 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 ½ 1½ 1
20 Norway 0 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 2
21 France ½ 0 0 0 1 5½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1½ 1 1 0 0

Each cell shows the row team's board (game) points in its match against the column team, out of the boards played. ● = same team. Ranking is by total board points; match points (2 for a match win, 1 for a draw) are the secondary column.