San Remo 1930 chess tournament
San Remo 1930 was the first international chess tournament held in the Sanremo Casino. Sixteen chess masters including the world champion Alexander Alekhine, played a round-robin tournament from 16 January to 4 February 1930. The games were played in the casino during the day, and in the evening the playing hall was used for dancing.[1]
Alekhine dominated the field with a score of 14/15, 3½ points ahead of second-placed Aron Nimzowitsch, and won 10,000 lire.[2][better source needed]
The final standings and crosstable:[3]
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexander Alekhine (France) |
x | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 |  Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark) |
0 | x | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 3 |  Akiba Rubinstein (Poland) |
0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 |  Efim Bogoljubow (Germany) |
½ | 0 | 1 | x | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 5 |  Fred Yates (England) |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Carl Ahues (Germany) |
0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 7-8 |  Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) |
½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 7-8 |  Milan Vidmar (Yugoslavia) |
0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 9-10 |  Géza Maróczy (Hungary) |
0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 9-10 | Savielly Tartakower (Poland) |
0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 11-12 |  Edgard Colle (Belgium) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6½ |
| 11-12 | Hans Kmoch (Austria) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | x | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 13 |  José Joaquín Araiza (Mexico) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ |
| 14 |  Mario Monticelli (Italy) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| 15 |  Roberto Grau (Argentina) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 3½ |
| 16 | Massimiliano Romi (Italy) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | 2½ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Baden-Baden 1925, San Remo 1930, Bled 1931 and Moscow 1956". Endgame.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ "San Remo 1930". Chessgames.com. 1930-02-04. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ Sericano, Claudio. "San Remo 1930". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
Further reading
[edit]- Enrico Cecchelli (2006). Sanremo 1930. Il torneo dei giganti (in Italian). Edizioni Ediscere. ISBN 978-8888928265.
- Robert Sherwood (2013). San Remo 1930 International Chess Tournament. Caissa Editions. ISBN 9780939433742.