Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament

The Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament was one of four well-known international chess tournaments held in the spa city of Carlsbad (Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary Empire). The other tournament years were 1907, 1923 and 1929.[1]

The opening ceremony was held at the imperial bath hotel Kurhaus (Kaiserbad) on 20 August 1911. Twenty-six chess masters were invited to participate in the enormous round-robin tournament (325 games!). Of the top players in the world then only two were missing from the tournament: Emanuel Lasker and José Raúl Capablanca. The participants played from 20 August to 24 September 1911. At the end Richard Teichmann was the winner.[2]

The final standings and crosstable:[3][4]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)	*	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	18
2	Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire)	0	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	17
3	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	0	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	17
4	Gersz Rotlewi (Russian Empire)	0	½	1	*	1	1	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	16
5	Frank James Marshall (United States)	½	1	½	0	*	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	15½
6	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	15½
7	Milan Vidmar (Austria-Hungary)	½	½	½	1	1	½	*	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	15½
8	Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	*	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	13½
9	Savielly Tartakower (Austria-Hungary)	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	13½
10	Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary)	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	0	*	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	13½
11	Alexandre Alekhine (Russian Empire)	0	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	*	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	13½
12	Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	*	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	13
13	Julius Perlis (Austria-Hungary)	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	*	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	1	12
14	Erich Cohn (German Empire)	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	0	11½
15	Grigory Levenfish (Russian Empire)	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	11½
16	Hugo Süchting (German Empire)	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	11½
17	Amos Burn (United Kingdom)	1	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	0	0	0	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	0	11
18	Gersz Salwe (Russian Empire)	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	*	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	11
19	Paul Johner (Switzerland)	½	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	0	0	10½
20	Abram Rabinovich (Russian Empire)	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	10.5
21	Boris Kostić (Austria-Hungary)	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	10½
22	Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Russian Empire)	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	*	1	0	0	1	10
23	Simon Alapin (Russian Empire)	½	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	½	½	0	8½
24	Oscar Chajes (United States)	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	½	*	0	1	8½
25	Hans Fahrni (Switzerland)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	*	0	8½
26	Charles Jaffe (United States)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	*	8½

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2009-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2008-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1911karlsbad.htm
4. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1911Carlsbad.htm

See also

Karlsbad 1911 chess games