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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Breslau Tournament

Efim Bogoljubov9.5/11(+9 -1 =1)[games]
Aron Nimzowitsch7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Akiba Rubinstein7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Heinrich Wagner7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Ernst Gruenfeld6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Richard Reti6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Albert Becker6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Friedrich Saemisch5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Hermann von Gottschall4/11(+4 -7 =0)[games]
Siegbert Tarrasch3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Max Bluemich3/11(+2 -7 =2)[games]
Bruno Moritz1.5/11(+1 -9 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Breslau (1925)

This was the 24th DSB Kongress. (1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Bogoljubov * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2 Nimzowitsch 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 3 Rubinstein = = * = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 7.0 4 Wagner 1 = = * 1 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 5 Gruenfeld 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 6 Reti 0 1 0 = = * 1 0 1 = = 1 6.0 7 Becker 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 6.0 8 Saemisch 0 0 0 1 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 5.0 9 von Gottschall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 10 Tarrasch 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 0 1 3.5 11 Bluemich 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * 0 3.0 12 Moritz 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5

Saemisch lost to Nimzowitsch in the third round by default. Tarrasch and von Gottschall first played in the 4th DSB Kongress in Hamburg (1885), a gap of 40 years between this tournament and that one.

(1) Wikipedia article: DSB Congress.

Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Bogoljubov vs M Bluemich 1-0421925BreslauB40 Sicilian
2. H Wagner vs A Becker  0-1521925BreslauA48 King's Indian
3. Rubinstein vs von Gottschall 0-1351925BreslauD69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de
4. Gruenfeld vs A Nimzowitsch ½-½501925BreslauE15 Queen's Indian
5. Reti vs Saemisch  0-1481925BreslauE17 Queen's Indian
6. Tarrasch vs B Moritz 1-0341925BreslauD65 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line
7. Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch 1-0231925BreslauB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
8. A Becker vs Rubinstein  ½-½461925BreslauD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. B Moritz vs H Wagner  0-1301925BreslauD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
10. von Gottschall vs Gruenfeld 0-1621925BreslauB03 Alekhine's Defense
11. M Bluemich vs Saemisch  ½-½331925BreslauA07 King's Indian Attack
12. A Nimzowitsch vs Reti 0-1621925BreslauA28 English
13. Tarrasch vs M Bluemich 0-1811925BreslauE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
14. Rubinstein vs B Moritz  1-0251925BreslauE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
15. Reti vs von Gottschall 1-0321925BreslauA17 English
16. H Wagner vs Bogoljubov 1-0421925BreslauB40 Sicilian
17. Gruenfeld vs A Becker  ½-½301925BreslauD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. A Becker vs Reti  0-1641925BreslauE16 Queen's Indian
19. B Moritz vs Gruenfeld  0-1661925BreslauA50 Queen's Pawn Game
20. von Gottschall vs Saemisch 1-0321925BreslauB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
21. Tarrasch vs H Wagner  ½-½341925BreslauD69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de
22. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein ½-½581925BreslauC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
23. M Bluemich vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1551925BreslauA07 King's Indian Attack
24. Rubinstein vs Tarrasch  ½-½311925BreslauA20 English
25. Reti vs B Moritz  1-0291925BreslauA28 English
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-18-13  whiteshark: "At a rapid tournament in Breslau in 1925, part of the first prize was enough silk to make six shirts.

Nimzovich, taking it for granted that he would win, found out everything he could about the silk even before the tournament began.

As it happened, however, Mieses defeated him in the first round and went on to win the tournament and the silk."

Source: http://tartajubow.blogspot.de/2013/...

Apr-18-13  JimNorCal: H Wagner did pretty well for himself in this tournament.
Feb-06-22  Z free or die: https://atypus.wordpress.com/2015/0...
Feb-06-22  Z free or die: Shouldn't there be 66 games for a RR-12?

Also, since most games are here was there a tournament book?

I.e. what were OLM's primary sources?

http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp...

.

Feb-06-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <zed>, 66 is correct.
Feb-06-22  TheFocus: <Z free or die: Shouldn't there be 66 games for a RR-12?>

M Bluemich vs Nimzowitsch, 1925 should be added to the tournament (round 4).

Saemisch lost to Nimzowitsch in the third round by default.

<Also, since most games are here was there a tournament book?>

I used the tournament book by M.A. Lachaga to make this collection. Excellent annotations.

Feb-06-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Williebob: It appears that the source quoted by <whiteshark> must be erroneous on at least one point; Mieses did not play this event. Could this have been a rapid tournament, however? I suppose the TB would mention it. Otherwise I think the writer just mixed up (made up?) events completely.

Amusing list of oddball prizes in any case.
Feb-07-22  Z free or die: Thanks for the info <focus>. Here's a view of Lachaga's work:

http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp...

Lachaga is Argentinian, correct? Funny that.

I still wonder what his primary sources were.

Feb-12-22  login:

Milcíades Angel Lachaga (1910 - 1986)

Has collected all the games and chronicles of the Chess Olympiads played in Argentina between 1939 and 1978. He was a member of the 'Círculo La Regence' (Villa del Parque district, in Buenos Aires) 1938.

For a nosedive into Argentinian chess in general and in particular Lachaga chess historian GM Juan Sebastian Morgado from Buenos Aires can be recommended. He is the author of various well crafted (e.g. sourcing) chess books himself.


https://independent.academia.edu/Ju...


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