Bad Gastein 1948

Lundin wins a twenty-player tournament with three forfeits
25 May – 20 June 1948 · Bad Gastein
Lundin won with 15/19

Erik Lundin scored 15 points from nineteen games to win the 1948 Bad Gastein International. Nicolas Rossolimo followed on 14½. Three pairings ended in forfeits, so the tournament has 187 games rather than 190.

Lundin at the head of the played-game table

Lundin finished on 15/19, half a point above Rossolimo's 14½/19. Pál Benkő scored 13½ from eighteen played games, and Čeněk Kottnauer made 12½ from eighteen.

Played games and forfeits

A full twenty-player round robin schedules 190 pairings. Edo Historical Chess Ratings records that Henry Grob forfeited to Benkő, Kottnauer, and Karl Galia, leaving 187 games with moves.

All 187 games played are here. The crosstable counts only games actually played; the three forfeits have no game record.

Final standings

15/19
Lundin won with 15/19
# Player Score Record Games
1 Lundin, Erik 15/19 +13 -2 =4
2 Rossolimo, Nicolas 14½/19 +12 -2 =5
3 Benko, Pal C 13½/18 +10 -1 =7
4 Kottnauer, Cenek 12½/18 +8 -1 =9
5 Gereben, Erno 11½/19 +8 -4 =7
=6 Canal, Esteban 10/19 +8 -7 =4
=6 Danielsson, Gosta 10/19 +7 -6 =6
=8 Mueller, Hans 9½/19 +8 -8 =3
=8 Lokvenc, Josef 9½/19 +5 -5 =9
=10 Platt, Josef 9/19 +7 -8 =4
=10 Toth, Sz 9/19 +4 -5 =10
12 Beni, Alfred 8½/19 +6 -8 =5
=13 Abrahams, Gerald 8/19 +7 -10 =2
=13 Grob, Henry 8/16 +7 -7 =2
=13 Palme, Rudolf 8/19 +5 -8 =6
16 Bruckner, Gerhard 7½/19 +6 -10 =3
=17 Watzl, Leopold 6½/19 +5 -11 =3
=17 Dorn, Max 6½/19 +4 -10 =5
19 Polzer, Hans 5½/19 +3 -11 =5
20 Galia, Karl 4½/18 +1 -10 =7

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314151617181920
1 Lundin, Erik 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2 Rossolimo, Nicolas 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
3 Benko, Pal C 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1
4 Kottnauer, Cenek 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½
5 Gereben, Erno ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1
6 Canal, Esteban 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½
7 Danielsson, Gosta 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½
8 Mueller, Hans 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½
9 Lokvenc, Josef 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½
10 Platt, Josef 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
11 Toth, Sz ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½
12 Beni, Alfred 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
13 Abrahams, Gerald 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1
14 Grob, Henry ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
15 Palme, Rudolf ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 ½
16 Bruckner, Gerhard 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1
17 Watzl, Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
18 Dorn, Max 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1
19 Polzer, Hans 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1
20 Galia, Karl 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.