Prague International 1937

Keres scores ten from eleven in Prague
26 April – 9 May 1937 · Prague
Keres won with 10/11

Paul Keres dominated the 1937 Prague International, scoring 10/11 to finish two points ahead of Emil Zinner. The twelve-player single round-robin is preserved in full, with all 66 games feeding the archive's standings and crosstable.

A commanding victory

Keres finished on 10/11, with Zinner second on 8. Jan Foltys and Erich Eliskases shared the next place on 7, followed by Karel Hromádka and Petar Trifunović on 6.

All 66 games

Twelve players completed eleven rounds and every possible pairing. The archive's complete game record matches the published points totals.

Final standings

10/11
Keres won with 10/11
# Player Score Record Games
1 Keres, Paul 10/11 +9 -0 =2
2 Zinner, Emil 8/11 +6 -1 =4
=3 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb 7/11 +5 -2 =4
=3 Foltys, Jan 7/11 +4 -1 =6
=5 Hromadka, Karel 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=5 Trifunovic, Petar 6/11 +4 -3 =4
7 Gilg, Karl 5½/11 +3 -3 =5
8 Pelikan, Jorge 5/11 +2 -3 =6
9 Opocensky, Karel 4/11 +2 -5 =4
10 Prokop, Frantisek 3/11 +3 -8 =0
11 Graf Stevenson, Sonja 2½/11 +2 -8 =1
12 Dobias, Josef 2/11 +2 -9 =0

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Keres, Paul 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
2 Zinner, Emil 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
3 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
4 Foltys, Jan 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
5 Hromadka, Karel 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
6 Trifunovic, Petar 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
7 Gilg, Karl 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0
8 Pelikan, Jorge 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1
9 Opocensky, Karel ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0
10 Prokop, Frantisek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
11 Graf Stevenson, Sonja ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
12 Dobias, Josef 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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