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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Semmering Tournament

Rudolf Spielmann13/17(+10 -1 =6)[games]
Alexander Alekhine12.5/17(+11 -3 =3)[games]
Milan Vidmar12/17(+9 -2 =6)[games]
Aron Nimzowitsch11.5/17(+9 -3 =5)[games]
Savielly Tartakower11.5/17(+10 -4 =3)[games]
Akiba Rubinstein10/17(+7 -4 =6)[games]
Siegbert Tarrasch10/17(+8 -5 =4)[games]
Richard Reti9.5/17(+8 -6 =3)[games]
Ernst Gruenfeld9/17(+7 -6 =4)[games]
David Janowski8.5/17(+7 -7 =3)[games]
Karel Treybal8/17(+5 -6 =6)[games]
Arpad Vajda7.5/17(+4 -6 =7)[games]
Fred Dewhirst Yates7/17(+4 -7 =6)[games]
Karl Gilg6/17(+3 -8 =6)[games]
Hans Kmoch6/17(+3 -8 =6)[games]
Jacques Davidson5.5/17(+3 -9 =5)[games]
Walter Michel4.5/17(+1 -9 =7)[games]
Stefano Rosselli del Turco1/17(+0 -15 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Semmering (1926)

An international chess master tournament was organized and held at the Grand Hotel Panhas, in the Semmering Pass, south of Vienna, from March 7th to the 29th, 1926. The event was organized by Ossip Bernstein, who invited 18 players to participate in the round robin tournament. Among those invited were the very best masters of the day, including Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubinstein, Aron Nimzowitsch, Siegbert Tarrasch, Milan Vidmar, Savielly Tartakower, Richard Réti, and Rudolf Spielmann. The hypermodern school was well represented, and in the first half of the tournament Nimzowitsch and Tartakower led the field. However, toward the end of the competition a series of missteps and surprises found the lead changing hands until finally Spielmann, the great romantic, emerged as the winner over Alekhine after the last round. It was to be Spielmann's best tournament performance of his chess career.

The final standings and crosstable:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Spielmann * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 13 2 Alekhine ½ * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 12½ 3 Vidmar 0 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 12 =4 Nimzowitsch 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 11½ =4 Tartakower 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11½ =6 Rubinstein 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10 =6 Tarrasch ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 8 Réti ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9½ 9 Grünfeld 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 10 Janowski 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8½ 11 Treybal 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 8 12 Vajda 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 13 Yates 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 =14 Gilg ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 6 =14 Kmoch 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 6 16 Davidson ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 1 5½ 17 Michel ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 4½ 18 Rosselli del Turco 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1

Picture of participants: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/....

Original collection: Game Collection: Semmering 1926, by User: suenteus po 147.

 page 6 of 7; games 126-150 of 153  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
126. Vidmar vs Gilg  1-0211926SemmeringD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
127. Alekhine vs Reti 1-0581926SemmeringE60 King's Indian Defense
128. J Davidson vs Gruenfeld  0-1461926SemmeringD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
129. Gilg vs Kmoch  ½-½311926SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
130. A Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower  ½-½301926SemmeringA04 Reti Opening
131. S Rosselli del Turco vs Vidmar  ½-½621926SemmeringC28 Vienna Game
132. Rubinstein vs Janowski 0-1701926SemmeringD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
133. Spielmann vs A Vajda 1-0381926SemmeringC01 French, Exchange
134. K Treybal vs Tarrasch 1-0321926SemmeringB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
135. Yates vs W Michel 1-0471926SemmeringC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
136. Gruenfeld vs Yates  1-0741926SemmeringE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
137. Kmoch vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0481926SemmeringE14 Queen's Indian
138. W Michel vs Rubinstein 0-1401926SemmeringD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
139. Reti vs Gilg 1-0341926SemmeringE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
140. Tarrasch vs J Davidson 1-0291926SemmeringA48 King's Indian
141. A Vajda vs Janowski 1-0541926SemmeringC53 Giuoco Piano
142. Vidmar vs K Treybal  1-0421926SemmeringD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
143. Tartakower vs Alekhine 0-1991926SemmeringC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
144. Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch 1-0361926SemmeringC40 King's Knight Opening
145. Alekhine vs Spielmann ½-½311926SemmeringA46 Queen's Pawn Game
146. J Davidson vs Vidmar  0-1621926SemmeringD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
147. Gilg vs Tartakower 0-11021926SemmeringA40 Queen's Pawn Game
148. Janowski vs W Michel 1-0151926SemmeringA45 Queen's Pawn Game
149. A Nimzowitsch vs A Vajda 1-0591926SemmeringC49 Four Knights
150. S Rosselli del Turco vs Reti  0-1301926SemmeringA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 6 of 7; games 126-150 of 153  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-06-13  Karpova: Brilliancy Prizes:

Judge: Dr. Ossip Bernstein

- 1st prize (450 S) to Alekhine for Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926 and J Davidson vs Alekhine, 1926

- 2nd prize (225 S) to Dr. Tartakower for Tartakower vs Tarrasch, 1926

- Shared prizes (125 S each) to

Reti for Reti vs Gilg, 1926

Janowski for J Davidson vs Janowski, 1926

Rubinstein for W Michel vs Rubinstein, 1926

- Special prize (100 S) to Rubinstein for the most correct game (<die korrekteste Partie>) - Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1926

Source: Page 286 of the September 1926 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

May-04-21  BickeDag: An unfortunate tournament for Turco. He almost pulled a Moreau
May-05-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Too many of the participants came to an unfortunate end: Yates of asphyxia by gas, believe Vajda also suffered the same fate; Treybal perished at the hands of the Nazis; Reti of scarlet fever and Janowski of tuberculosis, this last within a year of this event.

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