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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Dresden Tournament

Aron Nimzowitsch8.5/9(+8 -0 =1)[games]
Alexander Alekhine7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Akiba Rubinstein6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Savielly Tartakower5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Walther von Holzhausen4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Paul Johner3.5/9(+3 -5 =1)[games]
Fred Dewhirst Yates3/9(+2 -5 =2)[games]
Friedrich Saemisch3/9(+2 -5 =2)[games]
Max Bluemich2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[games]
Lajos Steiner2/9(+2 -7 =0)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dresden (1926)

The Chess Club at Dresden, Germany held a 50th anniversary celebration in 1926. Among the events was a masters tournament, the Paul Schellenberg Memorial, which was held from April 4th to the 14th. Three contenders for the world championship, Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubinstein, and Aron Nimzowitsch, were among the attendees. While the race was close among all three in the early rounds, Nimzowitsch emerged victorious with a near perfect 8½/9, a full point and a half ahead of second place Alekhine!

The final standings and crosstable:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Nimzowitsch * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 2 Alekhine ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 3 Rubinstein 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 4 Tartakower 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 Von Holzhausen 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 4 6 Johner 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 3½ =7 Yates 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 0 3 =7 Sämisch 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 3 9 Blümich 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ * 0 2½ 10 Steiner 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 2

Original collection: Game Collection: Dresden 1926, by User: suenteus po 147. For further information and background, see Game Collection: 99_Dresden 1926, by User: whiteshark.

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Saemisch vs Alekhine 0-1491926DresdenA47 Queen's Indian
2. M Bluemich vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1381926DresdenA07 King's Indian Attack
3. W Von Holzhausen vs Tartakower  ½-½281926DresdenB15 Caro-Kann
4. L Steiner vs P Johner 0-1511926DresdenC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. Yates vs Rubinstein 0-1421926DresdenB02 Alekhine's Defense
6. Alekhine vs M Bluemich 1-0211926DresdenA48 King's Indian
7. P Johner vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1401926DresdenE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
8. Rubinstein vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0291926DresdenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
9. L Steiner vs Yates  1-0621926DresdenD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
10. Tartakower vs Saemisch  ½-½761926DresdenA04 Reti Opening
11. Yates vs P Johner 1-0321926DresdenC48 Four Knights
12. W Von Holzhausen vs L Steiner  1-0581926DresdenB50 Sicilian
13. Saemisch vs Rubinstein 0-1551926DresdenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
14. A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine ½-½531926DresdenB02 Alekhine's Defense
15. M Bluemich vs Tartakower  0-1541926DresdenA07 King's Indian Attack
16. P Johner vs Alekhine  ½-½471926DresdenA47 Queen's Indian
17. Rubinstein vs M Bluemich 1-0801926DresdenE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
18. L Steiner vs Saemisch  0-1511926DresdenC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
19. Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1581926DresdenA04 Reti Opening
20. Yates vs W Von Holzhausen  0-1401926DresdenC41 Philidor Defense
21. W Von Holzhausen vs P Johner  0-1491926DresdenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. Saemisch vs Yates  1-0461926DresdenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
23. A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein 1-0461926DresdenA34 English, Symmetrical
24. Alekhine vs Tartakower 1-0551926DresdenA44 Old Benoni Defense
25. M Bluemich vs L Steiner 0-1381926DresdenB27 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-24-15  zanzibar: I have to wonder how this game

Schroder vs A Illgen, 1926

got attached to this tournament...?

Jun-24-15  zanzibar: (It's not in <Whiteshark>'s original collection)
Jun-25-15  zanzibar: <CG> fixed it, my comments above no longer apply. Well, no longer apply specifically here.

It seems that some additional safeguards for a tournament might be helpful to prevent future accidents similar to this.

Jul-07-15  zanzibar: And yet somehow the extraneous game somehow mysteriously reappears!

Ce n'est-ce pas possible, n'est-ce pas?

May-25-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Chessmetrics has a page for this: http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing...

For his 8½/9 performance Nimzowitsch is given an event rating of 2778.

That seems small to me.

Mar-20-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: It is very rare for a player to achieve a perfect score in a significant tournament. Here a list of such achievements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... Nimzowitsch missed by half a point here, as did Alekhine at Bradley Beach (1929), Korchnoi at the Asztalos Memorial (1965), and Huebner at the Oslo Chess International (1974). This tournament was by far the strongest of those mentioned. Had Nimzowitsch managed to sweep it, that would evidently have been the most impressive tournament sweep in history. (In matches, Fischer's 6-0 against Larsen is nonpareil.) But he didn't. Indeed, it was Alekhine who missed a win in their game.
Mar-20-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Nona deserves being mentioned:

Belgrade (Women) (1971)

Timisoara (Women) (1975)

Mar-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Reykjavik (1964) also saw a near perfect score. Tal yielded only one draw, to Palmason, while beating Gligoric and Olafsson, the other star players.
Mar-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: This run at perfection inspired Nimzowitsch to issue a formal challenge to Capablanca, though nothing ever came of it.
Mar-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <perfidious> It's not clear at all that Nimzowitsch actually issued such a challenge. See https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... for a discussion.
Mar-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <beatgiant>, all most informative, but Sergeant referred to the matter as well (do not have the precise page number):

<....After Dresden Nimzowitsch issued a formal challenge to Capablanca.>

As an aside:

<....‘Aron Nimzovich had an ego problem....'>

In his classic biography <Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal>, <ray keene> referred to each annotated game of le grand maître's works as being an 'ego trip' for him.

Mar-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <perfidious> At most, news of a Nimzowitsch challenge was reported in the press. I don't know of any source that claims he actually posted a stake, or that he even actually confirmed making a challenge.
Mar-28-25  stone free or die: The way I read it here, it was Capablanca issuing the challenges:

<To continue the story, we must turn to the great Dr Siegbert Tarrasch:

‘I exited the playing hall and was much amused to see Mr Capablanca strutting behind Mr Lasker performing what looked like some sort of Vaudeville chicken impression. As Lasker left in a hackney Capablanca turned to the players assembled there and

not scared of a fight

said, “Come on then, who’s first? I’ll have the lot of you.” He lurched towards Mr Alekhine and the young man recoiled in trepidation. Then he turned to Rubinstein who advised him to calm down. It was at this point that Mr Nimzowitsch appeared from the shadows saying “I’m your huckleberry.”>

https://www.kingpinchess.net/2015/0...

(Of course, coming from kingpinchess, this must be taken with a grain, or two, of salt!)

Mar-31-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Larsen scored 9.5/10 at the Canadian Open (1970), but that wasn't a very strong tournament.

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