Schlechter Memorial 1949 (Vienna)

Foltys and Puc share the third memorial
June 11–25, 1949 · Vienna, Austria
Jan Foltys and Stojan Puc shared first with 9/13, half a point ahead of Kottnauer, Opocensky, Platt and Rabar.

Jan Foltys and Stojan Puc shared first in the third Carl Schlechter Memorial with 9/13. Čeněk Kottnauer, Karel Opočenský, Josef Platt and Braslav Rabar finished half a point behind.

Four players close behind

The fourteen entrants represented Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Yugoslavia. Four players shared the next places on 8½/13, with Enrico Paoli on 6½. The club’s institutional history identifies this as the third tournament in the memorial series.

The leaders meet

Foltys defeated Puc in their seventh-round meeting. Both nevertheless finished on nine points, and the contemporary report recorded a shared victory.

The complete game record

All 91 played games are preserved. Every player has thirteen scores, and the game results reproduce all fourteen published final totals.

Final standings

9/13
Jan Foltys and Stojan Puc shared first with 9/13, half a point ahead of Kottnauer, Opocensky, Platt and Rabar.
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Foltys, Jan 9/13 +6 -1 =6
=1 Puc, Stojan 9/13 +7 -2 =4
=3 Kottnauer, Cenek 8½/13 +6 -2 =5
=3 Opocensky, Karel 8½/13 +5 -1 =7
=3 Platt, Josef 8½/13 +6 -2 =5
=3 Rabar, Braslav 8½/13 +5 -1 =7
7 Paoli, Enrico 6½/13 +5 -5 =3
=8 Fletzer, Gino 5½/13 +3 -5 =5
=8 Mueller, Hans 5½/13 +1 -3 =9
=10 Galia, Karl 5/13 +3 -6 =4
=10 Lokvenc, Josef 5/13 +1 -4 =8
=12 Kaliwoda, Kurt 4/13 +2 -7 =4
=12 Kovacs, MG 4/13 +1 -6 =6
14 Beni, Alfred 3½/13 +1 -7 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Foltys, Jan 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1
2 Puc, Stojan 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
3 Kottnauer, Cenek ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1
4 Opocensky, Karel 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
5 Platt, Josef ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
6 Rabar, Braslav ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
7 Paoli, Enrico 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
8 Fletzer, Gino 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½
9 Mueller, Hans ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
10 Galia, Karl 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½
11 Lokvenc, Josef ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½
12 Kaliwoda, Kurt ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0
13 Kovacs, MG 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
14 Beni, Alfred 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0

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