Carlsbad 1923 chess tournament
The third international chess tournament (the first Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament, the second Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament) was held in the health resort of Carlsbad (German: Karlsbad, Czech: Karlovy Vary), Czechoslovakia.[1] The eighteen participants, under the direction of Viktor Tietz, played their games in the Helenenhof Imperial Hotel, from April 27 to May 22, 1923. Alexander Alekhine showed great fighting chess and took the lead. But tailender Rudolf Spielmann defeated him in the penultimate round, and Géza Maróczy caught up. Efim Bogoljubow joined the lead in the last round.[2] The results and standings:[3]
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total 1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Alekhine (Soviet Union) x 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 11.5 File:Flag of Germany.svg Efim Bogoljubow (Germany) 0 x ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 11.5 File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Géza Maróczy (Hungary) 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 4 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia) ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 10.5 File:Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) 0 ½ 0 ½ x 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10.5 6 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark) ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 x 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10.0 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia) 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 x 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10.0 8 File:Flag of England.svg Fred Yates (England) 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 x ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9.5 9 File:Flag of Germany.svg Richard Teichmann (Germany) ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9.0 10 File:Flag of Poland.svg Savielly Tartakower (Poland) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.5 11 File:Flag of Germany.svg Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ x 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 8.0 12 File:Flag of Poland.svg Akiba Rubinstein (Poland) 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 7.5 13 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Bernstein (United States) 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 x ½ 0 1 0 1 7.0 14 File:Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Wolf (Austria) 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x 0 ½ 1 0 6.5 15 File:Flag of Germany.svg Friedrich Sämisch (Germany) ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 x 0 0 1 6.0 16 File:Flag of England.svg George Alan Thomas (England) 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 x 1 1 5.5 17 File:Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 x 0 5.0 File:Flag of the United States.svg Oscar Chajes (United States) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 x 5.0
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The three winners earned 3,505 Czechoslovak koruna for their victory, with Alekhine earning an additional "Prize of Honor," a crystal goblet worth 1,000 Kčs, and Bogoljubov receiving a cash prize worth half Alekhine's prize. The tournament also saw the distribution of ten brilliancy prizes, including three "first prizes" which went to Alekhine for his win against Grünfeld, Nimzowitsch for his win against Yates, and Yates for his win against Alekhine.[4]
References
- ↑ "Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament 2007". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ↑ "Chess in historical health resorts". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ↑ "Karlsbad". Archived from the original on 28 January 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ↑ "Karlsbad 1923".