Marienbad (1925) |
The health resort of Marienbad, Czechoslovakia was the host of an international chess tournament from May 20th to June 8th in 1925. Sixteen chess masters from Europe and the Americas participated in the round robin event. Among them were former and current World Champion challengers, including Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, David Janowski, and Aron Nimzowitsch. Rubinstein took off to an early lead but eventually he was racing neck and neck with Nimzowitsch, with whom he eventually shared first place. While the quality of games was regarded as poor by many high profile absentees from the tournament, it was an important victory for both Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein as they were later regarded as top players of the 1920s. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 Nimzowitsch * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 11.0
2 Rubinstein 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
3 Marshall 1 = * = = = = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 10.0
4 Torre = = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = = = = 1 10.0
5 Tartakower = 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 9.5
6 Reti 0 = = 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
7 Spielmann = 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 8.5
8 Grünfeld 0 = = 0 0 1 1 * 1 = = = = = = 1 8.0
9 Yates = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.0
10 Opocensky 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.5
11 Przepiorka = 0 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 0 6.0
12 Thomas 0 0 = = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 0 6.0
13 Sämisch 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 0 1 1 5.5
14 Janowski 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 1 5.5
15 Michell 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 3.5
16 Haida = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 2.5 Original Collection: Game Collection: Marienbad 1925 by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Carlos Torre vs Opocensky |
 | 1-0 | 60 | 1925 | Marienbad | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
2. A Haida vs Nimzowitsch |
 | ½-½ | 59 | 1925 | Marienbad | E15 Queen's Indian |
3. R P Michell vs G A Thomas |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1925 | Marienbad | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
4. Reti vs Janowski |
 | 1-0 | 60 | 1925 | Marienbad | A36 English |
5. Rubinstein vs Przepiorka |
  | 1-0 | 33 | 1925 | Marienbad | A55 Old Indian, Main line |
6. Saemisch vs Yates |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1925 | Marienbad | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
7. Spielmann vs Marshall |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1925 | Marienbad | C42 Petrov Defense |
8. Tartakower vs Gruenfeld |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1925 | Marienbad | A22 English |
9. Marshall vs A Haida |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1925 | Marienbad | B20 Sicilian |
10. Gruenfeld vs Reti |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1925 | Marienbad | A50 Queen's Pawn Game |
11. Janowski vs Spielmann |
 | 0-1 | 44 | 1925 | Marienbad | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
12. Nimzowitsch vs Carlos Torre |
 | ½-½ | 30 | 1925 | Marienbad | A04 Reti Opening |
13. Przepiorka vs Opocensky |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1925 | Marienbad | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
14. Rubinstein vs Saemisch |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1925 | Marienbad | E17 Queen's Indian |
15. G A Thomas vs Tartakower |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1925 | Marienbad | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
16. Yates vs R P Michell |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1925 | Marienbad | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
17. A Haida vs Janowski |
 | 0-1 | 31 | 1925 | Marienbad | D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
18. R P Michell vs Rubinstein |
  | 0-1 | 56 | 1925 | Marienbad | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
19. Opocensky vs Nimzowitsch |
  | 0-1 | 43 | 1925 | Marienbad | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
20. Reti vs G A Thomas |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1925 | Marienbad | A00 Uncommon Opening |
21. Saemisch vs Przepiorka |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1925 | Marienbad | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
22. Spielmann vs Gruenfeld |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1925 | Marienbad | A04 Reti Opening |
23. Tartakower vs Yates |
 | 1-0 | 42 | 1925 | Marienbad | A16 English |
24. Carlos Torre vs Marshall |
 | ½-½ | 71 | 1925 | Marienbad | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
25. Gruenfeld vs A Haida |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1925 | Marienbad | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
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Mar-28-15
 | | thegoodanarchist: Neither of the world's two heavyweights was there for this tournament. Those two would be Alekhine and Capablanca |
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Nov-05-15
 | | offramp: It's slightly odd to see Marshall as the only undefeated player. |
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Nov-06-15
 | | offramp: I asked the mayor of Marienbad why they no longer staged chess tournaments. She said it was because they couldn't bear seeing dozens of Last Year At Marienbad puns at chessgames.com. |
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Jul-04-16 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: It's sad that the ill arnarchist didn't remember the great boss Emanuel Lasker, which at that time was still the strongest one, ahead Capa and Alekhine... lgs |
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Jul-04-16 | | morfishine: Marshall played with remarkable restraint, which probably accounts for his relentless accuracy, game after game... ***** |
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Jul-26-16 | | ughaibu: "the quality of games was regarded as poor by many high profile absentees from the tournament". . . . I'd like to hear more about this. |
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Jan-14-17
 | | MissScarlett: <Only one incident seems ever to have disturbed his courteous equanimity. At Marienbad, 1925 there was “a crowd round the adjourned game he has just quitted. Comments and suggestions to his opponent are being freely expressed, till Michell, striding quickly to the centre of the group, with a single movement of the hand sweeps all the pieces off the board. The group breaks up, and his opponent flushes at the unspoken criticism” (BCM, July 1925, pages 295-296).> C.N. 5061 |
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