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Munich (1942) Munich, Germany, 15-25 September 1942 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Alekhine * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 2 Keres 0 * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.5 3 Bogoljubov ½ ½ * 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7.0 4 Foltys ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.0 5 Richter 0 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.0 6 Barcza 0 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 7 Junge 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 5.0 8 Rellstab 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4.5 9 Stoltz 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 1 4.0 10 Rohacek ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * ½ 0 4.0 11 Napolitano 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ * 0 3.5 12 Rabar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 2.5 Crosstable: Wikipedia article: 1942 European Individual Chess Championship. Based on an original collection by User: whiteshark  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs G Barcza 1-0 29 1942 Munich C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Rellstab vs Bogoljubov 0-1 28 1942 Munich D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 3. M Napolitano vs Stoltz 1-0 36 1942 Munich A13 English 4. I V Rohacek vs K Junge   1-0 46 1942 Munich D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. K Richter vs Foltys   ½-½ 74 1942 Munich B02 Alekhine's Defense 6. Keres vs B Rabar 1-0 32 1942 Munich C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. B Rabar vs I V Rohacek   1-0 44 1942 Munich B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 8. G Barcza vs Rellstab   0-1 69 1942 Munich A05 Reti Opening 9. K Junge vs K Richter   ½-½ 54 1942 Munich A45 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Foltys vs Stoltz 1-0 51 1942 Munich B40 Sicilian 11. Bogoljubov vs Keres   ½-½ 59 1942 Munich C50 Giuoco Piano 12. Alekhine vs M Napolitano 1-0 69 1942 Munich B56 Sicilian 13. M Napolitano vs Foltys   ½-½ 30 1942 Munich D95 Grunfeld 14. K Richter vs B Rabar   1-0 60 1942 Munich C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. Stoltz vs K Junge   ½-½ 60 1942 Munich D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. I V Rohacek vs Bogoljubov   0-1 56 1942 Munich B53 Sicilian 17. Keres vs G Barcza   1-0 48 1942 Munich C88 Ruy Lopez 18. Rellstab vs Alekhine 1-0 61 1942 Munich D02 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Rellstab vs M Napolitano   1-0 59 1942 Munich D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. G Barcza vs I V Rohacek ½-½ 60 1942 Munich A04 Reti Opening 21. K Junge vs Foltys 1-0 53 1942 Munich D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. B Rabar vs Stoltz 0-1 40 1942 Munich B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Bogoljubov vs K Richter   1-0 80 1942 Munich D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 24. Alekhine vs Keres 1-0 33 1942 Munich E17 Queen's Indian 25. Foltys vs B Rabar   1-0 50 1942 Munich A28 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-10-13    RookFile: I guess Keres didn't do himself any favors by playing in this tournament. Poor Paul. He was just there to play chess, not get caught up on politics. Dec-03-20    Chesgambit: Alekhine is favour Jan-23-21    MissScarlett: <One game is not available: Event "Munich" Date "1942.09.18" Round "4" White "Bogoljubow, Efim" Black "Richter, Kurt" Result "1-0"> Is this game really lost? I thought there was a tournament book. Somebody check in McGowan's Richter book. Jan-23-21    realdumptrump: <Missy> I thought you were a pro... Did you check 365chess.com? It usually is more complete than <CG>, and readily accessible. Jan-23-21    Z4all: What he said! Jan-23-21    MissScarlett: <<Missy> I thought you were a pro... > That's how rumours get started. I don't frequent sites of ill-repute! Jan-24-21    Jean Defuse: ... <One game is not available: Event "Munich" Date "1942.09.18" Round "4" White "Bogoljubow, Efim" Black "Richter, Kurt" Result "1-0"> Alan McGowan: Photocopy of original score sheet of Richter given by Schiffmann. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e4 b5 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ng5 b4 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nc5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd3 Nc4 19. axb4 Nxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxf4 21. Ra2 Bc3+ 22. Ke2 Raf8 23. Nd1 Bxb4 24. g3 Rd4 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. Ne3 Rfd8 27. Rd1 e5 28. Bg2 c5 29. Be4 Ke6 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Nc4 Rd7 32. Kd3 Ra7 33. Bc6 Kf6 34. Nb2 e6 35. Kc4 h5 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. Be4 e5 38. f3 Bc3 39. Kd5 c4 40. Nxe5 d3 41. f4 d2 42. Bc2 Bb4 43. Ra1 c3 44. Rd1 Ba3 45. Ra1 Bb4 46. Rb1 Rc8 47. h4 Rc7 48. Kd4 Rc8 49. Kd3 Rc7 50. Ke2 Re7 51. Kd1 Kg7 52. Rb3 Re8 53. Bd3 Re6 54. Kc2 Rb6 55. Rb1 Re6 56. Rf1 Re7 57. Kb3 Re6 58. Bc2 Rb6 59. Kc4 Rd6 60. Rd1 Re6 61. Rg1 Rf6 62. Ra1 Re6 63. Rb1 Rb6 64. Ba4 Rd6 65. Rg1 Rf6 66. Rf1 Rd6 67. Bc2 Rd8 68. Kb3 Rd6 69. Bd1 Kf6 70. Rf3 Rd4 71. Rd3 Re4 72. Rd7 Re1 73. Kc2 Rg1 74. g4 hxg4 75. Nxg4+ Kf5 76. Rf7+ Ke4 77. Rf6 Bc5 78. Rxg6 Kxf4 79. Rf6+ Ke4 80. Bf3+ Black resigned 1-0 Source: Deutsche Schachblätter 1942, pages 157-158 ... Jan-24-21    Z4all: Nice, <Jean D>. Didn't somebody mention a tb? Was this game in there? Seems <365> has all games to the tb, suggesting the existence of a tb. Wonder if <Jean> score matches <365>'s ... ? Jan-25-21    Jean Defuse: ... A. J. Gillam - 1st European Championship: Munich 1942 - There are 62 of the 66 games... https://www.chessdirect.co.uk/acata... 365chess.com or ChessBase doesn't have a game score for Bogoljubow v Richter ...! ... Jan-25-21    MissScarlett: 65 out of 66; the 62 is from the second group. McGowan may have been the first to uncover Bogo-Richter. Jan-25-21    MissScarlett: The tournament book referred to is one listed by Skinner & Verhoeven's book on Alekhine: <Brinckmann, A. Europameisterschaft Munchen 1942. Europa-Schach-Rundschau, Band I. Den Haag/Leipzig: Blomer, 1943.> Either Gillam didn't have access or it didn't include all the games. 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