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Salzburg (1942) During World War II, Nazi Germany organized several chess tournaments played in German and occupied cities, such as Munich and Prague. The strongest and most famous of these tournaments was played in Salzburg, Austria in the summer of 1942. The original line up of players included reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine, former world champion Max Euwe, potential challenger Paul Keres, former challenger Efim Bogoljubov, German champion Paul Felix Schmidt, and Gosta Stoltz, winner of the Munich tournament in 1941. It was the strongest line up of players possible from Germany and the occupied territories, but it was not to be realized as Euwe declined to attend, citing poor health. Alfred Ehrhardt Post, the main organizer of the event, replaced him with eighteen year old Klaus Junge, the winner of the silver medal during the previous year's German championship. The tournament was held at Mirabell Palace, situated near Berchtsgaden, which was Hitler's summer residence. Games were played from June 9th to the 18th and started promptly at 9 am each day. Players had two hours to play the first thirty-two moves followed by an hour for every sixteen moves. Despite a first half lead of the field, Bogoljubov fell apart after his loss to Alekhine in round six and proceeded to lose all his remaining games. Alekhine emerged triumphant with a score of seven and a half points out of ten, a full point and a half ahead of second place Keres. Salzburg, Austria, 9-18 June 1942 01 02 03 04 05 06 1 Alekhine ** 11 01 11 01 ½1 7½ 2 Keres 00 ** 1½ ½½ ½1 11 6 =3 Junge 10 0½ ** ½½ 01 ½1 5 =3 Schmidt 00 ½½ ½½ ** 01 11 5 5 Bogoljubov 10 ½0 10 10 ** 00 3½ 6 Stoltz ½0 00 ½0 00 11 ** 3 Thanks to <Benzol> for his help putting the finishing touches on this game collection. Original collection: Game Collection: Salzburg 1942, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stoltz vs K Junge ½-½ 50 1942 Salzburg B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 1-0 46 1942 Salzburg B15 Caro-Kann 3. Keres vs P F Schmidt ½-½ 81 1942 Salzburg C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 4. Stoltz vs Bogoljubov 1-0 67 1942 Salzburg B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 5. P F Schmidt vs Alekhine 0-1 52 1942 Salzburg D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. K Junge vs Keres 0-1 32 1942 Salzburg E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 7. Bogoljubov vs P F Schmidt   1-0 52 1942 Salzburg D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Alekhine vs K Junge 0-1 69 1942 Salzburg D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Keres vs Stoltz   1-0 44 1942 Salzburg D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Stoltz vs Alekhine   ½-½ 47 1942 Salzburg C78 Ruy Lopez 11. K Junge vs P F Schmidt ½-½ 33 1942 Salzburg E20 Nimzo-Indian 12. Keres vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 60 1942 Salzburg C07 French, Tarrasch 13. P F Schmidt vs Stoltz   1-0 41 1942 Salzburg B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. Bogoljubov vs K Junge   1-0 29 1942 Salzburg D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Alekhine vs Keres 1-0 56 1942 Salzburg C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 16. K Junge vs Stoltz 1-0 70 1942 Salzburg D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-0 64 1942 Salzburg C01 French, Exchange 18. P F Schmidt vs Keres ½-½ 41 1942 Salzburg E15 Queen's Indian 19. Bogoljubov vs Stoltz   0-1 47 1942 Salzburg B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 20. Alekhine vs P F Schmidt 1-0 33 1942 Salzburg C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. Keres vs K Junge ½-½ 58 1942 Salzburg D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Stoltz vs Keres   0-1 48 1942 Salzburg A48 King's Indian 23. K Junge vs Alekhine 0-1 35 1942 Salzburg A09 Reti Opening 24. P F Schmidt vs Bogoljubov   1-0 41 1942 Salzburg D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Bogoljubov vs Keres 0-1 74 1942 Salzburg E14 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Aug-11-13    whiteshark: <Salzburg 1942> http://schach-und-kultur.com/?p=8389 Aug-11-13    whiteshark: <Salzburg 1942 aftermath>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzbu... Aug-11-13    Karpova: <whiteshark> Source [4] is not trustworthy and source [5] defunct. Paul Schmidt's account: <He died in combat, as a German officer, on the last day but one [sic] of World War II, i.e. in 1945.> Source: Pages 212-213 of the April 1946 'Chess Life & Review' Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Aug-11-13    DoctorD: 1976 Chess Life and Review, not 1946. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. 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