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Bad Sliac (1932) Bad Sliac is a spa town in central Slovakia. The tournament took place from 1st to 28th June 1932. Play was daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and at the same time there was a tournament for the Slovak Championship. Aron Nimzowitsch and Mir Sultan Khan were also invited. Nimzowitsch dropped out due to his unacceptable financial conditions. Sultan Khan withdrew because he would have been overloaded, as he was playing in the British Championship and also in Bern. Akiba Rubinstein was expected to play, but travel problems prevented his attendance and he was replaced by May at the last minute. The prizes were: 5000, 3500, 2200, 1600, 1200, 1000 and 800 Czech Crowns. (1) Efim Bogoljubov had a poor tournament losing against the top players and relying on beating the tail-enders. Rudolf Spielmann wrote the tournament book, published in Vienna. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Vidmar X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9.5 2 Flohr ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9.5 3 Pirc ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 4 Spielmann ½ ½ 1 X 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 8.0 5 Canal ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 8.0 6 Maroczy ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ X 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 7 Treybal 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.0 8 Bogoljubov 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ X 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 9 Pokorny 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 X ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.5 10 Walter 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ 5.0 11 Opocensky ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X 1 ½ ½ 5.0 12 Rohacek ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 4.0 13 May 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 X ½ 3.5 14 Engel 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ X 3.0 (1). Details of the tournament organization are all from https://www.chess.sk/files/subory/1..., quoting "České slovo" 02/07/1932.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I V Rohacek vs D May   1-0 52 1932 Bad Sliac E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 2. K Opocensky vs I V Rohacek   1-0 24 1932 Bad Sliac D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Maroczy vs I V Rohacek   ½-½ 27 1932 Bad Sliac C48 Four Knights 4. Pirc vs J Engel   1-0 55 1932 Bad Sliac E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 5. J Engel vs M Walter   ½-½ 62 1932 Bad Sliac D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. J Engel vs I V Rohacek   1-0 54 1932 Bad Sliac D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 7. J Engel vs A Pokorny   0-1 78 1932 Bad Sliac E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 8. J Engel vs K Opocensky   ½-½ 18 1932 Bad Sliac D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 9. J Engel vs Maroczy   0-1 35 1932 Bad Sliac D65 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line 10. E Canal vs J Engel   1-0 56 1932 Bad Sliac C49 Four Knights 11. D May vs J Engel   ½-½ 36 1932 Bad Sliac B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 12. M Walter vs D May   ½-½ 32 1932 Bad Sliac D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 13. A Pokorny vs I V Rohacek   1-0 27 1932 Bad Sliac D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 14. A Pokorny vs D May   1-0 41 1932 Bad Sliac D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. E Canal vs D May   ½-½ 23 1932 Bad Sliac B10 Caro-Kann 16. Pirc vs D May   1-0 37 1932 Bad Sliac D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. Spielmann vs D May   ½-½ 44 1932 Bad Sliac D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. D May vs K Opocensky   ½-½ 30 1932 Bad Sliac E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 19. K Treybal vs M Walter   ½-½ 42 1932 Bad Sliac B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 20. K Treybal vs Spielmann   ½-½ 59 1932 Bad Sliac C48 Four Knights 21. K Treybal vs Maroczy 1-0 32 1932 Bad Sliac C77 Ruy Lopez 22. K Treybal vs J Engel 1-0 34 1932 Bad Sliac B12 Caro-Kann Defense 23. I V Rohacek vs K Treybal   ½-½ 31 1932 Bad Sliac D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. A Pokorny vs E Canal   0-1 45 1932 Bad Sliac A90 Dutch 25. Maroczy vs Pirc   ½-½ 43 1932 Bad Sliac B83 Sicilian  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-21-22    FSR: How Bad was it? Jun-21-22    Z free or die: Groan! Nov-22-24    perfidious: Possibly worse than Bad Pistyan (1922). Nov-22-24    whiteshark: It's a Bad sport. Nov-22-24    perfidious: There is, of course, also Bad Kissingen (1928). NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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