Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Ķemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrov. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939), but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943.
The final standings and crosstable:
| # | Player | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Samuel Reshevsky (United States) |
x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1-3 |
| 02 |  Vladimirs Petrovs (Latvia) |
0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 12 | 1-3 |
| 03 |  Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) |
½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1-3 |
| 04 |  Alexander Alekhine (France) |
1 | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 4-5 |
| 05 |  Paul Keres (Estonia) |
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ | 4-5 |
| 06 |  Endre Steiner (Hungary) |
0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 07 |  Saviely Tartakower (Poland) |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10½ | 7 |
| 08 | Reuben Fine (United States) |
0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 09 |  Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) |
½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8½ | 9 |
| 10 |  Vladas Mikėnas (Lithuania) |
0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 |  Ludwig Rellstab (Nazi Germany) |
1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 12 |  Eero Böök (Finland) |
1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 13 | Fricis Apšenieks (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 11-13 |
| 14 | Teodors Bergs (Latvia) |
½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 14 |
| 15 | Movsas Feigins (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 15-16 |
| 16 |  Salo Landau (Netherlands) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 15-16 |
| 17 | Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | x | 0 | 3½ | 17-18 |
| 18 | Karlis Ozols (Latvia) |
0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 3½ | 17-18 |
References
- "Paul Keres". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- "OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information".
- http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jw/jw_Vladimirs_Petrovs.html Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine VLADIMIRS PETROVS: A Chessplayer's Story From Greatness to the Gulags
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Kemeri 1937".
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