91 - Gosta Stoltz
This Swedish grandmaster was born May 9, 1904 in Stockholm. Was a professional car mechanic. His chess career is
dotted with remarkable successes and glaring defaillances. At 22, Mikhail Botvinnik in a match in opposite Stockholm-Leningrad, losing the second game of a pact. The following year he played chess in the fourth Olympics in London (+5 -5 = 5), and in 1928 was first deployed in chess Olympics Hague (+6 -5 = 5), then ranked 11 th in the Berlin tournament won by Bogoljubov. The third Olympiad (Hamburg 1930) saw the third board IJN (+7 -4 = 6) and that same year, he won a match against Isaac Kashdan (+3 = 1 -2) and was defeated by Rudolf Spielmann (+2 = 1 -3), both matches will be played in the Swedish capital. At the international tournament in Stockholm that year came second, ex aequo with Bogoljubov, behind Kashdan.
The 1931 was a busy year for Stoltz. Olympics Prague won the individual gold medal at second board (+10 -1 = 7), defeated in match (Goteborg) the quotatissimo Salo Flohr (+4 -3 = 1), but was then beaten (+1 -4 = 3) revenge of the encounter played in Prague. That same year, in Goteborg, provided a match with Gideon Stahlberg (+2 -2 = 2), another future Grand Master of Sweden. International Tournament in Bled, won by Alekhine, and finished fourth at the end of the year, the traditional international tournament in Hastings, won by Flohr, was fifth.
In 1932 he won the tournament Swinemünde. In 1933 he played
board in the second Olympics in Folkestone (+5 -3 = 6), winning the bronze medal team and was second in Copenhagen after Nimzovitsch. The following year, in Stockholm, was beaten by Aaron Nimzovitch (+1 -2 = 3) and was third in an international tournament in Stockholm, won by Erik Lundin.
In 1935, the Warsaw Olympics, won the team silver and individual bronze in the second game board (+8 -3 = 8) and then win at Härnösand, ranked 4th in Orebro (Alekhine won) and 5 ° Bad Nauheim (winner Bogoljubov).
Olympics unofficial Monaco in 1936 he played at third board (+8 -4 = 7) and took part in two international tournaments in Helsinki, arriving Petrov after the second and the third won by Lundin.
Olympics in Stockholm in 1937, its result was disastrous: +2 -7 = 3. Disputatio international tournament that year in the Swedish capital, and won by Reuben Fine, came 4th. In 1938 he won the Swedish championship and in 1939, the Swedish championship won by Stahlberg, was 5 °.
As a citizen of a neutral nation, Stoltz could play in the years of war, both at home and in Germany. After a 4th place in the national championship, in September 1941 participated in the so-called Europaturnier of Monaco of Bavaria, winning it in front of compatriot Lundin and Alekhine, world champion in office. In 1942, in June, came 6th in Salzburg in the tournament won by Alekhine, and in September was 9 th in Monaco of Bavaria, the so-called "European Championship", also won by Alekhine. In 1943 he was the first in Stockholm and in 1944 was third (after Lundholm and Keres) Lidkoping.
In the years after World War II, Stoltz slowed down his activities while participating in important events. In 1946 he was second after O'Kelly, in Beverwijk, Zaandam and 4 ° to 8 ° in Groningen, the big international tournament won by Botvinnik, and then on to Prague seconds behind Najdorf.
In 1947 he won the zonal tournament in Helsinki, but the following year, the interzonal tournament of Saltsjobaden, ended with a humiliating 18th place. Back in Sweden, won the tournament Stockholm, and finished 4th in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), won the tournament by Foltys. In 1950 he came 9 th in Bled and in 1951 was 8 ° in Dortmund, and 3rd in Marienbad Prague-zonal tournament won by Pachman. Also in 1951 he won the Swedish championship, a company that will succeed in the next two years.
In 1950 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master. Nell'olimpiade 1952, at second board, Stoltz got a 4 +3 = -3 testified that the diminution of his power game; all'Interzonale Stockholm that year, won by Kotov, it got a disappointing 16th place Olympics and the 1954 (Amsterdam), playing chess in the third, ended with a dull +0 = 2 -0. That same year, however, recognized the FIDE's Grand Master title, especially in pre-war strength of its results.
His last appearance was in an international tournament in Belgrade in 1962 (12th), won by Pilnik.
He died in Stockholm on July 25, 1963. The following
game, played during his match against Spielmann, illustrates the talents of striker and inventiveness that Stoltz applies to the game and swinging during his long career.
Spielmann - Stoltz (Stockholm, 1931): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Cd2 Nf6 4. e5 Cfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 DB6 8. CF3 c: d4 9. c: d4 Bb4 + 10. RF1 f6 11. CF4 (Spielmann, player "tactical" in the highest degree, you do not pray to launch an attack that has as its ultimate goal the capture of the opponent's queen, but Stoltz has "seen everything") f: e5 12. C: e4 e5 13. AF4 e: f3! (now White is in mid-stream and can not do anything but continue) 14. AC7 Nf6 15. C: g7 + Rf7 16. A: b6 Bg4 17. g3? (perhaps dazed by the unexpected turn of events, White makes the mistake that will compromise the game) Bh3 + 18. Rg1 R: g7 19. AC7 The8 20. AE5 C: e5 21. d: T e5: e5 22. Db3 AC5! 23. Bf5 (Spielmann try one of his tactics, but the firm is desperate) A: f5 24. Q: b7 + Rg6 25. Q: a8 TE2 26. h4 A: f2 + 27. RF1 Bd3 28. h5 + Rg5, White leaves.
Radjabov has defined this game as "the finest ever played."
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