Played a few weeks after the other big international event of the year (Game Collection: Vienna 1908), Prague was also held in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph and featured most of the same big names with the addition of Vidmar. To wit:Semion Alapin, Oldrich Duras, Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky, David Janowski, Dr. Jan Kvicala, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, Geza Maroczy, Frank James Marshall, Jacques Mieses, Ladislav Prokes, Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich, Akiba Rubinstein, Georg Salwe, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Hugo Suechting, Richard Teichmann, Frantisek Treybal, Milan Vidmar, Curt von Bardeleben
Of the three co-winners at Vienna, Schlechter and Duras maintained their supremacy while Maroczy slipped back a bit. Schlechter was in the lead the whole way, with Vidmar nipping at his heels and Rubinstein never far behind. However, in the end it was Duras who caught up in round 18 after a couple of winning spurts. Duras and Schlechter were paired in the final round, but nothing happened and they drew quickly. Vidmar, 1/2-point behind coming in, was uanble to win with Black against Marshall and had to settle for third place.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Duras * = 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 = = 1 0 + 1 1 13.5
2 Schlechter = * = = = = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 13.5
3 Vidmar 1 = * 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.0
4 Rubinstein = = 1 * = 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 12.5
5 Teichmann 1 = = = * = = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 12.0
6 Maroczy = = 1 1 = * 0 = = 0 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 11.5
7 Leonhardt 0 = 1 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 = = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 11.0
8 Marshall 0 1 = = = = = * = 0 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 11.0
9 Salwe 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 11.0
10 Janowski 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 0 10.5
11 Dus Chotimirsky - 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 9.5
12 Alapin 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 9.0
13 Suechting 0 0 = = = = = = 1 0 0 = * = = = = = = 1 8.5
14 Mieses = 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 1 0 = * 1 1 = 0 1 = 8.5
15 Spielmann = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 7.5
16 Prokes 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 6.5
17 Von Bardeleben 1 0 0 = = = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * = = = 6.0
18 Kvicala - = 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 = = * - = 5.5
19 Rabinovich 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = + * 1 5.0
20 Treybal 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 4.5
<Prizes>
1st-2nd: Duras, Schlechter (3500 kr.)
3rd: Vidmar (2000 kr.)
4th: Rubinstein (1500 kr.)
5th: Teichmann (who else?) (1000 kr.)
6th: Maroczy (800 kr.)
7th-9th: Leonhardt, Marshall Salwe (433 kr.)
10th: Janowski (200 kr.)
The games Duras 1 Dus Chotimirsky (round 1), Duras 1 Kvicala (round 18) and Rabinovich 1 Kvicala (round 19) were defaulted. The <British Chess Magazine> noted that Duras scored two wins by default, and it would appear that Kvicala did not play his last two games.Sources:
American Chess Bulletin, April 1908, p.79
British Chess Magazine, July 1908, p.311
Chess Results, 1901-1920 / Gino Di Felice, p.109
Schaakcourant, 1908 (various issues)
Original collection: Game Collection: Prague 1908, by User: Phony Benoni
