Stockholm 1909

Spielmann nearly sweeps a six-player Stockholm tournament
29 March – 3 April 1909 · Stockholm, Sweden
Spielmann won with 4½/5

Rudolf Spielmann scored 4½/5 to win the Stockholm tournament by half a point from Paul Saladin Leonhardt. Six players contested the single round-robin, producing fifteen games.

Six players in Stockholm

Spielmann and Leonhardt joined Erich Cohn and the Swedish players Hugo Langborg, Gustaf Nyholm, and Victor Sjöberg. Each pairing was played once over the six-day event.

The leaders separate

Spielmann dropped only half a point and finished on 4½. Leonhardt scored 4, while Cohn was a distant third on 2 and Langborg fourth on 1½. The archive holds all fifteen games.

Final standings

4½/5
Spielmann won with 4½/5
# Player Score Record Games
1 Spielmann, Rudolf 4½/5 +4 -0 =1
2 Leonhardt, Paul Saladin 4/5 +3 -0 =2
3 Cohn, Erich 2/5 +2 -3 =0
=4 Langborg, Hugo W 1½/5 +1 -3 =1
=4 Sjoberg, Victor 1½/5 +1 -3 =1
=4 Nyholm, Gustaf 1½/5 +0 -2 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456
1 Spielmann, Rudolf ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Leonhardt, Paul Saladin ½ 1 1 1 ½
3 Cohn, Erich 0 0 0 1 1
4 Langborg, Hugo W 0 0 1 0 ½
5 Sjoberg, Victor 0 0 0 1 ½
6 Nyholm, Gustaf 0 ½ 0 ½ ½

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