July 23, 2026
Matthew Sadler
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The elite Groningen 1946 tournament is most remembered fort he hug battle between Botvinnik and Euwe for first place but our hero Stoltz was also there, finishing in a creditable 9th place in a star-studded field. (Thanks as always to Tidskrift for Schack for all this wonderful information) However, the tournament itself was not without…
July 16, 2026
Matthew Sadler
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Munich 1941 was perhaps Stoltz’ best tournament result ever, finishing 1,5 points clear of World Champion Alexander Alekhine The strength in depth of the field was not so impressive – due in no small measure to the circumstances of the event (the interested reader is referred to “Chess in the Third Reich” by Taylor Kingston…
July 8, 2026
Matthew Sadler
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As promised, I will dedicate an article to a deep-dive on the main lines of the Swedish variation of The Tarrasch Defence which we saw in the game Carlsson-Stoltz, Stockholm 1938. The variation starts as follows: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 is the main line by far,…
July 8, 2026
Matthew Sadler
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Our game this time was played in November 1938 in a tournament organised to celebrate the 60th birthday of one of Sweden’s great chess benefactors. The game was not annotated in Tidskrift för Schack, only the brief description above but a commemorative booklet of the tournament was published through it is unclear whether the games…
July 2, 2026
Matthew Sadler
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Stoltz played a good tournament in Prague 1946, placing equal second in a strong field The game we will study today is a very cool Accelerated Dragon in which Stoltz demonstrates concepts that would only become commonplace 30-40 years later, most notably in the games of the great Danish player Bent Larsen. It was played…