The Lost Olympiad: Stockholm 1937 (2026 Release)

(Czechoslovakia) won the individual prize for the top performance on Board 1, ahead of rising star Paul Keres .

The event also hosted the during the same period. The Lost Olympiad: Stockholm 1937

The title refers to the 7th Chess Olympiad , a premier international team tournament that took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from July 31 to August 14, 1937. Unlike other major sporting events of that year, it remained "lost" to history for decades because no official tournament book was published at the time. This was finally corrected nearly 50 years later by author W.H. Cozens in his 1985 book of the same name. Feature Highlights: The Stockholm 1937 Chess Olympiad (Czechoslovakia) won the individual prize for the top

: The Soviet Union did not enter the competition, an absence that significantly altered the competitive landscape of the era. The Story Behind "The Lost Olympiad" Book Unlike other major sporting events of that year,

The 1985 publication by British Chess Magazine is considered a "labor of love" by W.H. Cozens.

The tournament was a landmark event in chess history, gathering the world's elite players just before the global upheaval of World War II.