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🏆 Semmering (1926)

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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 ... [more]

Player: Akiba Rubinstein

 page 1 of 1; 17 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tarrasch vs Rubinstein  ½-½241926SemmeringD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Rubinstein vs Vidmar ½-½711926SemmeringE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. Kmoch vs Rubinstein 0-1371926SemmeringD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Rubinstein vs Reti 1-0381926SemmeringD71 Neo-Grunfeld
5. Tartakower vs Rubinstein ½-½521926SemmeringC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
6. Rubinstein vs Spielmann 1-0361926SemmeringD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein 1-0421926SemmeringA06 Reti Opening
8. Rubinstein vs Alekhine 0-1291926SemmeringE16 Queen's Indian
9. Gilg vs Rubinstein ½-½611926SemmeringD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. Rubinstein vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0391926SemmeringE46 Nimzo-Indian
11. K Treybal vs Rubinstein  ½-½361926SemmeringC50 Giuoco Piano
12. Rubinstein vs J Davidson  ½-½611926SemmeringA46 Queen's Pawn Game
13. Yates vs Rubinstein 0-1841926SemmeringB02 Alekhine's Defense
14. A Vajda vs Rubinstein 1-0631926SemmeringD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. Rubinstein vs Janowski 0-1701926SemmeringD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
16. W Michel vs Rubinstein 0-1401926SemmeringD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld 1-0431926SemmeringD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
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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
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  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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