Dresden Olympia Training Tournament 1936
Alekhine edges Engels in the Dresden training tournament
Alexander Alekhine scored 6½/9 to win the 1936 Dresden training tournament by half a point from Ludwig Engels. Géza Maróczy and Gideon Ståhlberg shared the next place on 5½ in a ten-player single round-robin.
Half a point at the top
Alekhine's 6½ put him narrowly ahead of Engels on 6. Maróczy and Ståhlberg scored 5½, Efim Bogoljubov finished on 5, and Ludwig Rödl and Friedrich Sämisch each made 4½.
The complete tournament
Ten players completed all 45 possible pairings over nine rounds. Every game is preserved here, and the archive's standings agree with the published crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alekhine, Alexander | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| 2 | Engels, Ludwig | 6/9 | +4 -1 =4 | games |
| =3 | Maroczy, Geza | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| =3 | Stahlberg, Gideon | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| 5 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 5/9 | +4 -3 =2 | games |
| =6 | Saemisch, Friedrich | 4½/9 | +3 -3 =3 | games |
| =6 | Roedl, Ludwig | 4½/9 | +1 -1 =7 | games |
| =8 | Helling, Karl | 3½/9 | +3 -5 =1 | games |
| =8 | Keres, Paul | 3½/9 | +2 -4 =3 | games |
| 10 | Grob, Henry | ½/9 | +0 -8 =1 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alekhine, Alexander | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Engels, Ludwig | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Maroczy, Geza | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Stahlberg, Gideon | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Saemisch, Friedrich | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Roedl, Ludwig | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Helling, Karl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Keres, Paul | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Grob, Henry | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.