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Bardejov Tournament

Hermanis Mattison8.5/12(+5 -0 =7)[games]
Savielly Tartakower8.5/12(+5 -0 =7)[games]
Lajos Asztalos8/12(+4 -0 =8)[games]
Edgard Colle7.5/12(+6 -3 =3)[games]
Borislav Kostic7/12(+5 -3 =4)[games]
Jan Schulz Sr6.5/12(+4 -3 =5)[games]
Hans Mueller6/12(+3 -3 =6)[games]
Hans Kmoch5.5/12(+3 -4 =5)[games]
Karoly Sterk5.5/12(+3 -4 =5)[games]
Janos Balogh4.5/12(+2 -5 =5)[games]
Ladislav Prokes4/12(+1 -5 =6)[games]
Max Walter4/12(+2 -6 =4)[games]
Miroslav Chodera2.5/12(+1 -8 =3)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Bardejov (1926)

The tournament took place in Bardejov, a town in Slovakia in July - August 1926.

Zoltan Vecsey withdrew after five rounds. His games can be found here: Bardejov+ (1926).

Tartakower X ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8.5 Mattison ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 Asztalos ½ ½ X 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 8.0 Colle 0 ½ 0 X ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.5 Kostic 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 Schulz 0 ½ ½ 0 1 X ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6.5 Mueller ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 6.0 Kmoch ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ X 0 ½ 1 1 1 5.5 Sterk 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 X ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5 Balogh 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X 0 1 1 5.5 Prokes ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 X ½ 0 4.0 Walter ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ X 1 4.0 Chodera ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 X 2.5

 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 78  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. K Sterk vs M Chodera  ½-½151926BardejovA16 English
27. Kmoch vs Tartakower  ½-½151926BardejovD04 Queen's Pawn Game
28. L Asztalos vs M Walter  ½-½191926BardejovE10 Queen's Pawn Game
29. L Prokes vs H Mueller  ½-½151926BardejovC77 Ruy Lopez
30. H Mattison vs Kostic  1-0191926BardejovC49 Four Knights
31. M Walter vs Kostic  0-1221926BardejovD02 Queen's Pawn Game
32. Tartakower vs Colle 1-0331926BardejovA00 Uncommon Opening
33. M Chodera vs L Prokes  1-0311926BardejovA46 Queen's Pawn Game
34. L Asztalos vs Kmoch  ½-½151926BardejovC01 French, Exchange
35. J Balogh vs K Sterk  ½-½151926BardejovC11 French
36. H Mueller vs H Mattison  ½-½81926BardejovE00 Queen's Pawn Game
37. L Prokes vs J Balogh 1-0271926BardejovC55 Two Knights Defense
38. K Sterk vs J Schulz Sr  1-0151926BardejovA13 English
39. Kostic vs H Mueller  1-0151926BardejovA10 English
40. Colle vs L Asztalos  0-1461926BardejovD04 Queen's Pawn Game
41. H Mattison vs M Chodera  1-0151926BardejovC78 Ruy Lopez
42. Kmoch vs M Walter  1-0451926BardejovD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
43. M Walter vs H Mueller  1-0371926BardejovB03 Alekhine's Defense
44. Tartakower vs K Sterk  1-0421926BardejovB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
45. Kmoch vs Colle 0-1271926BardejovE12 Queen's Indian
46. M Chodera vs Kostic  0-1151926BardejovD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
47. J Balogh vs H Mattison  0-1151926BardejovC70 Ruy Lopez
48. J Schulz Sr vs L Prokes  ½-½151926BardejovB02 Alekhine's Defense
49. H Mattison vs J Schulz Sr  ½-½151926BardejovB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
50. L Prokes vs Tartakower  ½-½151926BardejovB23 Sicilian, Closed
 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 78  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-03-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Bardejov is a World Heritage site located in north-eastern Slovakia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barde...

Lots of draws for a 1920s tournament. Maybe the players were focused on sightseeing.

Jan-27-24  stone free or die: As <chessical> asked, and <chessist> answered why, this tournament is full of 15-move stub games. A fuller explanation is as follows:

<<How it was with the parties from Bardejov 1926 requires a little explanation. Some of them have been preserved in various chess magazines and newspaper patrols. However, the basis of Brandreth's publication seems to be Hans Kmoch's article Die Eroeffnungen der Turniere Budapest, Bartfeld und Hannover 1926 in kritische Zusammenstellung, which was based on a continuation in the journal Kagans neueste Schachnachrichten in 1927. In it, the opening of all 231 games played in these three tournaments and published opening moves (usually 10 to 15). But even Hans Kmoch had his source - and that was the huge filing cabinet of the start of another Viennese master, Hans Mueller. Yes - in those ancient times, some tournament participants copied the games of their opponents, and if a tournament book was not published, many games were preserved in copies by these masters. For example, almost all games from the tournament in Brno 1928 were preserved in the archive of Serbian grandmaster Boris Kostic. So Mueller's card file is the real source of the collection of games from Bardejov 1926. However, any clarification is very welcome and appreciated by chess historians...>

https://www.nss.cz/historie/histori... (cz)

(Remember, google translate is your friend!)

Jan-27-24  stone free or die: I suppose the most complete source, at least in paper form, comes from a 1982 Brandreth Caissa Edition book:

<<Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Bad Bartfeld 1926> - Milcíades A. Lachaga>

https://books.google.com/books/abou...

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