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Noordwijk (1938) Apparently spurred by the Zandvoort (1936) tournament, the seaside resort Noordwijk had its own international tournament in 1938, organised by the Daniel Noteboom Chess Club. The main sponsor (and also the playing site) was Rembrandt Hotel, high on a dune overlooking the North Sea. Games started at 5.30 p.m., to enable the amateur Dr. Euwe to finish his classes in Amsterdam before driving to Noordwijk to match his strength with the old (Bogoljubov, Tartakower, Spielmann) and new (Eliskases, Keres, Pirc) masters. Picture: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k2854X9e... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Eliskases * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2 Keres ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 3 Pirc ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5½ 4 Euwe 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 =5 Bogoljubov ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ =5 Landau 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 7 Thomas 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4 =8 Schmidt 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 0 2½ =8 Spielmann 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 2½ =8 Tartakower 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 2½ Original collection: Game Collection: Noordwijk 1938, by User: sneaky pete.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Schmidt vs Euwe   ½-½ 31 1938 Noordwijk D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 2. Eliskases vs Spielmann 1-0 62 1938 Noordwijk D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 3. S Landau vs Tartakower   ½-½ 40 1938 Noordwijk D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 4. G A Thomas vs Pirc   ½-½ 30 1938 Noordwijk E15 Queen's Indian 5. Keres vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 41 1938 Noordwijk E07 Catalan, Closed 6. Keres vs S Landau 1-0 73 1938 Noordwijk B54 Sicilian 7. Spielmann vs P Schmidt 1-0 25 1938 Noordwijk C11 French 8. Pirc vs Eliskases   ½-½ 30 1938 Noordwijk C07 French, Tarrasch 9. Bogoljubov vs Euwe   ½-½ 41 1938 Noordwijk E14 Queen's Indian 10. Tartakower vs G A Thomas   0-1 45 1938 Noordwijk B72 Sicilian, Dragon 11. P Schmidt vs Pirc   1-0 31 1938 Noordwijk D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 12. Eliskases vs Tartakower 1-0 40 1938 Noordwijk D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 13. Euwe vs Spielmann   1-0 49 1938 Noordwijk D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 14. S Landau vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 63 1938 Noordwijk D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 15. G A Thomas vs Keres   ½-½ 42 1938 Noordwijk B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 16. Tartakower vs P Schmidt 1-0 54 1938 Noordwijk D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. S Landau vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 30 1938 Noordwijk D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Bogoljubov vs Spielmann   ½-½ 55 1938 Noordwijk D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Keres vs Eliskases ½-½ 57 1938 Noordwijk C07 French, Tarrasch 20. Pirc vs Euwe   ½-½ 30 1938 Noordwijk D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. G A Thomas vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 69 1938 Noordwijk D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. Euwe vs Tartakower 1-0 34 1938 Noordwijk D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 23. P Schmidt vs Keres   0-1 70 1938 Noordwijk E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. Eliskases vs S Landau 1-0 42 1938 Noordwijk D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 25. Spielmann vs Pirc 0-1 28 1938 Noordwijk C59 Two Knights  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-30-15    keypusher: This had to be one of the worst tournaments of Tartakower's life. May-01-15    offramp: Yet another Tartakower-at-the-seaside tournament. Aug-31-16    diagonal: http://www.maxeuwe.nl/dutchbase/gam...: Eliskases first above Keres, Pirc and Euwe. An excellent win for Eliskases, his career seemed aimed for the very top. But WWII stranded him, taking away maybe his best years. Noordwijk has been played <in June 1938>, the all-time famous AVRO has been played later that year, <in November 1938>, Eliskases was not invited, the retrospective chessmetrics rating by Sonas shows virtually, how close ranked Erich Eliskases was: on position 9 of the world, well, AVRO invited eight players, the eight best of that time: http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... Nov-26-18    ughaibu: Diagonal: That's an interesting snapshot of history. World number fifteen Guimard. Who? Anyway, the database only includes one win for Guimard in 1938, so finding his best game for the period seems, on the face of it, to be easy. Here it is: E Rotunno vs Guimard, 1938 Jun-06-20    tinnderbox: The names given below the picture link are not quite right. Bogoljubow, Euwe, Spielmann, Thomas and Keres are correct. After that it should be Pirc, Landau, Kmoch (not a participant), Eliskases and the hotel owner. 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! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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