Carlsbad (Karlsbad, Karlovy Vary) is known in the whole chess world thanks to four international tournaments, held in 1907, 1911, 1923 and 1929.[1]
The second event was conducted in the health resort of Carlsbad (Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary Empire). The opening ceremony was held in the Kurhaus (the magnificent 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)/ Thuringia | * | 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 | 18.0 |
2 | Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire)/ Poland | 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 | 17.0 |
3 | Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria | 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 | 17.0 |
4 | Gersz Rotlewi (Russian Empire)/ Poland | 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 | 16.0 |
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 | 15.5 |
6 | Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)/ Latvia | 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 | 15.5 |
7 | Milan Vidmar (Austria-Hungary)/ Slovenia | 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 | 15.0 |
8 | Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)/ Poland | 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 | 13.5 |
9 | Savielly Tartakower (Austria-Hungary)/ Poland | 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 | 13.5 |
10 | Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary)/ Bohemia | 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 | 13.5 |
11 | Alexandre Alekhine (Russian Empire)/ Russia | 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 | 13.5 |
12 | Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria | 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 | 13.0 |
13 | Julius Perlis (Austria-Hungary)/ Poland | 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 | 12.0 |
14 | Erich Cohn (German Empire)/ Brandenburg | 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 | 11.5 |
15 | Grigory Levenfish (Russian Empire)/ Poland | 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 | 11.5 |
16 | Hugo Süchting (German Empire)/ Schleswig-Holstein | 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 | 11.5 |
17 | Amos Burn (United Kingdom)/ England | 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 | 11.0 |
18 | Gersz Salwe (Russian Empire)/ Poland | 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 | 11.0 |
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 | 10.5 |
20 | Abram Rabinovich (Russian Empire)/ Lithuania | 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)/ Serbia | 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 | 10.5 |
22 | Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Russian Empire)/ Ukraine | 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 | 10.0 |
23 | Simon Alapin (Russian Empire)/ Lithuania | 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 | 8.5 |
24 | Oscar Chajes (United States)/ Ukraine | 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 | 8.5 |
25 | Hans Fahrni (Switzerland)/ Bohemia | 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 | 8.5 |
26 | Charles Jaffe (United States)/ Belarus | 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 | * | 8.5 |