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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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| 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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| Mar-27-21 | | Marcelo Bruno: Was this Janowski's last participation in a tournament? |
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| Mar-27-21 | | SymphonicKnight: <Was this Janowski's last participation in a tournament?>
No, Janowski's last tournament was Semmering 1926 Semmering (1926)
where Janowski came in 10th (of 18 players) at 8.5/17 (+7=3-7), behind 1.Spielmann (13/17) 2.Alekhine (12.5/17) 3.Vidmar (12/17), Nimzowitsch, Tartakower, Rubinstein, Tarrasch, Reti, and Grunfeld. |
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