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Zuerich Tournament

Alexander Alekhine13/15(+12 -1 =2)[games]
Max Euwe12/15(+10 -1 =4)[games]
Salomon Flohr12/15(+9 -0 =6)[games]
Efim Bogoljubov11.5/15(+9 -1 =5)[games]
Emanuel Lasker10/15(+9 -4 =2)[games]
Aron Nimzowitsch9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
Ossip Bernstein9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg8/15(+5 -4 =6)[games]
Hans Johner7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Walter Henneberger5.5/15(+5 -9 =1)[games]
Fritz Gygli5/15(+3 -8 =4)[games]
Stefano Rosselli del Turco4.5/15(+3 -9 =3)[games]
Henri Grob4/15(+2 -9 =4)[games]
Hans Mueller (SUI)4/15(+3 -10 =2)[games]
Oskar Naegeli3/15(+1 -10 =4)[games]
Hermann Joss2/15(+0 -11 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. H Grob vs F Gygli 1-0441934ZuerichB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
77. H Joss vs O Bernstein  0-1371934ZuerichA15 English
78. Lasker vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1651934ZuerichC17 French, Winawer, Advance
79. H Mueller vs S Rosselli del Turco  0-1301934ZuerichD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
80. O Naegeli vs Bogoljubov  0-1431934ZuerichA48 King's Indian
81. O Bernstein vs Euwe  0-1451934ZuerichE60 King's Indian Defense
82. Bogoljubov vs H Joss 1-0341934ZuerichD02 Queen's Pawn Game
83. F Gygli vs Alekhine 0-1401934ZuerichA44 Old Benoni Defense
84. W Henneberger vs Flohr  0-1341934ZuerichB30 Sicilian
85. H Johner vs Lasker ½-½471934ZuerichD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
86. A Nimzowitsch vs H Mueller 1-0471934ZuerichA35 English, Symmetrical
87. S Rosselli del Turco vs O Naegeli  1-0331934ZuerichD05 Queen's Pawn Game
88. Stahlberg vs H Grob  1-0461934ZuerichD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
89. Alekhine vs Lasker 1-0261934ZuerichD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
90. Euwe vs Bogoljubov 1-0651934ZuerichE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
91. Flohr vs O Bernstein ½-½671934ZuerichD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
92. H Grob vs W Henneberger 0-1631934ZuerichC50 Giuoco Piano
93. F Gygli vs Stahlberg 1-0321934ZuerichD48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
94. H Joss vs S Rosselli del Turco  ½-½221934ZuerichA15 English
95. H Mueller vs H Johner 0-1461934ZuerichE77 King's Indian
96. O Naegeli vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1341934ZuerichE15 Queen's Indian
97. O Bernstein vs H Grob  1-0691934ZuerichD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
98. Bogoljubov vs Flohr  ½-½671934ZuerichD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
99. W Henneberger vs F Gygli  0-1261934ZuerichB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
100. H Johner vs O Naegeli  ½-½801934ZuerichC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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