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Salzburg (1943) The second Salzburg tournament used the same formula as in Salzburg (1942). The site was again the Mirabell Palace. Time control was 32 moves in 2 hours, then after adjournment 16 moves an hour. Gosta Stoltz had gone back to Sweden and Klaus Junge had other obligations. They were replaced by Czechoslovakian master Jan Foltys and German champion Ludwig Rellstab. Salzburg, Austria, 9-18 June 1943 01 02 03 04 05 06 =1 Alekhine ** ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1 11 7½ =1 Keres ½½ ** ½1 11 ½1 1½ 7½ 3 Schmidt 0½ ½0 ** 10 ½½ 1½ 4½ 4 Bogoljubov ½0 00 01 ** 1½ ½½ 4 5 Foltys ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ ** 10 3½ 6 Rellstab 00 0½ 0½ ½½ 01 ** 3 Original collection: Game Collection: Salzburg 1943, by User: sneaky pete.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Keres vs Bogoljubov 1-0 32 1943 Salzburg B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 2. P Schmidt vs J Foltys ½-½ 49 1943 Salzburg E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. L Rellstab vs Alekhine 0-1 69 1943 Salzburg C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Keres vs L Rellstab 1-0 56 1943 Salzburg B03 Alekhine's Defense 5. Bogoljubov vs P Schmidt 0-1 30 1943 Salzburg D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 6. J Foltys vs Alekhine   ½-½ 46 1943 Salzburg E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. P Schmidt vs Keres   ½-½ 30 1943 Salzburg C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 8. L Rellstab vs J Foltys   0-1 42 1943 Salzburg B22 Sicilian, Alapin 9. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 44 1943 Salzburg D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Keres vs Alekhine ½-½ 38 1943 Salzburg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. P Schmidt vs L Rellstab   1-0 55 1943 Salzburg C41 Philidor Defense 12. Bogoljubov vs J Foltys   1-0 35 1943 Salzburg B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 13. Alekhine vs P Schmidt 1-0 65 1943 Salzburg C78 Ruy Lopez 14. J Foltys vs Keres ½-½ 31 1943 Salzburg C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 15. L Rellstab vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 61 1943 Salzburg C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. Alekhine vs L Rellstab 1-0 35 1943 Salzburg B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 17. Bogoljubov vs Keres 0-1 40 1943 Salzburg E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 18. J Foltys vs P Schmidt   ½-½ 30 1943 Salzburg E17 Queen's Indian 19. L Rellstab vs Keres   ½-½ 33 1943 Salzburg C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 20. P Schmidt vs Bogoljubov 0-1 31 1943 Salzburg E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 21. Alekhine vs J Foltys 1-0 33 1943 Salzburg A45 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Keres vs P Schmidt 1-0 22 1943 Salzburg B20 Sicilian 23. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 0-1 52 1943 Salzburg A45 Queen's Pawn Game 24. J Foltys vs L Rellstab 0-1 28 1943 Salzburg B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 25. J Foltys vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 33 1943 Salzburg E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-23-17    visayanbraindoctor: Fittingly won by World Champion Alekhine and Almost World Champion Keres. This was probably Alekhine's last strong tournament. Keres managed to tie him for first, after failing to do so in three recent occasions. AAA and Keres carried on a strong rivalry between them during WW2 in 1942 to 1943. They played together in Salzburg (1942) Munich (1942) 1943 Prague and in this tournament. Alekhine dominated Keres, placing ahead of him in three out of four tournaments and beating him 3 - 0 with 3 draws. It was no fluke. If one goes over their games, one senses they were going for each other's throats but that Alekhine was outplaying Keres most of the time tactically, in just the area were Keres is considered one of the strongest in history. At this time, Keres was the prime potential Challenger to AAA's Title, after having won AVRO (1938) and beating former World Champion Euwe in a contest that was obviously designed to be a kind of Challenger's match in 1940. Euwe - Keres (1939/40) placing ahead of Botvinnik in USSR Championship (1940) and second to Botvinnik in USSR Absolute Championship (1941) Poor Keres. Even if he had gotten a match with Alekhine, he probably would have gotten beaten anyway. Alekhine was in his second peak. Later his chess probably deteriorated slightly as his country got re-annexed by the Soviets, and he had to play under the cloud of being a former Nazi collaborator in a country that hated fascists with a vengeance. A part of me wishes that Estonia had become independent in the 1950s. Keres, playing with unbounded joy in his heart, would have been a monster. He may well have won the Title, and not just keep on placing second in the Candidates. 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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