Stuttgart Jubilee Tournament 1954
Incomplete record. This archive holds 10 of the 66 games played; 56 are missing. The organizer’s later full twelve-player table explicitly records 66 games and agrees with all contemporary final totals. Ten approved scores survive. No contemporary complete round/default census was acquired; this historical-count limit is disclosed.
Hermann Pilnik won the twelve-player international celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of Schachverein Stuttgart 1879. His unbeaten 9½/11 kept him half a point ahead of Albéric O’Kelly.
What survives in the archive
Ten games are preserved here. The full later table accounts for 66 games, leaving 56 pairings without an archived score. Its totals agree with the original 1954 report, but the table itself is a later reconstruction, reproduced by the organizer and the Württemberg federation newsletter.
The contemporary printed Herter–Pilnik score changes the opening move order and ends with resignation after 70...Qc4. The archived version continues 71.Bd2. A later O’Kelly–Machate reference also changes an opening move order. The archive preserves the consulted source versions.
The original report names Lutz without a first name. The archive and organizer’s table call him Karl; a later Belgian reference calls him Erich. That discrepancy remains unresolved. The source’s November-only dates are retained even though later accounts date the event through 5 December.
Final standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 10 of the 66 games played survive in our source; the remaining 56 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilnik, Hermann | 9½/11 | +8 -0 =3 | games |
| 2 | O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic | 9/11 | +8 -1 =2 | games |
| =3 | Wolk, Sigmund | 8/11 | +6 -1 =4 | games |
| =3 | Machate, Gottlieb | 8/11 | +7 -2 =2 | games |
| 5 | Schuster, Theodor | 7/11 | +6 -3 =2 | games |
| 6 | Schmid, Hans | 5/11 | +3 -4 =4 | games |
| =7 | Oette, Hans | 4½/11 | +3 -5 =3 | games |
| =7 | Lutz, Karl | 4½/11 | +4 -6 =1 | games |
| 9 | Chaude de Silans, Chantal | 4/11 | +3 -6 =2 | games |
| 10 | Herter, Eberhard | 3½/11 | +3 -7 =1 | games |
| =11 | Schmid, Alfons | 1½/11 | +0 -8 =3 | games |
| =11 | Osswald, Hans | 1½/11 | +0 -8 =3 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilnik, Hermann | · | ½ | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | |
| 2 | O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic | · | ½ | 1 | 0 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | |
| 3 | Wolk, Sigmund | ½ | ½ | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | |
| 4 | Machate, Gottlieb | · | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 5 | Schuster, Theodor | · | 1 | 0 | · | · | · | · | 0 | · | · | · | |
| 6 | Schmid, Hans | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 7 | Oette, Hans | · | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 8 | Lutz, Karl | · | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 9 | Chaude de Silans, Chantal | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 10 | Herter, Eberhard | 0 | · | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 11 | Schmid, Alfons | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 12 | Osswald, Hans | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).