The second Europaturnier (the first one took place in Stuttgart in May 1939) was held in Munich in 8-14 September 1941. The event was organised by Ehrhardt Post

Ehrhardt Post

Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post was a German chess master and functionary.-Biography:At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 . He tied for 7-8th at Coburg 1904 and 12-13th at Barmen 1905...

, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund. Max Euwe

Max Euwe

Machgielis Euwe was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion . Euwe also served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.- Early years :Euwe was born in Watergraafsmeer, near Amsterdam...

 had declined the invitation for München 1941 due to his "occupational obligations", as manager of a groceries business. This time he refused to participate, because Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...

 was invited. Euwe mentioned futile reasons. The real motive was Alekhine’s offence of Euwe in his antisemitic articles. Alekhine wrote six Nazi articles which first appeared in the Paris newspaper Pariser Zeitung in March 1941. He wrote a series of articles for Die Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden called "Jewish and Aryan Chess." The articles were reproduced in Deutsch Schachzeitung. Among others, Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in World Chess Championship 1935

World Chess Championship 1935

The 1935 World Chess Championship was played between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine. It was played in the Netherlands from October 3 to December 16, 1935. Euwe was the winner.-Results:...

.

The event was won by Gösta Stoltz

Gösta Stoltz

-Biography:Stoltz played a few matches with strong chess masters. In 1926, he lost to Mikhail Botvinnik at a team match Stockholm – Leningrad in Stockholm. In 1927, he drew with Allan Nilsson in Göteborg . In 1930, he won against Isaac Kashdan in Stockholm. In 1930, he lost to Rudolf Spielmann ...

, who scored a spectacular victory (1½ points ahead of Alekhine and Erik Lundin

Erik Lundin

Erik Lundin a Swedish chess master.In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm . In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg , and took 3rd in Västerås...

), and won 1,000 Reichsmarks. His trophy (donated by the Ministerpräsident Ludwig Siebert) of Meissen porcelain is worth close to $1,000.

The results and standings:

#	Player	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	Gösta Stoltz Gösta Stoltz -Biography:Stoltz played a few matches with strong chess masters. In 1926, he lost to Mikhail Botvinnik at a team match Stockholm – Leningrad in Stockholm. In 1927, he drew with Allan Nilsson in Göteborg . In 1930, he won against Isaac Kashdan in Stockholm. In 1930, he lost to Rudolf Spielmann ...	Sweden	x	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	12
2-3	Alexander Alekhine Alexander Alekhine Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...	Early Modern France	½	x	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	10½
2-3	Erik Lundin Erik Lundin Erik Lundin a Swedish chess master.In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm . In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg , and took 3rd in Västerås...	Sweden	0	½	x	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	10½
4	Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...	Germany	1	0	1	x	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9½
5-6	Bjørn Nielsen Bjørn Nielsen Bjørn Nielsen was a Danish chess master.He played for Denmark in Chess Olympiads:* In 1933, at fourth board in 5th Olympiad in Folkestone ;...	Denmark	0	1	½	½	x	1	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	9
5-6	Kurt Richter Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter was a German chess International Master and chess writer.- Chess achievements :...	Germany	0	0	0	1	0	x	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	9
7	Jan Foltys Jan Foltys Jan Foltys , was a Czech chess International Master.-Biography:...	Bohemia and Moravia	0	½	½	½	½	½	x	1	½	0	½	1	1	0	1	½	8
8	Pál Réthy Pál Réthy Pál Réthy was a Hungarian chess master.Born in Deva, Transylvania , he lived in Hungary after World War I...	Hungary	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	x	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	7½
9-10	Braslav Rabar Braslav Rabar Braslav Rabar was a Croatian chess International Master and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads , winning a total of five medals...	Independent State of Croatia	0	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	x	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	7
9-10	Georg Kieninger Georg Kieninger Georg Kieninger was a German chess player and International Master .An avid cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eisernen Schorsch" because of his fighting style. He won the German Chess Championship in 1937, 1940, and 1947...	Germany	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	x	½	1	½	½	½	1	7
11	Géza Füster Géza Füster Géza Füster was a Hungarian-Canadian chess International Master.Born in Budapest, he won his first of many Budapest Championships in 1936. During World War II, he played in several strong tournaments. In 1941, he won the Hungarian Championship...	Hungary	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	x	0	1	0	0	1	6½
12	Paul Mross Paul Mross Paul Mross was a Polish–German chess master.-Biography:...	Germany	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	x	½	1	½	1	6
13	Karel Opočenský Karel Opocenský Karel Opočenský was a Czech chess master.-Biography:He was four-time Czech Champion . In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague . In 1925, he tied for 3rd-4th in Paris . In 1927, he won in Česke Budějovice...	Bohemia and Moravia	0	1	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	x	½	1	½	5½
14-15	Ivan Vladimir Rohaček Ivan Vladimir Rohacek -Biography:He won Slovak championships in 1930, 1936, and 1939. Rohaček took 12th at Bad Sliač 1932 . In 1935, he took 8th in Luhačovice . In 1938, he took 4th in Prague ....	Slovakia	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	½	x	½	0	4½
14-15	Nicolaas Cortlever Nicolaas Cortlever Nicolaas Cortlever was a Dutch chess master.He tied for 7-8th at Rotterdam 1936 ; took 2nd at Amsterdam 1938 ; won at the 2nd Hoogovens Beverwijk 1939 ; tied for 4-6th at Amsterdam I and 3rd-4th at Amsterdam II in 1939.During World War II, he tied for 2nd-3rd at...	Netherlands	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	x	1	4½
16	Peter Leepin Peter Leepin Peter Leepin was a Swiss chess master.He took 16th at Munich 1941 , took 4th in Swiss Chess Championship at Lucerne 1950 , and won twice Coupe Suisse....	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	x	3