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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Kecskemet Tournament

Alexander Alekhine12/16(+8 -0 =8)[games]
Lajos Steiner11.5/16(+8 -1 =7)[games]
Aron Nimzowitsch11.5/16(+8 -1 =7)[games]
Savielly Tartakower9.5/16(+5 -2 =9)[games]
Lajos Asztalos9.5/16(+5 -2 =9)[games]
Hans Kmoch8.5/16(+3 -2 =11)[games]
Ernst Gruenfeld8.5/16(+3 -2 =11)[games]
Arpad Vajda8.5/16(+4 -3 =9)[games]
Carl Ahues8.5/16(+4 -3 =9)[games]
Sandor Takacs8/16(+4 -4 =8)[games]
Fred Dewhirst Yates8/16(+6 -6 =4)[games]
Karl Gilg8/16(+2 -2 =12)[games]
Karl Berndtsson7/16(+4 -6 =6)[games]
Edgard Colle6/16(+4 -8 =4)[games]
Alfred Brinckmann6/16(+4 -8 =4)[games]
Vladimir Vukovic6/16(+5 -9 =2)[games]
Hans Mueller2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[games]
Jeno Szekely2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[games]
Dawid Przepiorka2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[games]
Balazs Sarkozy1.5/9(+0 -6 =3)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Kecskemet (1927)

Twenty experts, divided into two sections of ten, participated in the International Masters Tournament held in Kecskemet, Hungary from June 26 to July 12, 1927. Alexander Alekhine won the preliminary tournament A and Lajos Steiner won the preliminary tournament B. The four leaders in each section then engaged in an additional finals tournament (section A). The next four finishers in each preliminary section contested in a similar finals tournament (section B).

The participants in Group A in order of finish were: Alexander Alekhine, Lajos Asztalos, Hans Kmoch, Karl Gilg, Sandor Takacs, Savielly Tartakower, Alfred Brinckmann, Fred Dewhirst Yates, Hans Mueller, and Balazs Sarkozy.

Preliminaries - Group A

1 Alekhine X 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 Asztalos 0 X = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6 3 Kmoch = = X = = = 1 1 = 1 6 4 Gilg = = = X = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 5 Takacs 0 0 = = X = = 1 1 = 4.5 6 Tartakover 0 = = = = X 0 = 1 1 4.5 7 Brinckmann 0 0 0 0 = 1 X 1 0 1 3.5 8 Yates 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 X 1 1 3 9 Mueller 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 X = 2.5 10 Sarkozy 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = X 1.5

The participants in Group B in order of finish were: Lajos Steiner, Aron Nimzowitsch, Carl Ahues, Arpad Vajda, Edgar Colle, Ernst Gruenfeld, Vladimir Vukovic, Karl Berndtsson Kullberg, David Przepiorka, and Jeno Szekely.

Preliminaries - Group B

1 Steiner X = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 Nimzowitsch = X = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 3 Ahues = = X 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 5 4 Vajda 0 = 1 X 1 = 1 = = 0 5 5 Colle 0 = 0 0 X = 1 1 1 1 5 6 Gruenfeld 0 0 = = = X = 1 = 1 4.5 7 Vukovic 0 0 1 0 0 = X 1 0 1 3.5 8 Kullberg 0 = = = 0 0 0 X = = 2.5 9 Przepiorka 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = X 0 2.5 10 Szekely 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 X 2.5

Finals - Group A (Finals + Prelim = Total Score)

1 Alekhine X = = = 1 = = = 4 = 12 2 Nimzowitsch = X 0 = 1 1 1 1 5 = 11.5 3 Steiner = 1 X 0 = = = = 3.5 = 11.5 4 Asztalos = = 1 X = = 0 = 3.5 = 9.5 5 Kmoch 0 0 = = X = = = 2.5 = 8.5 6 Vajda = 0 = = = X = 1 3.5 = 8.5 7 Ahues = 0 = 1 = = X = 3.5 = 8.5 8 Gilg = 0 = = = 0 = X 2.5 = 8

Finals - Group B (Finals + Prelim = Total Score)

1 Tartakover X = = 1 1 1 = = 5 = 9.5 2 Gruenfeld = X = = = 1 = = 4 = 8.5 3 Takacs = = X 0 0 1 1 = 3.5 = 8 4 Yates 0 = 1 X 1 = 1 1 5 = 8 5 Kullberg 0 = 1 0 X 1 1 1 4.5 = 7 6 Vukovic 0 0 0 = 0 X 1 1 2.5 = 6 7 Colle = = 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 = 6 8 Brinckmann = = = 0 0 0 1 X 2.5 = 6

Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.

 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 146  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Asztalos vs Tartakower ½-½691927KecskemetB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. A Brinckmann vs Gilg  0-1511927KecskemetA07 King's Indian Attack
3. H Mueller vs Alekhine 0-1371927KecskemetE12 Queen's Indian
4. B Sarkozy vs Kmoch  0-1561927KecskemetA46 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Yates vs S Takacs  0-1351927KecskemetB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
6. Gruenfeld vs D Przepiorka  ½-½181927KecskemetD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
7. A Nimzowitsch vs J Szekely 1-0291927KecskemetC02 French, Advance
8. L Steiner vs K Berndtsson 1-0741927KecskemetB01 Scandinavian
9. A Vajda vs C Ahues 1-0441927KecskemetC77 Ruy Lopez
10. V Vukovic vs Colle  0-1731927KecskemetE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
11. Gilg vs Yates  ½-½511927KecskemetA60 Benoni Defense
12. Kmoch vs Alekhine  ½-½371927KecskemetA17 English
13. B Sarkozy vs A Brinckmann  0-1271927KecskemetC26 Vienna
14. S Takacs vs L Asztalos  0-1301927KecskemetE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
15. Tartakower vs H Mueller 1-0221927KecskemetC00 French Defense
16. C Ahues vs Gruenfeld ½-½681927KecskemetA45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. K Berndtsson vs A Vajda  ½-½431927KecskemetB02 Alekhine's Defense
18. Colle vs J Szekely 1-0641927KecskemetA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. D Przepiorka vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1271927KecskemetE12 Queen's Indian
20. V Vukovic vs L Steiner 0-1381927KecskemetA28 English
21. Alekhine vs Tartakower 1-0261927KecskemetB15 Caro-Kann
22. L Asztalos vs Gilg  ½-½181927KecskemetE12 Queen's Indian
23. A Brinckmann vs Kmoch 0-1321927KecskemetA02 Bird's Opening
24. H Mueller vs S Takacs  0-1291927KecskemetE12 Queen's Indian
25. Yates vs B Sarkozy 1-0451927KecskemetB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 146  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-01-13  Kinan: Strange system used here.
Jun-23-18  ughaibu: That's for sure. Nimzowitsch won the final but not the tournament.
Nov-27-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Granted, this format was unusual, but appears to pale against the quirky Ostend (1906).

<ughhaibu....Nimzowitsch won the final but not the tournament.>

Had he made a similar score in the preliminary, rather than finishing two points behind Steiner in his group, matters might have gone differently; as it was, he was two points behind two players, a nearly impossible obstacle to overcome, especially with Alekhine and Steiner playing each other.

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