Kecskemét 1927 — Final Group 1

Nimzowitsch wins the leading final group
6–12 July 1927 · Kecskemét, Hungary
Nimzowitsch won with 5/7

The leading final group at Kecskemét brought together eight qualifiers from the two preliminary sections. Aron Nimzowitsch scored 5/7 to finish a point ahead of Alexander Alekhine.

The qualifiers meet again

Nimzowitsch, Alekhine, Carl Ahues, Lajos Asztalos, Lajos Steiner, Árpád Vajda, Karl Gilg, and Hans Kmoch formed the final group. Their new seven-round table was separate from the preliminary scores.

Nimzowitsch reached 5 points, Alekhine 4, and Ahues, Asztalos, Steiner, and Vajda all finished on 3½. Only a point separated first from second, while four players shared the next score.

The full final table

The archive holds all 28 games from this final group. Every pairing appears once, and the resulting standings agree with both the direct event table and the independently published Kecskemét crosstables.

Final standings

5/7
Nimzowitsch won with 5/7
# Player Score Record Games
1 Nimzowitsch, Aron 5/7 +4 -1 =2
2 Alekhine, Alexander 4/7 +1 -0 =6
=3 Ahues, Carl Oscar 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
=3 Asztalos, Lajos 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
=3 Steiner, Lajos 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
=3 Vajda, Arpad 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
=7 Gilg, Karl 2½/7 +0 -2 =5
=7 Kmoch, Hans 2½/7 +0 -2 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678
1 Nimzowitsch, Aron ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1
2 Alekhine, Alexander ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
3 Ahues, Carl Oscar 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
4 Asztalos, Lajos ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½
5 Steiner, Lajos 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½
6 Vajda, Arpad 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
7 Gilg, Karl 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
8 Kmoch, Hans 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½

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