| Barmen Meisterturnier A (1905) |
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Yet another of the great pre-WWI German tournaments, Barmen 1905 was held from August 12-September 1, 1905. Several worthy events were held simultaneously; see also Barmen Meisterturnier B (1905). This collection will focus on Meisterturnier A, which included these players: Semion Alapin;
Curt von Bardeleben;
Johann Nepomuk Berger;
Ossip Bernstein;
Amos Burn;
Mikhail Chigorin;
Hermann von Gottschall;
David Janowski;
Walter John;
Paul Saladin Leonhardt;
Geza Maroczy;
Frank James Marshall;
Jacques Mieses;
Carl Schlechter;
Hugo Suechting;
Heinrich Wolf. When talking about players from this time, everyone seems to know about the flamboyant Janowski and Marshall or the tragic figure of Schlechter. Maroczy is acknowledged as also being in the top rank, but seems less well defined and appreciated. One thing the man could do, though, was win the big games. Here he started slowly; after eight rounds he had only an even score and was two full points behind co-leaders Bernstein and Schlechter. With figures like Janowski and Marshall also ahead of him, it seemed a difficult task to catch up. Bernstein was the first to fade. He had actually started with 5/6, but three draws followed by successive losses to Marshall, Schlechter and Suechting ended his chances. Schlechter, though among the leaders, did not seem in particularly good form for the most part. Losses to Marcozy and Berger in rounds 9 and 10 dropped him behind Janowski and Marshall. These two stayed on top until the fatal round 14, when they lost to Berger and Chigorin respectively. Going into the last round, Maroczy had caught Janowski, both sitting a half-point ahead of Marshall and Schlechter. This led to a dramatic finish. Schlechter was playing White against Janowski, but went down to defeat. This meant Maroczy had to defeat outsider Von Gottschall to tie for first. It took him nearly 100 moves and every maneuver under the sun, but he pulled it off to cap a finish with 6 1/2 points in his last seven games. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Janowski * ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 10.5
2 Maroczy ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10.5
3 Marshall 0 ½ * 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10.0
4 Bernstein 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 9.0
5 Schlechter 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9.0
6 Berger 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 8.0
7 Chigorin ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7.0
8 Wolf 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7.0
9 Leonhardt 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 7.0
10 John 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.0
11 Suechting 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 6.5
12 Bardeleben 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 6.5
13 Burn 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 * ½ 1 0 6.0
14 Alapin 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 6.0
15 Gottschall 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 5.0
16 Mieses ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 0 * 5.0
Berger's effort should not go unnoticed, with wins over Janowski, Marshall, and Schlechter. If the tournament had been restricted to just the first six players, he would have won by a full point.As for games to look at, check out Maroczy vs H Suechting, 1905, Schlechter vs W John, 1905, and Janowski vs Alapin, 1905, all of which share a curious similarity. Original collection: Game Collection: Barmen Meisterturnier A, by User: Phony Benoni.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Alapin vs O Bernstein |
| 0-1 | 68 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 2. Burn vs Chigorin |
 | ½-½ | 72 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 3. Von Gottschall vs J N Berger |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 4. Janowski vs H Wolf |
 | 1-0 | 32 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 5. P S Leonhardt vs Von Bardeleben |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | B01 Scandinavian |
| 6. Marshall vs Maroczy |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 7. J Mieses vs Schlechter |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C44 King's Pawn Game |
| 8. H Suechting vs W John |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 9. Von Bardeleben vs Janowski |
| 0-1 | 57 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C45 Scotch Game |
| 10. J N Berger vs Marshall |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 11. Chigorin vs Alapin |
| ½-½ | 68 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C33 King's Gambit Accepted |
| 12. W John vs Burn |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 13. P S Leonhardt vs O Bernstein |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 14. Maroczy vs H Suechting |
 | 1-0 | 48 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 15. Schlechter vs Von Gottschall |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 16. H Wolf vs J Mieses |
| ½-½ | 61 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 17. Alapin vs W John |
| 0-1 | 63 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 18. O Bernstein vs Chigorin |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 19. Burn vs Maroczy |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 20. Von Gottschall vs H Wolf |
| ½-½ | 71 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 21. Janowski vs P S Leonhardt |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C26 Vienna |
| 22. Marshall vs Schlechter |
| 1-0 | 21 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 23. J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C13 French |
| 24. H Suechting vs J N Berger |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 25. Von Bardeleben vs Von Gottschall |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1905 | Barmen Meisterturnier A | C13 French |
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Jun-08-13
 | | Gypsy: Barmen 1905 had great attendance. In fact, the tourney had no fewer than three Main tournaments; and of these A and B are historically quite interesting: The top of the table in Main A was
1-2. Duras & Rubinstein (12/15)
3-4. Loewy & Vidmar (11.5/15)
5. E. Cohn (11/15)
The tie-breaking match for the Master title between Duras and Rubinstein also remained tied (1-1 after two draws) when Rubinstein had to leave. Fortunately, organizes applied common sense, divided first prizes, and awarded the master title to both chess-players. Also Main B had join winners. But in the tie-breaking match, Georg Schories defeated Savielly Tartakower. |
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| Jun-09-13 | | Calli: <Gypsy> There were two main tournaments, this one (the "A"), and the "B" which is linked at the top. Believe it or not the events you describe are the Hauptturniers from Barmen. A lot of familiar names on the way up. |
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Jun-09-13
| | Gypsy: <Calli> Confusion of terminology, I think; I have usually seen <Hauptturnier> translated as the <Main> tournament. So, to be sure, the anniversary chess congress in Barmen, 1905 was a huge undertaking, with these sections: 1. Master A
(this one)
2. Master B (mixed)
Barmen Meisterturnier B (1905)
3. Main A (Hauptturnier A -- Rubistein, Duras, Vidmar, Loewy, E. Cohn, ...) 4. Main B (Hauptturnier B -- Tartakower, Schories, ...) 5. Main C (Hauptturnier C)
I have no information about the players there.
-- Master A was reserved for established players with official master titles only. Master B was a mixed affair with several upcoming master-title candidates (such as Nimzo or Spielmann). Future greats, such as Rubi, Duras, and Vidmar were put into Main A; Tartakower ended up in Main B. The winner of A was to earn master title; aat the end, both Duras and Rubinstein earned the title when their playoff remained unresolved. It seems that also the winner of B was to receive the master title, but Tartakower got edged out by the less well known Schories in their playoff. I do not have information about Main C, except for a mention that it existed. (My source for this fragmented info is a Czech-language monograph about Duras' career.) |
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Jun-09-13
 | | Phony Benoni: Main C (Hauptturnier C) began with twelve players, divided into sections of seven and five, from which eight qualified for the finals. Why they bothered with the preliminary sections is a good question. Here's the final result:
1 Jeno Szekely x 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0
2 K Biedendorf 0 X 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.0
3 Otto Paul Valentine 0 0 x = 1 1 1 4.5
4 Kuemmel 1 0 = x 0 = 1 1 4.0
5 Adolf Jay Fink 0 0 0 1 x = 1 1 3.5
6 Kurt Moll 0 0 0 = = x 1 1 3.0
7 Ellenbogen 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 1 2.0
8 Paul Krusics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0.0
Jeno Szekely shows up in a few tournaments later, such as Abbazia (1912) and Kecskemet (1927); he was severely wounded in World War 1. Kurt Moll is only familiar to me for winning a lost ♔+♙ ending against Edward Lasker; he was later killed in the war. Adolf Jay Fink is probably a misidentication (found in Di Felice's "Chess Results, 1901-1920"). Fink was a native of San Francisco, born in 1890, and would have been only fifteen at the time. "Deutsche Schachzeitung" gives only "Fink", from Godesberg. |
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| Jun-09-13 | | Calli: <Confusion of terminology> Right! I remember a discussion that while Haupt is "main" in German, it doesn't translate well because it has the sense in English of being the major tournament of the event while Hauptturniers would be called minor in English. |
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| Jun-09-13 | | whiteshark: While <main> is the most common translation for <Haupt->, in this context ( with the stronger master tournaments) it should be translated as < general <>>. |
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Jun-09-13
| | Gypsy: <whiteshark> Good suggestion. |
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| Dec-31-13 | | whiteshark: <Phony Benoni: Main C (Hauptturnier C)... <Adolf Jay Fink is probably a misidentication (found in Di Felice's "Chess Results, 1901-1920"). ..<"Deutsche Schachzeitung" gives only "Fink", from Godesberg.>>> Right. The register of the tournament book gives him as < E. Fink, <from Altenkirchen>> whereas the list of special prices (ibid.) says <Herr Fink, <from Bonn>> Today Godesberg is an urban district of Bonn and Altenkirchen (Westerwald) is a small county town about 40 km beeline away, with ca 2,000 inhabitants back in 1900. |
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Aug-09-15
 | | Chessical: Barmen 1905
12 - 29th August 1905
Venue: Gesellschaftshaus Concordia, Wertherstrasse 14. Barmen The tournament appears to have been played in the baroque-style concert hall (built in 1897-1900) - see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesel... for a photograph from 1905 which can be compared to the famous tournament photograph http://www.clubedexadrez.com.br/por... <Master Tournament A> First Prize - 1,500 marks
Second prize - 1,000 marks
Third prize - 700 marks
Fourth prize - 500 marks
<Master Tournament B> First Prize - 1,000 marks
Second prize - 750 marks
Third prize - 500 marks
Fourth prize - 425 marks
Fifth prize - 400 marks
Sixth prize - 250 marks
Seventh prize - 150 marks
Eight prize - 100 marks
Ninth prize - 75 marks
Tenth prize - 60 marks
Eleventh prize - 40 marks
Twelth prize - 25 marks
<Hauptturneir A> (Major Tournament) First Prize - 400 marks
Second prize - 250 marks
Third prize - 150 marks
Fourth prize - 100 marks
Fifth prize - 60 marks
Sixth prize - 50 marks
Seventh prize - 40 marks
Eight prize - 25 marks
Weiner Schachzeitung, Nr.2. February 1905, p.42.-44 |
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