Breslau 1925 DSB Congress Meisterturnier
Efim Bogoljubov won the international Meisterturnier at the 24th German Chess Federation Congress with 9½/11. His two-point margin over Aron Nimzowitsch capped a 12-player field that also included Rubinstein, Réti, Grünfeld and Tarrasch.
The congress Meisterturnier
The 24th congress of the German Chess Federation paired an international master tournament with separate Hauptturnier sections. The Meisterturnier brought leading European masters to the Hermannloge at Museumsplatz 16 in Breslau, today Wrocław.
Bogoljubov finished on 9½, Nimzowitsch 7½, and Rubinstein and Heinrich Wagner 7. Grünfeld, Réti and Albert Becker followed together on 6.
Sixty-five games and one default
The official table contains sixty-six results, but only sixty-five games were played. Friedrich Sämisch arrived too late for his game with Nimzowitsch and lost by forfeit without play.
Every game played is here. Nimzowitsch keeps the point he won by default; the source database's dummy one-move game for it has been left out.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 9½/11 | games | |
| 2 | Nimzowitsch, Aron | 7½/11 | games | |
| =3 | Rubinstein, Akiba | 7/11 | games | |
| =3 | Wagner, Heinrich | 7/11 | games | |
| =5 | Gruenfeld, Ernst | 6/11 | games | |
| =5 | Reti, Richard | 6/11 | games | |
| =5 | Becker, Albert | 6/11 | games | |
| 8 | Saemisch, Friedrich | 5/11 | games | |
| 9 | Von Gottschall, Hermann | 4/11 | games | |
| 10 | Tarrasch, Siegbert | 3½/11 | games | |
| 11 | Bluemich, Max | 3/11 | games | |
| 12 | Moritz, Bruno | 1½/11 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Nimzowitsch, Aron | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Rubinstein, Akiba | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Wagner, Heinrich | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Gruenfeld, Ernst | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Reti, Richard | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Becker, Albert | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Saemisch, Friedrich | 0 | · | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Von Gottschall, Hermann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Tarrasch, Siegbert | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Bluemich, Max | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Moritz, Bruno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).