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Oldenburg (1949) The tournament was played at the Astoria-Haus "Renaissance" from June 19 to July 2. Participants were Rossolimo - French champion 1948, Wood - British correspondence chess champion 1945, Walther - Swiss youth champion, Wade - champion of New Zealand 1944, 1945 and 1948, Tautvaisas - champion of Lithuania, Zemgalis - champion of Latvia, Sarapu - champion of Estonia, Enevoldsen - champion of Denmark, Kieninger - German champion 1937, 1940 and 1947, Rellstab - German champion 1942, Unzicker - the German champion 1948, Rautenberg - German master, Heinicke - German master, Kuppe - Weser/Ems champion 1948, Heemsoth - Weser/Ems champion 1949 and Bremen champion 1949, O'Kelly - champion of Belgia 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946 and 1947, Bogoljubov - German champion 1931, 1933 and 1949, and the German master Sämisch. The tournament program also gives Ludwig Roedl of Germany and the Swede Harry Ahman. They were replaced at a later stage with O'Kelly and Sämisch. Zemgalis of Latvia made the tournament of his life, and shared 1st prize with Bogoljubov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts =1 Zemgalis * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12 =1 Bogoljubov ½ * 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 12 =3 Heinicke ½ 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 11½ =3 Rossolimo ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 11½ 5 Sarapu ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11 =6 Kieninger ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 10 =6 Unzicker ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10 =8 O'Kelly ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 9 =8 Rellstab 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 9 10 Wade 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 11 Tautvaisas 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 8 12 Enevoldsen ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7½ =13 Rautenberg ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 0 0 1 6½ =13 Heemsoth 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 1 6½ =15 Walther ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 5½ =15 Kuppe 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 5½ =15 Sämisch 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 5½ 18 Wood 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 3½ Tournament book: Oldenburg 1949 by Anthony J. Gillam (The Chess Player, Nottingham 2001. 73 pp.). There is also a booklet with the tournament program: Internationales Großturnier by H. W. Kopf (Oldenburg 1949. 24 pp.), and a summary by Ludwig Rellstab in Deutsche Schachblätter vol. 34 (1949) pp. 113-115 (August issue). Mainly based on Game Collection: 99_Oldenburg 1949 by User: whiteshark. Round dates are from the tournament program.  page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Rossolimo vs O Sarapu ½-½ 31 1949 Oldenburg C56 Two Knights 27. P Tautvaisas vs E Zemgalis   0-1 51 1949 Oldenburg B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 28. Bogoljubov vs H Heinicke   0-1 65 1949 Oldenburg A45 Queen's Pawn Game 29. W Kuppe vs W Rautenberg   1-0 26 1949 Oldenburg A55 Old Indian, Main line 30. Saemisch vs Rossolimo   ½-½ 32 1949 Oldenburg E17 Queen's Indian 31. O Sarapu vs O'Kelly 1-0 43 1949 Oldenburg C78 Ruy Lopez 32. Unzicker vs P Tautvaisas   ½-½ 37 1949 Oldenburg C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 33. R G Wade vs G Kieninger 0-1 64 1949 Oldenburg D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 34. E Walther vs H Heemsoth 1-0 39 1949 Oldenburg B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 35. B H Wood vs J Enevoldsen   ½-½ 100 1949 Oldenburg D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 36. E Zemgalis vs L Rellstab 1-0 28 1949 Oldenburg D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 37. O Sarapu vs J Enevoldsen 1-0 18 1949 Oldenburg C77 Ruy Lopez 38. J Enevoldsen vs E Walther   1-0 28 1949 Oldenburg B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 39. H Heemsoth vs O Sarapu   ½-½ 52 1949 Oldenburg A14 English 40. H Heinicke vs B H Wood   1-0 56 1949 Oldenburg E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 41. G Kieninger vs W Kuppe   ½-½ 72 1949 Oldenburg E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 42. O'Kelly vs Saemisch   1-0 33 1949 Oldenburg E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 43. W Rautenberg vs Bogoljubov 0-1 36 1949 Oldenburg D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 44. L Rellstab vs Unzicker   1-0 46 1949 Oldenburg D97 Grunfeld, Russian 45. Rossolimo vs E Zemgalis   ½-½ 36 1949 Oldenburg B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 46. P Tautvaisas vs R G Wade   0-1 37 1949 Oldenburg C15 French, Winawer 47. Bogoljubov vs B H Wood   1-0 53 1949 Oldenburg D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 48. W Kuppe vs P Tautvaisas   0-1 24 1949 Oldenburg D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 49. W Rautenberg vs G Kieninger   1-0 64 1949 Oldenburg B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 50. Saemisch vs H Heemsoth 0-1 28 1949 Oldenburg D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation  page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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