title: 2nd Chess Olympiad
text: # 2nd Chess Olympiad
  
  The 2nd Chess Olympiad (Dutch: De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (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 21 and August 6, 1928, in The Hague, Netherlands.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Team standings
  
      #CountryPlayersPoints 1 HungaryNagy, Steiner, E., Vajda, Havasi44 2 United StatesKashdan, Steiner, H., Factor, Tholfsen, Hanauer39½ 3 PolandMakarczyk, Frydman, Regedziński, Chwojnik, Blass37 4 AustriaHönlinger, Lokvenc, Müller, Wolf, Beutum36½ 5 DenmarkNorman-Hansen, Andersen, Gemzøe, Ruben34 6 SwitzerlandRivier, Gygli, Voellmy, Naegeli, Henneberger M., Michel34 7 CzechoslovakiaGilg, Prokeš, Pokorný, Rejfíř, Schulz, Teller34 8 ArgentinaFernández Coria, Maderna, Palau, Reca, Grau33½ 9 GermanyWagner, Hilse, Schönmann, Blümich, Foerder31½ 10 NetherlandsWeenink, Kroone, Van den Bosch, Schelfhout, Wertheim W., Wertheim J.31½ 11 FranceGaudin, Betbeder, Duchamp, Crépeaux, Muffang, Drezga31 12 BelgiumSapira, Koltanowski, Censer I., Dunkelblum31 13 SwedenStoltz, Jacobson, Ståhlberg, Karlin, Jonsson31 14 LatviaApšenieks, Strautmanis, Petrovs, Taube, Melnbārdis30 15 ItalyMonticelli, Sacconi, Hellmann, Calapso, De Nardo, Marotti26½ 16 RomaniaBródy, Proca, Balogh, Gudju25½ 17 SpainMarín y Llovet, Cortes, Aguilera, Ribera, Molla13½
  
  ### Team results
  
  | Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hungary | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 44 |
  | 2 | United States | 2½ | - | 1 | 3½ | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 39½ |
  | 3 | Poland | 1 | 3 | - | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
  | 4 | Austria | 2 | ½ | 2½ | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 36½ |
  | 5 | Denmark | ½ | ½ | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 34 |
  | 6 | Switzerland | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
  | 7 | Czechoslovakia | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
  | 8 | Argentina | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 3 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 33½ |
  | 9 | Germany | ½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 31½ |
  | 10 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | - | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 31½ |
  | 11 | France | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 0 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
  | 12 | Belgium | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 6 | 6 | 4 | 31 |
  | 13 | Sweden | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 1½ | 1 | 3½ | 4 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
  | 14 | Latvia | 1½ | 2 | 2 | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | - | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
  | 15 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | ½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 10 | 3 | 26½ |
  | 16 | Romania | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 0 | 2½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 3 | ½ | 2½ | - | 3½ | 6 | 9 | 1 | 25½ |
  | 17 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ | ½ | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | 13½ |
  
  ### Individual medals
  
  No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.
  
  * Gold medal winner – Isaac Kashdan (United States), scoring 13/15 (86.7%);
  * Silver medal winner – André Muffang (France), scoring 12½/16 (78.1%);
  * Bronze medal winner – Teodor Regedziński (Poland), scoring 10/13 (76.9%);
  * 4–5th place – Endre Steiner (Hungary), scoring 11½/16 (71.9%);
  * 4–5th place – Géza Nagy (Hungary), scoring 11½/16 (71.9%);
  * 6th place – William Rivier (Switzerland), scoring 7½/11 (68.2%).
  
  ### Amateur World Championship
  
  The second Amateur World Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:
  
      #PlayerPointsBerger System 1 Max Euwe (Netherlands)12 2 Dawid Przepiórka (Poland)11 3 Hermanis Matisons (Latvia)10 4 Manuel Golmayo Torriente (Spain)9½66.25 5 Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia)9½64.50 6 Norman Whitaker (United States)9½57.25 7 Carl Carls (Germany)9 8 Albert Becker (Austria)7 9 André Chéron (France)647.00 10 Allan Nilsson (Sweden)641.75 11 Stefano Rosselli del Turco (Italy)636.50 12 Lajos Steiner (Hungary)5½36.00 13 José Araiza (Mexico)5½35.75 14 Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland)5½31.75 15 Alexandru Tyroler (Romania)5 16 Walter Henneberger (Switzerland)3
  