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This event was sponsored by Erik Olson, who became the manager of Pripp & Lyckholm, a well-known brewery in Gothenburg. He and the chess patron Ludvig Collijn saw the need to set Swedish chess moving after the war, and offered (together with Rudolf Herzog) 20.000 Kroner in prize money. The Gothenburg Chess Club had celebrated its 40th anniversary the previous year with a chess problem tournament, and had also hosted the 9th Nordic Congress in 1919. Many of the world leading players participated, with the exception of the two preparing for the Lasker - Capablanca World Championship Match (1921). Richard Teichmann could not come because of passport problems, and also not the invited Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky, David Przepiorka, Karel Opocensky, Kornel Havasi and Victor Leonard Wahltuch . The Russian star Alexander Alekhine was about to finish victorious in the USSR Championship (1920), and the American Frank James Marshall did not come either. The Swedish champion Gustaf Nyholm had recently undergone an operation and was recuperating. The event was opened on August 1 by Joel Fridlizius, the chairman of the Göteborg Chess Club, and then the players were welcomed by the "honorary speaker" Martin Anderson. The players were split into three groups: A (this page), B and C. After dinner, the blitz tournament was won by Kostic. The regular tournament started on 2 August. Playing time was 11-3 and 5-9 pm, with five games the first week and four games per week the last two weeks, with no play on Sundays. The rules of the Deutscher Schachbund applied. Chief controller of play was Martin Anderson. Picture of participants: https://web.archive.org/web/2016040... Göta Coldin house, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2-20 August 1920
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts Prizes
1 Réti * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9½ 2000
2 Rubinstein 1 * 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9 1500
3 Bogoljubov 0 1 * 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 1200
=4 Tarrasch 0 0 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 550
=4 Mieses ½ 1 1 0 * ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 550
=4 Tartakower 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 550
=4 Kostic 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 550
8 Maróczy ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
=9 Marco ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 5½
=9 Breyer ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 5½
11 Spielmann 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 5
12 Nimzowitsch ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 4½
=13 Selezniev 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 4
=13 Møller 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 4
Réti, the winner of Amsterdam (1920) was at his peak and seized the first prize after a last round win over Spielmann, whereas Rubinstein only drew vs Breyer. Bogoljubov, the third prize winner, did not draw a single game! In addition to the usual prizes, the players received 50 Kroner for each won game.According to the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, Jørgen Møller had to be back in Denmark before round 11. His three last rounds were played in advance, on the rest days 4, 11 and 12 August. The game Bogoljubov vs G Marco, 1920 (round 5) was postponed till 11 August. B and C groups: Gothenburg B (1920) and Gothenburg C (1920). Tournament book: Göteborg Schacksällskaps Jubileumsturneringar 1919 och 1920 (Göteborg 1921, 390 pp.). Reprint (is without group C games and the problem tournament): Uppsala 1980, 244 pp. There is also Göteborgs schacksällskaps internationella jubileumsturnering 1-23 aug. in Tidskrift för Schack v. 26 (1920) pp. 145-176, and daily reports by Jacques and M.A. in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (available on microfilm). Original collection: Game Collection: Gothenburg 1920 by User: Tabanus.
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| Feb-02-16 | | JimNorCal: No disrespect intended, but the tournament description looks like a Google Translate version.
Example: "Gustaf Nyholm was newly operated". Possibly: Nyholm had recently undergone a surgical operation and was recovering. btw, I've read that due to revolutionary uprisings, armed forces sweeping back and forth across Europe, widespread hunger, disease and general devastation quite a lot of the chess players were traumatized. The effects (so it is said) were visible in their play. Nimzovitch, for example, won a single game. Bogo won quite a few, but also lost many and had ZERO draws. |
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| Apr-23-18 | | Howard: It's been said that after WWI, Tarrasch never again placed in the top-three of any strong tournament that he played in. At Gothenburg 1920, he at least came close. |
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Apr-23-18
 | | perfidious: <JimNorCal....btw, I've read that due to revolutionary uprisings, armed forces sweeping back and forth across Europe, widespread hunger, disease and general devastation quite a lot of the chess players were traumatized. The effects (so it is said) were visible in their play. Nimzovitch, for example, won a single game....> Keene alludes to Nimzo's poor form and cites this as the reason in his magnificent work on le grand maître. <Howard: It's been said that after WWI, Tarrasch never again placed in the top-three of any strong tournament that he played in....> Considering his age by then and his devotion to his professional life, no surprise at all in this; moreover, Dr Tarrasch lost a son during the war. |
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May-28-18
 | | An Englishman: Good Afternoon: Curious detail--4th-5th place finisher Mieses decided the top three places. Reti drew him; Rubinstein and Bogolyubov lost, and Reti won by a half point. |
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| May-28-18 | | whiteshark: <perfidious: ...moreover, Dr Tarrasch lost a son during the war.> It's even sadder: Between 1912 and 1916 he actually lost all his three sons. |
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| Jun-16-19 | | gpbear: This is an interesting tournament. The Queen's Indian Defense was only played a handful of times, but in this tournament it was played at least ten in all three tournaments A, B, and C. The Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian were also played a few times. And after this tournament, the Queen's Indian became a prevalent defense for black all throughout the 1920s utilized by hypermodern players like Nimzovitch, Bogoljubov, Euwe, and Saemisch. Alekhine also utilized it, and has a few games from the 1910s where he won with black. |
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Feb-09-21
 | | Sally Simpson: ***
Spielmann won only 3 games from this event. One with a Queen sac Spielmann vs J Moeller, 1920 the other was a King Hunt. Bogoljubov vs Spielmann, 1920 I had seen these before. The other win was the 'Art of Calm Defence.' When I played though it (just a few minutes ago) I was expecting White to crash sac through very soon. (I suspect Marco did as well.) G Marco vs Spielmann, 1920 *** |
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Mar-16-23
 | | kingscrusher: Seems like a pretty good tournament for Rubinstein 8 years after his peak year 1912. |
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Mar-16-23
 | | keypusher: <kingscrusher: Seems like a pretty good tournament for Rubinstein 8 years after his peak year 1912.> You should check out Vienna (1922) |
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Mar-17-23
| | kingscrusher: <keypusher> Wow yep - it is high up there on tournament performances according to Chessmetrics at 2737 performance: http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Play... Although this particular tournament (Gothenburg ) , Rubinstein had a less than 2700 performance it seems the games are in a great deal of collections. |
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Mar-17-23
 | | Chessical: Sweden also hosted two matches in 1920 involving players in this tournament: Bogoljubov - Rubinstein (1920), 8th January to 1st February 1920.
Bogoljubov - Nimzowitsch (1920), 1st and the 7th of September 1920. |
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