Rook House - Greatest Events

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Karlsbad, Czech Republic - 1929

Aron Nimzowitsch

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.

FINAL RESULTS

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Total
1.	Aaron Nimzowitsch	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	15
2.	Rudolf Spielmann	0	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	14½
3.	Jose Raul Capablanca	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	14½
4.	Akiba Rubinstein	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	13½
5.	Milan Vidmar	0	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	12
6.	Max Euwe	0	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	12
7.	Albert Becker	½	½	0	½	1	1	*	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	12
8.	Efim Bogoljubow	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	11½
9.	Ernst Gruenfeld	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	11
10.	Herman Mattison	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	10½
11.	Esteban Canal	½	1	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	10½
12.	Geza Maroczy	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	1	*	½	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	1	10
13.	Savielly Tartakower	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	10
14.	Karel Treybal	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	10
15.	Edgar Colle	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	*	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	10
16.	Friedrich Saemisch	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	0	9½
17.	Frederick Yates	1	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	9½
18.	Frank Marshall	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	9
19.	Paul Johner	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	*	0	½	1	9
20.	Karl Gilg	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	8
21.	George Alan Thomas	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	6
22.	Vera Menchik	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	*	3

Row 1: Menchik, Spielmann, Vidmar, Capablanca, Tietz (organizer), Bogoljubow, Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein, Maroczy

Row 2: Johner, Grunfeld, Euwe, Mattison, Thomas, Brinckmann, Samisch, Gilg

Row 3: Yates, Tartakower, Marshall, Treybal, Canal, Becker, Colle

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