The second Europaturnier (the first one took place in Stuttgart in May 1939) was held in Munich in 8-21* September 1941. The event was organised by Alfred Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Grossdeutscher Schachbund. *(Skinner & Verhoeven list the tournament as lasting from the 8th to the 21st of September. Round 15 was played on the 20th. "The tournament started on the 8 September and was played according to a very punishing schedule. There were no rest days, and it was necessary on two days to play two rounds per day.")
The event was won by Gösta Stoltz, who scored a spectacular victory (1½ points ahead of Alekhine and Erik Lundin), and won 1,000 Reichsmarks. His trophy (donated by the Ministerpräsident Ludwig Siebert) of Meissen porcelain was worth close to $1,000. (Source: wiki)
Munich, Germany, 8-21 September 1941
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Stoltz * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 12.0
2 Alekhine ½ * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 10.5
3 Lundin 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10.5
4 Bogoljubov 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9.5
5 Nielsen 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 9.0
6 Richter 0 0 0 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9.0
7 Foltys 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 8.0
8 Rethy ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.5
9 Rabar 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7.0
10 Kieninger ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7.0
11 Fuster 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 0 0 1 6.5
12 Mross 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0
13 Opocensky 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5.5
14 Rohacek ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 4.5
15 Cortlever 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 4.5
16 Leepin 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 3.0
Crosstable: Wikipedia article: Munich 1941 chess tournament.Pictures
All players: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (Los participantes del Torneo de Europa Munich 1941. Por delante: <Leepin> sentados alrededor de la mesa desde la izquierda a la derecha: <Kieninger, Richter, Dr. Alekhine, Réthy, Nielsen, Bogoljubov, Füster>. Detrás sentados desde la izquierda a la derecha: <Cortlever, Opocensky, Lundin>. Por detrás de pie desde la izquierda a la derecha: <Rohacek, Foltys, Mross, Rabar, Stoltz>)
Richter vs Alekhine: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Alekhine Report
A report by Alekhine on Munich 1941 appeared on pp. 187-189 of his book ¡Legado! (Madrid, 1946). Translated by Edward Winter: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Based on an original collection by User: whiteshark. Collection started/completed: May 5, 2009. Added round + additional findings/infos on Sept. 2nd/3rd, 2012. Thanks for historical in-deep research to User: Benzol.
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