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🏆 Kecskemet (1927)

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Twenty experts, divided into two sections of ten, participated in the International Masters Tournament held in Kecskemet, Hungary from June 26 to July 12, 1927. Alexander Alekhine won the preliminary tournament A and Lajos Steiner won the preliminary tournament B. The four leaders in each section then engaged in an additional finals tournament (section A). The next four finishers in each preliminary section contested in a similar finals tournament (section B). ... [more]

Player: Savielly Tartakower

 page 1 of 1; 16 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Asztalos vs Tartakower ½-½691927KecskemetB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. Tartakower vs H Mueller 1-0221927KecskemetC00 French Defense
3. Alekhine vs Tartakower 1-0261927KecskemetB15 Caro-Kann
4. Kmoch vs Tartakower  ½-½211927KecskemetD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. Tartakower vs S Takacs  ½-½371927KecskemetD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
6. Gilg vs Tartakower  ½-½411927KecskemetA47 Queen's Indian
7. Tartakower vs B Sarkozy 1-0431927KecskemetB02 Alekhine's Defense
8. A Brinckmann vs Tartakower 1-0681927KecskemetA02 Bird's Opening
9. Tartakower vs Yates ½-½421927KecskemetA03 Bird's Opening
10. Tartakower vs Colle  ½-½231927KecskemetC00 French Defense
11. V Vukovic vs Tartakower  0-1551927KecskemetA90 Dutch
12. Tartakower vs A Brinckmann  ½-½311927KecskemetC10 French
13. Yates vs Tartakower 0-1621927KecskemetB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
14. Tartakower vs K Berndtsson  1-0351927KecskemetA45 Queen's Pawn Game
15. Gruenfeld vs Tartakower  ½-½211927KecskemetD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. Tartakower vs S Takacs  ½-½231927KecskemetC01 French, Exchange
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-01-13  Kinan: Strange system used here.
Jun-23-18  ughaibu: That's for sure. Nimzowitsch won the final but not the tournament.
Nov-27-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: Granted, this format was unusual, but appears to pale against the quirky Ostend (1906).

<ughhaibu....Nimzowitsch won the final but not the tournament.>

Had he made a similar score in the preliminary, rather than finishing two points behind Steiner in his group, matters might have gone differently; as it was, he was two points behind two players, a nearly impossible obstacle to overcome, especially with Alekhine and Steiner playing each other.

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