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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). The participants in Group A in order of finish were: Alexander Alekhine, Lajos Asztalos, Hans Kmoch, Karl Gilg, Sandor Takacs, Savielly Tartakower, Alfred Brinckmann, Fred Dewhirst Yates, Hans Mueller, and Balazs Sarkozy. Preliminaries - Group A
1 Alekhine X 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
2 Asztalos 0 X = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6
3 Kmoch = = X = = = 1 1 = 1 6
4 Gilg = = = X = = 1 = 1 = 5.5
5 Takacs 0 0 = = X = = 1 1 = 4.5
6 Tartakover 0 = = = = X 0 = 1 1 4.5
7 Brinckmann 0 0 0 0 = 1 X 1 0 1 3.5
8 Yates 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 X 1 1 3
9 Mueller 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 X = 2.5
10 Sarkozy 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = X 1.5
The participants in Group B in order of finish were: Lajos Steiner, Aron Nimzowitsch, Carl Ahues, Arpad Vajda, Edgar Colle, Ernst Gruenfeld, Vladimir Vukovic, Karl Berndtsson Kullberg, David Przepiorka, and Jeno Szekely.Preliminaries - Group B
1 Steiner X = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
2 Nimzowitsch = X = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5
3 Ahues = = X 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 5
4 Vajda 0 = 1 X 1 = 1 = = 0 5
5 Colle 0 = 0 0 X = 1 1 1 1 5
6 Gruenfeld 0 0 = = = X = 1 = 1 4.5
7 Vukovic 0 0 1 0 0 = X 1 0 1 3.5
8 Kullberg 0 = = = 0 0 0 X = = 2.5
9 Przepiorka 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = X 0 2.5
10 Szekely 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 X 2.5
Finals - Group A (Finals + Prelim = Total Score) 1 Alekhine X = = = 1 = = = 4 = 12
2 Nimzowitsch = X 0 = 1 1 1 1 5 = 11.5
3 Steiner = 1 X 0 = = = = 3.5 = 11.5
4 Asztalos = = 1 X = = 0 = 3.5 = 9.5
5 Kmoch 0 0 = = X = = = 2.5 = 8.5
6 Vajda = 0 = = = X = 1 3.5 = 8.5
7 Ahues = 0 = 1 = = X = 3.5 = 8.5
8 Gilg = 0 = = = 0 = X 2.5 = 8
Finals - Group B (Finals + Prelim = Total Score) 1 Tartakover X = = 1 1 1 = = 5 = 9.5
2 Gruenfeld = X = = = 1 = = 4 = 8.5
3 Takacs = = X 0 0 1 1 = 3.5 = 8
4 Yates 0 = 1 X 1 = 1 1 5 = 8
5 Kullberg 0 = 1 0 X 1 1 1 4.5 = 7
6 Vukovic 0 0 0 = 0 X 1 1 2.5 = 6
7 Colle = = 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 = 6
8 Brinckmann = = = 0 0 0 1 X 2.5 = 6
Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.
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| Jul-01-13 | | Kinan: Strange system used here. |
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| Jun-23-18 | | ughaibu: That's for sure. Nimzowitsch won the final but not the tournament. |
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Nov-27-23
 | | 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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