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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Prague Tournament

Paul Keres10/11(+9 -0 =2)[games]
Emil Zinner8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Erich Eliskases7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Jan Foltys7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Petar Trifunovic6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Karel Hromadka6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Karl Gilg5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Jiri Pelikan5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Karel Opocensky4/11(+2 -5 =4)[games]
Frantisek Josef Prokop3/11(+3 -8 =0)[games]
Sonja Graf-Stevenson2.5/11(+2 -8 =1)[games]
Josef Dobias2/11(+2 -9 =0)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Prague (1937)

This tournament took place from 26th April to 9th May 1937. This was an overwhelming victory by Paul Keres, but he came close to losing to Sonja Graf-Stevenson in Graf-Stevenson vs Keres, 1937

There is a tournament book "Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Prag 1937" by M.A.Lachaga (1973).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Keres,Paul X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10.0 2 Zinner,Emil 0 X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 3 Foltys,Jan 0 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7.0 4 Eliskases,Erich Gottlieb 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7.0 5 Trifunovic,Petar 0 0 ½ 1 X 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.0 6 Hromadka,Karel 0 0 ½ 0 1 X ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.0 7 Gilg,Karl 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X 1 0 1 1 0 5.5 8 Pelikan,Jorge 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 0 1 1 5.0 9 Opocensky,Karel ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ X 0 1 0 4.0 10 Prokop,Frantisek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 1 3.0 11 Graf,Sonja ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 2.5 12 Dobias,Josef 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2.0

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F J Prokop vs Gilg  0-1571937PragueE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
2. J Foltys vs J Dobias  1-0711937PragueA46 Queen's Pawn Game
3. Eliskases vs K Opocensky  1-0451937PragueE61 King's Indian
4. Hromadka vs Graf-Stevenson  1-0291937PragueC28 Vienna Game
5. Keres vs E Zinner 1-0261937PragueC78 Ruy Lopez
6. P Trifunovic vs J Pelikan  ½-½431937PragueA44 Old Benoni Defense
7. J Dobias vs Keres  0-1501937PragueA22 English
8. Graf-Stevenson vs P Trifunovic  0-1321937PragueE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
9. Gilg vs K Opocensky 0-1511937PragueA47 Queen's Indian
10. J Pelikan vs Eliskases  ½-½381937PragueA07 King's Indian Attack
11. F J Prokop vs J Foltys  0-1441937PragueD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. E Zinner vs Hromadka  1-0371937PragueA50 Queen's Pawn Game
13. K Opocensky vs J Pelikan  ½-½371937PragueD80 Grunfeld
14. Keres vs F J Prokop 1-0421937PragueB10 Caro-Kann
15. P Trifunovic vs E Zinner  0-1781937PragueD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
16. J Foltys vs Gilg  ½-½611937PragueB72 Sicilian, Dragon
17. Hromadka vs J Dobias  1-0371937PragueB10 Caro-Kann
18. Eliskases vs Graf-Stevenson  1-0201937PragueA09 Reti Opening
19. J Foltys vs Keres 0-1331937PragueC13 French
20. J Dobias vs P Trifunovic  0-1561937PragueE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
21. F J Prokop vs Hromadka  0-1381937PragueD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. Gilg vs J Pelikan  1-0711937PragueD97 Grunfeld, Russian
23. Graf-Stevenson vs K Opocensky  0-1461937PragueE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
24. E Zinner vs Eliskases  ½-½411937PragueE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
25. P Trifunovic vs F J Prokop  1-0321937PragueD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
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