19th DSB Congress, Mannheim (1914)

The 19th Congress of The German Chess Federation in Mannheim, July and August 1914, did not finish due to the outbreak of World War I. The master tournament was discontinued after round 11, and part of the prize money was awarded according to the scores after that round.

1. Alekhine   9,5/11 * - - 1 - - 0 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
2. Vidmar     8,5/11 - * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - - ½ 1 1 - 1 1 1 - -
3. Spielmann    8/11 - ½ * - 1 ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 - - - 1 1
=4 Breyer       7/11 0 ½ - * - ½ ½ 0 1 - - - 1 ½ 1 - 1 1
=4 Marshall     7/11 - ½ 0 - * 1 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 - - - ½ ½
=4 Réti         7/11 - 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ - - 1 1 1 1 ½ - 1 - -
7. Janowski   6,5/11 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 - - 0 1 - - ½ - 1 -
=8 Bogoljubov 5,5/11 0 - - 1 ½ - 0 * ½ 0 - - - 1 1 ½ 0 1
=8 Tarrasch   5,5/11 0 - 0 0 ½ - - ½ * 1 0 - - 1 1 1 ½ -
=10 Duras       5/11 0 ½ ½ - - 0 - 1 0 * 1 0 0 - - - 1 1
=10 John        5/11 - 0 0 - 0 0 1 - 1 0 * 1 1 - - 1 - 0
12 Tartakower 4,5/11 - ½ ½ - ½ 0 0 - - 1 0 * ½ 0 - ½ - 1
=13 Fahrni      4/11 0 - 0 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ - -
=13 Post        4/11 0 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 0 - - 1 0 * 0 - 1 1
= 15 Carls    3,5/11 0 0 - 0 - - ½ 0 0 - - - 0 1 * ½ ½ 1
= 15 Krüger   3,5/11 ½ 0 - - - 0 - ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ - ½ * ½ ½
17 Flamberg     3/11 0 - 0 0 ½ - 0 1 ½ 0 - - - 0 ½ ½ * -
18 Mieses       2/11 0 - 0 0 ½ - - 0 - 0 1 0 - 0 0 ½ - *

The missing games are (R.1) Vidmar vs Janowski 1-0; (R.2) Fahrni vs Tartakower 1/2-1/2; (R.6) Reti vs Spielmann 1/2-1/2 ; (R.7) Krüger vs Fahrni 1/2-1/2 and (R.11) Breyer vs Reti 1/2-1/2.

Ken Whyld about the legend and the facts of Mannheim 1914 in the British Chess Magazine, May 1991: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mannh...

Original collection: Game Collection: Mannheim 1914 - the unfinished tournament, by User: sneaky pete

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International Chess Congress in Mannheim, July 18 to August 2, 1914 (XIX. Congress of the German Chess Federation). Prize money (in <Mk.>): Alekhine 1100, Vidmar 850, Spielmann 600, Breyer 375, Marshall 375, Reti 375, Bogoljubov 180, Tarrasch 180 and 100 for each of the other players.

Hauptturnier A

1. Hallégua 8.0
2. Rabinowitsch 7.5
3. Tenner 7.5
4. Ahues 6.5
5. Asztalos 6.0
6. Bogartyrtschuk 5.5
7. Herland 5.5
8. Schelfhout 5.5
9. Studt 5.5
10. Szelesniew 5.5
11. Opocensky 5.0
12. Maljutin 4.5
13. Hilse 4.0
14. Henneberger 3.5
15. Schönmann 3.0
16. Duhm 2.5
17. Gundersen 2.5

There were actually 18 participants, but J Hrdina had to withdraw after the outbreak of the Austrian-Serbian war.

Prize money (in <Mk.>): Hallegna from Turkey and Rabinowitsch received 500 together, Tenner 175, Ahues 125, Dr. Asztalos 100, Bogartytschuk 70, Herland 70, Schelfhout 70, Studt 70 and the other players received 26 each.

Hallégua had 8 points from 11 games and I. Rabinowitsch 7,5 from 10, so the prize money for 1st and 2nd place was split between them. Tenner scored 7,5 points from 11 games.

Hauptturnier B

50 participants in 5 groups with 10 players. Two winner groups were then formed with 9 players each.

Siegergruppe A:

1. Brach 6.0
2. Jordansky 5.0
3. Romanowsky 5.0
4. Schubert 5.0
5. van Gelder 4.5
6. Dr. Thönes 3.5
7. Schapiro 3.0
8. Thelen 3.0
9. Müller 1.0

Siegergruppe B

1. Rudniew 7.0
2. Dominik 6.0
3. Dr. Lange 5.0
4. Asch 4.5
5. Gargulak 4.0
6. Heinrich Wagner 4.0
7. Hallgarten 3.0
8. Kurt Pahl 2.0
9. Olsson 0.5

In Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe B, "Jürgens" is Heinrich Wagner and "Behrend" is Kurt Pahl. Information from Lauterbach's 1964 tournament book.

There should have been a play-off between the winner of A and B, but there was no time for it. Both were awarded the Master title. Nikolay Nikolajewitsch Rudniew is 24 years old and from Charkow.

Source: Pages 100-102 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Nebenturnier A Group I (10 participants): 1st Plöthner, 2nd Janowski, 3rd Michel

Group II (10 participants): 1st Sprecher, 2nd Redeleit, 3rd Weinstein

Group III (9 participants): 1-2nd Weltverde and Rothballer, 3rd Weissinger

Nebenturnier B (10 participants)

1-2. Weisser
1-2. Antze
3. Cohn
4-5. Smuss
4-5. Dobrzynski

Source: Page 102 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung'.

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