Četvrta Šahovska olimpijada 1931, koju je organizirala FIDE i koja se sastojala od otvorenog i ženskog turnira, uz nekoliko pratećih događaja sa svrhom promocije šaha, održana je od 11. do 26. jula u Pragu.Šahovska olimpijada 1931. na OlimpBaseu Tokom ove olimpijade održano je i Treće svjetsko prvenstvo za žene.

Turnir Turnir se igrao u Pragu. Na olimpijadi je nastupilo 19 ekipa sa ukupno 93 šahista, koji su igrali po Bergerovom sistemu. Odigrano je 684 partija, a timovi su igrali na četiri table, a jedan rezervni igrač je bio dozvoljen. Igralo se na dva sata za prvih 40 poteza. U slučaju istog broja osvojenih bodova, odlučivalo je timsko bodovanje, po kojem je za pobjedu tima dodjeljivano 2 boda, za remi 1 bod i poraz nije donosio bodove.

Rezultati Pobjednik bila je ekipa SAD-a u sastavu: Isaac Kashdan sa 8 pobjeda, jednim porazom i 8 remija, Frank Marshaln (+7 −3 =6), Arthur Dake (+5 −2 =7), Israel Albert Horowitz (+6 −1 =6) i Herman Steiner (+7 −2 =3). Drugo mjesto osvojili su šahisti Poljske: Akiba Rubinstein (+6 −3 =7), Savielly Tartakower (+10 −1 =7), Dawid Przepiórka (+6 −3 =8), Kazimierz Makarczyk (+5 −1 =6) i Paulino Frydman (+4 −1 =4), a treće Čehoslovačka: Salo Flohrs (+8 −4 =6), Karl Gilg (+2 −3 =6), Josef Rejfiř (+7 −1 =8), Karel Opočenský (+7 −2 =4) i Karel Skalička (+9 −2 =3). Najbolji igrač bio je Aleksandar Aljehin sa učinkom 75% i osvojenih 13½ poena iz 18 partija.

Timovi {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size: 90%" ! # !!Država !! Igrači !! Bodovi |- ! style="background:gold;"|1 | || Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Arthur Dake, Israel Albert Horowitz, Herman Steiner||align="center"| 48 |- ! style="background:silver;"|2 | || Akiba Rubinstein, Savielly Tartakower, Dawid Przepiórka, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Paulino Frydman ||align="center"| 47 |- ! style="background:#cc9966;"|3 | || Salo Flohr, Karl Gilg, Josef Rejfiř, Karel Opočenský, Karel Skalička ||align="center"| 46½ |- ! 4 | || Milan Vidmar, Lajos Asztalos, Borislav Kostić, Vasja Pirc, Imre König ||align="center"| 46 |- ! 5 | || Efim Bogoljubow, Carl Ahues, Heinrich Wagner, Kurt Richter, Karl Hellin ||align="center"| 45½ |- ! 6 | || Hermanis Matisons, Fricis Apšenieks, Vladimirs Petrovs, Movsas Feigins, Wolfgang Hasenfuss ||align="center"| 45½ |- ! 7 | || Gideon Ståhlberg, Gösta Stoltz, Karl Berndtsson, Erik Lundin ||align="center"| 45½ |- ! 8 | || Ernst Grünfeld, Rudolf Spielmann, Hans Kmoch, Albert Becker, Josef Lokvenc ||align="center"| 45 |- ! 9 | || Mir Sultan Khan, Frederick Yates, George Alan Thomas, William Winter, Victor Wahltuch ||align="center"| 44 |- ! 10 | || Endre Steiner, Lajos Steiner, Árpád Vajda, Kornél Havasi, Karoly Sterk ||align="center"| 39½ |- ! 11 | || Henri Weenink, Daniël Noteboom, Johannes van den Bosch, JohannesAddicks, Gerrit Van Doesburgh ||align="center"| 35 |- ! 12 | || Hans Johner, Oskar Naegeli, Otto Zimmermann, William Rivier, Walter Michel ||align="center"| 34 |- ! 13 | || Vladas Mikėnas, M. Šembergas, Isakas Vistaneckis, Leonardas Abramavičius, Markas Luckis ||align="center"| 30½ |- ! 14 | || Aleksandar Aljehin, Aristide Gromer, Victor Kahn, Louis Betbeder, Marcel Duchamp ||align="center"| 29½ |- ! 15 | || Stefan Erdélyi, János Balogh, Abraham Baratz, Ion Gudju, A. Wechsler ||align="center"| 28 |- ! 16 | || Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Mario Monticelli, Max Romih, Ernesto Hellmann ||align="center"| 24 |- ! 17 | || Erik Andersen, Axel Cruusberg, Karl Ruben, Niels Lie, Øjvind Larsen ||align="center"| 19½ |- ! 18 | || H. Christoffersen, L. Hansen, Trygve Halvorsen, Carl Oscar Hovind, Andreas Gulbrandsen ||align="center"| 15½ |- ! 19 | || Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente, José Vilardebo Picurena, Plácido Soler Bordas, Valentí Marín y Llovet, José Sanz Aguado ||align="center"| 15½

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