Budapest Invitation Masters 1921
Alekhine tops Budapest's twelve-player invitation
Alexander Alekhine won the Budapest tournament of September 1921 with 8½ points from eleven games. The invitation field completed a twelve-player single round robin of sixty-six games.
Eleven games for every master
Twelve players meeting once apiece produce sixty-six games. The historical crosstable records that full total and places Alekhine first with 8½ points from eleven rounds of play.
The event ran for two weeks in Budapest, from 5 to 19 September 1921.
The full invitation preserved
This archive holds all sixty-six games and every distinct pairing in the field. The standings can therefore be checked game by game against the published historical table.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alekhine, Alexander | 8½/11 | +6 -0 =5 | games |
| 2 | Gruenfeld, Ernst | 8/11 | +6 -1 =4 | games |
| =3 | Kostic, Boris | 7½/11 | +5 -1 =5 | games |
| =3 | Tartakower, Saviely | 7½/11 | +4 -0 =7 | games |
| 5 | Balla, Zoltan | 6/11 | +5 -4 =2 | games |
| 6 | Euwe, Max | 5½/11 | +4 -4 =3 | games |
| 7 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 5/11 | +3 -4 =4 | games |
| =8 | Vajda, Arpad | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| =8 | Saemisch, Friedrich | 4½/11 | +0 -2 =9 | games |
| 10 | Sterk, Karoly | 4/11 | +2 -5 =4 | games |
| 11 | Steiner, Endre | 3/11 | +2 -7 =2 | games |
| 12 | Schweiger, Jozsef | 2/11 | +1 -8 =2 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alekhine, Alexander | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Gruenfeld, Ernst | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Kostic, Boris | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Tartakower, Saviely | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Balla, Zoltan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Euwe, Max | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Vajda, Arpad | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Saemisch, Friedrich | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Sterk, Karoly | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Steiner, Endre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Schweiger, Jozsef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.