1. Kostic 12.0
2-3. J. Gajdos 11.5
2-3. G. Petenyi 11.5
4-5. K. Mattusch 10.0
4-5. K. Sterk 10.0
6-7. L. Merenyi 9.0
6-7. M. Neumann 9.0
8. A. W. Donegan ?

Information is a bit scarce, e. g. it is said that Gajdos came in 2nd and Petenyi 3rd but both had the same amount of points so either there was a tie-break system or a typo (perhaps Petenyi scored only 10.5). It's not said how many points Donegan scored. Also, it's not clear how many rounds were actually played and I'm not sure when it took place.

Rating favorite is Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev (2660).

http://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/5...

Alekhine mumbled some denial, but Kostić persisted. “Of course you were drunk! How else could I have beaten you seven to one? I’m very good at skittles, that’s true, but seven to one is too much!”>

A little later Kostić shouted out, “Hey, Herr Sasha! A patzer says what?”

Case-in-point: Boris Kostich

https://books.google.com/books?id=X...

I first skimmed the above post thinking it was from <HMM>, which made me wonder what the heck happened?

Can add another Boris Kostic anecdote from the 1927 BCM.

In the first Chess Olympiad, London 1927, Great Britain (only England fielded a team) are playing Yugoslavia. On Board one it is Atkins v Kostic.

Kostic is in trouble and seals his 38th move. (time control was move 40 but for some reason Atkins with 7 minutes left on his clock lets it happen.)

After a while play resumes, Kostic's sealed move is played. Atkins saunters in to finish off his won game 10 minutes later only to find he has lost on time.

Despite the fact the game the game was adjourned Atkins did not make the 40th move in time so he lost.

A discussion followed and it was agreed that the game be annulled and they play another. This one was drawn. G.B won the match 3½ - ½.

(personally I think the result should stand, Kostic did do an illegal seal but Atkins let it happen. 'Touch Envelope.' )

Adjournment arguments - I miss them but not the actually adjournments, they where awful. In league games you had to travel at night across town to the opponents club and in one case of mine I played just one move and my opponent resigned.

Also in another I recall my opponent told me after the game he had help from Mike Basman in our adjourned game (this was legal) and Mike found this wonderful forced win. Luckily OTB I found a hole in it and won. (must dig it out - it's quite funny.)

Now where was I?...oh yes...Kostic.

Regarding Kostic's memory and Capablanca's claim:

‘He [Kostic] is said to know by heart “every master game played in the last century”

Purdy asked Kostic if it were true he replied that it was absolute nonsense and that Capablanca had wildly exaggerated in order to enhance the value of his easy victory over him in a match.

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

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T h e Serbia n champion , Bori s Kosttcs,
recentl y returne d fro m a tou r throug h
Africa . India , Australi a an d Ne w Zea -
lan d t o participat e in a n internationa l
tournamen t a t Trenzin-Toeplitz . Th e
Serbia n is know n a s on e o f th e finest
blindfol d player s o f th e world . Durin g
h is sta y in this countr y h e gav e a num -
b e r o f simultaneou s blindfol d exhibitions.
T h e most notabl e perhap s wa s th e on e
a t th e Isaa c L. Ric e Progressiv e Chess
Clu b som e year s ago , whe n h e en -
countere d twenty-on e players, winnin g
twent y game s an d drawin g one . Wit h
t h e game s ove r an d whil e a t a lat e
dinne r he dictate d th e score s o f all th e
twenty-on e game s t o th e secretar y o f
t h e clu b an d It wa s foun d tha t h e di d
n o t mak e a singl e mistake . A t a n ex -
hibitio n a t a socia l clu b In Kingston ,
N . Y., he did a still mor e surprisin g
stunt . Afte r tw o hour s o f pla y h e wa s
aske d t o partak e o f dinner . H e ordere d
t h e player s t o pu t th e piece s o n th e
twent y board s in position s fo r startin g
t h e games . Bu t whe n h e resume d pla y
afte r a n absenc e o f abou t a n hou r o r
two , h e calle d ou t th e move s on all th e
twent y board s an d th e player s exper -
ence d difficult y in makin g th e move s
ove r th e board s s o quickl y wer e th e
play s calle d ou t h y Kostlcs .
Examinin g th e position s arrive d a t o n
t h e twent y board s it wa s foun d tha t
Kostlc s did no t mak e a solitar y mistake .
T h e enthusias m of th e player s an d spec -
tator s wa s s o grea t an d th e applaus e
s o lon g prolonge d tha t it too k full y half j a n hou r befor e Kostlc s coul d resum e
play . H e wo n all th e twent y game s o n
this occasion . >

NY Sun 1926-10-26 p28

https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper...

Fulton had (has) such potential, but I rarely use it due to the various difficulties involved (searching, substandard OCR, non-date oriented indexing, etc. etc.)

<they where awful. In league games you had to travel at night across town to the opponents club and in one case of mine I played just one move and my opponent resigned. >

Hi areknames,

It's not as silly as it sounds. I spent ages looking at all kinds of move my opponent could have sealed. When the envelope was opened I saw a move I never even looked at.

It was a lemon, I spent a few minutes making sure I was right, played the move, he resigned. He said he made an error sealing but had to see if I would find the correct (and only move - if I missed it I would have lost.).

It was not too bad, we went over the game, I was happy, I won.

I was glad they abolished them in our league. Now it's something like 90 minutes each for 36 moves or 40 moves then 15 minutes allegro. I use to spin a few lost games around in that allegro finish , games I would never had won if they were adjourned.