Moscow 1925 chess tournament
This international super-tournament, organised by Nikolai Krylenko, was held at Moscow in the Soviet Union, from 10 November to 8 December 1925. It was the world's first state-sponsored chess tournament.[1]"Russian Chess History by Bill Wall". 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-20.</ref>[unreliable source?] There were eleven foreign stars and ten Soviet masters. World champion José Raúl Capablanca and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker were expected to be the main contenders, as they had been in the New York 1924 chess tournament, but the Soviet master Efim Bogoljubov achieved an unexpected victory. Lasker finished 1½ points behind Bogolyubov and just ahead of Capablanca.[2] The film Chess Fever used a number of scenes from the tournament, and even featured Capablanca playing himself. The Cuban-Soviet film Capablanca has its main plot during the tournament.
Results
The results and standings:[3][4]
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total 1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Efim Bogoljubov (Soviet Union) x ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15½ 2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Emanuel Lasker (Germany) ½ x ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 14 3 File:Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba) 1 ½ x 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 13½ 4 File:Flag of the United States.svg Frank James Marshall (United States) ½ 0 0 x ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 12½ 5 File:Flag of Poland.svg Savielly Tartakower (Poland) 0 ½ 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 12 6 File:Flag of Mexico (1916–1934).svg Carlos Torre Repetto (Mexico) 0 1 ½ 1 ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 12 7 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia) 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ x 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11½ 8 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Peter Romanovsky (Soviet Union) ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 x 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½ 9 File:Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 x 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 10½ 10 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky (Soviet Union) 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 x ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10½ 11 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Fedor Bogatyrchuk (Soviet Union) ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 10 12 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Boris Verlinsky (Soviet Union) 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ x 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 9½ 13 File:Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 9½ 14 File:Flag of Poland.svg Akiba Rubinstein (Poland) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 9½ 15 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Grigory Levenfish (Soviet Union) 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 x 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9 16 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Ilya Rabinovich (Soviet Union) 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 x 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 17 File:Flag of England.svg Fred Yates (England) 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 x 1 ½ 0 1 7 18 File:Flag of Germany.svg Friedrich Sämisch (Germany) 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 x 0 1 0 6½ 19 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Solomon Gotthilf (Soviet Union) 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 x 0 ½ 6½ 20 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Soviet Union) 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 1 6 21 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Nikolai Zubarev (Soviet Union) 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 x 4½
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References
- ↑ Soltis, Andrew (2000). Soviet Chess 1917-1991. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7864-9758-4.
- ↑ "Early Soviet Championships". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ↑ Sericano, Claudio. "Mosca 1925". La grande storia degli scacchi (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
- ↑ "WebCite query result". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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