| Scheveningen (1913) |
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Officially, this tournament celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Nederlandschen Schaakbond, and was held in Scheveningen from July 28-August 8, 1913. It proved to be an early victory for Alekhine, in more ways than one. The competition consisted of: Alexander Alekhine, Gyula Breyer, Fritz Englund, Klaas Geus, David Janowski, Edward Lasker, Rudolf Johannes Loman, Jacques Mieses, Adolf Georg Olland, Willem Andreas Theodorus Schelfhout, Abraham Speijer, Jan Willem te Kolste, Arnold van Foreest, and Fred Dewhirst Yates. Alekhine clinched first place a round before the end by winning his first eight games and going on to accumulate 11½/12, a draw with Yates being the only flaw. This was enough for the twenty-year-old to celebrate with a night of festivity before the last round. Edward Lasker, in his book Chess Secrets I Learned From the Masters, recounts how he came along to the party and had his own troubles as a result. Janowski, meanwhile, took advantage of Alekhine's condition to defeat him in the last round and impress his admirers no end, even if it made no difference in the final result. Speaking of which: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Alekhine X 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
2 Janowski 1 X = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
3 Olland 0 = X 0 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
4 Yates = 1 1 X 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8.5
5 Lasker 0 0 0 1 X 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0
6 te Kolste 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
7 Breyer 0 0 0 0 = 1 X 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7.5
8 Mieses 0 = = 0 0 1 0 X = = 1 0 1 1 6.0
9 Englund 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = X = 0 1 1 1 5.5
10 Geus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = X = 1 1 1 5.5
11 Loman 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = X 1 1 1 5.0
12 Speijer 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 0 1 4.0
13 Schelfhout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 2.0
14 Van Foreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0.0
<Round by round results> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1 Alekhine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 11.5
2 Janowski 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 11.0
3 Olland 0 = 1 1 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.0
4 Yates 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 0 1 8.5
5 Lasker 1 1 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 8.0
6 te Kolste 0 0 = 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
7 Breyer 1 1 = 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.5
8 Mieses 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 = = 1 1 6.0
9 Englund 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 0 1 = 0 0 0 5.5
10 Geus 1 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 = = 0 5.5
11 Loman 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 5.0
12 Speijer 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.0
13 Schelfhout 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0
14 Van Foreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
<Progressive scores> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 Alekhine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8½ 9½ 10½ 11½ 11½
2 Janowski 1 2 3 4 5 6 6½ 7 8 9 9 10 11
3 Olland 0 ½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 4 5 5 6 7 8 9
4 Yates 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6½ 6½ 7½ 7½ 8½
5 Lasker 1 2 2½ 2½ 3½ 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 8
6 te Kolste 0 0 ½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 3½ 3½ 4½ 5½ 6½ 7½
7 Breyer 1 2 2½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 5½ 6½ 7½ 7½ 7½
8 Mieses 0 ½ ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 3 3½ 4 5 6
9 Englund 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 3 4 4 5 5½ 5½ 5½ 5½
10 Geus 1 2 2 2 2½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 4½ 4½ 5 5½ 5½
11 Loman 1 1 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 4 5
12 Speijer 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
13 Schelfhout 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
14 Van Foreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Van Foreest forfeited rounds 8-13, and the game Breyer vs Yates, 0-1 from Round 4 is unavailable.Original collection: Game Collection: Scheveningen 1913, by User: Phony Benoni.
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| Aug-22-13 | | Caissanist: When I played through the moves of J W Te Kolste vs Ed Lasker, 1913, the game didn't really seem to fit with the story Ed Lasker told. As best as I can tell he was dead lost at adjournment, and the win seems pretty straightforward for a master. It was probably just as well that Lasker went out partying with Alekhine. |
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| Mar-13-14 | | Karpova: According to Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Nimzowitsch withdrew at the last moment and Edward Lasker substituted him. Source: 'Pester Lloyd', 1913.08.03, p. 9 (written in Marienbad, July 30) |
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| Feb-23-18 | | chessamateur: There's an error in the standings. Alekhine should be on top, not listed in 2nd place. |
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Feb-23-18
 | | Tabanus: Fixed. Alekhine and Janowski were both listed as no. 2, don't know how that happened. |
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| Feb-23-18 | | Petrosianic: Boy, it's one thing when players make excuses, but kind of beyond the pale when cg does it for them. According to the bio, Alekhine only lost to Janowski because he was drunk, and that evil Janowski "took advantage of his condition." Shame on him! |
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Feb-24-18
 | | offramp: <Petrosianic: Boy, it's one thing when players make excuses, but kind of beyond the pale when cg does it for them. According to the bio, Alekhine only lost to Janowski because he was drunk, and that evil Janowski "took advantage of his condition." Shame on him!> ...But that is a quote from Edward Lasker. There is no reason to not believe it. |
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| Feb-24-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: So he got his nickname: Darnowski |
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Feb-24-18
 | | perfidious: The semi-colons between names had to go; looks far better with actual spacing between the players' names than what went before. |
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Aug-08-18
 | | mifralu: Intro: < ...and the game Breyer vs Yates, 0-1 from Round 4 is unavailable. > "In round four Breyer was due to play Yates. However, the previous night he couldn't get to sleep until the early morning. As a consequence, he overslept and lost his game by overstepping the time limit." "Gyula Breyer: The Chess Revolutionary" by Jimmy Adams, p.249 |
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Dec-02-20
 | | FSR: Not one Sicilian, let alone a Scheveningen. Apparently the variation wouldn't be invented for another decade or so. Opening Explorer |
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Dec-02-20
| | perfidious: <FSR>, the seminal game of the line, from the event ten years on: Maroczy vs Euwe, 1923. Not a great advert for the line, but better days lay ahead. |
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Dec-02-20
| | FSR: <perfidious> One of those games, like Ken Smith's outings with the Smith-Morra Gambit at San Antonio 1972, that make you want to run far, far away from the variation in question. |
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Dec-02-20
| | FSR: <perfidious> Note that the immortal George Schelto Fontein played two games with the variation at the same tournament, losing each in 32 moves. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... It's a wonder the line didn't die in the cradle. |
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| May-22-23 | | Caissanist: <But that is a quote from Edward Lasker. There is no reason to not believe it.> Actually, there are very good reasons for not believing stories from Edward Lasker. Although his writing can be quite entertaining, the truthfulness of many of his stories has been questioned over the years, particularly concerning the prominent masters of the day. |
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| Aug-15-23 | | Caissanist: If you play through the Alekhine-Janowski game, this seems to be another one of Ed Lasker's shaggy dog stories. Far from "making short work" of Alekhine, Janowski wound up pulling out a 49-move victory after a wild back-and-forth struggle where Alekhine has a won game a piece up shortly before the time control, but can't find the winning line. |
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Aug-15-23
| | perfidious: Have never read Lasker's account, but Reinfeld gives an objective portrayal of that battle in <100 Instructive Games of Alekhine>. |
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