Munich 1941 chess tournament

The Second Europaturnier was held from 8 to 14 September 1941 in Munich. The event was organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund. The First Europaturnier had taken place in Stuttgart in May 1939.

Results

The event was won by Gösta Stoltz,[1] who scored a spectacular victory with 1½ points ahead of Alexander Alekhine and Erik Lundin. Stoltz won 1,000 Reichsmarks and received a trophy that was donated by Bavarian Ministerpräsident at the time Ludwig Siebert. The trophy was made of Meissen porcelain and worth close to $1,000.[2]

The results and standings:[3][4]

# Player Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1Gösta Stoltz Swedenx½10111½1½111½1112
2-3Alexander Alekhine France½x½101½111½½011110½
2-3Erik Lundin Sweden0½x0½1½1½11111½110½
4Efim Bogoljubow Germany101x½0½½01½1½111
5-6Bjørn Nielsen Denmark01½½x1½½0½01½1119
5-6Kurt Richter Germany00010x½01111111½9
7Jan Foltys Bohemia and Moravia0½½½½½x1½0½1101½8
8Pál Réthy Hungary½00½½10x0½½½11½1
9-10Braslav Rabar Independent State of Croatia00½110½1x½00½½1½7
9-10Georg Kieninger Germany½000½01½½x½1½½½17
11Géza Füster Hungary0½0½10½½1½x01001
12Paul Mross Germany General Government0½00000½101x½1½16
13Karel Opočenský Bohemia and Moravia010½½000½½0½x½1½
14-15Ivan Vladimir Rohaček Slovakia½0000010½½10½x½0
14-15Nicolaas Cortlever Netherlands00½0000½0½1½0½x1
16Peter Leepin  Switzerland00000½½0½000½10x3

Max Euwe's rejection

Former world champion Max Euwe declined the invitation due to "occupational obligations" as manager of a groceries business. He would later decline the invitation to a similar event, Salzburg 1942 chess tournament due to illness. It is speculated that the real motive was the invitation of Alexander Alekhine, who had written antisemitic articles. Among others, Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in the World Chess Championship 1935.[5][6]

References

  1. Alekhine's account of the Munich tournament
  2. "Chess Notes by Edward Winter". Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. All matches played at Munich 1942.
  5. "Salzburg 1942". Endgame.nl. 1942-06-18. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  6. "Alekhine and the Nazis". Web.archive.org. 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
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