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Wertheim Memorial (1951) This event was held from June 3-17, 1951 at the Manhattan Chess Club to honor former Manhattan Chess Club president Maurice Wertheim, who had died the previous year. There were problems; a number of masters were unavailable for one reason or another, Guimard's plane was held over a day in Puerto Rico, Euwe had to leave on the 18th, Fine, Horowitz, Shainswit, and Kramer (who commuted in daily from Philadelphia!) could only play at night, and Reshevsky had to have several games rescheduled. To cut down on the number of adjournments, the time control was 50 moves in 2½ hours, giving some time to play off adjournments for players who finished early in the five-hour session. This appears to have been successful; only five games were adjourned in the tournament. Reshevsky played well despite blundering in his game against Euwe (Reshevsky vs Euwe, 1951). Euwe finished equal second, but his play was too uneven to capture first. Najdorf started slowly by drawing his first four games. Had he beaten Reshevsky in the last round, Najdorf would have come first, but the game ended in a draw. The remaining grandmaster in the field, Fine, was one of the group carrying on with daily responsibilities in addition to playing in the tournament. Hans Kmoch wrote in Chess Review, "Fine's result is more of a miracle than a failure, for he played the entire tournament in a state of exhaustion." This was Fine's last professional tournament. At the closing ceremonies Al Bisno, new president of the Manhattan Chess Club, announced negotiations had been concluded for a match between Reshevsky and Najdorf, with games to be held in both the US and Argentina. The match, called at the time the championship of the west or of the free (non-Communist) world, was eventually held the next year, but in New York, Mexico City and San Salvador. R N E F E H B G O B K S 1 Reshevsky X = 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8 2 Najdorf = X 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 7½ 3 Euwe 1 0 X 1 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 7½ 4 Fine = 0 0 X = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7 5 Evans 0 = 1 = X 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 6½ 6 Horowitz = = = 0 0 X 1 1 = = 1 = 6 7 Byrne 0 = 0 = 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 6 8 Guimard 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 1 = 5 9 O'Kelly = = = 0 = = 0 0 X = = 1 4½ 10 Bisguier 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 = X = = 3½ 11 Kramer 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = X 1 3 12 Shainswit 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 X 1½ Original collection: Game Collection: 1951 Wertheim Memorial by User: crawfb5.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Bisguier vs Reshevsky 0-1 42 1951 Wertheim Memorial D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 2. Evans vs Najdorf ½-½ 53 1951 Wertheim Memorial E72 King's Indian 3. Fine vs Euwe 0-1 37 1951 Wertheim Memorial E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. O'Kelly vs I A Horowitz   ½-½ 18 1951 Wertheim Memorial B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 5. G Kramer vs Shainswit   1-0 49 1951 Wertheim Memorial D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. I A Horowitz vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 24 1951 Wertheim Memorial B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 7. R Byrne vs Shainswit 1-0 75 1951 Wertheim Memorial B10 Caro-Kann 8. G Kramer vs Fine   ½-½ 27 1951 Wertheim Memorial E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 9. C Guimard vs Najdorf ½-½ 54 1951 Wertheim Memorial D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. O'Kelly vs Euwe   ½-½ 19 1951 Wertheim Memorial E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. A Bisguier vs Evans 1-0 25 1951 Wertheim Memorial E12 Queen's Indian 12. Shainswit vs I A Horowitz   ½-½ 24 1951 Wertheim Memorial E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 13. Euwe vs G Kramer   1-0 31 1951 Wertheim Memorial E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 14. Najdorf vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 29 1951 Wertheim Memorial D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Reshevsky vs C Guimard 1-0 27 1951 Wertheim Memorial D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 16. Fine vs A Bisguier 1-0 32 1951 Wertheim Memorial D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Evans vs R Byrne   1-0 35 1951 Wertheim Memorial D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 18. R Byrne vs C Guimard 1-0 58 1951 Wertheim Memorial C34 King's Gambit Accepted 19. R Byrne vs I A Horowitz 0-1 41 1951 Wertheim Memorial B72 Sicilian, Dragon 20. G Kramer vs Najdorf ½-½ 27 1951 Wertheim Memorial E70 King's Indian 21. A Bisguier vs Euwe ½-½ 22 1951 Wertheim Memorial C44 King's Pawn Game 22. Evans vs Fine   ½-½ 30 1951 Wertheim Memorial E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 23. O'Kelly vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 34 1951 Wertheim Memorial E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. C Guimard vs Shainswit   ½-½ 35 1951 Wertheim Memorial D04 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Reshevsky vs Evans 1-0 35 1951 Wertheim Memorial E60 King's Indian Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-22-15    zydeco: Good games from this tournament: Bisguier vs Reshevsky, 1951 Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1951 Najdorf vs Bisguier, 1951 Najdorf vs Fine, 1951 Euwe vs Guimard, 1951 Guimard vs Fine, 1951 Larry Evans vs Guimard, 1951 The tournament was a workout for the Queen's Gambit Accepted, Semi-Slav, and the aggressive lines in the Queen's Gambit Declined where white castles queenside. Jan-26-19    Stonehenge: Wertheim deserves some more attention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri... 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. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. 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