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15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg (1906) Nuremberg, German Empire, 23 July – 12 August 1906 1 Marshall X 1 = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 12.5 2 Duras 0 X = = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 11.0 3 Schlechter = = X 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 10.5 4 Forgacs = = 0 X 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 10.5 5 Chigorin = 1 = 0 X 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 6 Salwe 0 = = 0 1 X = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 9.5 7 Wolf 0 0 = 1 1 = X 1 1 = = = 1 1 = = 0 9.5 8 Cohn 0 0 = = 1 1 0 X 0 = = 1 0 = = 1 1 8.0 9 Znosko-Borovsky = = 0 = 0 0 0 1 X 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 10 Tarrasch = = = = = 0 = = 1 X 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 7.5 11 Vidmar = 0 = 0 0 = = = = 1 X 0 0 1 = 1 1 7.5 12 Spielmann 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 1 X 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 13 Swiderski = 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 X 0 0 1 1 6.0 14 Fahrni 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 0 1 X 1 1 0 5.5 15 Leonhardt 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 = = 0 1 0 X 0 = 5.5 16 Janowski 0 0 1 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 0 4.0 17 Przepiorka 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 X 4.0 <Triumph for Marshall at Nuremberg> At a time when it was least expected of him, in view of the fatiguing ordeal at Ostend, Frank J. Marshall once again astounded the chess world at large and overjoyed his friends at home by carrying off highest honors in the international masters tournament during the fifteenth congress of the German Chess Association begun at the Hotel Luitpold, Nuremberg, on July 23. He accomplished this without the loss of a single game and, having in mind his victory at Cambridge Springs in 1904, the remark of Mr. Napier that "history repeats itself,' is very apropos. To fully realize the significance of his performance it is merely necessary to recite the fact that Marshall drew his games with Tarrasch, Chigorin, Schlechter, Fleischmann, Znosko-Borowsky, Swiderski and Vidmar, winning the other nine games outright. He had a narrow escape with Znosko-Borowsky, to whom he lost a piece for two Pawns under an hallucination. Only a few of Marshall's games have reached here, as it is the intention of Dr. Tarrasch to publish the full collection in the congress book. Wolf's defeat by Marshall is classical in its beautiful conception. The young master's success was the more gratifying from the fact that it occurred on the scene of his match with Dr. Tarrasch, which must now be regarded more in the light of a fiasco. Marshall returned home immediately after the conclusion of the tournament, arriving here on August 28. He expressed himself as ready to engage in a competition for the United States championship whenever such an event might be arranged. Probably few tournaments can boast as many surprises as the Nuremberg congress of 1906. In the first place, another "dark horse" made its appearance in the person of O. Duras, of Prague, the Bohemian problem composer, who succeeded in finishing second, ahead of Carl Schlechter, recent winner of the Ostend tournament. Schlechter, though he lost but one game, to Janowski, had to be content to divide third and fourth prizes with Fleischmann, representative of the Forgacs Chess Club of Budapest. It is indeed gratifying to find the veteran Tschigorin again placed high in the list, after his recent poor showing. Most astonishing of all is the performance of Dr. Tarrasch, who, in tying for ninth, tenth and eleventh places, was credited with the most unsuccessful effort of his long career. Of sixteen games, he won only three. Deutsche Wochenschach advances physical indisposition as the cause, and it is also reported that the German champion tarried at Carlsbad for a spell prior to the Nuremberg meeting. Be this as it may, it is more likely that the time limit regulation, which permitted the contestants to practically play under a go-as-you-please schedule, and the further fact that he was more or less involved in the management of the congress, had much to do with the surprising failure scored by him. The position of Janowski at the end of the list is also something quite unheard of, but it is conceivable that the absence of a time limit and the consequent license allowed to all players of a dallying disposition had its full effect upon his nerves. The tournament, the outcome of which has furnished Americans genuine pleasure, affords plenty of scope for explanations and it stands to reason that the advent of the congress book will be awaited with unusual impatience – American Chess Bulletin, September 1906. The tournament book, "The XVth Congress of the German Chess Federation in Nuremberg 1906 (with a study on the endgame of rook and pawn against rook)" was edited by Dr. S. Tarrasch and J. Schenzel. Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Forgacs vs H Fahrni   1-0 36 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. E Cohn vs Salwe   1-0 26 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C87 Ruy Lopez 3. P Leonhardt vs Znosko-Borovsky 1-0 45 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. Spielmann vs D Przepiorka 1-0 26 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C20 King's Pawn Game 5. Janowski vs P Leonhardt   1-0 77 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C49 Four Knights 6. H Wolf vs Chigorin 1-0 56 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C46 Three Knights 7. Marshall vs E Cohn 1-0 28 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. Schlechter vs L Forgacs   1-0 37 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. Salwe vs Tarrasch 1-0 43 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 10. Duras vs Swiderski 1-0 47 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Znosko-Borovsky vs Janowski 1-0 52 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D04 Queen's Pawn Game 12. H Fahrni vs P Leonhardt   1-0 47 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Duras vs E Cohn 1-0 34 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C71 Ruy Lopez 14. Vidmar vs Tarrasch 1-0 38 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 15. Swiderski vs Janowski   1-0 56 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D04 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Chigorin vs Vidmar 1-0 51 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C30 King's Gambit Declined 17. H Fahrni vs Janowski 1-0 62 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 18. Marshall vs Spielmann 1-0 55 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 19. Swiderski vs D Przepiorka 1-0 24 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D05 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Schlechter vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 42 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C11 French 21. Janowski vs Schlechter 1-0 18 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C48 Four Knights 22. D Przepiorka vs H Fahrni   1-0 43 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Spielmann vs Vidmar   1-0 43 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C12 French, McCutcheon 24. Salwe vs Znosko-Borovsky 1-0 35 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 25. Schlechter vs D Przepiorka 1-0 17 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-12-13    thomastonk: The introduction mentions certain time limit regulations which are not explained in detail. The DSZ 1906, p 159 describes them as follows. If the game is finished within the first session (usually 9 am until 2 pm), then no time violation has happened; if the game is continued, then the tournament director will decide after the end of the game whether some player exceeded the time limit. A small exceedance - say 5 minutes - has no implications; a considerable exceedance causes a penalty of 1 M (Mark) per minute. A player, who disturbs the tournament by playing too slow (i.e., an exceedance of 30 minutes), will also get a warning. Three warnings cause the elimination from the tournament, and the player will not be invited again. Wow, das ist deutsche Gründlichkeit! In another source I found descriptions of many strange games caused by these rules. E.g., some players, who spend too much time in the early phases of a drawn game added meaningless moves at the end to avoid a penalty or warning. Moreover, after a few rounds the players had to pay already more than 1000 M penalties. Is this true? What else is known to have happened? Jun-27-17    zanzibar: <thomastonk> yes, essential to mention the bizarre (retro-?) time controls - or, rather, apparent attempt to subvert time controls. Spraggett (kiddie-warning) deals with the topic: https://kevinspraggettonchess.wordp... . Mar-14-18    zanzibar: fwiw ... <das ist deutsche Gründlichkeit> = <that is German thoroughness> Mar-14-18    zanzibar: While I generally approve, nay, heartily endorse, quoting contemporaneous sources for learning about tournaments - the <CG> intro could use a little framing to help the reader. First, an introductory sentence to indicate that ACB is being quote would help orient the reader. Otherwise, one could begin reading, under the false premise that a contemporary <CG> editor wrote the material, and then come to this pothole: <Only a few of Marshall’s games have reached here, as it is the intention of Dr. Tarrasch to publish the full collection in the congress book. Wolf’s defeat by Marshall is classical in its beautiful conception.> And then, even after realizing the material comes from a ACB excerpt, the above needs to reframed in contemporary terms, e.g. note that <CG> has all the tournament games, and that a TB was published (presumably - a link would be useful!). Another point to mention is that the above intro is nice, as said, but omits some essential info - like the controversial time controls, the prizes awarded, the fact that Berger dropped out (note the odd number of entrants), and maybe a link to the TB? (https://www.abebooks.com/first-edit...) Mar-14-18    zanzibar: RE: time control aberrations only alluded to in the intro: <Our correspondent writes that "the Nuremberg tournament was indeed a failure, as you say, and this entirely owing to the ill-considered experiment of abolishing the time limit. Personal frictions and unnecessary quarrels, which had to be settled by the committee, were the order of the day. One of the players availed himself systematically of the 'time condition' to such an extent that the matter was brought before the committee and a jury of all the players, in which the expulsion of the player in question was considered. The verdict was given in his favor, but only to avoid further trouble, as others would have been affected by a different decision."> ACB v3 (1906) p207 Apr-10-19    ughaibu: <the advent of the congress book will be awaited with unusual impatience> Anyone read it yet? Apr-10-19    Pawn and Two: I have a copy of the 1984 Olms Edition for the 14th & 15th DSB Kongress - Coburg 1904 & Nuremburg 1906. The material for the Nuremburg 1906 tournament is from the original tournament book, 'Der funfzehnte Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes zu Nurnberg 1906', by Dr. Tarrasch & J. Schenzel, published in Nuremburg in 1906. Apr-10-19    ughaibu: Pawn and Two: I see. Did it live up to the anticipation with unusual impatience? Apr-11-19    Pawn and Two: ughaibu: Interestingly, it did turn out that way for me. I had been searching for a long time for a copy of this book, and because of the delay I was feeling a bit impatient. However, now that I own the book, I can tell you I am pleased with the quality of the book, including the binding, annotations, and other tournament information that was included. Apr-11-19    ughaibu: Pawn and Two: Great! Thanks. Oct-02-21    Albertan: Nuremberg 1906: https://www.chess.com/blog/kahns/a-... Jan-27-25    Chessical: The "Wiener Schachzeitung" of January/February 1907, wrote that Tarrasch's poor performance was considered the biggest surprise of the tournament, especially since Tarrasch had recently defeated Marshall and challenged Lasker to a world championship match. Tarrasch's failure it was suggested gave Lasker the right to reject his challenge, as a world champion did not need to compete against someone who only won three games in a major tournament. The magazine noted that Tarrasch was particularly outplayed by the young masters, especially in the Queen's Gambit and French game openings that he strongly recommended. He also had nine draws, which contradicted his stance against many drawn games. It also mentioned that Tarrasch's failure was a favour to his numerous opponents, who disliked his complacent writing style and arrogant criticism. Jan-28-25    Sally Simpson: <"Wiener Schachzeitung" of January/February 1907, wrote that Tarrasch's poor performance was considered the biggest surprise of the tournament, especially since Tarrasch had recently defeated Marshall and challenged Lasker to a world championship match.> Tarrasch was hiding his prep in case Lasker accepted the challenge. (when the match started two years later he had forgotten most of it.) NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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