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🏆 Monte Carlo (1902)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) David Janowski, Mikhail Chigorin, Siegbert Tarrasch, Harry Pillsbury, Carl Schlechter, Richard Teichmann, Jacques Mieses, Theodor von Scheve, William Napier, Heinrich Wolf, Ignatz von Popiel, Adolf Albin, James Mortimer, Frank Marshall, Georg Marco, Geza Maroczy, Isidor Gunsberg, James Mason, Louis Eisenberg, Arturo Reggio

Monte Carlo (1902) Monte Carlo, Monaco (1 February-12 March 1902) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Score Place/Prizes —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Maróczy •• 1 ¼¼ 1 0 ¼¼ 1 ¼¼ 1 0 1 ¼½ ¼¼ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14¾ 1st 5000 francs 2 Pillsbury 0 •• 1 ¼¼ 1 1 ¼½ ¼0 1 ¼½ 1 1 1 1 ¼0 1 1 0 1 1 14½ 2nd 3000 francs 3 Janowski ¼¼ 0 •• 1 0 1 1 ¼½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ¼½ 1 1 14 3rd 2000 francs 4 Teichmann 0 ¼¼ 0 •• ¼¼ 1 ¼¼ 1 0 1 ¼½ 1 ¼¼ ¼½ 1 1 1 ¼½ 1 1 13¼ 4th 1500 francs 5 Schlechter 1 0 1 ¼¼ •• 0 ¼= 0 0 1 1 ¼¼ ¼½ ¼¼ ¼¼ ¼½ 1 1 1 1 12 5th-7th 1000 francs 6 Tarrasch ¼¼ 0 0 0 1 •• 1 0 0 ¼½ ¼¼ 1 1 ¼¼ ¼½ 1 1 1 1 1 12 5th-7th 1000 francs 7 Wolf 0 ¼0 0 ¼¼ ¼= 0 •• 1 1 ¼½ ¼0 0 1 1 1 ¼½ 1 1 1 1 12 5th-7th 1000 francs 8 Chigorin ¼¼ ¼½ ¼0 0 1 1 0 •• 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 11½ 9 Marshall 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 •• 0 1 0 1 ¼0 0 1 1 ¼½ 1 1 11 10 Gunsberg 1 ¼0 0 0 0 ¼0 ¼0 0 1 •• 1 ¼¼ 0 1 1 ¼= 1 1 1 1 10¾ 11 Napier 0 0 1 ¼0 0 ¼¼ ¼½ 1 0 0 •• 1 ¼0 ¼0 == 0 1 1 1 1 9½ 12 Mieses ¼0 0 0 0 ¼¼ 0 1 0 1 ¼¼ 0 •• 0 1 1 ¼½ 1 ¼0 1 1 9¼ 13 Mason ¼¼ 0 1 ¼¼ ¼0 0 0 0 0 1 ¼½ 1 •• 0 ¼¼ 1 0 == 1 1 9 14 Albin 0 0 0 ¼0 ¼¼ ¼¼ 0 0 ¼½ 0 ¼½ 0 1 •• ¼½ 0 1 1 1 1 8½ 15 Marco 0 ¼½ 0 0 ¼¼ ¼0 0 0 1 0 == 0 ¼¼ ¼0 •• 0 1 1 1 1 7¾ 16 von Popiel 0 0 0 0 ¼0 0 ¼0 1 0 ¼= 1 ¼0 0 1 1 •• 0 1 0 1 7¼ 17 von Scheve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 •• == ¼¼ 1 5 18 Eisenberg 0 1 ¼0 ¼0 0 0 0 0 ¼0 0 0 ¼½ == 0 0 0 == •• 1 0 4½ 19 Reggio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ¼¼ 0 •• 1 2½ 20 Mortimer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 •• 1 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Note: = indicates an unplayed draw which was scored as ¼ point. Format: Single round-robin, draws scoring ¼ and a replay; a win after a draw scoring ½ point. Time control: 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves for every succeeding hour. Introduction After the success of the first international chess master tournament held at Monte Carlo (1901), the original organizers, Andrey Dadian and Jules Arnous de Riviere, assembled an even larger gathering for the follow-up event. Twenty-two of the world's best chess players were invited to compete in the round-robin tournament held from February 1st to March 12th. Two of the invited players, Joseph Blackburne and Jean Taubenhaus, dropped out at the last minute, after the schedule of rounds and pairings had been published, but a strong field remained in attendance for the 21 devised rounds, including David Janowski (the winner in 1901), Siegbert Tarrasch, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Carl Schlechter, and Richard Teichmann. The scoring format for the tournament was kept the same as the previous year, where ¼ of a point was given to each player for a draw played. The two players were then required to replay the game with colors reversed, where a win was worth ½ a point, a draw worth another ¼ point, and a loss worth 0. Although Janowski played valiantly as he had the year before, he was unable to reproduce his victory here. Instead, the Hungarian chess master Maróczy, winner of the "minor" tournament at Hastings (1895), took first prize with his accurate and convincing play. He edged out Hastings (1895) winner Pillsbury by one-quarter of a point and was awarded 5000 francs. Janowski came in third and ended up losing so much money at the casinos over the course of the tournament that his third place prize was only a mere train ticket home to Paris. It should be noted that 25 games are omitted from this collection because the scores are incomplete or have never been recovered. The Monte Carlo (1903) event continued the tradition. Alapin, though he took a minor prize the previous year, was not permitted to play again, so it is said, because he sued the management for 10,000 francs on account of a change in the amounts of the prizes in the Salta tournament, which made him stay out of the contest. When brought to trial the verdict was in the expert's favor.(1) Place Prizes "In the tourney just finished Maroczy won first prize, 5000 francs; Pillsbury second prize, 3000 francs; Janowski third prize, 2000 francs; Teichmann fourth prize, 1500 francs; while Tarrasch, Schlechter and Wolf tied for fifth, sixth and seventh prizes. These three prizes should have been 1000 francs, 750 francs and 500 francs. The Casino, however, generously raised the amount to 3000 francs, so that each of the winners got 1000 francs."(2) Consolation Prizes "At the preliminary meeting Mr. Gunsberg made an eloquent plea in behalf of the non-prize winner. He said that, considering the strength of the field, many would be among the non-placed ones, notwithstanding their strenuous efforts, and there should be set aside a certain sum (about 3000 francs), to be divided among the non-prize winners, according to the number of games won. This proposition was readily supported by numerous competitors, and Mr. De Riviere was also in favor of it, yet he feared that the reduction in principal prizes this would necessitate might not please some of the competitors. He was not mistaken, for Pillsbury immediately rose, stating that he and probably the other American competitors, as well as some from Russia and other places, came on the strength of the prizes offered, and they would have absented themselves if the reduced sums had been announced. This presented a rather difficult problem, for the 14,000 francs at the disposal of the committee would not suffice for the proposed prizes and the consolation shares. There was at the meeting a well-known London amateur, F. G. Naumann, who solved the problem to the satisfaction of all concerned. He simply asked the committee to have the regular prizes as originally planned, and he offered to furnish the committee with the 3000 francs needed for consolation prizes to less successful competitors. The offer was thankfully accepted."(3) "Consolation prizes to non-prize winners, made up by 3000fr. given by Mr F. G. Naumann, 250fr. given by Capt. A. S. Beaumont, and 250fr. balance from the prize fund, given by the Société des Bains de Mer—total, 3500fr.—have been divided according to the scores as follows: Tchigorin, 414fr.; Marshall, 396fr.; Gunsberg, 387fr.; Napier, 342fr.; Mieses, 333fr.; Mason, 324fr.; Albin, 306fr.; Marco, 279fr.; Popiel, 261fr.; Scheve, 180fr.; Eisenberg, 152fr.; Reggio, 90fr.; Mortimer, 36fr."(4) Brilliancy Prizes "Monte Carlo Brilliancy Prize.—Mr Mason has received Prince Dadian of Mingrelia's prize for brilliancy (500fr.) for his game against Janowsky (the Field, March 15). Under the wording of the rule, the 'most brilliant game,' Mr Mason may also claim a prize for his game against Napier (the Field, Feb. 15), or the other prizes for one and the same game."(5) "M. de Riviere informs us that both Baron Rothschild and M. de Armas having left the disposal of the special prizes (500fr. each) to his discretion, he has distributed the former 500fr. as follows: 100fr. to Mr Napier for the game v. Tchigorin (Field, March 15); 100fr. to Eisenberg for the game v. Pillsbury; 100fr. to Tchigorin for the game v. Tarrasch (Field, March 8); 50fr. to Mieses for the game v. Marshall (Field, March 1); 100fr. to Marco for the game v. Marshall (Field, March 8); 50fr. to Gunsberg for the game v. Marshall. Marshall, therefore, has the distinction of having provided three of his colleagues with the opportunity of gaining prizes."(6) "One more prize, but this for 'brilliancy,' given by M. de Armas, also 500 francs is still to be awarded..."(7) "Meister Wolf erhielt für die ebenso elegante als musterhafte Spielführung in dieser Partie einen Schönheitspreis." (Master Wolf received a brilliancy prize for his elegant and exemplary play in this game)(8) McCutcheon Prizes "Peculiar complications have surrounded the award of the $200 donated by J. L. McCutcheon of Pittsburg, Pa., for the best games played with and against the McCutcheon variation of the French Defense during the last Monte Carlo tournament. The amount is still in possession of Walter Penn Shipley of Philadelphia, with whom it was deposited. G. C. Reichhelm of the Franklin Chess Club was nominated as judge. Only four games were forwarded to him by A. de Riviere, manager of the tournament, and he accordingly gave the prize of $100 for the best game won by white to Pillsbury, as announced last week, but it was for his game against Marshall and not Reggio. The other prize he divided equally between Albin and Gunsberg, who both won games with the black side of his variation. The result of the decisions was duly forwarded to M. de Riviere. Shortly thereafter word came from James Mason that he had won with black from Gunsberg. The score, which had not been furnished by the manager, showed it to be clearly entitled to the prize divided between Albin and Gunsberg. Mr. Reichhlem promptly reopened the matter and made a decision accordingly. So far, so good, and the sailing was fairly plain, but this is not all. Albin, getting word from de Riviere concerning the $50, supposed to be coming to him, encountered Pillsbury in Paris and asked him to advance him the amount. The American champion good-naturedly did so. Here, then, is a dilemma to tax the ingenuity alike of analysts, solvers and lawyers."(9) "The McCutcheon prize (£20) for best defence, at Monte Carlo, has been awarded to Mr. James Mason, for his game against Mr. Gunsberg."(10) Prize Winning Games 500 francs to Mason, J Mason vs Janowski, 1902 (Prince Dadian) 500 francs to Wolf, H Wolf vs G Marco, 1902 (de Armas) 100 francs to Chigorin, for Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 100 francs to Eisenberg, for L Eisenberg vs Pillsbury, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 100 francs to Marco, for G Marco vs Marshall, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 100 francs to Napier, for W Napier vs Chigorin, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 50 francs to Gunsberg, for Marshall vs Gunsberg, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 50 francs to Mieses, for J Mieses vs Marshall, 1902 (Baron Rothschild) 500 francs to Pillsbury, for Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1902 (McCutcheon) 500 francs to Mason, for Gunsberg vs J Mason, 1902 (McCutcheon) Missing Games The following games are known to have been played based on the descriptions given by Hoffer from the Field reports. R7r Teichmann-Mason, Spanish, ½-½ (35 moves) R12r Albin-Teichmann, Sicilian, 0-1 (40 moves) R13r Marco-Mason, French, ½-½ (30 moves) R14 Albin-Mason, Queen's Pawn, 1-0 (68 moves)* R14 Marco-Mieses, Sicilian, 0-1 (49 moves)* R15 Popiel-Wolf, Italian, ½-½ (58 moves)* R15 Janowski-Mieses, Albin Counter-Gambit, 1-0 (56 moves) R16r Schlechter-Albin, Queen's Pawn, ½-½ (48 moves)* R17 Mortimer-Mason, Italian, 0-1 (29 moves) R17 Eisenberg-Wolf, Spanish, 0-1 (51 moves) R17 Popiel-Schlechter, Italian, ½-½ (51 moves) R18 Eisenberg-Popiel, Sicilian, 0-1 (38 moves) R19 Scheve-Mortimer, Queen's Gambit Declined, 1-0 (24 moves) R19 Tarrasch-Eisenberg, Spanish, 1-0 (33 moves) R20 Mieses-Scheve, Vienna, 1-0 (52 moves) R20 Schlechter-Wolf, Queen's Pawn, ½-½ (30 moves) R21 Mortimer-Schlechter, Philidor, 0-1 (46 moves) * four of the games exist as a partial from a diagrammed position. Sources (1) New York Tribune, 1902.01.026, Part 2, p9 (2) Philadelphia North American, 1902.03.30 (3) Philadelphia North American, 1902.02.14 (4) London Field, 1902.03.15, p372 (5) London Field, 1902.04.05, p503 (6) London Field, 1902.04.12, p557 (7) Westminster Gazette, 1902.04.12, p3 (8) Wiener Schachzeitung, v7 n2/3, February-March 1904, pp72-73 (9) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1902.07.13, Section 4, p7 (10) British Chess Magazine, v22, September 1902, p397 Notes Previous to this event was Monte Carlo (1901) and was followed by Monte Carlo (1903). Credits Original collection: Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1902, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 211  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chigorin vs Tarrasch 1-0 45 1902 Monte Carlo C50 Giuoco Piano 2. Janowski vs Gunsberg 1-0 20 1902 Monte Carlo C10 French 3. Maroczy vs Pillsbury 1-0 33 1902 Monte Carlo C42 Petrov Defense 4. Marshall vs Albin ½-½ 58 1902 Monte Carlo A84 Dutch 5. J Mieses vs J Mortimer 1-0 69 1902 Monte Carlo C27 Vienna Game 6. W E Napier vs L Eisenberg 1-0 58 1902 Monte Carlo C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 7. von Popiel vs G Marco 1-0 36 1902 Monte Carlo C41 Philidor Defense 8. H Wolf vs A Reggio 1-0 34 1902 Monte Carlo C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. Schlechter vs Teichmann ½-½ 37 1902 Monte Carlo D05 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Janowski vs J Mortimer 1-0 62 1902 Monte Carlo D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 11. Marshall vs Tarrasch 1-0 67 1902 Monte Carlo C01 French, Exchange 12. L Eisenberg vs G Marco 0-1 51 1902 Monte Carlo C41 Philidor Defense 13. J Mieses vs Albin 1-0 24 1902 Monte Carlo B23 Sicilian, Closed 14. W E Napier vs Gunsberg 0-1 41 1902 Monte Carlo C10 French 15. Schlechter vs A Reggio 1-0 33 1902 Monte Carlo D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. von Popiel vs Teichmann 0-1 38 1902 Monte Carlo C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 17. von Scheve vs Mason 1-0 31 1902 Monte Carlo D02 Queen's Pawn Game 18. H Wolf vs Pillsbury ½-½ 51 1902 Monte Carlo C67 Ruy Lopez 19. Albin vs Marshall 1-0 55 1902 Monte Carlo A06 Reti Opening 20. Teichmann vs Schlechter ½-½ 68 1902 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Pillsbury vs H Wolf 1-0 36 1902 Monte Carlo E00 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Maroczy vs Janowski ½-½ 48 1902 Monte Carlo C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Marshall vs Schlechter 1-0 28 1902 Monte Carlo D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Albin vs J Mortimer 1-0 51 1902 Monte Carlo C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. Chigorin vs von Popiel 0-1 54 1902 Monte Carlo B25 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 211    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-08-13    TheFocus: From the <Mechanics Institute Newsletter>: Two discoveries from Monte Carlo 1901 and 1902 NM John Blackstone Las Vegas, a member of the 1968 US team that competed in the Student Olympiad at Ybbs, Austria, has uncovered two previously-forgotten games from the great Monte Carlo tournaments of 1901 and 1902. Ruy Lopez C77 M. Didier,M – T. Von Scheve Monte Carlo (7), 1901 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 h6 10.Bh4 0-0 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Rae1 Kh7 13.Bb3 Qe7 14.d4 Bxb3 15.axb3 Rae8 16.h3 Rg8 17.g4 g5 18.Bg3 Rg6 19.d5 Nb8 20.Kg2 Reg8 21.Rh1 Kg7 22.h4 Kf8 23.h5 R6g7 24.Nh2 Rh8 25.f3 Qd8 26.Nf1 Ng8 27.Ne3 f6 28.c4 Rd7 29.b4 c5 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Rb1 Ne7 32.c3 Nc8 33.Bf2 b6 34.Qa2 Nd6 35.Rb2 Ra7 36.Rhb1 Nd7 37.Qa4 Qc7 38.Qc6 Rh7 39.Nf5 Nxf5 40.gxf5 Rf7 41.Rxb6 Nxb6 42.Bxc5+ Kg7 43.Rxb6 a5 44.Qb5 Ra8 45.Ba3 Qc8 46.c5 Kh8 47.Kg3 g4 48.fxg4 Qg8 49.c6 Qg5 50.Qe2 Rg8 51.Rb7 Rxb7 52.cxb7 Rb8 53.Qf3 Rxb7 54.d6 a4 55.Qd3 Rg7 56.Qe2 Rg8 57.Kh3 Kh7 58.Bc5 Qc1 59.Qd3 Qh1+ 60.Kg3 Qxh5 61.Qd1 Qg5 62.d7 Qf4+ 63.Kh3 h5 64.d8Q Qxg4+ 65.Qxg4 hxg4+ 66.Kg3 Rxd8 67.Kxg4 Rd3 0-1 [New York SUN 1901, April p.08] Queen’s Gambit Declined D53 A. Reggio – R. Teichmann Monte Carlo (19) 1902 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bf4 0-0 10.0-0 c5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Nd2 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Bf6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Qd3 g6 17.Rfc1 c4 18.Qf1 b5 19.a3 a5 20.R3c2 b4 21.g4 Qb6 22.h4 Bc6 23.h5 Ba4 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Qh3 Bxc2 26.Bxc2 b3 27.Bb1 Qe6 28.Re1 c3 29.bxc3 Rxc3 30.Qg2 b2 31.g5 Bg7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Ne5 Nxe5 34.dxe5 e3 35.Bxe3 Qxe5 36.Ba2+ Kh8 37.Qf1 Qf5 38.Qg2 Rc1 39.Rxc1 bxc1Q+ 40.Bxc1 Re1+ 0-1 [NY Sun 1902.06.29 p.05 Su] I will leave it to the authors of those Collections to submit the games. Aug-09-13    thomastonk: I would like to know which games are missing. Does a list of these games already exist? Jun-25-15    zanzibar: A preliminary exploration to <thomastonk>'s question: https://zanchess.wordpress.com/2015... It's a work-in-progress though, please be advised. Jun-25-15    Pawn and Two: Regarding the above game posted by <The Focus>, Reggio - Teichmann, Monte Carlo 1902, The Chess Player tournament book, by A.J. Gillam, confirms Reggio vs Teichmann was played in round 19, on March 6th, 1902. The Chess Player tournament book only shows the opening moves: 1.d4 d5 2.c4....QGD, 0-1, 40 moves, the game being won after the midday adjournment. The above game score should be submitted to the CG database. Jun-26-15    zanzibar: A rather nice group shot courtesy of Edward Winter: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Jun-26-15    zanzibar: How competitive was this tournament? Look at the crowding at the top! http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... Jun-26-15    zanzibar: I think I can make a first attempt at answering <thomastonk>'s question as to which games are missing: < 1902.02.13 R7.2 = Teichmann -- Mason 1902.02.21 R12.2 0-1 Albin -- Teichmann 1902.02.24 R13.2 = Marco -- Mason 1902.02.25 R14 1-0 Albin -- Mason 1902.02.25 R14 0-1 Marco -- Mieses 1902.02.27 R15 1-0 Janowski -- Mieses 1902.02.27 R15.1 = Popiel -- Wolf 1902.02.28 R16.2 = Schlechter -- Albin 1902.03.03 R17 0-1 Eisenberg -- Wolf 1902.03.03 R17 0-1 Mortimer -- Mason 1902.03.04 R18 0-1 Eisenberg -- Popiel 1902.03.06 R19 0-1 Reggio -- Teichmann 1902.03.06 R19 1-0 v Scheve -- Mortimer 1902.03.06 R19 1-0 Tarrasch -- Eisenberg 1902.03.10 R20 1-0 Mieses -- v Scheve 1902.03.10 R20.1 = Eisenberg -- Mason 1902.03.10 R20.2 = Mason -- Eisenberg 1902.03.10 R20.1 = Schlechter -- Wolf 1902.03.10 R20.2 = Wolf -- Schlechter 1902.03.11 R21 0-1 Mortimer -- Schlechter 1902.03.11 R21.1 = v Scheve -- Eisenberg 1902.03.11 R21.2 = Eisenberg -- v Scheve 1902.03.11 R21.1 = Marco -- Napier 1902.03.11 R21.2 = Napier -- Marco 1902.03.11 R21.2 = Popiel -- Gunsberg > Many of the double-draws in the last two rounds were non-played, see <pawn and two>'s comments. Jun-26-15    zanzibar: This will need double-checking, but here's my color-mapping (excluding replayed games): < 09.10 Albin, Adolf 09.10 Chigorin, Mikhail 09.10 Eisenberg, Louis R 10.09 Gunsberg, Isidor 10.09 Janowski, David 10.09 Marco, Georg 10.09 Maroczy, Geza 10.09 Marshall, Frank James 09.10 Mason, James 10.09 Mieses, Jacques 09.10 Mortimer, James 10.09 Napier, William Ewart 09.10 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 10.09 Popiel, Ignatz von 09.10 Reggio, Arturo 09.10 Scheve, Theodor von 10.09 Schlechter, Carl 09.10 Tarrasch, Siegbert 09.10 Teichmann, Richard 10.09 Wolf, Heinrich > Jun-26-15    zanzibar: Byes (note R18 has no byes): <Byes R1 10426 Mason, James R1 39143 Scheve, Theodor von R2 10016 Chigorin, Mikhail R2 10004 Maroczy, Geza R3 39147 Eisenberg, Louis R R3 10002 Marco, Georg R4 21823 Mieses, Jacques R4 10503 Schlechter, Carl R5 10309 Marshall, Frank James R5 10594 Wolf, Heinrich R6 39143 Scheve, Theodor von R6 10510 Tarrasch, Siegbert R7 10008 Mortimer, James R7 28903 Reggio, Arturo R8 18641 Albin, Adolf R8 10506 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson R9 19523 Janowski, David R9 10503 Schlechter, Carl R10 21823 Mieses, Jacques R10 10594 Wolf, Heinrich R11 19523 Janowski, David R11 10504 Popiel, Ignatz von R12 39147 Eisenberg, Louis R R12 27118 Napier, William Ewart R13 12808 Gunsberg, Isidor R13 10524 Teichmann, Richard R14 10506 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson R14 10510 Tarrasch, Siegbert R15 10008 Mortimer, James R15 10524 Teichmann, Richard R16 10004 Maroczy, Geza R16 10309 Marshall, Frank James R17 18641 Albin, Adolf R17 28903 Reggio, Arturo R19 27118 Napier, William Ewart R19 10504 Popiel, Ignatz von R20 12808 Gunsberg, Isidor R20 10002 Marco, Georg R21 10016 Chigorin, Mikhail R21 10426 Mason, James > Jun-26-15    zanzibar: Several correction slips have been submitted for Dates in <Monte Carlo (1902)> Again, this is too hard to keep track of game by game, and should be done in bulk. These are the games I think should be corrected: @g 1099290, 1064623, 1099363 Typically, the month is wrong. The bracket dates are 1902.02.03 - 1902.03.12, which agrees with the BDE report from the final day, which can be read here: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Mont... The start date from the intro, 1902.02.01 might include some opening ceremonies, my bracket starts from R1 to completion of play. Jun-26-15    zanzibar: <William Ewart Napier won the Rothschild Brilliancy Prize for this game against Tschigorin:> W Napier vs Chigorin, 1902 W Napier vs Chigorin, 1902 (kibitz #1) <Prince Dadian of Mingrelia's special prize for the most brilliant game played in the Monte Carlo tournament has been awarded to James Mason of London for his victory over D. Janowski, the French champion.> J Mason vs Janowski, 1902 The games were both mentioned here: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Mont... Jun-27-15    Chessical: Contemporary newspaper reports. MONTE CARLO. (From our. Correspondent.) Monte Carlo, Thursday. The tournament Monte Carlo will probably the strongest, if not the most representative, competition held since the Hastings tournament of 1895. There is only one absentee, and that is Dr. Lasker the champion, but otherwise every country will have its full share of players. As nearly every applicant will be admitted, there is no telling what the list will be on Monday, when play starts, but there are certain more than 20 competitors. The whole of the chess world will pleased hear that Dr. Tarrasch has left his lonely furrow at Nuremberg, and will enter the arena once more. He arrived here to day. Other arrivals are Marshall and Napier from New York, while Pillsbury, the American champion, is expected tomorrow; Tarrasch and Mieses are here from Germany, (the French champion and last year's winner) and Albin from Paris, Tchigorin and Eisenberg from Russia, and Gunsberg from England. Eisenberg is an entirely new player, and therefore his progress will watched with interest. (Reuter's Telegram.) Monte Carlo, Saturday. A meeting of the committee and players of Chess tournament, which is open here at nine o'clock Monday morning, held here three o'clock this afternoon, the sitting lasting until eight o'clock. Those present include MM. Arnous de Riviere, Naumaun, Hoffer, Tarrasch, Janowski, Tchigorin, Marco, Reggio, Marshall, Pillsbury, Napier, Wolff. Eisenberg, Albin, Popiel, Mason, Taubenhaus, Schlechter, Mortimer, Marcoczy. MM. Teichmann, Burn, and Winawer are expected to arrive before the opening of the tournament. The prizes have been fixed 5,000f., 3,000f., 2.000f., 1,500f., 1,000f., and 600f. Mr. F. G. Neumann, London, has contributed 3.000f. towards the prize money. The non-successful competitors will receive consolation prizes amounting in the aggregate 3,500f. <Source: "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer", Monday 3rd February 1902, p.5.> ... THE CHESS TOURNAMENT AT MONTE CARLO. [From Correspondent.] ...There are now only six more rounds go, that next week will see the completion the contest, although it. may prolonged by the novel system adopted in this tourney in regard to drawn games — which require to replayed — a fourth being allowed for the first, the same for second, or, if a win, one-half credited to the winner. The tournament has been a great and has attracted daily large number of interested and distinguished strangers. <Source: "Dundee Evening Telegraph, Wednesday 26th February 1902> ... THE CHESS TOURNAMENT AT MONTE CARLO. (Reuter's telegram Monte Carlo, Friday. ...The results of replayed games which were previously drawn were follows Schlechter beat Popiel (Queen's pawn opening) in 34 moves. The game between Teichmann and Wolf (Roy Lopez) was drawn after 15 moves. Tchigorin beat Pilsbury (Giuoco Piano) in 56 moves. Reggio lost to Alban (French defence) in 73 moves. To-morrow previous draws will be replayed. The last two rounds of the Tournament will played on Monday and Tuesday. <Source: "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer", Saturday 8th March 1902, p.9.> Jun-27-15    Chessical: Information from newspaper reports regarding missing games: 1902.03.06 R19 0-1 Reggio v Teichmann - Queens Gambit 40 moves 1902.03.06 R19 1-0 v Scheve v Mortimer - Queens Gambit 24 moves 1902.03.06 R19 1-0 Tarrasch v Eisenberg - Ruy Lopez 25 moves <Source: "Sheffield Daily Telegraph", Friday 7th March 1902, p.5> ... 1902.02.28 R16.2 = Schlechter -- Albin "The sixteenth round of the international chess tournament was played at Monte Carlo yesterday... The games between <Albin and Schlechter> (Ginco Piano [sic]), Teichmann and Napier (Ruy Lopez), were drawn after 66 and 31 moves respectively. The game between Reggio and Janowsky (Centre Gambit) was adjourned. Marshall and Maroczy had byes." <Source: "Edinburgh Evening News", Saturday 1st March 1902, p.4> This may be a typo but it reverses the colours for R16.2 = Schlechter -- Albin Jun-27-15    Chessical: Both the pairing system and the scoring system of this tournament appear to be rather eccentric. "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" (NY), Monday 3rd February 1902 states: "The principal business transacted yesterday was the pairing of the players for the entire twenty-one rounds, this being done, as usual, by means of the <Berger tables>. In consequence of the decision to replay drawn games, thus making it necessary to have more than one bye-day each week, it was arranged to play four regular rounds a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, leaving Wednesdays and Saturdays for playing off adjourned and drawn games. The tourney will thus extend over a period of five weeks and one day and the final round will not take place until the 10th of March. Even then the conclusion of the contest may be postponed a few days on account of a few important games which may then be pending. Appended are the pairings for all the twenty-one rounds: <The column "EYES OF THE CHESS WORLD ARE ON MONTE CARLO" then lists all the games for all the rounds, the following link to goes to the scan (top left of the page): http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/#... > <"...The actual round to be played each day will be determined by lot on the morning of that day. Inasmuch as there are an uneven number of rounds , some of the players will have the first move eleven times, whereas others will have that privilege only ten times, this being purely as matter of luck in the drawing".> Jun-27-15    zanzibar: Fantastic stuff <chessical>. Too bad I didn't have it yesterday! Lots for me to go through. But a quick note about the 1902-02-02 BDE article... It lists all the first-pairings round-by-round, but then adds this <The actual round to be played each day will be determined by lot on the morning of that day> !! Bizarre though that is, the schedule is accurate once one can figure out which round is really which. E.g. the <R16.2 Schlechter--Albin> round matches BDE R19. And all the pairings are good (even the two byes, Marshall and Maroczy). That includes <R16.1 Albin--Schlechter>, so the color-reversed replay looks right. I think the "Edinburgh Evening News" was reporting on the first-pairing, which took place 02-28 and had the colors right (although our <CG> version only has 64-moves). Jul-01-15    jnpope: This might help in your efforts... I'm starting to upload the London Field for 1902 which had better than average coverage for the event: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... Jul-03-15    zanzibar: <jnpope> yes indeed, very helpful. Many thanks from us all. For instance, the <Albin--Napier (R4.2)> replay couldn't take place on 2/8 since Napier was playing a different replay. I did find it mentioned on (1902.02.22) as <(Albin played Chigorin earlier and then...) Albin therefore started immediately a fresh game with Napier.> Of course, this is the last report, and so I hope additional reports will soon appear. But one note should be mentioned about the 1902.02.22 reporting, apparently the main article started on p243 and is missing from the clipping. Jul-03-15    Pawn and Two: <zanzibar> Regarding the Albin - Napier replay game, Gillam's tournament book shows this game was played on Day 9 - Feb. 12th, along with four other replay games: Mason - Maroczy; Gunsberg - Mieses; Marco - Schlechter & Eisenberg - Janowski. On Day 8 - Feb. 11th, the Round 6 games were played. The game Chigorin - Albin was started on Feb. 11th, and completed on Feb. 12. This information tracks with the statement regarding Albin immediately starting a fresh game with Napier, upon concluding his game with Chigorin. Jul-03-15    zanzibar: Thx <P and 2>, will check your data against the BDE dates I'm just finishing. * * * From BDE 1902.03.12 p3 (see <Chessical>'s reporting above as well): <First prize, 5,000 francs, Geza Maroczy, Hungary. Second prize, 3,000 francs, H.N. Pillsbury, America. Third prize, 2,000 francs, D. Janowski, France. Fourth prize, 1,500 francs, R. Teichmann, England. Fifth, sixth and seventh prizes, 1,000, 750 and 500 francs equally divided between Dr. S. Tarrasch, Germany; C. Schlechter, Austria, and S. Wolf, Austria (750 francs apiece). The consolation money was divided according to the merit of the final scores of the non prize winners. The special prizes for brillancy, etc. will be awarded later on.> http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/5... Jul-03-15    zanzibar: Helms writes this about the scoring system in BDE Sun 1902.03.16 p39: <The replaying of drawn games has again been found to be unsatisfactory and a burden, particularly to the weaker players.> http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/5... It is further noted that the 1st and 2nd place finishers would have been the same had the simpler draw = 1/2 rule been observed without replayed games. * * * * * I haven't found any reporting on which game was deemed winner of the brilliancy prize yet. Jul-03-15    zanzibar: OK, maybe from BDE 1902.04.27 p44 <Since the award of Prince Dadian's prize to James Mason for his victory over Janowski at Monte Carlo was announced the following distribution of brilliancy money has been made: Napier for his game with Chigorin 100 francs. Chigorin for his game with Tarrasch, 100 francs. Eisenberg for his game with Pillsbury, 100 francs. Mieses for his game with Marshall, 100 francs. Gunsberg for his game with Marshall, 50 francs. Marco for his game with Marshall, 50 francs.> http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/5... Jul-04-15    Pawn and Two: <zanzibar> From Gillam's Monte Carlo 1902, here is a round by round summary of the replays. Rd. 1 Feb. 5th - Albin - Marshall Feb. 5th - Teichmann - Schlechter Rd. 2 Feb. 5th - Pillsbury - Wolf Rd. 3 Feb. 8th - Gunsberg - Tarrasch Feb. 8th - Napier - Mason Feb. 8th - Janowski - Maroczy Feb. 8th - Reggio - Scheve Feb 19th - Teichmann - Pillsbury Rd. 4 Feb. 12th -Albin - Napier Rd. 5 Feb. 12th - Mason - Maroczy Feb. 22nd - Teichmann - Eisenberg Rd. 6 Feb. 12th - Gunsberg - Mieses Feb. 12th - Marco - Schlechter Feb. 12th - Eisenberg - Janowski Mar. 7th - Teichmann - Wolf Rd. 7 Feb. 19th - Albin - Tarrasch Feb. 26th - Trichmann - Mason Feb. 15th - Eisenberg - Marshall Feb. 15th - Napier - Wolf Feb. 15th - Popiel - Mieses Rd. 8 Feb. 19th - Eisenberg - Mieses Rd. 9 None Rd. 10 Feb. 26th - Maroczy - Chigorin Rd. 11 Feb. 22nd - Mason - Schlechter Feb. 22nd - Tarrasch - Napier Feb. 22nd - Albin - Marco Rd. 12 Mar. 8th - Chigorin - Janowski Feb. 22nd - Pillsbury - Gunsberg Feb. 26th - Tarrasch - Marco Mar. 1st - Albin - Teichmann Rd. 13 Feb. 26th - Schlechter - Mieses Mar. 1st - Marco - Mason Rd. 14 Mar. 1st - Wolf - Gunsberg Rd. 15 Mar. 5th - Wolf - Popiel Rd. 16 Mar. 5th - Schlechter - Albin Mar. 8th - Napier - Teichmann Rd. 17 Mar. 7th - Schlechter - Popiel Rd. 18 Mar. 7th - Chigorin - Pillsbury Rd. 19 Mar. 8th - Marco - Pillsbury Mar. 8th - Mieses - Maroczy Rd. 20 not played - draws by agreement Wolf - Schlechter Scheve - Mieses Note: both games - Eisenberg - Mason & Mason - Eisenberg were draws by agreement Rd. 21 not played - drawn by agreement Popiel - Gunsberg Mar. 12th - Maroczy - Tarrasch These games were also draws by agreement. Eisenberg - Scheve Scheve - Eisenberg Marco - Napier Napier - Marco Jul-05-15    zanzibar: Fantastically help <pawn and two>. I've rechecking you citations against my BDE sources. So far I'm 50% through the tournament, with 100% agreement. There is some discrepancies in the second half, which I need to carefully recheck (for example- the replay game might be adjourned, so I have to screen out some of the mentions). I'll post again soon. Jul-05-15    Pawn and Two: <zanzibar> Thanks. I have started reviewing the Monte Carlo 1902 tournament book with our Chessgames database, to see if we have complete game scores. I have only completed my review for the first two rounds, but I have already found one game where our database was missing the final two full moves. I have submitted a correction, and will follow up if necessary. Jul-06-15    zanzibar: <Pawn and Two> Just curious - are you actually playing over the entire games? Or just checking the colors, results and move lengths? Either way, it's over and above the line of duty. * * * * * I checked over the list of replays against the BDE (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) info. Your list was exactly correct, and actually necessary to fill the few gaps in the BDE coverage. I'll post a list on my blog later. Another point, again above and beyond... Do you have the dates of adjourned game play? Since we've gone this far, I plan to attempt to include this information in the post I mentioned. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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