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London (1927) In the fall of 1927, the British Empire Club organized an international Masters tournament to be held in London, England from October 10th to the 24th. The twelve chess masters invited to compete at the event were first served a banquet dinner at the Empire Club in London on October 9th. There the time control for the tournament was announced at 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves every hour. The participants were among the strongest assembled at the time. Frank James Marshall, a former contender for the world crown, journeyed from the United States. The great hypermodernists Aron Nimzowitsch, Richard Réti, and Savielly Tartakower were also in attendance. Milan Vidmar and Efim Bogoljubov who were two of the very best chess masters living in Europe were also present. The field was rounded out by Edgar Colle and the strong British players and British tournament regulars William Winter, George Alan Thomas, Victor Berger, Fredrick D. Yates, and William Fairhurst. The only two noticeable absences from the event were the world champion Jose Raul Capablanca and his rival Alexander Alekhine, both of whom were in Argentina at the time contesting the world crown. Nimzowitsch and Tartakower took joint first after a race that started with Tartakower in the lead with Nimzowitsch catching up in the latter half leaving everyone else by the way side. Yates vs Nimzowitsch, 1927 was awarded the best game prize of the tournament. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 =1 Nimzowitsch * 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 =1 Tartakower 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 3 Marshall 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 4 Vidmar ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 5 Bogoljubov 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ =6 Winter 1 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 5½ =6 Réti ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 8 Colle 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 4½ =9 Thomas 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 3½ =9 Berger 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 3½ =9 Yates 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 3½ 12 Fairhurst 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 3 Original collection: Game Collection: London 1927, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vidmar vs Tartakower ½-½ 32 1927 London A47 Queen's Indian 2. G Thomas vs Marshall 0-1 30 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 3. V Buerger vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 32 1927 London D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 4. Colle vs Yates 1-0 92 1927 London E16 Queen's Indian 5. W Fairhurst vs W Winter   1-0 54 1927 London D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Reti vs A Nimzowitsch ½-½ 44 1927 London A04 Reti Opening 7. Bogoljubov vs G Thomas   1-0 31 1927 London C17 French, Winawer, Advance 8. Yates vs Marshall ½-½ 32 1927 London C42 Petrov Defense 9. W Winter vs V Buerger   1-0 49 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 10. Tartakower vs W Fairhurst 1-0 40 1927 London A15 English 11. A Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar ½-½ 30 1927 London C49 Four Knights 12. Colle vs Reti   ½-½ 30 1927 London A47 Queen's Indian 13. Reti vs Yates   ½-½ 29 1927 London D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 14. G Thomas vs W Winter 0-1 17 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 15. Vidmar vs Colle 1-0 28 1927 London E16 Queen's Indian 16. W Fairhurst vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1 40 1927 London E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. Marshall vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 38 1927 London E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 18. V Buerger vs Tartakower   ½-½ 32 1927 London A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. W Winter vs Marshall   ½-½ 46 1927 London E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 20. Yates vs Bogoljubov 0-1 81 1927 London C87 Ruy Lopez 21. Tartakower vs G Thomas 1-0 68 1927 London A15 English 22. A Nimzowitsch vs V Buerger 1-0 61 1927 London A16 English 23. Colle vs W Fairhurst 1-0 37 1927 London D04 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Reti vs Vidmar 1-0 56 1927 London A13 English 25. V Buerger vs Colle ½-½ 38 1927 London D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-05-16    TheFocus: "Dr. Max Euwe has awarded the special prizes in the recent Masters' tournament at the British Empire Club as follows: First brilliancy prize to Sir George A. Thomas for his game against F.D. Yates; second brilliancy prize to R. Reti for his game against W. Winter; prize for the best played game to A. Nimzowitsch for his game against F.D. Yates," - <American Chess Bulletin>, March 1928, pg. 61. Feb-07-17    JimNorCal: The description section includes this "The field was rounded out by the very strong British players and British tournament regulars Edgar Colle (and a set of Britishers)" I guess Colle is intended to be categorized as a regular player in British tournaments but it's easy to think he's being listed as British. He was Belgian, no? Nov-05-17    JimNorCal: I have a copy of the BCM tournament book: excellent games and analysis. Lots of hyper modern stuff going on. Photo of book cover: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images... NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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