The main organiser of Salzburg 1942, Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund, intended to bring together the six strongest players of Germany, the occupied and neutral European countries; world champion Alexander Alekhine, former champion Max Euwe, challenger Paul Keres, former challenger Efim Bogoljubov, winner of European tournament at Munich 1941 Gösta Stoltz, and German champion Paul Felix Schmidt. Euwe withdrew due to "illness". Actually, Euwe refused to participate because Alekhine was invited (Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in World Chess Championship 1935). His place was occupied by German sub-champion, the eighteen-years-old Klaus Junge. They made Salzburg 1942 the world's second, after a tournament purporting to be the first European Championship (Europameisterschaft) in Munich, strongest tournament in 1942.Strongest Tournament between 1942 and 1943 at chessmetrics.com
The event took place in the rooms of Mirabell Palace in Salzburg from 9 to 18 June 1942. The players had to make 32 moves in two hours. Thereafter, the tempo became 16 moves per hour.
The final results and standings:
{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Country | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1 || Alexander Alekhine || / || xx || 11 || 11 || 01 || 01 || ½ 1 || 7.5 |- | 2 || Paul Keres || || 00 || xx || ½½ || 1½ || ½1 || 11 || 6 |- | 3-4 || Paul Felix Schmidt || / || 00 || ½½ || xx || ½½ || 01 || 11 || 5 |- | 3-4 || Klaus Junge || / || 10 || 0½ || ½½ || xx || 01 || ½1 || 5 |- | 5 || Efim Bogoljubov || / || 10 || ½0 || 10 || 10 || xx || 00 || 3.5 |- | 6 || Gösta Stoltz || || ½0 || 00 || 00 || ½0 || 11 || xx || 3
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