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This first tournament organized and partly sponsored by chess publisher Bernhard Kagan was held in December 1920 in the Kerkaupalast in Berlin. Its owner, Herr König, supplied the playing hall for free and also donated a large sum to the prize fund. Playing hours were from 2 pm to 8:30 pm, with half an hour rest after the first time control. The surprising winner was the original and undaunted Gyula Breyer, whose "type of play predestines to both successes and failures", as the Deutsche Schachzeitung wrote on this occasion. Striking is the small number of draws.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Breyer * 1 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½
=2 Bogoljubov 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½
=2 Tartakower 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5½
4 Réti 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 5
=5 Maróczy 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½
=5 Mieses 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 4½
=5 Tarrasch 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 4½
8 Sämisch ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 3½
9 Leonhardt 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 3
10 Spielmann 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2½
Original collection: Game Collection: Berlin 1920 by User: sneaky pete.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Maroczy vs Bogoljubov |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1920 | Berlin | C01 French, Exchange |
| 2. Breyer vs P S Leonhardt |
 | 1-0 | 46 | 1920 | Berlin | D00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 3. Spielmann vs Tartakower |
 | 0-1 | 51 | 1920 | Berlin | D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 4. J Mieses vs Tarrasch |
| 0-1 | 14 | 1920 | Berlin | B20 Sicilian |
| 5. Saemisch vs Reti |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1920 | Berlin | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 6. Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1920 | Berlin | D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 7. P S Leonhardt vs Spielmann |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1920 | Berlin | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 8. Maroczy vs Saemisch |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1920 | Berlin | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 9. Reti vs Breyer |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1920 | Berlin | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 10. Tartakower vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 17 | 1920 | Berlin | A84 Dutch |
| 11. Saemisch vs Bogoljubov |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1920 | Berlin | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 12. Spielmann vs Reti |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1920 | Berlin | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. J Mieses vs P S Leonhardt |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1920 | Berlin | C22 Center Game |
| 14. Breyer vs Maroczy |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1920 | Berlin | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 15. Tarrasch vs Tartakower |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1920 | Berlin | D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit |
| 16. Bogoljubov vs Tartakower |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1920 | Berlin | A84 Dutch |
| 17. P S Leonhardt vs Tarrasch |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1920 | Berlin | C12 French, McCutcheon |
| 18. Maroczy vs Spielmann |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1920 | Berlin | C12 French, McCutcheon |
| 19. Reti vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1920 | Berlin | A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit |
| 20. Saemisch vs Breyer |
| ½-½ | 64 | 1920 | Berlin | A43 Old Benoni |
| 21. Tartakower vs P S Leonhardt |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1920 | Berlin | A02 Bird's Opening |
| 22. Tarrasch vs Reti |
| 0-1 | 54 | 1920 | Berlin | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 23. Spielmann vs Saemisch |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1920 | Berlin | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 24. Breyer vs Bogoljubov |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1920 | Berlin | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 25. J Mieses vs Maroczy |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1920 | Berlin | C01 French, Exchange |
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Sep-16-13
 | | GrahamClayton: A quote from page 235 of Chess Review, October 1937: ‘The Berlin tournament of 1920, played during the post-War turmoil and financed very generously by Bernhard Kagan, probably has a higher percentage of good games than any other tournament ever played.’ Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/..., 1920 |
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Sep-17-13
 | | HeMateMe: Do the tournaments only show up in <new kibitzing> if someone posts a comment? In other words, do the tournament pages lie dormant, unless there is frequent dialogue? |
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| Sep-17-13 | | JimNorCal: Can also find them here, of course.
Tournament Index
Bottom of page, link "Tournament Index" |
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Sep-17-13
| | HeMateMe: ah, thank you JNC. |
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| Feb-20-18 | | JimNorCal: <GrahamC> posts a quote about the high quality of the games of this tourney, which very well be true. But note also that 5 games, about 10%, were 25 moves or less. |
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| Feb-20-18 | | Marmot PFL: Several of those were losses by Jacques Mieses in the first half, but he fought back to reach an even score. |
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Feb-04-22
 | | Fusilli: I looked at the table and I thought, "Hm... Why did Breyer's name doesn't appear more often in chess history?" Then I checked and the answer is that he died the year after this, age 28. Early loss for the chess world. I play his variant of the Ruy Lopez all the time. Love it. |
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