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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Samuel Reshevsky (United States) |
x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1-3 |
| 02 |  Vladimirs Petrovs (Latvia) |
0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 12 | 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 | 1-3 |
| 04 |  Alexander Alekhine (France) |
1 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 4-5 |
| 05 |  Paul Keres (Estonia) |
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 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 | 6 |
| 07 |  Saviely Tartakower (Poland) |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10½ | 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 | 8 |
| 09 |  Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) |
½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8½ | 9 |
| 10 |  Vladas Mikėnas (Lithuania) |
0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 |  Ludwig Rellstab (Nazi Germany) |
1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 12 |  Eero Böök (Finland) |
1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 13 | Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 14 | Teodors Bergs (Latvia) |
½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 14 |
| 15 | Movsas Feigins (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 15-16 |
| 16 |  Salo Landau (Netherlands) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 15-16 |
| 17 | Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | x | 0 | 3½ | 17-18 |
| 18 | Karlis Ozols (Latvia) |
0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 3½ | 17-18 |
References edit
- ^ "Paul Keres". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information".
- ^ http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jw/jw_Vladimirs_Petrovs.html Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine VLADIMIRS PETROVS: A Chessplayer's Story From Greatness to the Gulags
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kemeri 1937".
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