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Breslau Tournament

Efim Bogoljubov9.5/11(+9 -1 =1)[games]
Aron Nimzowitsch7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Akiba Rubinstein7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Heinrich Wagner7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Ernst Gruenfeld6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Richard Reti6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Albert Becker6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Friedrich Saemisch5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Hermann von Gottschall4/11(+4 -7 =0)[games]
Siegbert Tarrasch3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Max Bluemich3/11(+2 -7 =2)[games]
Bruno Moritz1.5/11(+1 -9 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Breslau (1925)

This was the 24th DSB Kongress. (1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Bogoljubov * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2 Nimzowitsch 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 3 Rubinstein = = * = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 7.0 4 Wagner 1 = = * 1 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 5 Gruenfeld 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 6 Reti 0 1 0 = = * 1 0 1 = = 1 6.0 7 Becker 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 6.0 8 Saemisch 0 0 0 1 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 5.0 9 von Gottschall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 10 Tarrasch 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 0 1 3.5 11 Bluemich 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * 0 3.0 12 Moritz 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5

Saemisch lost to Nimzowitsch in the third round by default. Tarrasch and von Gottschall first played in the 4th DSB Kongress in Hamburg (1885), a gap of 40 years between this tournament and that one.

(1) Wikipedia article: DSB Congress.

Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 65  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Gruenfeld vs Bogoljubov 0-1241925BreslauE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
27. A Nimzowitsch vs von Gottschall 1-0471925BreslauD05 Queen's Pawn Game
28. H Wagner vs M Bluemich 1-0311925BreslauA48 King's Indian
29. Saemisch vs A Becker  ½-½301925BreslauD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
30. A Becker vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1611925BreslauC10 French
31. Bogoljubov vs Reti 1-0251925BreslauC12 French, McCutcheon
32. M Bluemich vs von Gottschall 1-0291925BreslauA13 English
33. Tarrasch vs Gruenfeld  ½-½661925BreslauA47 Queen's Indian
34. H Wagner vs Rubinstein  ½-½401925BreslauC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
35. B Moritz vs Saemisch  0-1531925BreslauC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
36. Rubinstein vs M Bluemich 1-0351925BreslauE72 King's Indian
37. von Gottschall vs A Becker 0-1331925BreslauB03 Alekhine's Defense
38. A Nimzowitsch vs B Moritz  1-0341925BreslauA04 Reti Opening
39. Reti vs Tarrasch ½-½731925BreslauA12 English with b3
40. Gruenfeld vs H Wagner 0-1641925BreslauD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
41. Saemisch vs Bogoljubov 0-1461925BreslauD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
42. Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld  ½-½331925BreslauA50 Queen's Pawn Game
43. B Moritz vs von Gottschall  0-1341925BreslauD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
44. M Bluemich vs A Becker 0-1491925BreslauA06 Reti Opening
45. Tarrasch vs Saemisch ½-½581925BreslauE20 Nimzo-Indian
46. Bogoljubov vs A Nimzowitsch 1-0381925BreslauE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
47. H Wagner vs Reti ½-½741925BreslauA47 Queen's Indian
48. Reti vs Rubinstein 0-1401925BreslauA36 English
49. A Becker vs B Moritz ½-½921925BreslauD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
50. von Gottschall vs Bogoljubov 0-1401925BreslauB40 Sicilian
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 65  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-18-13  whiteshark: "At a rapid tournament in Breslau in 1925, part of the first prize was enough silk to make six shirts.

Nimzovich, taking it for granted that he would win, found out everything he could about the silk even before the tournament began.

As it happened, however, Mieses defeated him in the first round and went on to win the tournament and the silk."

Source: http://tartajubow.blogspot.de/2013/...

Apr-18-13  JimNorCal: H Wagner did pretty well for himself in this tournament.
Feb-06-22  Z free or die: https://atypus.wordpress.com/2015/0...
Feb-06-22  Z free or die: Shouldn't there be 66 games for a RR-12?

Also, since most games are here was there a tournament book?

I.e. what were OLM's primary sources?

http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp...

.

Feb-06-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <zed>, 66 is correct.
Feb-06-22  TheFocus: <Z free or die: Shouldn't there be 66 games for a RR-12?>

M Bluemich vs Nimzowitsch, 1925 should be added to the tournament (round 4).

Saemisch lost to Nimzowitsch in the third round by default.

<Also, since most games are here was there a tournament book?>

I used the tournament book by M.A. Lachaga to make this collection. Excellent annotations.

Feb-06-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Williebob: It appears that the source quoted by <whiteshark> must be erroneous on at least one point; Mieses did not play this event. Could this have been a rapid tournament, however? I suppose the TB would mention it. Otherwise I think the writer just mixed up (made up?) events completely.

Amusing list of oddball prizes in any case.
Feb-07-22  Z free or die: Thanks for the info <focus>. Here's a view of Lachaga's work:

http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp...

Lachaga is Argentinian, correct? Funny that.

I still wonder what his primary sources were.

Feb-12-22  login:

Milcíades Angel Lachaga (1910 - 1986)

Has collected all the games and chronicles of the Chess Olympiads played in Argentina between 1939 and 1978. He was a member of the 'Círculo La Regence' (Villa del Parque district, in Buenos Aires) 1938.

For a nosedive into Argentinian chess in general and in particular Lachaga chess historian GM Juan Sebastian Morgado from Buenos Aires can be recommended. He is the author of various well crafted (e.g. sourcing) chess books himself.


https://independent.academia.edu/Ju...


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