Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Ķemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937.[1] There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrov. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939),[2] but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943.[3]
The final standings and crosstable:[4][5]
# | Player | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total | Place |
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01 | Samuel Reshevsky (United States) | x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 1-3 |
02 | Vladimirs Petrovs (Latvia) | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 1-3 |
03 | Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 1-3 |
04 | Alexander Alekhine (France) | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.5 | 4-5 |
05 | Paul Keres (Estonia) | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.5 | 4-5 |
06 | Endre Steiner (Hungary) | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11.0 | 6 |
07 | Saviely Tartakower (Poland) | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10.5 | 7 |
08 | Reuben Fine (United States) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 8 |
09 | Gideon Stahlberg (Sweden) | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8.5 | 9 |
10 | Vladas Mikėnas (Lithuania) | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 10 |
11 | Ludwig Rellstab (Nazi Germany) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7.5 | 11-13 |
12 | Eero Böök (Finland) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7.5 | 11-13 |
13 | Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia) | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.5 | 11-13 |
14 | Teodors Bergs (Latvia) | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 14 |
15 | Movsas Feigins (Latvia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 15-16 |
16 | Salo Landau (Netherlands) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 15-16 |
17 | Wolfgang Hazenfuss (Latvia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | x | 0 | 3.5 | 17-18 |
18 | Karlis Ozols (Latvia) | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 3.5 | 17-18 |