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19th DSB Congress, Mannheim (1914) The 19th Congress of The German Chess Federation in Mannheim, July - August 1914, did not finish due to the outbreak of World War I. The master tournament was discontinued after Round 11, and part of the prize money was awarded according to the scores after that round. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Alekhine * - - 1 - - 0 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9½ 2 Vidmar - * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - - ½ 1 1 - 1 1 1 - - 8½ 3 Spielmann - ½ * - 1 ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 - - - 1 1 8 =4 Breyer 0 ½ - * - ½ ½ 0 1 - - - 1 ½ 1 - 1 1 7 =4 Marshall - ½ 0 - * 1 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 - - - ½ ½ 7 =4 Réti - 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ - - 1 1 1 1 ½ - 1 - - 7 7 Janowski 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 - - 0 1 - - ½ - 1 - 6½ =8 Bogoljubov 0 - - 1 ½ - 0 * ½ 0 - - - 1 1 ½ 0 1 5½ =8 Tarrasch 0 - 0 0 ½ - - ½ * 1 0 - - 1 1 1 ½ - 5½ =10 Duras 0 ½ ½ - - 0 - 1 0 * 1 0 0 - - - 1 1 5 =10 John - 0 0 - 0 0 1 - 1 0 * 1 1 - - 1 - 0 5 12 Tartakower - ½ ½ - ½ 0 0 - - 1 0 * ½ 0 - ½ - 1 4½ =13 Fahrni 0 - 0 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ - - 4 =13 Post 0 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 0 - - 1 0 * 0 - 1 1 4 =15 Carls 0 0 - 0 - - ½ 0 0 - - - 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 3½ =15 Krüger ½ 0 - - - 0 - ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ - ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 17 Flamberg 0 - 0 0 ½ - 0 1 ½ 0 - - - 0 ½ ½ * - 3 18 Mieses 0 - 0 0 ½ - - 0 - 0 1 0 - 0 0 ½ - * 2 No tournament book appeared at the time. In 1964, 50 years after the event, the librarian of the Mannheimer Schachklub 1865 Werner Lauterbach edited one with all the games he could find in games collections, newspapers and magazines. Five games, unfortunately, seem to have been lost forever. The missing games are (R.1) Vidmar vs Janowski 1-0; (R.2) Fahrni vs Tartakower 1/2-1/2; (R.6) Reti vs Spielmann 1/2-1/2; (R.7) Krüger vs Fahrni 1/2-1/2 and (R.11) Breyer vs Reti 1/2-1/2. Original collection: Game Collection: Mannheim 1914 - the unfinished tournament by User: sneaky pete.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 94  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Duras vs Alekhine 0-1 60 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 2. Reti vs H Fahrni 1-0 33 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. E Post vs Breyer ½-½ 55 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C49 Four Knights 4. P Krueger vs C Carls   ½-½ 35 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim D94 Grunfeld 5. W John vs Tarrasch 1-0 36 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 6. Spielmann vs Flamberg 1-0 15 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C29 Vienna Gambit 7. Marshall vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 27 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 8. Tartakower vs J Mieses 1-0 26 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. Alekhine vs P Krueger ½-½ 44 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C12 French, McCutcheon 10. J Mieses vs W John   1-0 44 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C01 French, Exchange 11. C Carls vs E Post 1-0 34 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim A38 English, Symmetrical 12. Vidmar vs Reti 1-0 33 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim E00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Tarrasch vs Spielmann 0-1 50 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim A07 King's Indian Attack 14. Flamberg vs Marshall   ½-½ 27 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 15. Janowski vs Breyer   ½-½ 32 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C14 French, Classical 16. Bogoljubov vs Duras 0-1 46 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 17. Tartakower vs Vidmar ½-½ 34 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C45 Scotch Game 18. P Krueger vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 35 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C66 Ruy Lopez 19. W John vs H Fahrni   1-0 43 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C14 French, Classical 20. Reti vs Janowski ½-½ 31 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C48 Four Knights 21. Duras vs Flamberg 1-0 48 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C66 Ruy Lopez 22. Breyer vs C Carls   1-0 34 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 23. E Post vs Alekhine 0-1 66 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 24. Marshall vs Tarrasch   ½-½ 60 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim C12 French, McCutcheon 25. Spielmann vs J Mieses 1-0 23 1914 19th DSB Congress, Mannheim B01 Scandinavian  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 94    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-24-13    Karpova: International Chess Congress in Mannheim, July 18 to August 2, 1914 (XIX. Congress of the German Chess Federation). Prize money (in <Mk.>): Alekhine 1100, Vidmar 850, Spielmann 600, Breyer 375, Marshall 375, Reti 375, Bogoljubov 180, Tarrasch 180 and 100 for each of the other players. <Hauptturnier A> 1. Hallegna 8.0 2. Rabinowitsch 7.5 3. Tenner 7.5 4. Ahues 6.5 5. Asztalos 6.0 6. Bogartyrtschuk 5.5 7. Herland 5.5 8. Schelfhout 5.5 9. Studt 5.5 10. Szelesniew 5.5 11. Opocensky 5.0 12. Maljutin 4.5 13. Hilse 4.0 14. Henneberger 3.5 15. Schönmann 3.0 16. Duhm 2.5 17. Gundersen 2.5 There were actually 18 participants, but J Hrdina had to withdraw after the outbreak of the Austrian-Serbian war. Prize money (in <Mk.>): Hallegna from Turkey and Rabinowitsch received 500 together, Tenner 175, Ahues 125, Dr. Asztalos 100, Bogartytschuk 70, Herland 70, Schelfhout 70, Studt 70 and the other players received 26 each. <Hauptturnier B> 50 participants in 5 groups with 10 players. Two winner groups were then formed with 9 players each. Siegergruppe A: 1. Brach 6.0 2. Jordansky 5.0 3. Romanowsky 5.0 4. Schubert 5.0 5. van Gelder 4.5 6. Dr. Thönes 3.5 7. Schapiro 3.0 8. Thelen 3.0 9. Müller 1.0 Siegergruppe B 1. Rudniew 7.0 2. Dominik 6.0 3. Dr. Lange 5.0 4. Asch 4.5 5. Gargulak 4.0 6. "Jürgens" 4.0 7. Hallgarten 3.0 8. "Behrend" 2.0 9. Olsson 0.5 There should have been a play-off between the winner of A and B, but there was no time for it. Both were awarded the Master title. Nikolay Nikolajewitsch Rudniew is 24 years old and from Charkow. Source: Pages 100-102 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung' Dec-26-13    sneaky pete: In Hauptturnier A Halleg<n>a is a typo for B Hallegua. Hallégua had 8 points from 11 games and I. Rabinowitsch 7,5 from 10, so the prize money for 1st and 2nd place was split between them. Tenner scored 7,5 points from 11 games. In Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe B, "Jürgens" is Heinrich Wagner and "Behrend" is Kurt Pahl. Information from Lauterbach's 1964 tournament book. Dec-28-13    Karpova: <Nebenturnier A> Group I (10 participants): 1st Plöthner, 2nd Janowski, 3rd Michel Group II (10 participants): 1st Sprecher, 2nd Redeleit, 3rd Weinstein Group III (9 participants): 1-2nd Weltverde and Rothballer, 3rd Weissinger <Nebenturnier B> (10 participants) 1-2. Weisser 1-2. Antze 3. Cohn 4-5. Smuss 4-5. Dobrzynski Source: Page 102 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung'. Jan-02-14    whiteshark: Fresh out: <Der XIX. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes zu Mannheim 1914> by Stefan Haas Gebundene Ausgabe: 320 Seiten Verlag: Beyer Schachbuch; Auflage: 1 (11. Oktober 2013) Sprache: Deutsch ISBN-10: 3940417548 ISBN-13: 978-3940417541 Größe: 24,8 x 17,8 x 2,8 cm 007 Vorwort 009 Der Schachkongress zu Mannheim 1914 010 Einleitung - der Deutsche Schachbund im Kaiserreich 012 Die Schachstadt Mannheim 018 Entwicklungen in der Zeit des Kaiserreichs 022 Vorbereitungen zum Schachkongress 027 Wer spielt und wer nicht? 033 Die Teilnehmer des Meisterturniers 058 Vor dem Turnier - Versammlungen und Festmahl 070 Der Turnierverlauf 089 Rückblickende Betrachtungen 092 Der chronologische Ablauf 221 Partien der Haupt- und Nebenturniere 261 Anhang: Abkürzungen / Ortsnamen / Verweise zu Internetseiten 262 Bibliografie 264 Abbildungen und Bildquellen 266 Kleines geschichtliches Lexikon 274 Einige weitere schachliche Kurzbiografien und Ergänzungen 285 Die großen Meister nach Geburtsjahrgang 286 Schachprobleme zur Darstellung von Schlachten? 288 Mitglieder und Vermögen des DSB, Der Vorstand des DSB 290 Die 1. Preisträger der "Weltturniere“, Meistergenerationen nach Geburtsjahr 291 Die Kongresse des DSB 292 Die Teilnehmer der Meister-, Haupt- und Nebenturniere nach Nationalität 294 Löhne, Preise, Entwicklung der Kaufkraft und Preisindex 296 Preisgelder und Einsätze 298 Die Eröffnungen in den Meisterturnieren des DSB / in int. Meisterturnieren 300 Fortschrittstabelle des Meisterturniers in Mannheim 1914 302 Fortschrittstabelle des Hauptturniers A in Mannheim 1914 304 Wer hat wirklich gewonnen? / Historische Elo-Auswertung / Prognose 306 Anwendung von Wertungssystemen 308 Die Partien des Meisterturniers und der Haupt- und Nebenturniere 312 Rundenberichte 316 Anmerkungen / Weitere Quellenangaben 317 Partienindex, Spielerindex, Eröffnungsindex 320 Danksagungen Oct-13-14    WCC Editing Project: <Der XIX. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes zu Mannheim 1914> by Stefan Haas Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Beyer chess book; 1 edition (October 11, 2013) Language: German ISBN-10: 3940417548 ISBN-13: 978-3940417541 Size: 24.8 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm 007 Foreword 009 Chess Congress at Mannheim in 1914 010 Introduction - the German Chess Federation in the Empire 012 The Chess City of Mannheim 018 developments in the time of the Empire 022 Preparations for Chess Congress 027 Who plays and who does not? 033 Participants in the Master Tournament 058 Before the tournament - Meetings and Banquet 070 The tournament 089 Retrospective Considerations 092 The chronological sequence 221 lots of major and minor tournaments 261 Appendix: Abbreviations / place names / links to web pages 262 Bibliography 264 pictures and image sources 266 Small historical encyclopedia 274 Some more chess Biographies and supplements 285 The Great Masters by birth cohort 286 Chess Problems for the representation of battles? 288 members and assets of the DSB, the board of the DSB 290 The first prize winner of the "World Tournament" champion generations by year of birth 291 The Congress of the DSB The 292 participants of the championships, major and minor tournaments by Nationality 294 wages, prices, the purchasing power and price index 296 prize money and inserts 298 The openings in the championship tournaments of the DSB / in int. Masters tournaments 300 Progress table of the masters tournament in Mannheim 1914 302 Progress table of the Main Event A in Mannheim 1914 304 Who really won? / Past Elo evaluation / prediction 306 application of rating systems 308 The parts of the Master tournament and the major and minor tournaments Around 312 reports 316 notes / Source other 317 batch index, player index, opening index 320 Acknowledgements Dec-20-18    zanzibar: http://www.sgaschaken.nl/wp-content... Goes article on Tartakower begins with the following photo: <Tartakower-Post, Mannheim 1914, with the German master Carls as attentive spectator> (The next photo is of Tartakower vs. Edward Lasker) Dec-21-18    Retireborn: Nice photos. Particularly like the giant Rook in the Lasker photo. I wonder if they had a whole set of those especially made. Aug-10-19    amadeus: "After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven 'Russian players' (Alekhine, Bogoljubov, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, Alexander Flamberg, N. Koppelman, Boris Maliutin, Ilya Rabinovich, Peter Romanovsky, Peter Petrovich Saburov, Alexey Selezniev, Samuil Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914, four of the internees (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were allowed to return home via Switzerland. The remaining Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first held in Baden-Baden (1914) and all the others in Triberg (1914–1917). Bogoljubov took second place, behind Alexander Flamberg, in Baden-Baden, and won five times in the Triberg chess tournament (1914–1916). During World War I, he stayed in Triberg im Schwarzwald, married a local woman and spent the rest of his life in Germany." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_... Two blindfold games played by Alekhine and Bogoljubov in the prison camp of Rastatt: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1914 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1914 Feb-03-21    Stolzenberg: The next round (12) would have seen Vidmar vs Alekhine (2nd vs 1st), but was not played. What a pity! Feb-03-21    Sally Simpson: *** Yes, we might have got another one of these Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1911 both sides going all out for an opposite coloured Bishop attack. Great game. *** NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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