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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 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stahlberg vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 62 1934 Zuerich D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. W Henneberger vs O Bernstein ½-½ 74 1934 Zuerich D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. F Gygli vs S Rosselli del Turco   ½-½ 57 1934 Zuerich D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. H Grob vs A Nimzowitsch ½-½ 62 1934 Zuerich B03 Alekhine's Defense 5. O Naegeli vs H Joss   ½-½ 36 1934 Zuerich C11 French 6. Lasker vs Flohr ½-½ 23 1934 Zuerich B10 Caro-Kann 7. O Bernstein vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 78 1934 Zuerich B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. Stahlberg vs A Nimzowitsch   ½-½ 23 1934 Zuerich D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 42 1934 Zuerich D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 10. H Johner vs Stahlberg ½-½ 66 1934 Zuerich C14 French, Classical 11. H Grob vs O Naegeli   ½-½ 74 1934 Zuerich C53 Giuoco Piano 12. O Bernstein vs A Nimzowitsch   ½-½ 23 1934 Zuerich C17 French, Winawer, Advance 13. F Gygli vs H Mueller   ½-½ 57 1934 Zuerich C15 French, Winawer 14. A Nimzowitsch vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 33 1934 Zuerich B50 Sicilian 15. H Johner vs O Bernstein   ½-½ 41 1934 Zuerich C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. O Naegeli vs F Gygli   ½-½ 66 1934 Zuerich B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 17. H Mueller vs Stahlberg ½-½ 32 1934 Zuerich D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 18. Euwe vs Flohr ½-½ 19 1934 Zuerich D94 Grunfeld 19. H Grob vs Euwe   ½-½ 56 1934 Zuerich C58 Two Knights 20. Flohr vs Alekhine   ½-½ 20 1934 Zuerich E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 21. H Joss vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 35 1934 Zuerich A13 English 22. Stahlberg vs Euwe   ½-½ 25 1934 Zuerich D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. H Johner vs Lasker ½-½ 47 1934 Zuerich D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 24. H Joss vs S Rosselli del Turco   ½-½ 22 1934 Zuerich A15 English 25. Flohr vs O Bernstein ½-½ 67 1934 Zuerich D56 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32    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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