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Kemeri (1937) Kemeri 1937 was Alexander Alekhine's penultimate tune up for his impending rematch with World Champion Max Euwe. In a result that augured poorly for his prospects in the rematch, Alekhine finished only equal 4th with Paul Keres. His misfortunes began as early as Round 4, in which he lost with the white pieces against Vladas Mikenas. As it turned out, this lost point made the difference between clear first and a share of fourth place. In the end, however this tournament was most notable for the career-best performance of Latvian home town favorite Vladimir Petrov, who shared first with Samuel Reshevsky and Salomon Flohr. An understandably buoyant Petrov, who was awarded the Latvian Grandmaster title on the strength of his achievement, shared his post-event thoughts in an interview with the chess journal Sacha Maksla, July 24, 1937: "Of course I am very happy about my result. I did a lot of preparations for the tournament... I studied the <e4> openings because I knew that playing the Queens Gambit against such positional players as Flohr and Fine is pretty useless. For the middle game and endgame I feel... that even the top players cannot take me lightly, particularly in the strategic phases of the game. Alekhine did not impress me in this tournament. His play displayed a lot of nervousness about the forthcoming Second World Championship Match between him and Dr. Max Euwe." Photograph of the Tournament Book: http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... Kemeri, Latvia, 16 June - 8 July 1937 R P F A K S T F S M R B A B F L H O 1 Reshevsky X 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 12.0 2 Petrov 0 X = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 12.0 3 Flohr = = X = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 4 Alekhine 1 = = X = 1 = 1 = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 1 11.5 5 Keres 0 = = = X 1 = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 11.5 6 Steiner 0 = = 0 0 X 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 11.0 7 Tartakower = = = = = 0 X 1 = 0 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 10.5 8 Fine 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 X = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 9 Stahlberg = 0 = = 1 1 = = X 0 0 1 = = 0 1 = = 8.5 10 Mikenas 0 1 = 1 0 0 1 = 1 X 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8.0 11 Rellstab 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 1 X 0 = 1 0 0 1 = 7.5 12 Böök 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X = 1 1 0 1 = 7.5 13 Apsenieks 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 1 = = X 0 1 1 = 1 7.5 14 Bergs = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 = 6.5 15 Feigin 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 0 = 1 5.5 16 Landau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 1 1 5.5 17 Hazenfuss 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 X 0 3.5 18 Ozols 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 X 3.5 Sources: Vladimirs Petrovs: a Chessplayer's Story From Greatness to the Gulags, by Andris Fride. Caissa editions 2004, pp. 14-15. Wikipedia article: 1. %C4%B6emeru starptautiskais %C5%A1aha turn%C4%ABrs Original collection: Game Collection: Kemeri 1937 International Tournament, by User: Resignation Trap; Introduction written and sourced by User: WCC Editing Project.  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tartakower vs E E Book 1-0 41 1937 Kemeri D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. M Feigin vs W Hasenfuss   ½-½ 41 1937 Kemeri A44 Old Benoni Defense 3. Alekhine vs E Steiner 1-0 46 1937 Kemeri A46 Queen's Pawn Game 4. S Landau vs Fine   ½-½ 52 1937 Kemeri D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. V Mikenas vs T Bergs   0-1 32 1937 Kemeri A06 Reti Opening 6. Flohr vs Keres ½-½ 104 1937 Kemeri E00 Queen's Pawn Game 7. K Ozols vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 39 1937 Kemeri A13 English 8. Reshevsky vs Vladimir Petrov 1-0 39 1937 Kemeri D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 9. F Apsenieks vs Rellstab   ½-½ 49 1937 Kemeri A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. E E Book vs K Ozols   ½-½ 29 1937 Kemeri C02 French, Advance 11. Rellstab vs Stahlberg 1-0 21 1937 Kemeri C14 French, Classical 12. Vladimir Petrov vs Tartakower   ½-½ 32 1937 Kemeri E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 13. Fine vs M Feigin   1-0 47 1937 Kemeri D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Keres vs Reshevsky 0-1 40 1937 Kemeri D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. W Hasenfuss vs Flohr 0-1 26 1937 Kemeri B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 16. E Steiner vs V Mikenas 1-0 43 1937 Kemeri B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 17. T Bergs vs S Landau   1-0 25 1937 Kemeri D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. F Apsenieks vs Alekhine ½-½ 33 1937 Kemeri A46 Queen's Pawn Game 19. K Ozols vs Vladimir Petrov   ½-½ 40 1937 Kemeri D02 Queen's Pawn Game 20. M Feigin vs T Bergs   1-0 57 1937 Kemeri D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 21. Tartakower vs Keres ½-½ 31 1937 Kemeri A46 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Flohr vs Fine   ½-½ 24 1937 Kemeri E10 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Alekhine vs Rellstab ½-½ 50 1937 Kemeri A15 English 24. V Mikenas vs F Apsenieks 0-1 71 1937 Kemeri D02 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Stahlberg vs E E Book   1-0 50 1937 Kemeri D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-06-12    Chessdreamer: the correct result of the game V Mikenas vs S Landau, 1937 is 1-0. time-loss for Black. Mikenas scored 8/17, Landau 5.5/17. Dec-06-12    Phony Benoni: <Chessdreamer> I've sent in a correction slip. When the change is made, the charts above will be updated accordingly. Dec-10-12    USSR Championships: <Chessdreamer> wonderful catch! The crosstable from Andris Fride's biography of Petrovs confirms your correction as well. -<Vladimirs Petrovs: A chessplayer's story from Greatness to the Gulag> Andris Fride. Caissa Editions 2004, p14. <Phony Benoni> thanks, fast work on sending in the slip. Let's keep track to make sure they make the correction. Dec-10-12    USSR Championships: Excerpt from the memoirs of <Galina Petrovs>, <Vladimirs Petrovs'> wife: "The tournament directors only had one prize to give because they had expected <Alekhine> to win. Since there were three winners, <Flohr> suggested to <Reshevsky> "Sammy, let's let <Petrov> take the rap for us." In this way, <Petrovs> was awarded the victory prize. He also won a silver cup for the "Most Brilliant Game by a Latvian against a Foreigner" for his match against <Rellstab>: Rellstab vs V Petrov, 1937 -"Refugee: Centenary of Salo Flohr" by Vladimir Moshchenko (in Russian) http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2009... Sep-29-13    GrahamClayton: On the basis of his performance in this tournament, Petrov was given an invitation to the Semmering/Baden (1937) tournament. Mar-26-15    MissScarlett: According to Golombek, Book intended to become a chess professional, but his relative failure in this event persuaded him otherwise. Feb-05-17    Stonehenge: Some info in Latvian: https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._%C... Feb-05-17    JimNorCal: What happened to Reuben Fine? Disappointing result Feb-23-17    thegoodanarchist: < JimNorCal: What happened to Reuben Fine?> Eventually, he got psyched out of chess... NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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