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Gyor (1924) International tournament held in Györ, Hungary, 4-23 August 1924, as part of the Györ Chess Congress. The opening ceremony was on Sunday 3 August. Chief organizers: Ferenc Chalupetzky and László Tóth. Geza Nagy won with 10/14. Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pts ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Nagy 31 • 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10 2 Przepiorka 43 1 • ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 3 Asztalos 25 ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 4 Vukovic 26 0 0 ½ • 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 5 Vajda 28 ½ ½ 0 1 • 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 6 Walter 28 ½ 1 1 1 0 • 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 8 7 L Steiner 21 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8 8 Maroczy 54 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 7½ 9 Müller 27 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 7½ 10 Havasi 32 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 11 E Steiner 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 1 6 12 Balogh 31 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 • 0 1 1 5 13 Seitz 26 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 0 4½ 14 Exner 59 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ • ½ 3½ 15 Gruber 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ • 3 Patay 39 0 0 0 0 ½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Patay withdrew after Round 5 and the tournament continued with one bye each round. The 'B' tournament was won by Lajos Merenyi. Tournament book: http://www.chesslund.com/uploaded/2.... Sources Photos: https://www.gyoriszalon.hu/news/736... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr571673... Pesti Napló, 6 August 1924, p. 6: https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Pes... Pesti Napló, 24 August 1924, p. 10: https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Pes... Budapesti Hírlap, 6 August 1924, p. 4: https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Bud... Magyar Sakkvilág, September 1924, pp. 209-228: https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Mag... Wiener Schach-Zeitung, September 1924, pp. 242-258: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Wiener Schach-Zeitung, October 1924, pp. 276-278: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Game dates Magyar Sakkvilág has wrong dates for the first two rounds. There were five days for rest and/or adjourned games. On 7 August the masters visited the Schmidl chocolate factory. On 10 August there was a pan-simultaneous competition and a blitz tournament in the afternoon (won by Vajda). On 15 August there was a speedboat trip on the Danube river, and on 17 August another blitz tournament (won by Zoltan von Balla). The national problem solving competition on 20 August was won by Havasi, who solved 12 two-move puzzles in 13 minutes. Round 01: Monday 4 August - Pesti Napló 6 August 1924 p. 6. Round 02: Tuesday 5 August - Pesti Napló 6 August 1924 p. 6. Round 03: Wednesday 6 August - Budapesti Hírlap 7 August 1924 p. 6. ----------- Round 04: Friday 8 August - Budapesti Hírlap 9 August 1924 p. 3. Round 05: Saturday 9 August - Budapesti Hírlap 10 August 1924 pp. 5-6. ----------- Round 06: Monday 11 August - Budapesti Hírlap 12 August 1924 p. 6. Round 07: Tuesday 12 August - Budapesti Hírlap 13 August 1924 p. 5. Round 08: Wednesday 13 August - Budapesti Hírlap 14 August 1924 p. 6. Round 09: Thursday 14 August - Budapesti Hírlap 15 August 1924 p. 5. ----------- Round 10: Saturday 16 August - Budapesti Hírlap 17 August 1924 p. 8. ----------- Round 11: Monday 18 August - Budapesti Hírlap 19 August 1924 p. 5. Round 12: Tuesday 19 August - Budapesti Hírlap 20 August 1924 p. 6. ----------- Round 13: Thursday 21 August - Budapesti Hírlap 22 August 1924 p. 4. Round 14: Friday 22 August - Budapesti Hírlap 23 August 1924 p. 5. Round 15: Saturday 23 August - Budapesti Hírlap 24 August 1924 p. 7.  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Maroczy vs A Vajda   ½-½ 59 1924 Gyor B02 Alekhine's Defense 2. G Nagy vs V Vukovic   1-0 73 1924 Gyor B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. D Przepiorka vs J Balogh   1-0 43 1924 Gyor E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. S Gruber vs H Mueller   0-1 43 1924 Gyor D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. K Havasi vs L Asztalos   ½-½ 28 1924 Gyor D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. J A Seitz vs M Walter   0-1 54 1924 Gyor D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 7. L Steiner vs E Steiner   ½-½ 28 1924 Gyor E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 8. V Vukovic vs Maroczy 1-0 81 1924 Gyor A04 Reti Opening 9. A Vajda vs D Przepiorka   ½-½ 39 1924 Gyor C14 French, Classical 10. G Exner vs G Nagy   ½-½ 54 1924 Gyor C01 French, Exchange 11. L Asztalos vs J A Seitz   1-0 45 1924 Gyor D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. J Balogh vs S Gruber   1-0 38 1924 Gyor A07 King's Indian Attack 13. H Mueller vs K Havasi   ½-½ 29 1924 Gyor D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. M Walter vs L Steiner   0-1 37 1924 Gyor A48 King's Indian 15. L Steiner vs L Asztalos   ½-½ 34 1924 Gyor C58 Two Knights 16. D Przepiorka vs V Vukovic   1-0 31 1924 Gyor E12 Queen's Indian 17. G Nagy vs E Steiner 1-0 44 1924 Gyor A07 King's Indian Attack 18. J Balogh vs A Vajda   ½-½ 76 1924 Gyor A04 Reti Opening 19. S Gruber vs K Havasi   0-1 37 1924 Gyor D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Maroczy vs G Exner   1-0 52 1924 Gyor A38 English, Symmetrical 21. J A Seitz vs H Mueller   ½-½ 63 1924 Gyor C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 22. M Walter vs G Nagy ½-½ 59 1924 Gyor D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. V Vukovic vs J Balogh   ½-½ 51 1924 Gyor A43 Old Benoni 24. G Exner vs D Przepiorka   0-1 33 1924 Gyor B15 Caro-Kann 25. E Steiner vs Maroczy   1-0 43 1924 Gyor A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Feb-22-22    Tabanus: Patay's five games can be added here. I found only one: [Event "Györ"] [Site "Györ HUN"] [Date "1924.08.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Lajos Asztalos"] [Black "Gyula Patay"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "Wiener Schach-Zeitung 1934 pp. 251-252"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. e4 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Nbd2 Nb6 17. b3 c3 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. e5 h6 21. Bh4 Nb6 22. d5 exd5 23. e6 f6 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Be7 28. Qxg7 Rf8 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Bb3 Qc5 31. Qh7 Kc8 32. Bg3 Rd8 33. Qf5 Bc6 34. Rd3 Nb6 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Rd1+ Kc8 37. Qf4 Qe5 38. Qxh6 1-0 Feb-23-22    Tabanus: <[Source "Wiener Schach-Zeitung 1934 pp. 251-252"]> 1924, sigh. Mar-29-22    Nosnibor: Poor result by Maroczy. He lost to both of the Steiner brothers. May-27-22    GrahamClayton: "On 10 August there was a pan-simultaneous competition and a blitz tournament in the afternoon (won by Vajda)" What is a pan-simultaneous competition? 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