Chess Olympiad 1939 Poster
Period
1939Place
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Material
Paper
Location
FIDE archive
Language
Spanish
Category
Posters and caricaturesSubcategory
Posters
Curious fact
As the Olympiad coincided with the outbreak of World War II, many European players decided not to return to their countries and stayed in Argentina or moved elsewhere in South America, including Miguel Najdorf, Gideon Ståhlberg, and Erich Eliskases
The 8th Chess Olympiad was held in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Twenty-seven teams took part. Germany won the tournament with 36 points, just half a point in front of runner-up Poland. Estonia finished third with 33½.
