Budapest Siesta 1928

Capablanca wins Budapest's Siesta tournament
19 September – 1 October 1928 · Budapest, Hungary
Capablanca won with 7/9

José Raúl Capablanca won the Budapest Siesta tournament with 7 points from nine games. Ten players completed a forty-five-game single round robin from September into October 1928.

Nine games in Budapest

The ten-player field met once in every pairing, giving each competitor nine games. Edo's direct historical table records Capablanca in first place with 7 points.

The tournament ran from 19 September to 1 October 1928.

A complete single round robin

All forty-five games are held in the archive. Each possible pair appears once, so the event's standings can be reconstructed without gaps.

Final standings

7/9
Capablanca won with 7/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Capablanca, Jose Raul 7/9 +5 -0 =4
2 Marshall, Frank James 6/9 +4 -1 =4
=3 Kmoch, Hans 5/9 +3 -2 =4
=3 Spielmann, Rudolf 5/9 +2 -1 =6
=5 Steiner, Endre 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=5 Vajda, Arpad 4½/9 +2 -2 =5
=7 Havasi, Kornel 4/9 +2 -3 =4
=7 Steiner, Herman 4/9 +2 -3 =4
9 Balla, Zoltan 3/9 +1 -4 =4
10 Merenyi, Lajos 2/9 +0 -5 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Capablanca, Jose Raul ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Marshall, Frank James ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
3 Kmoch, Hans ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1
4 Spielmann, Rudolf ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½
5 Steiner, Endre 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½
6 Vajda, Arpad ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
7 Havasi, Kornel 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8 Steiner, Herman 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½
9 Balla, Zoltan 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
10 Merenyi, Lajos 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½

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