Bad Nauheim 1936

Bad Nauheim 1936
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In 1936, the bath resort of Bad Nauheim, Germany was host to the second of three international chess tournaments organized over three years. Ten chess masters, including the former world champion Alexander Alekhine and the former world challenger Efim Bogoljubov, were invited to participate in the round robin event. The remaining participants included top Yugoslavian chess master Milan Vidmar, Swedish champion Gideon Ståhlberg, the new Estonian champion Paul Keres, the Dutch match player Johannes Van den Bosch, and four German chess masters: Karl Ahues, Herbert Heinicke, Ludwig Rellstab, and Gerhard Weissgerber. The tournament was yet another in a series of victories Alekhine collected on his way to the rematch with Max Euwe for the world crown. However, this tournament is notable also as young Keres' first international win as he tied for first with Alekhine at the final. It signalled his arrival on the international chess scene, upon which he would be one of the world's best players for almost forty years.

The final standings and crosstable:

=1st Alekhine 6½/9 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

=1st Keres 6½/9 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1

3rd Ahues 5½/9 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1

=4th Bogoljubov 5/9 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1

=4th Rellstab 5/9 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1

=6th Heinicke 4½/9 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0

=6th Ståhlberg 4½/9 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1

8th Vidmar 3½/9 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1

=9th Van den Bosch 2/9 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 0

=9th Weissgerber 2/9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 *

Round One
Ahues vs Bogoljubov, 1936
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 36 moves, 1-0
H Heinicke vs G Weissgerber, 1936
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 60 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Rellstab, 1936
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alekhine vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(C48) Four Knights, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vidmar vs Stahlberg, 1936
(D66) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two
Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1936
(E14) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ahues vs Keres, 1936
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs G Weissgerber, 1936
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
J Van Den Bosch vs H Heinicke, 1936
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rellstab vs Vidmar, 1936
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three
Vidmar vs Ahues, 1936
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Heinicke vs Stahlberg, 1936
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Rellstab, 1936
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0
G Weissgerber vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Bogoljubov, 1936
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four
Stahlberg vs G Weissgerber, 1936
(E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 76 moves, 1-0
Rellstab vs H Heinicke, 1936
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Vidmar, 1936
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 65 moves, 1-0
Ahues vs Alekhine, 1936
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
Bogoljubov vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
Round Five
H Heinicke vs Ahues, 1936
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vidmar vs Bogoljubov, 1936
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 69 moves, 0-1
J Van Den Bosch vs Stahlberg, 1936
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 31 moves, 0-1
G Weissgerber vs Rellstab, 1936
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Keres, 1936
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six
Keres vs H Heinicke, 1936
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ahues vs G Weissgerber, 1936
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Stahlberg, 1936
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vidmar vs Alekhine, 1936
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rellstab vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1936
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1-0
Stahlberg vs Rellstab, 1936
(A44) Old Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Heinicke vs Vidmar, 1936
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Van Den Bosch vs Ahues, 1936
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 0-1
G Weissgerber vs Keres, 1936
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 40 moves, 0-1
Round Eight
Ahues vs Stahlberg, 1936
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alekhine vs H Heinicke, 1936
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs Rellstab, 1936
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 61 moves, 1-0
Vidmar vs G Weissgerber, 1936
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
Round Nine
H Heinicke vs Bogoljubov, 1936
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
G Weissgerber vs Alekhine, 1936
(B83) Sicilian, 61 moves, 0-1
Rellstab vs Ahues, 1936
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Van Den Bosch vs Vidmar, 1936
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1936
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1

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