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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.  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   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  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-28-15    thegoodanarchist: Neither of the world's two heavyweights was there for this tournament. Those two would be Alekhine and Capablanca Nov-05-15    offramp: It's slightly odd to see Marshall as the only undefeated player. 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. 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 Jul-04-16    morfishine: Marshall played with remarkable restraint, which probably accounts for his relentless accuracy, game after game... ***** 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. 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 NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. 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