Sedma Šahovska olimpijada 1937., koju je organizirala FIDE i koja se sastojala od otvorenog i ženskog turnira, održana je od 31. jula do 14. augusta u Stockholmu.Šahovska olimpijada 1937. na OlimpBaseu Tokom ove olimpijade održano je i Šesto svjetsko prvenstvo za žene.
Turnir Turnir se igrao u Grand Hotel Royalu u Stockholmu. Na olimpijadi je nastupilo 19 ekipa sa ukupno 94 šahistom, 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 i po sata sata za prvih 40 poteza, a nakon toga sat vremena za svakih 16 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, zatim broj pobjeda i međusobni odnos.
Rezultati Pobjednik je po četvrti put uzastopno bila ekipa SAD-a u sastavu: Samuel Reshevsky sa šest pobjeda, tri poraza i sedam remija, Reuben Fine (+9 −1 =5), Isaac Kashdan (+13 −1 =2), Frank Marshal (+3 −0 =7) i Israel Albert Horowitz (+11 −0 =4). Drugo mjesto osvojili su šahisti Mađarske: Andor Lilienthal (+9 −2 =6), László Szabó (+9 −2 =7), Endre Steiner (+12 −1 =5), Kornél Havasi (+6 −4 =5) i Árpád Vajda (+0 −2 =2), a treće Poljske: Savielly Tartakower (+1 −2 =10), Mieczysław Najdorf (+5 −3 =7), Paulino Frydman (+10 −2 =5), Izaak Appel (+7 −3 =4) i Teodor Regedziński (+10 −1 =2). Najbolji igrač bio je Isaac Kashdan sa učinkom 87,5% i osvojenih 14 poena iz 16 partija.
Timovi {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size: 90%" ! # !!Država !! Igrači !! Bodovi |- ! style="background:gold;"|1 | || Samuel Reshevsky, Reuben Fine, Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Israel Albert Horowitz ||align="center"| 54½ |- ! style="background:silver;"|2 | || Andor Lilienthal, László Szabó, Endre Steiner, Kornél Havasi, Árpád Vajda ||align="center"| 48½ |- ! style="background:#cc9966;"|3 | || Savielly Tartakower, Mieczysław Najdorf, Paulino Frydman, Izaak Appel, Teodor Regedziński ||align="center"| 47 |- ! 4 | || Luis Piazzini, Jacobo Bolbochan, Roberto Grau, Carlos Guimard, Isaias Pleci ||align="center"| 47 |- ! 5 | || Salo Flohr, Jan Foltys, Emil Zinner, Jiří Pelikán, František Zíta ||align="center"| 45 |- ! 6 | || Max Euwe, Salo Landau, Lodewijk Prins, Theo van Scheltinga, Adriaan de Groot ||align="center"| 44 |- ! 7 | || Paul Keres, Paul Felix Schmidt, Ilmar Raud, Johannes Türn, Gunnar Friedemann ||align="center"| 41½ |- ! 8 | || Vladas Mikėnas, Povilas Vaitonis, Isakas Vistaneckis, Markas Luckis, Leonardas Abramavičius ||align="center"| 41½ |- ! 9 | || Vasja Pirc, Petar Trifunović, Savo Vuković, Borislav Kostić, Mirko Bröder ||align="center"| 40 |- ! 10 | || Gideon Ståhlberg, Erik Lundin, Gösta Stoltz, Gösta Danielsson, Eric Jonsson ||align="center"| 38½ |- ! 11 | || Vladimirs Petrovs, Fricis Apšenieks, Voldemārs Mežgailis, Karlis Ozols, Lucijs Endzelins ||align="center"| 37½ |- ! 12 | || Thorsten Gauffin, Eero Böök, Ilmari Solin, Toivo Salo, Kaarle Ojanen ||align="center"| 34 |- ! 13 | || George Alan Thomas, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Stuart Milner-Barry, Harry Golombek, George Wheatcroft ||align="center"| 34 |- ! 14 | || Vincenzo Castaldi, Michele Riello, Mario Napolitano, Cherubino Staldi, Stefano Rosselli del Turco ||align="center"| 26½ |- ! 15 | || Jens Enevoldsen, Ernst Sørensen, Christian Poulsen, Øjvind Larsen, Johannes Petersen ||align="center"| 25½ |- ! 16 | || Eggert Gilfer, Jón Guðmundsson, Ásmundur Ásgeirsson, Baldur Möller, Sturla Pétursson ||align="center"| 23 |- ! 17 | || Arthur Dunkelblum, Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, Arthur Baert, Marcel Defosse ||align="center"| 22½ |- ! 18 | || Storm Herseth, Oluf Kavli-Jørgensen, Andreas Guldbrandsen, K. Salbu, H. Christoffersen ||align="center"| 19½ |- ! 19 | || James Macrae Aitken, John Montgomerie, George Page, Peter Reid, Charles Pirie ||align="center"| 14
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