Scheveningen 1933 Honorary Chess Tournament... I just found a photo
... or maybe more.
On the occasion of the 1933 Dutch Chess Championship, won by Euwe, the Dutch Federation organized a following 8-player Honorary tournament in Scheveningen, the Hague. This took place from Jul 26 to Aug 1, 1933, with 5 Dutch players and 3 foreign masters. These three were: Salo Flohr, who was in great shape, having already won Hasting 1932/3, and would win Czechoslovak Chess Championship the following month; Efim Bogoljubov, current German champion 1933; & Géza Maróczy, still 1st table in Olympiads for Hungary.
From the Dutch, the four had already participated in the Dutch championship; ending as the best [3-6] after Euwe and van den Bosch, who wouldn't play in the Honorary event. Landau was excluded from the championship cause of a misunderstanding and the Federation, considering him as maybe the best Dutch player after Euwe, included his name in the list of the Honorary event [TNS 8/1933, 221]. In the end Scheveningen 1933 was won by Flohr with 6/7.
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Two games that I've noticed...
Flohr - Bogoljubov, 2nd round, 1-0
A great game that I really liked; the no-castling element always fascinates me, while Flohr seems playing in a little risky way in the opening. In the account of this 2nd round, the Tijdschrift of NSB [TNS 8/1933, 222] was writing that Bogoljubov was somehow troubled by the heat of the day: choosing at first light clothes, then feeling chill; gossips.
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Maroczy - Landau, 7th round, 1-0
Géza Maróczy seems having a good record against Salo Landau; 6 to 0 I've tracked. These two were also opponents as seconds during the World Chess Championship of 1935; Maroczy for Euwe [again winning], Landau for Alekhine. The following game was played on the last round, where none of them could hope for a better position in the tournament. Maybe Maroczy wanted the win more; winning and Flohr losing would make a tie at top. Landau seems experimenting with the opening a little, while during the middlegame he's letting the initiative to Maroczy. More it attracted my attention the fact that Landau, besides this maybe passive playing way, couldn't be defeated without a blunder; and the latter came in the endgame, something that made me retake a look at the theory.
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An analysis of the final endgame position. Known stuff but maybe somehow forgotten; I think it was good to refresh. Some lines in are, I think, good to have in mind.
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And some photos of the participants found in the Dutch press of the time...
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.... thanx for reading
