1939 Chess Olympiad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1939_Chess_Olympiad
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:chess_player
gptkbp:continent gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:country gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:endDate 1939-09-19
gptkbp:eventType team chess tournament
gptkbp:FIDEEvent true
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1950_Chess_Olympiad
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Buenos_Aires
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1939 Chess Olympiad
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:location gptkb:Buenos_Aires
gptkbp:notableFor Many players remained in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II
gptkbp:notablePlayer gptkb:Paul_Keres
gptkb:Miguel_Najdorf
gptkb:Vera_Menchik
gptkb:Isaac_Kashdan
gptkb:Erich_Eliskases
gptkbp:numberOfRounds 19
gptkbp:numberOfTeams 27
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:8th_Chess_Olympiad
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1937_Chess_Olympiad
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:significance Last Olympiad before World War II
gptkbp:startDate 1939-08-21
gptkbp:team true
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Estonia
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stuart_Milner-Barry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6