Tournament of the international exposition, Barcelona

25-09-1929 > 11-10-1929

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Tot
1 Capablanca y Graupera, José Raúl CUB – ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13½
2 Tartakower, Ksawery POL ½ – 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11½
3 Colle, Edgard BEL 0 0 – ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
4 Monticelli, Mario ITA 0 ½ ½ – ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 8½
5 Rey Ardid, Ramón ESP 0 0 0 ½ – ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½
6 Golmayo de la Torriente, Manuel ESP 0 0 0 ½ ½ – 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8
7 Yates, Fred Dewhirst ENG 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 – ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½
8 Menčíková, Věra Frantevna CZE 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ – 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 7
9 Vilardebó Picurena, Josep ESP 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 – 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
10 Marín i Llovet, Valentín ESP 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 – 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5
11 Soler Bordas, Plácido ESP 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 – ½ ½ ½ 1 5
12 Ribera Arnal, Ángel ESP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ – 1 ½ 1 4½
13 Aguilera Bernabé, José ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 – 1 1 3
14 Font Lambert, Josep ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1 3
15 Torres Caravaca, Joaquín ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 – 2

The games are widely available; I took them from [2]. According to [3], there were preliminary groups to decide which local players got to participate, but these local heroes were no match for the foreign top players. Colle scored a merciless 9 out of 9 against the Spanish players, reaching 3rd place and winning 1.200 pesetas. The exact dates of the game were kindly sent to me by Mr. Philip Jurgens, who quotes [4].

Wanted

  • Not much.

Sources

  1. L’Échiquier 1929/11
  2. ChessBase
  3. Ajedrez365.com
  4. Ed.: A. J. Gillam, Rare and Unpublished Tournaments and Matches Vol.8: Barcelona 1929, The Chess Player 1995
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