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🏆 Zuerich (1934)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Emanuel Lasker, Aron Nimzowitsch, Max Euwe, Ossip Bernstein, Hans Johner, Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Oskar Naegeli, Gideon Stahlberg, Salomon Flohr, Walter Henneberger, Hans Mueller (SUI), Henri Grob, Fritz Gygli, Hermann Joss

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Zuerich (1934)

The 37th Swiss Championship, held in Zurich, Switzerland from July 14th to the 28th, 1934 (1) was an international tournament event. Many elite European masters, including then World Champion Alexander Alekhine, joined Switzerland's best for a round robin tournament. The participants were: from France, Alekhine and Ossip Bernstein; from Germany, former world champion Emanuel Lasker and Efim Bogoljubov; from Denmark, Aron Nimzowitsch; from the Netherlands, Max Euwe; from Czechoslovakia, Salomon Flohr; from Sweden, Gideon Ståhlberg; from Italy, Stefano Rosselli del Turco; and from Switzerland, Henri Grob, Fritz Gygli, Walter Henneberger, Hans Johner, Hermann Joss, Hans Mueller, and Oskar Naegeli. Alekhine reigned supreme over the field with an astounding 13/15! The world champion's only loss in the tournament was a prophetic one to Euwe, who would topple the world champion for the crown a year later.

Participants: http://sah.hr/forum/index.php?actio...

Zurich, Switzerland, 14-28 July 1934

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Alekhine * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 =2 Euwe 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12 =2 Flohr ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Bogoljubov ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 5 Lasker 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 =6 Nimzowitsch 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 =6 Bernstein 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 Ståhlberg 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 9 Johner 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 10 Henneberger 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 0 1 0 1 1 5½ 11 Gygli 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 12 Rosselli del Turco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ =13 Grob 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 4 =13 Mueller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 4 15 Naegeli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 3 16 Joss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 2

Reference: (1) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Züri...

Original collection: Game Collection: Zurich 1934, by User: suenteus po 147.

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Euwe vs Lasker 0-1501934ZuerichD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Flohr vs H Johner  1-0721934ZuerichA28 English
3. H Grob vs A Nimzowitsch ½-½621934ZuerichB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. F Gygli vs S Rosselli del Turco  ½-½571934ZuerichD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. W Henneberger vs O Bernstein ½-½741934ZuerichD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
6. H Joss vs H Mueller  0-1591934ZuerichB56 Sicilian
7. O Naegeli vs Alekhine 0-1521934ZuerichC11 French
8. Stahlberg vs Bogoljubov ½-½621934ZuerichD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Alekhine vs O Bernstein 1-0671934ZuerichD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Bogoljubov vs W Henneberger  1-0351934ZuerichE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. H Johner vs H Grob  1-0391934ZuerichC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
12. Lasker vs Flohr ½-½231934ZuerichB10 Caro-Kann
13. H Mueller vs Euwe 0-1341934ZuerichD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. O Naegeli vs H Joss  ½-½361934ZuerichC11 French
15. A Nimzowitsch vs F Gygli 1-0691934ZuerichB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
16. S Rosselli del Turco vs Stahlberg 0-1351934ZuerichD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. O Bernstein vs Bogoljubov  ½-½781934ZuerichB23 Sicilian, Closed
18. Euwe vs O Naegeli 1-0411934ZuerichD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
19. Flohr vs H Mueller  1-0401934ZuerichA34 English, Symmetrical
20. H Grob vs Lasker 0-1401934ZuerichC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. F Gygli vs H Johner  0-1241934ZuerichE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
22. W Henneberger vs S Rosselli del Turco  0-1531934ZuerichC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
23. H Joss vs Alekhine 0-1401934ZuerichB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
24. Stahlberg vs A Nimzowitsch  ½-½231934ZuerichD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov  ½-½421934ZuerichD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-23-12  Conrad93: 11 losses and 4 draws? That's just sad.
May-14-14  RookFile: Where was Capa?
May-14-14  RedShield: Ducking Alekhine.
May-14-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Nearing the end of a three-year period in which he did not play, after his match with Euwe at the end of 1931, which came to an end with his participation at the Hastings event of 1934-35.

No idea whether he received an invitation to this tournament, although I am sure there are those who would be able to answer that question. In view of the poor relations between Alekhine and Capa following Buenos Aires, it would not be at all surprising to learn that Capablanca was not invited.

May-05-17  thegoodanarchist: Flohr finished ahead of Bogo, Lasker and Nimzo!

Flohr is underrated, maybe

Oct-24-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <After the tournament, Lasker said: "Alekhine's attacking genius has no equal in the history of the game".>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa...

Source?

Oct-24-17  zanzibar: Apocryphal?

<(cur | prev) 08:29, 23 November 2007‎ Gabodon (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (32,564 bytes) (+105)‎ . . (→‎Notable chess games: Added a comment by Emanuel Lasker.) (undo)>

Ask Gabodon.

Oct-24-17  zanzibar: Looking at <AZquote> I only found this Lasker quote mentioning genius:

<I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!

Emanuel Lasker>

Of course <AZquote> doesn't mention sources.

Oct-06-18  goser: Despite the loss to Euwe, Zurich 1934 should be listed among Alekhine's greatest tournament achievements alongside with San Remo and Bled: 12 wins in 15 games of such a strong tournament was an impressive achievement!
Mar-04-25  quadrant: The Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 July 1934, p10, gives the names of the players in this tournament, including Hans Müller (Basel). Gaige has him born Basel 1912.

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