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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 43  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Marchand vs A Nilsson  ½-½361920Gothenburg BD66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
2. Olland vs Gruenfeld ½-½571920Gothenburg BC77 Ruy Lopez
3. W John vs E Jacobson  ½-½351920Gothenburg BC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
4. Euwe vs Gruenfeld ½-½301920Gothenburg BD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. V Sjoberg vs M Marchand ½-½621920Gothenburg BD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
6. A Larsson vs Saemisch ½-½681920Gothenburg BC10 French
7. P Johner vs C Carls  ½-½451920Gothenburg BD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. Gruenfeld vs A Nilsson ½-½821920Gothenburg BD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
9. W John vs K Berndtsson  ½-½591920Gothenburg BA25 English
10. Olland vs V Sjoberg  ½-½921920Gothenburg BB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
11. Saemisch vs P Johner  ½-½561920Gothenburg BD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
12. K Berndtsson vs H Von Hennig  ½-½371920Gothenburg BC47 Four Knights
13. Euwe vs A Nilsson ½-½321920Gothenburg BB10 Caro-Kann
14. A Hakansson vs M Marchand ½-½371920Gothenburg BD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. P Johner vs A Olson  ½-½441920Gothenburg BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
16. V Sjoberg vs Gruenfeld  ½-½381920Gothenburg BD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. Saemisch vs Euwe  ½-½341920Gothenburg BD04 Queen's Pawn Game
18. A Nilsson vs V Sjoberg  ½-½251920Gothenburg BA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Gruenfeld vs E Jacobson ½-½351920Gothenburg BD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. W John vs P Johner ½-½341920Gothenburg BC66 Ruy Lopez
21. A Hakansson vs Gruenfeld  ½-½231920Gothenburg BD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. Olland vs A Larsson  ½-½301920Gothenburg BC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
23. Gruenfeld vs K Berndtsson  ½-½271920Gothenburg BE12 Queen's Indian
24. M Marchand vs P Johner  ½-½311920Gothenburg BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. H Von Hennig vs C Carls  ½-½341920Gothenburg BB15 Caro-Kann
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  PGN Download
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