Author: Stoltz, Gösta (1904-1963) and Herman Steiner signed
Year: 1952
Publisher: Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
Place: Stockholm
Description:
1 page. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 3/4") Original hand written score of the game in round 4 between Gösta Stoltz (white) and Herman Steiner in Stoltz's hand with the results a 35 move win for Stoltz. In this famous game Stoltz sacrificed his Queen, and was awarded First Brilliance Prize of the tournament. Signed by both players, Stoltz and Steiner.
The 1952 Interzonal was held in Stockholm in September and October 1952. There were 21 players taking part, and the first eight qualified for the Candidates tournament. Kotov finished first, Taimanov and Petrosian were joint-second, and then Geller. The other qualifiers were Averbakh, Gligoric, Stahlberg and Szabo. Just missing out was Unzicker. Stoltz was 16th and Steiner 13th.
At the beginning of his international career, Stoltz tied for 11-13th in Berlin (BSG) in 1928. The event was won by Efim Bogoljubow. In 1930, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Bogoljubow, behind Kashdan, in Stockholm. In 1931, he tied for 4-7th in Bled (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1931/32, he tied for 5-8th in Hastings (Flohr won). In 1932, he won in Swinemünde. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Nimzowitsch, in Copenhagen. In 1934, he took 3rd in Stockholm (Erik Lundin won). In 1935, he tied for 1st with Lindberg in Harnosand. In 1935, he took 4th in Örebro (Alekhine won). In 1935, he tied for 5-6th in Bad Nauheim (Bogoljubow won). In 1936, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Böök, behind Vladimirs Petrovs in Helsinki (Helsingfors). In 1936, he took 3rd in Helsinki (Lundin won). In 1937, he tied for 3rd-4th in Stockholm (Reuben Fine won). In 1938, he won in Stockholm (SWE-ch). In 1939, he took 5th in Stockholm (SWE-ch, Stahlberg won). During World War II, Stoltz played in Sweden and Germany. In 1940, he tied for 4-5th in the Stockholm championship, won by Nils Bergqvist). In September 1941, he won, ahead of Lundin and Alekhine, in the Munich 1941 chess tournament (the 2nd Europaturnier). In June 1942, he took 6th in the Salzburg 1942 chess tournament (Alekhine won). In September 1942, he tied for 9-10th in Munich (München – Europameisterschaft, European Championship). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1943, he tied for 1st with Lundholm in Stockholm. In 1943/44, he took 4 th in Stockholm (Folke Ekström won). In 1944, he took 3rd, behind Stig Lundholm, and Paul Keres, in Lidköping, (SWE-ch). After the war, Stoltz played in a few international tournaments. In 1946, he took 2nd, behind Albéric O'Kelly de Galway in Beverwijk. In 1946, he took 4th in Zaandam (László Szabó won). In 1946, he tied for 8-9th in the Groningen 1946 chess tournament (Botvinnik won). In 1946, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Prague (Miguel Najdorf won). In 1947, he tied for 1st with Eero Böök in Helsinki (zonal), and drew a play-off match (+1 –1 =6). In 1948, he took 18th in Saltsjöbaden (interzonal). The event was won by David Bronstein. In 1948, he won in Stockholm. In 1948, he tied for 4-5th in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) – Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad). The event was won by Jan Foltys. In 1950, he tied for 9-13th in Bled (Najdorf won). In 1951, he tied for 8-9th in Dortmund (O’Kelly won). In 1951, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mariánské Lázně – Prague (zonal won by Luděk Pachman. In 1952, he took 16th in Stockholm (interzonal won by Alexander Kotov). In 1962, he took 12th in Belgrade (Herman Pilnik won). Stoltz won the Swedish championships at Halmstad 1951, Hålland 1952, and Örebro 1953. He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the Grandmaster title in 1954.
Condition:
Some light edge wear else a very good copy.
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