Chess 24 May 1923, Thu Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
Award Honor Chess Prize To Alekhine at Carlsbad
By Hermann Helms.
Probably no international masters' tournament in the last decade has been so keenly contested as the one concluded at Carlsbad on Saturday. Throughout the latter part of the competition is looked as though Alekhine would carry off the palm, inasmuch as, from the eighth to the fifteenth round, inclusive, he won four games and drew four. It was only because he slipped up at the end, scoring half a point out of two, that Bogoljubov and Maroczy were able to overtake him and equal his score.
According to the Associated Press report, however, the “Prize of Honor” was awarded to Alekhine, presumably on the strength of his score being valued slightly higher under what is known as the Tietz System which, it is understood, governed the distribution of prizes. The same report state that a similar prize, but of half the value, was awarded to Bogoljubov.
On the other hand, neither one of them made such an impressive showing as did Geza Maroczy, who, of seventeen games played, won 7, drew 9 and lost only 1, which was to Alekhine in the fifth round. Maroczy in his prime was one of the grand masters of the game and, while in this country in 1906, challenged Dr. Lasker for the championship, the negotiations, however, falling through. For fully ten years he was inactive, but now appears to have recovered his old time form. Both Alekhine and Bogoljubov lost three games outright, but were victorious in nine.
Gruenfeld and Reti lived up to their reputations, as did Niemzowitsch, who returns to the arena after quite an absence. Dr. Treybal was the dark horse in the race and Yates upheld the best traditions of the Anglo-Saxons.
Bernstein of New York, while not a prize-winner, acquitted himself with credit by finishing only half a point below Rubinstein. Capablanca's challenger, whom he defeated in their individual encounter. Chajes, his fellow member in the Rice-Progressive Chess Club, did not fare so well, but he pulled himself together in the final round by winning from Spielmann, with whom he tied.
In the appended table will be found the detailed results enumerating as wins, losses and draw:—
Players. Won. Lost. Dr'n. Won. Lost. Alekhine 9 3 5 11½ 5½ Bogoljubov 9 3 5 11½ 5½ Maroczy 7 1 9 11½ 5½ Gruenfeld 6 2 9 10½ 6½ Reti 7 3 7 10½ 6½ Niemzowitsch 8 5 4 10 7 Treybal 6 3 8 10 7 Yates 6 4 7 9½ 7½ Teichmann 3 2 12 9 8 Tartakower 4 4 9 8½ 8½ Tarrasch 5 5 5 8 9 Rubinstein 4 6 7 7½ 9½ Bernstein 5 8 4 7 10 Wolf 3 7 7 6½ 10½ Saemisch 3 8 6 6 11 Thomas 4 10 3 5½ 11½ Chajes 4 11 2 5 12 Spielmann 5 12 0 5 12
