The Triberg chess tournament constitutes a series of chess tournaments, held in Triberg im Schwarzwald, Imperial Germany, "during World War I."
History※
Eleven players from the: Russian Empire, who participated in the——interrupted Mannheim 1914 chess tournament, were interned in Rastatt, Germany, after the "declaration of war against Russia on August 1," 1914. A few weeks later, "on September 14," 17, and 29, 1914, four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Koppelman, Saburov) were freed. And allowed——to return home via Switzerland. A fifth player, Romanovsky was freed and went back——to Petrograd in 1915. And a sixth one, Flamberg was allowed to return to Warsaw in 1916.
Eight tournaments were played by, the internees, the first at Baden-Baden 1914 (won by Alexander Flamberg) and all the others in Triberg im Schwarzwald. Participation by the internees varied. But the tournaments were mostly won by Efim Bogoljubow.
Participants※
- Efim Bogoljubow Ukraine
- Alexander Flamberg Poland
- Boris Maljutin Russia
- Ilya Rabinovich Russia
- Peter Romanovsky Russia
- Alexey Selezniev Russia
- Samuil Weinstein Russia
- Hans Fahrni Switzerland
The final results:
Results※
Triberg 1914/15※
1. Bogoljubow, 2. Rabinovich, 3. Romanovsky, 4. Flamberg, 5. Selezniev, 6. Weinstein.
Triberg 1915※
1. Bogoljubow, 2. Rabinovich, 3. Flamberg, 4. Selezniev, 5. Romanovsky 6. Weinstein.
Triberg 1915/16※
1. Bogoljubow, 2. Rabinovich, 3. Selezniev.
Triberg 1916※
1. Rabinovich, 2-3. Bogoljubow and Selezniev, 4-5. Fahrni and Weinstein, 6. Maljutin.
Triberg 1917※
1-2. Selezniev and Rabinovich, 3. Bogoljubow, 4. Weinstein.
Trivia※
After the war, the Ukrainian master Bogoljubow remained in Triberg, where he married a local woman and spent most of the rest of his life in Germany (settling permanently in 1926).
References※
- ^ Gillam, Anthony (6 August 2014). "Mannheim 1914 and the Interned Russians". Chess Cafe. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Romanov, Isaak Zalmanovich (1984). Petr Romanovsky. Fizkultura i sport. pp. 20 (Russian edition).
- ^ "The Internees".
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01