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Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
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In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to take place in Czechoslovakia. In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were put up at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1st to the 18th in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. It was another successful tournament victory for Lasker, who won undefeated a full point ahead of second place Réti.

The final standings and crosstable:

1st Lasker 10½/13 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1

2nd Réti 9½/13 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1

3rd Grünfeld 8½/13 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1

4th Selezniev 7½/13 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½

=5th Tartakower 7/13 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½

=5th Euwe 7/13 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1

=7th Tarrasch 6½/13 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 1

=7th Bogoljubov 6½/13 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 0 1 1

9th Spielmann 6/13 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1

10th Rubinstein 5½/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½

11th Pokorny 5/13 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½

=12th Hromadka 4½/13 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½

=12th Wolf 4½/13 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1

14th Walter 2½/13 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 *

Round One
Gruenfeld vs Lasker, 1923
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tarrasch vs Reti, 1923 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Pokorny vs Spielmann, 1923
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 0-1

H Wolf vs A Selezniev, 1923
(C25) Vienna, 60 moves, 0-1

Hromadka vs Euwe, 1923
(B83) Sicilian, 46 moves, 0-1

Bogoljubov vs M Walter, 1923
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Round Two
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1923
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Selezniev vs Spielmann, 1923
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1923
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reti vs Hromadka, 1923
(A15) English, 26 moves, 1-0

H Wolf vs Tartakower, 1923
(B40) Sicilian, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2

M Walter vs A Pokorny, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three
Gruenfeld vs H Wolf, 1923
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Pokorny vs Euwe, 1923
(A15) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C49) Four Knights, 39 moves, 0-1

Tartakower vs A Selezniev, 1923
(C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spielmann vs M Walter, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 67 moves, 1-0

Hromadka vs Lasker, 1923 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923 
(C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1

Round Four
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

Reti vs A Pokorny, 1923 
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0

H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Selezniev vs M Walter, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Euwe vs Spielmann, 1923 
(D66) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 0-1

Tartakower vs Gruenfeld, 1923
(A20) English, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five
M Walter vs Euwe, 1923 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

Hromadka vs H Wolf, 1923
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 52 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1923
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Pokorny vs Lasker, 1923 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 47 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld vs A Selezniev, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Spielmann vs Reti, 1923
(C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 0-1

Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 54 moves, 1-0

Round Six
Lasker vs Spielmann, 1923
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reti vs M Walter, 1923 
(A13) English, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wolf vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C49) Four Knights, 62 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld vs Tarrasch, 1923
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Selezniev vs Euwe, 1923
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs Hromadka, 1923
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs A Pokorny, 1923
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven
M Walter vs Lasker, 1923 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

Euwe vs Reti, 1923
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Pokorny vs H Wolf, 1923
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hromadka vs Gruenfeld, 1923 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch vs A Selezniev, 1923
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 0-1

Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 1-0

Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight
Gruenfeld vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rubinstein vs M Walter, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Selezniev vs Reti, 1923
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wolf vs Spielmann, 1923 
(C14) French, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0

Lasker vs Euwe, 1923 
(A48) King's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 86 moves, 0-1

Tartakower vs A Pokorny, 1923
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1923
(A04) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

M Walter vs H Wolf, 1923 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

A Pokorny vs Gruenfeld, 1923
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 54 moves, 0-1

Reti vs Lasker, 1923 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 0-1

Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1923 
(B40) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1

Hromadka vs A Selezniev, 1923
(C25) Vienna, 30 moves, 0-1

Round Ten
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1923
(A53) Old Indian, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wolf vs Euwe, 1923 
(B83) Sicilian, 45 moves, 0-1

A Selezniev vs Lasker, 1923
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gruenfeld vs Spielmann, 1923
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tartakower vs M Walter, 1923
(A21) English, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tarrasch vs A Pokorny, 1923
(C49) Four Knights, 49 moves, 1-0

Hromadka vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0

Round Eleven
Euwe vs Tartakower, 1923 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1923
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

M Walter vs Gruenfeld, 1923
(A15) English, 49 moves, 0-1

Reti vs H Wolf, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0

A Selezniev vs Bogoljubov, 1923
(E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 38 moves, 1-0

A Pokorny vs Hromadka, 1923
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Round Twelve
Gruenfeld vs Euwe, 1923
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hromadka vs Spielmann, 1923
(C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wolf vs Lasker, 1923 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1

Bogoljubov vs A Pokorny, 1923
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 0-1

Tartakower vs Reti, 1923
(A15) English, 43 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch vs M Walter, 1923
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0

A Selezniev vs Rubinstein, 1923
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Thirteen
Lasker vs Tartakower, 1923 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

M Walter vs Hromadka, 1923
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Euwe vs Tarrasch, 1923
(A84) Dutch, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Pokorny vs A Selezniev, 1923
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spielmann vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs H Wolf, 1923
(B56) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reti vs Gruenfeld, 1923 
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

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