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Aron
Nimzowitsch,
the "Father of Hypermodernism", was victorious
in one of the strongest tournaments ever played in
Karlsbad from July 25th - August 26th, 1929. All of the
top grandmasters of the time were in attendance, with
the exceptions of Alekhine and Lasker.
Rudolf
Spielmann took the early lead, with Milan Vidmar
trailing closely behind; while
Jose
Raul Capablanca started out with a series of
draws. Beginning in the 15th round, Nimzowitsch and
Capablanca slowly started to forge ahead, with Vidmar
progressively falling back.
After
the 19th round, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch were tied,
with Spielmann trailing by a half point. Then, in
round 20, an exhausted Spielmann pulled off a dramatic
win over Capablanca, while Nimzowitsch could only manage
a draw with
Geza Maroczy.
So now, going into the final round, Nimzowitsch and
Spielmann were tied at 14 points and Capablanca was
trailing in third with 13½
points.
Spielmann
ended up drawing with the black pieces against Herman
Mattison in the final round. Nimzowitsch defeated Savielly
Tartakower with the white pieces and
Capablanca defeated Maroczy with the white pieces,
giving us our final results shown below.
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