| Budapest (1928) |
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In the aftermath of Kecskemet (1927), good chess forces came together for another top class international event, this time at the famous Siesta Sanatorium in Budapest. Prize monies were $200 (1st prize, from the New York publisher G. Wells), 800 Pengö (2nd prize, from the City of Budapest), 500, 300, 200 and 100 Pengö. Ten masters were invited, of which Milan Vidmar withdrew in the last moment (causing new pairings and schedule) and was replaced by Zoltan von Balla of Budapest. The former (1921-1927) World Champion Capablanca showed his class with 5 wins and 4 draws. The tournament was led by Geza Maroczy and chess editor László Tóth. It was followed up next year with Budapest (1929). A short summary in Wiener Schach-Zeitung Nr. 17/18 (Sept. 1928) p. 284 is online at http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... (in German). Issue no. 19 (Oct. 1928) pp. 294-298 has three games of Capablanca annotated by Albert Becker (one with wrong round number). Budapest, Hungary, 21 Sept - 2 Oct 1928 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts
1 Capablanca * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7
2 Marshall ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6
=3 Spielmann ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5
=3 Kmoch ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 5
=5 Vajda ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4½
=5 E Steiner 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½
=7 H Steiner 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4
=7 Havasi 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4
9 von Balla 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3
10 Merenyi 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2
Tournament book: A Siesta-Szanatórium Nemzetközi Sakkversenye by Géza Maróczy, Ferenc Chalupetzky and László Tóth (Magyar Sakkvilág, Kecskemét 1929. 71 pp.) (according to openings and with an introduction by Capablanca). English version: The Siesta Tournament: Budapest, 1928 by Walter Arpad Foldeak (Chess Player, Nottingham 2001. 43 pp.)Round numbers and dates are mainly based on reports in Boston Herald (Associated Press), Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Hermann Helms, schedule for last 3 rounds) and New York Evening Post (Horace Ransom Bigelow). The tournament book's subtitle has September 20 as starting date and October 1 as end date. Original collection: Game Collection: Budapest 1928 by User: Tabanus.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Z von Balla vs Spielmann |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1928 | Budapest | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 2. Capablanca vs K Havasi |
  | 1-0 | 27 | 1928 | Budapest | D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 3. A Vajda vs Kmoch |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1928 | Budapest | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 4. H Steiner vs Marshall |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1928 | Budapest | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 5. E Steiner vs L Merenyi |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1928 | Budapest | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 6. Kmoch vs Capablanca |
| ½-½ | 37 | 1928 | Budapest | E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 7. K Havasi vs Z von Balla |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1928 | Budapest | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 8. Spielmann vs E Steiner |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1928 | Budapest | B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein |
| 9. L Merenyi vs H Steiner |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1928 | Budapest | C49 Four Knights |
| 10. Marshall vs A Vajda |
| ½-½ | 37 | 1928 | Budapest | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 11. Z von Balla vs E Steiner |
| ½-½ | 84 | 1928 | Budapest | B40 Sicilian |
| 12. Capablanca vs Marshall |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1928 | Budapest | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 13. A Vajda vs L Merenyi |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1928 | Budapest | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 14. H Steiner vs Spielmann |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1928 | Budapest | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 15. K Havasi vs Kmoch |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1928 | Budapest | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 16. Marshall vs K Havasi |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1928 | Budapest | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 17. L Merenyi vs Capablanca |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1928 | Budapest | B27 Sicilian |
| 18. Kmoch vs Z von Balla |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1928 | Budapest | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 19. Spielmann vs A Vajda |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1928 | Budapest | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 20. E Steiner vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1928 | Budapest | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. Kmoch vs Marshall |
| 0-1 | 28 | 1928 | Budapest | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 22. Z von Balla vs H Steiner |
| 0-1 | 71 | 1928 | Budapest | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 23. A Vajda vs E Steiner |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1928 | Budapest | B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein |
| 24. K Havasi vs L Merenyi |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1928 | Budapest | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 25. Capablanca vs Spielmann |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1928 | Budapest | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
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