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1st Trebitsch Memorial, Vienna Tournament
Jacques Mieses10/13(+9 -2 =2)[games]
Oldrich Duras9/13(+5 -0 =8)[games]
Savielly Tartakower8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Milan Vidmar8.5/13(+7 -3 =3)[games]
Geza Maroczy8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Carl Schlechter7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Johann Berger6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Julius Perlis6.5/13(+6 -6 =1)[games]
Rudolf Spielmann6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Heinrich Wolf6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Giovanni Martinolich6/13(+5 -6 =2)[games]
Adolf Albin3/13(+1 -8 =4)[games]
Leopold Loewy, Jr.3/13(+2 -9 =2)[games]
Ladislav Prokes2/13(+1 -10 =2)[games]
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1st Trebitsch Memorial, Vienna (1907)

The first Trebitsch Memorial Tournament was organised and promoted by the Vienna Chess Club in 1907 with funds bequeathed to it by Leopold Trebitsch, a wealthy businessman who had been vice-president of the club until his death on Dec. 12, 1906 - a month before the tournament. The competition attracted a strong field including such international figures as Oldrich Duras, Jacques Mieses, Geza Maróczy, Milan Vidmar, Savielly Tartakower, plus a strong coterie of Austrian masters led by Carl Schlechter and Dr. Julius Perlis. "The result was a triumph for players who favor brilliancy in preference to ultra-modern tendencies, Mieses and Duras admittedly producing some of the most effective examples of contemporary chess from the spectacular point of view." - THE YEAR-BOOK OF CHESS. Victory went to the action-prone Mieses; it was one of the most notable achievements of a professional chess career spanning more than 50 years. In capturing the 1,000-crown first prize, the ebullient Leipziger displayed brilliant form (+9 -2 =2), losing only to Rudolf Spielmann and Duras while taking the measure of Vidmar, Schlechter (an exciting last round affair), Perlis, Heinrich Wolf, Johann Berger, Adolf Albin, Leopold Loewy, Giovanni Martinolich and Ladislav Prokes. Schlechter was awarded the second brilliancy prize for round 2 win over Maróczy in a model kingside attack lasting 28 moves. Thanks go to Paul Morten and Warren Goldman for the historical background provided to this collection.

Vienna, Austria-Hungary, 10-26 January 1907

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  Pts
  1 Mieses       * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1  10
  2 Duras        1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1   9
 =3 Tartakower   ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1   8½
 =3 Vidmar       0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1   8½
 =3 Maróczy      ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1   8½
  6 Schlechter   0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1   7½
 =7 Berger       0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1   6½
 =7 Perlis       0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1   6½
 =9 Spielmann    1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 ½   6
 =9 Wolf         0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½   6
 =9 Martinolich  0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ * 1 1 1   6
=12 Albin        0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 0   3
=12 Loewy        0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ * 1   3
 14 Prokes       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 *   2
Original collection: Game Collection: Vienna 1907, by User: suenteus po 147.

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Albin vs J Berger  ½-½5919071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC50 Giuoco Piano
2. Duras vs L Prokes 1-04519071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC12 French, McCutcheon
3. Spielmann vs Schlechter  ½-½3219071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC66 Ruy Lopez
4. Tartakower vs Vidmar 1-02319071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC12 French, McCutcheon
5. Maroczy vs L Loewy Jr  1-02919071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
6. G Martinolich vs H Wolf  ½-½3219071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC66 Ruy Lopez
7. J Mieses vs J Perlis 1-03319071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC21 Center Game
8. Schlechter vs Maroczy 1-02819071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaD02 Queen's Pawn Game
9. Vidmar vs Duras  ½-½4419071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
10. J Berger vs J Mieses 0-15619071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaB23 Sicilian, Closed
11. G Martinolich vs Tartakower 0-13919071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC11 French
12. L Prokes vs Albin 1-03119071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaB07 Pirc
13. H Wolf vs L Loewy Jr  1-03219071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC49 Four Knights
14. J Perlis vs Spielmann  1-04619071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC53 Giuoco Piano
15. Albin vs Vidmar  1-03219071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC01 French, Exchange
16. Spielmann vs J Berger  ½-½4319071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC21 Center Game
17. Duras vs G Martinolich ½-½5019071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
18. Maroczy vs J Perlis 1-04719071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
19. Tartakower vs H Wolf  0-16019071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC50 Giuoco Piano
20. L Loewy Jr vs Schlechter  ½-½3019071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC66 Ruy Lopez
21. J Mieses vs L Prokes 1-03319071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC12 French, McCutcheon
22. L Prokes vs Spielmann  ½-½4919071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC24 Bishop's Opening
23. J Berger vs Maroczy  1-02519071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaD00 Queen's Pawn Game
24. G Martinolich vs Albin 1-03119071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC78 Ruy Lopez
25. J Perlis vs L Loewy Jr  1-04519071st Trebitsch Memorial, ViennaC45 Scotch Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: A superb introduction! Informative but terse and light-hearted. Very well-written.

My only quibble - I dislike double en-dashes! Perhaps it'd be better to cut and paste an em dash from somewhere else.

Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: <offramp> Oooh... you are a perfectionist, aren't you? :)

I agree that it is nicely written. And even if the em-dashes could be improved typographically, the writer in this case understands when an em-dash is appropriate and when we should just use a parenthesis. I wonder who wrote it, btw. Come out and collect your praise!

On the topic of em-dashes, this is great:

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...

I have a colleague who uses and abuses the em-dash. Every paragraph he writes has at least two sets. I have sent him the article from Slate, and complained many times, to no avail.

Second worst offense, in my book--the first one being the use of Comic Sans for anything other than comic books.

On an unrelated note, how do you pronounce Mieses?

Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: <Fusilli> that's a good article about the overuse of dashes.

As to Mieses's name, as he was German I always pronounce it exactly as it is written, a bit similar to Peter Biyiasas. There was a minor contretemps over at Jean Dufresne about his name which ended with yours truly in complete possession of the field! Hoorah!!

Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  tamar: Name, Mister Meister Mieses-- wife, Mrs. Mister Meister Mieses.
Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: <offramp>: the problem for me is that <exactly as it is written> may mean different things for people of different mother tongues.

To me, in this case, <exactly as it is written> would mean this:

Mi: as in "meet", without the t.
e: the "e" sound in "fetch"
ses: as in the first syllable of cesspool.

Did I get it right?

Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: <Fusilli> that sounds about right. Mee-ez-iz.
I have said the name out loud approximately once in my life. Are you preparing to give a disquisition on his life?
Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: <offramp> lol, you are beating me 1-0, then. No disquisition on Mieses' life, no... just want to know how to think of it!
Feb-22-15  suenteus po 147: The high quality prose is due to the contribution of Paul Morten who is recognized in the introduction.
Feb-22-15  Benzol: Paul Morten whose he? Warren Goldman is the MAN!
Feb-22-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: Of course! Cheers, <Benzol>, and Mr Goldman!
Jun-02-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  mifralu: The player in this tournament is Leopold Loewy, Jr.
Jun-15-18  ughaibu: Which game won the first brilliancy prize?
Jun-15-18  WorstPlayerEver: Duras vs Spielmann, 1907
Jun-15-18  ughaibu: Thanks.

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