Körner Memorial 1928

Réti wins the Hakoah memorial by two clear points
24 February – 16 March 1928 · Vienna, Austria
Reti won with 10½/13

Richard Réti dominated the Sportklub Hakoah Körner Memorial in Vienna, scoring 10½/13. Four players shared the next score on 8½, leaving Réti two full points clear.

Réti separates from the field

Réti's 10½ points gave him a commanding victory. Albert Becker, Bernhard Lichtenstein, Rudolf Spielmann, and Savielly Tartakower formed a four-way group on 8½, with Hans Kmoch immediately behind on 8.

The fourteen-player roster was centered on Vienna but international in strength, also including Ernst Grünfeld, Sándor Takács, Ladislaus von Döry, Hans Müller, and other established Central European competitors.

Ninety games, not ninety-one

A fourteen-player round robin should have 91 games. The historical table shows 90, because one pairing wasn't played. All 90 are here, and they add up to every player's score and number of games.

Final standings

10½/13
Reti won with 10½/13
# Player Score Record Games
1 Reti, Richard 10½/13 +9 -1 =3
=2 Becker, Albert 8½/13 +7 -3 =3
=2 Lichtenstein, Bernhard 8½/13 +6 -2 =5
=2 Spielmann, Rudolf 8½/13 +6 -2 =5
=2 Tartakower, Saviely 8½/13 +6 -2 =5
6 Kmoch, Hans 8/13 +5 -2 =6
=7 Mueller, Hans 6½/13 +4 -4 =5
=7 Gruenfeld, Ernst 6½/12 +2 -1 =9
=9 Takacs, Sandor 5/12 +2 -4 =6
=9 Igel, Fritz 5/13 +1 -4 =8
=9 Von Doery, Ladislaus 5/13 +0 -3 =10
12 Glass, Eduard 3½/13 +2 -8 =3
=13 Beutum, Sigmund 3/13 +1 -8 =4
=13 Wolf, Siegfried Reginald 3/13 +0 -7 =6

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Reti, Richard 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Becker, Albert 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 Lichtenstein, Bernhard ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
4 Spielmann, Rudolf 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
5 Tartakower, Saviely 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
6 Kmoch, Hans 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
7 Mueller, Hans ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1
8 Gruenfeld, Ernst ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
9 Takacs, Sandor 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
10 Igel, Fritz 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
11 Von Doery, Ladislaus 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
12 Glass, Eduard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1
13 Beutum, Sigmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
14 Wolf, Siegfried Reginald 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½

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