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Overview of the events of 1918 in chess
Events in
chess in 1918:
Chess events in brief
Ossip Bernstein was arrested and imprisoned by the
Cheka (Bolshevik secret police) in Odessa, during the
Russian Civil War in 1918. Bernstein's crime was his role as a legal advisor to bankers. There was no court trial. A minor official had a firing squad line up Bernstein and a number of other prisoners against a wall to be shot. A superior official appeared and asked to see the list of prisoners’ names. Discovering Ossip Bernstein on the list, he asked Bernstein if he was the famous chess master. Not satisfied with Bernstein's affirmative reply, he made him play a game with him. If Bernstein lost or drew, he would be shot. Bernstein won in short order and was released. Soon, he escaped on a British ship and settled in France.
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The
British Chess Problem Society held its inaugural meeting on 10 August. It is the world's oldest chess problem society.
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Tournaments
Vienna (the 9th
Trebitsch Memorial ) (Quadrangular ), won by
Milan Vidmar followed by
Savielly Tartakower ,
Carl Schlechter , and
Lajos Asztalos . November 1917 - January 1918.
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The Hague , won by
George Salto Fontein . December 1917 - January 1918.
London (the 28th London championship), won jointly by
Philip Walsingham Sergeant , E. Macdonald and G.E. Wainwright, ahead of
Edward Guthlac Sergeant and
Theodor Germann , 1917/18.
London (Triangular ), play-off won by G.E. Wainwright ahead of P.W. Sergeant and E. Macdonald.
Amsterdam (Quadrangular ), won by
Max Marchand .
Arnhem , won by Marchand and Meijer.
Moscow (Triangular ), won by
Alexander Alekhine ahead of
Vladimir Nenarokov , and
Abram Rabinovich .
Copenhagen won by
Johannes Giersing ahead of J. Juhl and
Jørgen Møller .
Berlin (Quadrangular ), won by Vidmar, followed by Schlechter,
Jacques Mieses , and
Akiba Rubinstein . April 20-30.
Nijmegen (Quadrangular ), won by R.A.J. Meijer, June 1–2.
Scheveningen , won by
Rudolf Loman and P.J.H. Baudet.
Breslau , won by
Walter John followed by
Otto Wegemund ,
Hermann von Gottschall , etc. July 1918.
Rye Beach , N.Y., won by
Abraham Kupchik ahead of
Oscar Chajes ,
Jacob Bernstein ,
Roy Turnbull Black and
Charles Jaffe . July 22–26.
Kaschau won by
Richard Réti followed by Vidmar,
Gyula Breyer , Schlechter, Asztalos, etc. August 5–19.
Gothenburg won by
Karl Berndtsson ahead of
Gustaf Nyholm . August 11–18.
Chicago (the 19th
U.S. Open ), won by
Boris Kostić ahead of
Edward Lasker ,
John Stuart Morrison ,
Norman Tweed Whitaker and H. Hahlbohm, September 22–28.
Berlin (Quadrangular ), won by
Emanuel Lasker ahead of Rubinstein, Schlechter, and
Siegbert Tarrasch . September 28 - October 11.
's-Hertogenbosch (Quadrangular ), won by
Jan Willem te Kolsté and
Gerard Oskam , ahead of Marchand. October 12–13.
New York (rapid tournament), won by Jaffe and Kostić, ahead of
Jacob Rosenthal . October 1918.
New York (Manhattan CC), won by
José Raúl Capablanca followed by Kostić,
Frank James Marshall , Chajes,
Dawid Janowski , Black, and Morrison. November 1918.
Budapest (Pentagonal ), won by
Zoltán von Balla and Réti, followed by Breyer,
Kornél Havasi , and Schlechter. December 1918.
Amsterdam , won by W. Fick ahead of
Henri Weenink . December 1918 - January 1919.
Matches
Births
7 March –
Miroslav Katětov , Prague City Champion, Czech IM.
14 December –
Kaarle Ojanen in Helsinki. Finnish Champion and IM.
19 December –
Max Blau in Munich, Germany. Swiss Champion and IM.
Deaths
Artur Popławski died in Warsaw. Polish master, Swiss Champion.
10 April -
Peter Alexandrovich Saburov , Russian master, died in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia.
23 August –
Erich Cohn , German master, died in France in the western front as a field doctor, at the end of
World War I .
27 December -
Carl Schlechter , Austrian grandmaster, died of malnutrition in Budapest, Hungary.
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References