| 1st Workers' Chess Olympiad: Špindlerův Mlýn 1948 |
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| 1st Workers' Chess Olympiad | |
| Date: | 13th - 19th September 1948 |
| City: | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia |
| Teams participating: | 5 |
| Players participating: | 24 |
| Games played: | 40 |
| Competition format: | Four board round robin. |
| Final order decided by: | Game points |
| Time control: | 40 moves in 2 hours 30 minutes, then each next 16 moves in 1 hour |
| Downloadable game file: | 48workers.zip |
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The 1948 workers' Olympiad drew five national teams, including four communist countries and Switzerland. Among participating players were people soon to become respected GMs: Luděk Pachman (CSR), Milan Vidmar jr (YUG) or László Szabó (HUN). Hungary took a win by a wide three point margin beating Yugoslavia 2½-1½ on penultimate day in a decisive encounter. Poland came third rather unexpectedly as they defeated Czechoslovakia 2½-1½ on the last day. |
| bd | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Szabó, László | |
HUN | 2½ | 3 | 83.3 |
| =2. | Puc, Stojan | |
YUG | 2½ | 4 | 62.5 |
| =2. | Szapiel, Henryk | |
POL | 2½ | 4 | 62.5 |
| =2. | Barcza, Gedeon | |
HUN | 2½ | 4 | 62.5 |
| 3. | Szily, József | |
HUN | 3½ | 4 | 87.5 |
| =4. | Gereben, Ernő | |
HUN | 3 | 4 | 75.0 |
| =4. | Zíta, František | |
CSR | 3 | 4 | 75.0 |