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
#Player010203040506070809101112131415161718TotalPlace
01 Samuel Reshevsky (United States)x1½011½1½1001½1111121-3
02 Vladimirs Petrovs (Latvia)0x½½½½½1101111111½121-3
03 Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia)½½x½½½½½½½11½11111121-3
04 Alexander Alekhine (France)1½½x½1½1½0½½½½111111½4-5
05 Paul Keres (Estonia)0½½½x1½½0111½1½11111½4-5
06 Endre Steiner (Hungary)0½½00x1101½11111½1116
07 Saviely Tartakower (Poland)½½½½½0x1½0111½½1½110½7
08 Reuben Fine (United States)00½0½00x½½½1111½1198
09 Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)½0½½11½½x001½½01½½9
10 Vladas Mikėnas (Lithuania)01½1001½1x00001101810
11 Ludwig Rellstab (Nazi Germany)100½0½0½11x0½1001½11-13
12 Eero Böök (Finland)100½0000011x½1101½11-13
13 Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia)00½½½000½1½½x011½111-13
14 Teodors Bergs (Latvia)½00½00½0½1001x011½14
15 Movsas Feigins (Latvia)0000½0½0101001x0½115-16
16 Salo Landau (Netherlands)0000000½0011001x1115-16
17 Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia)00000½½0½100½0½0x017-18
18 Karlis Ozols (Latvia)0½000000½0½½0½001x17-18

References

  1. "Paul Keres". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  2. "OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information".
  3. 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
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Kemeri 1937".


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