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Trebitsch Memorial (1928) The 12th Trebitsch Memorial was played in Vienna, Austria from 19 March to 10 April 1928. It started with 12 players, Von Döry being a late replacement for Rudolf Spielmann. But after two rounds, Dr. Theodor Gruber had to withdraw due to health reasons. His two adjourned games (vs Grünfeld and Takács) were cancelled, and the tournament continued with one bye each round. The original schedule was three rounds a week, but it ended up with Round 01 March 19 (Monday) Round 02 March 21 Round 03 March 23 Round 04 March 26 (Monday) Round 05 March 27 Round 06 March 29 Round 07 March 30 Round 08 April 2 (Monday) Round 09 April 4 Round 10 April 5 Round 11 April 10 (Tuesday) Games were played from 6-11 pm. Adjourned games were played off on Thursday 22 March, Wednesday 28 March, Tuesday 3 April and Friday 6 April. Prizes: 700, 500, 400, 300, 200 and 100 Schilling for the top 6 players. Hönlinger had 6 points and five players 5.5 points before the last round. Grünfeld and Takács won their games and shared the victory with 6.5/11. Number of games played: 55. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 =1 Grünfeld * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6½ =1 Takács 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ =3 Hönlinger 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 =3 Kmoch ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =3 Lokvenc ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 =3 Tartakower ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 7 Becker ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ =8 Steiner 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 4 =8 Von Döry ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 ½ 4 10 Müller 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 3 11 Beutum 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 2½ Kmoch was the only undefeated player. Eight of the contestants had played in the Vienna (1928) 14-player tournament which ended on 17 March. Sources Reichspost, 21 March 1928, p. 5: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 22 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 23 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 24 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 28 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 30 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 31 March 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 3 April 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 4 April 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 5 April 1928, p. 10: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 6 April 1928, p. 10: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 7 April 1928, p. 10: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Neues Wiener Journal, 11 April 1928, p. 9: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Wiener Schach-Zeitung, March 1928, p. 77: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Wiener Schach-Zeitung, April 1928, pp. 97-103: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Wiener Schach-Zeitung, May 1928, pp. 150-154: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... Previous: Trebitsch Memorial (1927)  page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Takacs vs B Hoenlinger   1-0 40 1928 Trebitsch Memorial A13 English 2. A Becker vs H Mueller   1-0 68 1928 Trebitsch Memorial C02 French, Advance 3. H Mueller vs L von Dory   1-0 52 1928 Trebitsch Memorial B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 4. E Steiner vs Gruenfeld 1-0 75 1928 Trebitsch Memorial C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Gruenfeld vs H Mueller   1-0 41 1928 Trebitsch Memorial D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 6. S Takacs vs E Steiner   1-0 57 1928 Trebitsch Memorial A35 English, Symmetrical 7. A Becker vs L von Dory   1-0 25 1928 Trebitsch Memorial B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 8. B Hoenlinger vs H Mueller   1-0 39 1928 Trebitsch Memorial E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 9. Tartakower vs J Lokvenc   1-0 37 1928 Trebitsch Memorial B40 Sicilian 10. Kmoch vs B Hoenlinger 1-0 24 1928 Trebitsch Memorial B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 11. Gruenfeld vs S Beutum   1-0 85 1928 Trebitsch Memorial D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 12. B Hoenlinger vs A Becker   1-0 92 1928 Trebitsch Memorial D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. J Lokvenc vs E Steiner 1-0 41 1928 Trebitsch Memorial A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 14. Tartakower vs H Mueller   1-0 61 1928 Trebitsch Memorial C00 French Defense 15. Gruenfeld vs S Takacs   1-0 31 1928 Trebitsch Memorial D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 16. S Takacs vs S Beutum   1-0 38 1928 Trebitsch Memorial A28 English  page 1 of 1; 16 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-08-21    Tabanus: Alles klar? 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