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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: Stefano Rosselli del Turco

 page 1 of 1; 17 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tartakower vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0571926SemmeringD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. S Rosselli del Turco vs Spielmann 0-1431926SemmeringC28 Vienna Game
3. A Nimzowitsch vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0571926SemmeringA06 Reti Opening
4. S Rosselli del Turco vs Alekhine 0-1351926SemmeringA07 King's Indian Attack
5. Gilg vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0311926SemmeringD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A Vajda vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0401926SemmeringD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. S Rosselli del Turco vs K Treybal  ½-½301926SemmeringD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. J Davidson vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0431926SemmeringD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
9. S Rosselli del Turco vs Yates  0-1431926SemmeringC27 Vienna Game
10. Rubinstein vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0391926SemmeringE46 Nimzo-Indian
11. S Rosselli del Turco vs Janowski  0-1431926SemmeringA07 King's Indian Attack
12. W Michel vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0351926SemmeringD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. S Rosselli del Turco vs Gruenfeld  0-1571926SemmeringC23 Bishop's Opening
14. Tarrasch vs S Rosselli del Turco 1-0331926SemmeringE12 Queen's Indian
15. S Rosselli del Turco vs Vidmar  ½-½621926SemmeringC28 Vienna Game
16. Kmoch vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0481926SemmeringE14 Queen's Indian
17. S Rosselli del Turco vs Reti  0-1301926SemmeringA07 King's Indian Attack
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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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