The 2nd Chess Olympiad (Dutch: De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open[1] 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.
Place | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | + | − | = | Points | |
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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 |
No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize.[2]
The second Amateur World Championship took place during the Olympiad. The final results were as follows:[3][4]
# | Player | Points | Berger System |
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1 | Max Euwe (Netherlands) | 12 | |
2 | Dawid Przepiórka (Poland) | 11 | |
3 | Hermanis Matisons (Latvia) | 10 | |
4 | Manuel Golmayo Torriente (Spain) | 9½ | 66.25 |
5 | Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia) | 9½ | 64.50 |
6 | Norman Whitaker (United States) | 9½ | 57.25 |
7 | Carl Carls (Germany) | 9 | |
8 | Albert Becker (Austria) | 7 | |
9 | André Chéron (France) | 6 | 47.00 |
10 | Allan Nilsson (Sweden) | 6 | 41.75 |
11 | Stefano Rosselli del Turco (Italy) | 6 | 36.50 |
12 | Lajos Steiner (Hungary) | 5½ | 36.00 |
13 | José Araiza (Mexico) | 5½ | 35.75 |
14 | Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland) | 5½ | 31.75 |
15 | Alexandru Tyroler (Romania) | 5 | |
16 | Walter Henneberger (Switzerland) | 3 |