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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 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. H Grob vs F Gygli 1-0 44 1934 Zuerich B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 77. H Joss vs O Bernstein   0-1 37 1934 Zuerich A15 English 78. Lasker vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1 65 1934 Zuerich C17 French, Winawer, Advance 79. H Mueller vs S Rosselli del Turco   0-1 30 1934 Zuerich D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 80. O Naegeli vs Bogoljubov   0-1 43 1934 Zuerich A48 King's Indian 81. O Bernstein vs Euwe   0-1 45 1934 Zuerich E60 King's Indian Defense 82. Bogoljubov vs H Joss 1-0 34 1934 Zuerich D02 Queen's Pawn Game 83. F Gygli vs Alekhine 0-1 40 1934 Zuerich A44 Old Benoni Defense 84. W Henneberger vs Flohr   0-1 34 1934 Zuerich B30 Sicilian 85. H Johner vs Lasker ½-½ 47 1934 Zuerich D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 86. A Nimzowitsch vs H Mueller 1-0 47 1934 Zuerich A35 English, Symmetrical 87. S Rosselli del Turco vs O Naegeli   1-0 33 1934 Zuerich D05 Queen's Pawn Game 88. Stahlberg vs H Grob   1-0 46 1934 Zuerich D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 89. Alekhine vs Lasker 1-0 26 1934 Zuerich D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 90. Euwe vs Bogoljubov 1-0 65 1934 Zuerich E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 91. Flohr vs O Bernstein ½-½ 67 1934 Zuerich D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 92. H Grob vs W Henneberger 0-1 63 1934 Zuerich C50 Giuoco Piano 93. F Gygli vs Stahlberg 1-0 32 1934 Zuerich D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 94. H Joss vs S Rosselli del Turco   ½-½ 22 1934 Zuerich A15 English 95. H Mueller vs H Johner 0-1 46 1934 Zuerich E77 King's Indian 96. O Naegeli vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1 34 1934 Zuerich E15 Queen's Indian 97. O Bernstein vs H Grob   1-0 69 1934 Zuerich D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 98. Bogoljubov vs Flohr   ½-½ 67 1934 Zuerich D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 99. W Henneberger vs F Gygli   0-1 26 1934 Zuerich B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 100. H Johner vs O Naegeli   ½-½ 80 1934 Zuerich C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   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    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    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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