Margate Masters 1937

Fine and Keres share first ahead of Alekhine
31 March – 9 April 1937 · Margate
Shared first (Fine, Keres) — 7½/9

Reuben Fine and Paul Keres shared first in the 1937 Margate Masters with 7½/9. Alexander Alekhine finished third on 6 in a ten-player round-robin whose complete 45-game score is preserved here.

A shared Masters title

Fine and Keres each scored 7½ and finished a point and a half ahead of Alekhine. Jan Foltys followed on 5½, Philip Milner-Barry on 5, and Vera Menchik and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander on 4.

The complete round robin

All ten players met once over nine rounds. The archive holds all 45 games and its computed scores match the historical crosstable.

Final standings

7½/9
Shared first (Fine, Keres) — 7½/9
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Fine, Reuben 7½/9 +6 -0 =3
=1 Keres, Paul 7½/9 +6 -0 =3
3 Alekhine, Alexander 6/9 +6 -3 =0
4 Foltys, Jan 5½/9 +4 -2 =3
5 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 5/9 +4 -3 =2
=6 Menchik, Vera 4/9 +3 -4 =2
=6 Alexander, Conel Hugh O'Donel 4/9 +2 -3 =4
8 Thomas, George Alan 3/9 +2 -5 =2
9 Buerger, Victor 2/9 +2 -7 =0
10 Tylor, Theodore Henry ½/9 +0 -8 =1

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Fine, Reuben ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
2 Keres, Paul ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
3 Alekhine, Alexander 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
4 Foltys, Jan 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½
5 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
6 Menchik, Vera 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1
7 Alexander, Conel Hugh O'Donel ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1
8 Thomas, George Alan ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1
9 Buerger, Victor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Tylor, Theodore Henry 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0

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