Bad Niendorf International 1927

Nimzowitsch and Tartakower finish level
6–14 August 1927 · Bad Niendorf, Germany
Shared first (Nimzowitsch, Tartakower) — 5½/7

Aron Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower shared first in the eight-player Bad Niendorf international tournament. Each scored 5½/7, a point and a half clear of Edgar Colle.

Two leaders, one shared prize

Nimzowitsch and Tartakower matched one another across seven rounds. Colle followed on 4, while Carl Ahues and Boris Kostić shared the next score on 3½.

Alfred Brinckmann, Hans Kmoch, and Lajos Steiner completed the compact international field. Every entrant met every other once.

Twenty-eight complete games

The archive contains the round-robin's full 28 games. Its computed crosstable agrees with the independent event record on every player's score and on the tie at the top.

Final standings

5½/7
Shared first (Nimzowitsch, Tartakower) — 5½/7
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Nimzowitsch, Aron 5½/7 +4 -0 =3
=1 Tartakower, Saviely 5½/7 +4 -0 =3
3 Colle, Edgard 4/7 +1 -0 =6
=4 Ahues, Carl Oscar 3½/7 +2 -2 =3
=4 Kostic, Boris 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
6 Brinckmann, Alfred 3/7 +2 -3 =2
7 Kmoch, Hans 2/7 +1 -4 =2
8 Steiner, Lajos 1/7 +0 -5 =2

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678
1 Nimzowitsch, Aron ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
2 Tartakower, Saviely ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
3 Colle, Edgard ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
4 Ahues, Carl Oscar 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
5 Kostic, Boris ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½
6 Brinckmann, Alfred 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1
7 Kmoch, Hans 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½
8 Steiner, Lajos 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½

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