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Zurich (1934) The 37th Swiss Championship, held in Zurich, Switzerland from July 14th to the 28th, 1934 (1) was an international tournament event. Many elite European masters, including then World Champion Alexander Alekhine, joined Switzerland's best for a round robin tournament. The participants were: from France, Alekhine and Ossip Bernstein; from Germany, former world champion Emanuel Lasker and Efim Bogoljubov; from Denmark, Aron Nimzowitsch; from the Netherlands, Max Euwe; from Czechoslovakia, Salomon Flohr; from Sweden, Gideon Ståhlberg; from Italy, Stefano Rosselli del Turco; and from Switzerland, Henri Grob, Fritz Gygli, Walter Henneberger, Hans Johner, Hermann Joss, Hans Mueller, and Oskar Naegeli. Alekhine reigned supreme over the field with an astounding 13/15! The world champion's only loss in the tournament was a prophetic one to Euwe, who would topple the world champion for the crown a year later. Participants: http://sah.hr/forum/index.php?actio... Zurich, Switzerland, 14-28 July 1934 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Alekhine * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 =2 Euwe 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12 =2 Flohr ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Bogoljubov ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 5 Lasker 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 =6 Nimzowitsch 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 =6 Bernstein 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 Ståhlberg 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 9 Johner 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 10 Henneberger 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 0 1 0 1 1 5½ 11 Gygli 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 12 Rosselli del Turco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ =13 Grob 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 4 =13 Mueller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 4 15 Naegeli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 3 16 Joss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 2 Reference: (1) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Züri... Original collection: Game Collection: Zurich 1934, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 46  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Flohr vs H Johner   1-0 72 1934 Zurich A28 English 2. Alekhine vs O Bernstein 1-0 67 1934 Zurich D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Nimzowitsch vs F Gygli 1-0 69 1934 Zurich B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 4. Bogoljubov vs W Henneberger   1-0 35 1934 Zurich E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 5. H Johner vs Grob   1-0 39 1934 Zurich C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 6. Euwe vs O Naegeli 1-0 41 1934 Zurich D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. Flohr vs H Mueller   1-0 40 1934 Zurich A34 English, Symmetrical 8. Lasker vs F Gygli 1-0 52 1934 Zurich A14 English 9. H Mueller vs Grob   1-0 63 1934 Zurich D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 10. W Henneberger vs H Johner 1-0 72 1934 Zurich C14 French, Classical 11. Flohr vs H Joss   1-0 28 1934 Zurich D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Bogoljubov vs S Rosselli del Turco   1-0 27 1934 Zurich D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 13. Euwe vs Alekhine 1-0 53 1934 Zurich D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Stahlberg vs Lasker 1-0 45 1934 Zurich D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. Lasker vs W Henneberger 1-0 41 1934 Zurich E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 16. Alekhine vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0 36 1934 Zurich D05 Queen's Pawn Game 17. F Gygli vs H Joss 1-0 22 1934 Zurich D05 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Stahlberg vs O Naegeli   1-0 27 1934 Zurich D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Bogoljubov vs H Johner   1-0 24 1934 Zurich E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 20. Euwe vs F Gygli   1-0 53 1934 Zurich D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 51 1934 Zurich D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. H Johner vs S Rosselli del Turco   1-0 25 1934 Zurich C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Flohr vs Grob   1-0 74 1934 Zurich D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Bogoljubov vs H Mueller 1-0 32 1934 Zurich D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. W Henneberger vs H Joss   1-0 34 1934 Zurich A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 46    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-23-12    Conrad93: 11 losses and 4 draws? That's just sad. May-14-14    RookFile: Where was Capa? May-14-14    RedShield: Ducking Alekhine. May-14-14    perfidious: Nearing the end of a three-year period in which he did not play, after his match with Euwe at the end of 1931, which came to an end with his participation at the Hastings event of 1934-35. No idea whether he received an invitation to this tournament, although I am sure there are those who would be able to answer that question. In view of the poor relations between Alekhine and Capa following Buenos Aires, it would not be at all surprising to learn that Capablanca was not invited. May-05-17    thegoodanarchist: Flohr finished ahead of Bogo, Lasker and Nimzo! Flohr is underrated, maybe Oct-24-17    MissScarlett: <After the tournament, Lasker said: "Alekhine's attacking genius has no equal in the history of the game".> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa... Source? Oct-24-17    zanzibar: Apocryphal? <(cur | prev) 08:29, 23 November 2007‎ Gabodon (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (32,564 bytes) (+105)‎ . . (→‎Notable chess games: Added a comment by Emanuel Lasker.) (undo)> Ask Gabodon. Oct-24-17    zanzibar: Looking at <AZquote> I only found this Lasker quote mentioning genius: <I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! Emanuel Lasker> Of course <AZquote> doesn't mention sources. Oct-06-18    goser: Despite the loss to Euwe, Zurich 1934 should be listed among Alekhine's greatest tournament achievements alongside with San Remo and Bled: 12 wins in 15 games of such a strong tournament was an impressive achievement! 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! 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