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Gothenburg B Tournament

Paul Johner11/15(+8 -1 =6)[games]
Max Euwe10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Allan Nilsson10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
Max Marchand9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Walter John9/15(+7 -4 =4)[games]
Arthur Hakansson8.5/15(+6 -4 =5)[games]
Ernst Gruenfeld8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Ernst Jacobson8/15(+6 -5 =4)[games]
Friedrich Saemisch7.5/15(+3 -3 =9)[games]
Victor Sjoberg7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Carl Carls7/15(+5 -6 =4)[games]
Anton Olson7/15(+6 -7 =2)[games]
Heinrich von Hennig5.5/15(+3 -7 =5)[games]
Adolf Georg Olland5/15(+3 -8 =4)[games]
Karl Berndtsson5/15(+3 -8 =4)[games]
Albert Larsson1.5/15(+0 -12 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Gothenburg B (1920)
The event was sponsored by Erik Olson, who became the manager of Pripp & Lyckholm, a well-known brewery in Gothenburg. He and the chess patron Ludvig Collijn saw the need to set Swedish chess moving after the war, and offered (together with Rudolf Herzog) 20.000 Kroner in prize money. The Gothenburg Chess Club had celebrated its 40th anniversary last year with a chess problem tournament, and had hosted the 9th Nordic Congress (1919).

The event was opened on August 1 by Joel Fridlizius, the chairman of the Göteborg Chess Club, and then the players were welcomed by the "honorary speaker" Martin Anderson. The players were split into 3 groups, A, B (this page) and C. After dinner there was a blitz tournament won by Borislav Kostic. The regular tournament started on 2 August. Playing time was 11-3 and 5-9 pm with 5 games per week for three weeks, and no play on Sundays. The rules of the Deutscher Schachbund applied. Chief controller of play was Martin Anderson.

Göta Coldin house, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2-21 August 1920

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Prizes 1 Johner * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11 1200 =2 Nilsson 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 10 800 =2 Euwe 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 800 4 Marchand ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 9½ 500 5 John ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 300 6 Håkansson 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8½ 250 =7 Grünfeld 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 175 =7 Jacobson 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 175 =9 Sämisch ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ =9 Sjöberg ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 7½ =11 Carls ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 7 =11 Olson ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 7 13 Hennig 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 5½ =14 Olland 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 * 0 ½ 5 =14 Kullberg 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 5 16 Larsson 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1½

In addition to the usual prizes, the players received 30 Kroner for each won game.

A and C groups: Gothenburg (1920) and Gothenburg C (1920).

Tournament book: Göteborg Schacksällskaps Jubileumsturneringar 1919 och 1920 (Göteborg 1921, 390 pp.). Reprint (is without group C games and the problem tournament): Uppsala 1980, 244 pp. There is also Göteborgs schacksällskaps internationella jubileumsturnering 1-23 aug. in Tidskrift för Schack v. 26 (1920) pp. 145-176, and the daily reports by 'Jacques' and 'M.A.' in the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (available on microfilm).

Original collection: Game Collection: Gothenburg B 1920 by User: Tabanus.

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Johner vs Euwe 0-1481920Gothenburg BD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. K Berndtsson vs A Olson 0-1631920Gothenburg BC77 Ruy Lopez
3. C Carls vs Euwe 0-1251920Gothenburg BA13 English
4. H Von Hennig vs A Hakansson 0-1291920Gothenburg BC11 French
5. A Larsson vs W John  0-1371920Gothenburg BB32 Sicilian
6. Olland vs A Hakansson  0-1621920Gothenburg BC11 French
7. A Olson vs C Carls  0-1481920Gothenburg BB15 Caro-Kann
8. A Larsson vs M Marchand  0-1611920Gothenburg BB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
9. E Jacobson vs A Nilsson  0-1581920Gothenburg BC01 French, Exchange
10. C Carls vs W John 0-1341920Gothenburg BA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
11. A Olson vs Euwe  0-1291920Gothenburg BC77 Ruy Lopez
12. K Berndtsson vs A Nilsson  0-1581920Gothenburg BD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. C Carls vs M Marchand  0-1491920Gothenburg BA25 English
14. A Hakansson vs V Sjoberg  0-1291920Gothenburg BD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. A Larsson vs Gruenfeld  0-1431920Gothenburg BC47 Four Knights
16. A Olson vs W John  0-1371920Gothenburg BC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
17. Gruenfeld vs P Johner  0-1281920Gothenburg BD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. V Sjoberg vs K Berndtsson  0-1341920Gothenburg BD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Euwe vs A Hakansson 0-1301920Gothenburg BA84 Dutch
20. A Larsson vs V Sjoberg  0-1331920Gothenburg BB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
21. K Berndtsson vs E Jacobson  0-1271920Gothenburg BC77 Ruy Lopez
22. M Marchand vs W John  0-1391920Gothenburg BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Olland vs A Olson  0-1461920Gothenburg BC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
24. H Von Hennig vs Euwe  0-1341920Gothenburg BC78 Ruy Lopez
25. C Carls vs V Sjoberg  0-1351920Gothenburg BA13 English
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