Kemeri 1937 chess tournament

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]

Kemeri 1937

#	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

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.olimpbase.org/1939/1939in.html
3. http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jw/jw_Vladimirs_Petrovs.html VLADIMIRS PETROVS: A Chessplayer's Story From Greatness to the Gulags
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1937Kemeri.htm

External links

• Kemeri 1937 International Tournament