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Budapest (1928) In the aftermath of Kecskemet (1927), good chess forces came together for another top class international event, this time at the famous Siesta Sanatorium in Budapest. Prize monies were $200 (1st prize, from the New York publisher G. Wells), 800 Pengö (2nd prize, from the City of Budapest), 500, 300, 200 and 100 Pengö. Ten masters were invited, of which Milan Vidmar withdrew in the last moment (causing new pairings and schedule) and was replaced by Zoltan von Balla of Budapest. The former (1921-1927) World Champion Capablanca showed his class with 5 wins and 4 draws. The tournament was led by Geza Maroczy and chess editor László Tóth. It was followed up next year with Budapest (1929). A short summary in Wiener Schach-Zeitung Nr. 17/18 (Sept. 1928) p. 284 is online at http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... (in German). Issue no. 19 (Oct. 1928) pp. 294-298 has three games of Capablanca annotated by Albert Becker (one with wrong round number). Budapest, Hungary, 21 Sept - 2 Oct 1928 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 Capablanca * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 Marshall ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 =3 Spielmann ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5 =3 Kmoch ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 5 =5 Vajda ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ =5 E Steiner 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ =7 H Steiner 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4 =7 Havasi 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4 9 von Balla 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3 10 Merenyi 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2 Tournament book: A Siesta-Szanatórium Nemzetközi Sakkversenye by Géza Maróczy, Ferenc Chalupetzky and László Tóth (Magyar Sakkvilág, Kecskemét 1929. 71 pp.) (according to openings and with an introduction by Capablanca). English version: The Siesta Tournament: Budapest, 1928 by Walter Arpad Foldeak (Chess Player, Nottingham 2001. 43 pp.) Round numbers and dates are mainly based on reports in Boston Herald (Associated Press), Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Hermann Helms, schedule for last 3 rounds) and New York Evening Post (Horace Ransom Bigelow). The tournament book's subtitle has September 20 as starting date and October 1 as end date. Original collection: Game Collection: Budapest 1928 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Steiner vs L Merenyi   ½-½ 49 1928 Budapest C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 2. H Steiner vs Marshall   ½-½ 31 1928 Budapest D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. A Vajda vs Kmoch   ½-½ 53 1928 Budapest B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 4. K Havasi vs Z von Balla   ½-½ 51 1928 Budapest E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 5. Marshall vs A Vajda   ½-½ 37 1928 Budapest A46 Queen's Pawn Game 6. L Merenyi vs H Steiner   ½-½ 50 1928 Budapest C49 Four Knights 7. Spielmann vs E Steiner ½-½ 51 1928 Budapest B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 8. Kmoch vs Capablanca ½-½ 37 1928 Budapest E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 9. Z von Balla vs E Steiner ½-½ 84 1928 Budapest B40 Sicilian 10. K Havasi vs Kmoch   ½-½ 35 1928 Budapest D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 11. Capablanca vs Marshall ½-½ 40 1928 Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 12. H Steiner vs Spielmann   ½-½ 29 1928 Budapest D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Capablanca vs Spielmann ½-½ 30 1928 Budapest A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 14. Z von Balla vs A Vajda   ½-½ 25 1928 Budapest E00 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Kmoch vs Spielmann   ½-½ 17 1928 Budapest C13 French 16. L Merenyi vs Spielmann   ½-½ 45 1928 Budapest C40 King's Knight Opening 17. K Havasi vs A Vajda   ½-½ 17 1928 Budapest E60 King's Indian Defense 18. H Steiner vs K Havasi   ½-½ 46 1928 Budapest D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 19. L Merenyi vs Z von Balla   ½-½ 49 1928 Budapest C48 Four Knights 20. A Vajda vs Capablanca ½-½ 14 1928 Budapest C49 Four Knights 21. Spielmann vs Marshall   ½-½ 20 1928 Budapest C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 1; 21 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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