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. ^[1] 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), ^[2] 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. ^[3]

The final standings and crosstable: ^{[4] [5]}

Kemeri 1937

#	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

External links

• Kemeri 1937 International Tournament

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