The 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

(Summit) was held in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, June 26 - July 15, 1926, during the FIDE Congress.
Team tournament (six teams applied but Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the start) was won by Hungary. The individual tournaments, among them a masters', an open, and a women's tournament, had also been played. Ernst Grünfeld

Ernst Grünfeld

----Ernst Franz Grünfeld , an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world....

 (Austria) and Mario Monticelli

Mario Monticelli

Mario Monticelli was an Italian chess grandmaster.In 1922, he won in Rome . In 1925, he won in Bologna. In 1926, Monticelli tied for 1st with Ernst Grünfeld in Budapest. In 1929, he took 11th in Budapest . In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona...

 (Italy) won the individual event known as 1st FIDE Masters. Ms. Edith Holloway

Edith Holloway

Edith Martha Holloway was one of the brightest names in British women's chess. She was the daughter of sculptor John Denton Crittenden , who exhibited at the Royal Academy....

 (England) won women's tournament and Emil Zinner

Emil Zinner

Emil Zinner was a Jewish-Czech chess master.He won an open tournament at Budapest 1926 ; tied for 5-6th at Bilina 1930 ; tied for 8-10th at Brno 1931 , tied for 2nd-4th at Moravska Ostrava 1933 ; tied for 4-6th at Bad Liebenwerda 1934 ; tied for...

 (Czechoslovakia) won an open tournament.

Team Tournament

#	Team	Players	Points
1		Steiner E. Endre Steiner Endre Steiner was a Hungarian chess player.Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.* In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st Chess Olympiad in London .... , Vajda Árpád Vajda Árpád Vajda was a Hungarian chess master.Vajda was Hungarian Champion in 1928.... , Sterk Károly Sterk Károly Sterk was a Hungarian chess master.He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909 , played at Vienna 1909/10 , tied for 3rd-5th at Budapest 1911 , tied for 9-11th at Bad Pistyan 1912 , took 10th at... , Négyesy, Bakonyi, Zinner S.	9
2	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Kostić, Asztalos Lajos Asztalos Lajos Asztalos was a Hungarian chess International Master, professor, and languages teacher.... , Ćirić, György	8
3		Balogh János Balogh (chess player) János Balogh was a Hungarian–Romanian chess master.He was a Romanian Champion in 1930.Dr Balogh played for Romania in Chess Olympiads:... , Bródy Miklós Bródy Miklós Bródy was a Hungarian–Romanian chess master.... , Tyroler Alexandru Tyroler Alexandru Tyroler was a Hungarian-Romanian chess master.... , Mendelssohn, Proca	5
4		Moritz Bruno Moritz Bruno Moritz was a German–Ecuadorian chess master.He won at Kulmbach 1920, tied for 3rd-4th at Munich 1920, shared 1st at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 , took 10th at Frankfurt 1923 , took 12th at Breslau 1925 , took 12th at Vienna 1926 Bruno Moritz (born 1900, date of death unknown) was a German–Ecuadorian... , Schönmann Wilhelm Schönmann Wilhelm Schönmann was a German chess master.He tied for 8-9th at Hamburg 1910 , shared 2nd at Hamburg 1913 , won a simultan game against Emanuel Lasker at Hamburg 1914, and took 15th at Mannheim 1914 Wilhelm Schönmann (Schoenmann) (1889–1970) was a German chess master.He tied for 8-9th at... , Machate Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate was a German chess master.He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch , in Bad Altheide , and won the Silesian Champion title... , Rüster Otto Rüster Otto Rüster was a German chess master.He represented Germany in 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926. He played several times in Silesian Chess Congress, and won at Breslau 1925...	2

First FIDE Masters

#	Player	Points	Berger
1		9½	68.00
		9½	65.25
3		9	67.00
		9	63.50
		9	63.25
6		8½
7		8	56.75
8		8	54.50
9		7½	59.25
10		7½	56.75
11		6½
12		6	44.00
13		6	42.75
14		6	41.75
15		5½
16		4½

See also

• 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
  1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
  The first Team Chess Tournament had been held by coinciding the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12th - 20 July 1924, at Hotel Majestic. The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries arrived to Paris...
  
   (Paris 1924)
• 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events....
  
  (Munich 1936)