The 2nd

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

( nl, De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the

Fédération Internationale des Échecs The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

(FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

, took place between July 21 and August 6, 1928, in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

, Netherlands.

Results

Team standings

Team results

Individual medals

No board order was applied and only top six individual results were awarded with a prize. * Gold medal winner –

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...

(United States), scoring 13/15 (86.7%); * Silver medal winner – André Muffang (France), scoring 12½/16 (78.1%); * Bronze medal winner –

Teodor Regedziński Teodor (Theodor, Theodore) Regedziński (Regedzinski, Reger) (28 April 1894 – 2 August 1954) was a Polish chess master of German origin. Biography Born Poland (near Łódź), Regedziński was of German origin as his father, named Reger. He ha ...

(Poland), scoring 10/13 (76.9%); * 4–5th place –

Endre Steiner Endre (Andreas) Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944) was a Hungarian chess player, born in Budapest. Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. * In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st ...

(Hungary), scoring 11½/16 (71.9%); * 4–5th place –

Géza Nagy Géza Nagy (29 December 1892, Satoraljaujhely – 13 August 1953, Kaposvár) was a Hungarian chess master. He was Hungarian Champion in 1924. He took 6th at Budapest 1926 (Grandmasters Ernst Grünfeld and Mario Monticelli won). Nagy played f ...

(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:2nd Chess Olympiad: The Hague 1928—Amateur World Championship–Standings–Round by Round Pairings–Progress Table
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References

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