- Madrid 1973
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Madrid, Spain was the host to a category XII international tournament from November 26th to December 15th, 1973. 12 grandmasters and 4 masters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2660), Lajos Portisch (2650), Vlastimil Hort (2590), Oscar Panno (2585), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2565), Wolfgang Uhlmann (2560), Ulf Andersson (2555), Vladimir Tukmakov (2545), Semyon Furman (2540), Walter Shawn Browne (2535), Albin Planinc (2525), Ricardo Calvo-Minguez (2470), Julio Kaplan (2455), Silvino Garcia-Martinez (2450), Arturo Pomar-Salamanca (2430), and Juan Manuel Bellon-Lopez (2400). 1973 was a significant year for young Karpov. After placing second in Budapest and tying for first with Viktor Korchnoi at the Leningrad Interzonal he added this tournament win, and the Chess Oscar at year's end. The final standings follow: 1 Karpov 11 points (+7, =8, -0);
2 Tukmakov 10.5 points (+7, =7, -1);
3 Furman 10 points (+6, =8, -1);
4 Hort 9.5 points (+4, =11, -0);
5 Uhlmann 9.5 points (+6, =7, -2);
6 Portisch 9 points (+5, =8, -2);
7 Andersson 9 points (+5, =8, -2);
8 Ljubojevic 8.5 points (+5, =7, -3);
9 Browne 8.5 points (+4, =9, -2);
10 Planinc 6.5 points (+4, =5, -6);
11 Panno 6 points (+2, =8, -5);
12 Calvo-Minguez 5 points (+2, =6, -7);
13 Kaplan 5 points (+2, =6, -7);
14 Pomar-Salamanca 5 points (+2, =6, -7);
15 Garcia-Martinez 4 points (+1, =6, -8);
16 Bellon-Lopez 3 points (+1, =4, -10);
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120 games, 1973 - Madrid 1994
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The 3rd Torneo Magistral held during May of 1994 in Madrid, Spain was a category XVI event. Ten grandmasters competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Alexey Shirov (2705), Gata Kamsky (2695), Valery Salov (2685), Evgeny Bareev (2685), Ivan Sokolov (2650), Judit Polgar (2630), Sergei Tiviakov (2630), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2590), Jorge Magem Badals (2505), and Pablo San Segundo-Carrillo (2470). 17 year old Judit Polgar claimed clear first, undefeated, with an impressive 7/9! The final standings and crosstable are as follows: table[
01 Polgar 7/9 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1
02 Sokolov 5.5/9 0 * = = = 1 0 1 1 1
03 Kamsky 5/9 = = * = = = = 1 = =
04 Shirov 5/9 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 1
05 Illescas-Cordoba 5/9 = = = = * 1 0 1 = =
06 Salov 4.5/9 = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = =
07 Tiviakov 4.5/9 0 1 = 1 1 0 * 0 = =
08 Magem Badals 3.5/9 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1
09 San Segundo-Carrillo 2.5/9 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * =
10 Bareev 2.5/9 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = *]table
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45 games, 1994 - Madrid 1996
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The 5th Torneo Magistral organized in Madrid, Spain in 1996 was a category XVII event. Ten grandmasters competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Boris Gelfand (2700), Veselin Topalov (2700), Alexey Shirov (2690), Valery Salov (2670), Michael Adams (2660), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2660), Viktor Korchnoi (2645), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), Alexander Morozevich (2625), and Pablo San Segundo-Carillo (2535). Topalov shared first with Illescas-Cordoba at the final, each with +4. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Topalov 6.5/9 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Illescas-Cordoba 6.5/9 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 3 Shirov 6/9 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1
4 Salov 6/9 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
5 Gelfand 5/9 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
6 Azmaiparashvili 5/9 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 Adams 3.5/9 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1
8 Morozevich 3/9 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 0
9 Korchnoi 2/9 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1
10 San Segundo-Carillo 1.5/9 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 *
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45 games, 1996 - Madrid 1997
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The 6th Torneo Magistral held from May 20th to June 1st, 1997 in Madrid, Spain was a category XVII event. Ten grandmasters competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Veselin Topalov (2725), Alexey Shirov (2690), Nigel Short (2690), Alexander Beliavsky (2665), Valery Salov (2665), Vladimir Akopian (2655), Judit Polgar (2645), Jeroen Piket (2640), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), and Pablo San Segundo-Carrillo (2505). One of Shirov's best tournaments, he shared first with Topalov at 6.5/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Shirov 6.5/9 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1
02 Topalov 6.5/9 1 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 =
03 Beliavsky 5.5/9 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1
04 Akopian 5.5/9 = = = * = = 0 1 1 1
05 Polgar 4.5/9 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1
06 Illescas-Cordoba 4.5/9 = = = = 1 * = = 0 = 07 Short 4.5/9 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 1
08 Salov 3.5/9 0 = 1 0 0 = = * = =
09 Piket 2.5/9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1
10 San Segundo-Carrillo 1.5/9 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 *
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45 games, 1997 - Madrid 1998
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The 7th Torneo Magistral held from May 10th to the 22nd, 1997 in Madrid, Spain was a category XVII event. Ten grandmasters competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Peter Svidler (2690), Alexander Beliavsky (2690), Michael Adams (2670), Peter Leko (2670), Mikhail Krasenkow (2660), Alex Yermolinsky (2660), Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga (2630), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2600), and Pablo San Segundo-Carrillo (2505). 1998 was Anand's best year and he continued it here with an undefeated first place score of 6.5/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Anand 6.5/9 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1
02 Svidler 5.5/9 = * = = = = = = 1 1
03 Leko 5/9 = = * = = = = = 1 =
04 San Segundo-Carrillo 5/9 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 = 05 Krasenkow 4.5/9 0 = = 1 * = = = = =
06 Adams 4.5/9 0 = = = = * = = = 1
07 Illescas-Cordoba 4.5/9 0 = = = = = * 1 = =
08 Yermolinsky 4/9 = = = 0 = = 0 * 1 =
09 Beliavsky 3/9 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1
10 Granda-Zuniga 2.5/9 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 *
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45 games, 1998 - Manila 1976
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In the summer of 1976 three grandmasters traveled to Manila in the Philippines to participate in the Marlboro-Loyola Kings Challenge chess tournament. There they faced off in a double round robin event that included a local chess master from the Philippines. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2695), the world champion from the Soviet Union; Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2620) from Yugoslavia; Walter Shawn Browne (2585) from the United States; and Eugenio Torre (2505) from the Philippines. The combined ratings of the players qualified the tournament as a category XV event. The tournament was surprising and momentous due in large part to the inspired play of the local Philippines master Torre. Not only did he defeat the world champion in the second round, but he went on to finish clear first ahead of Karpov, a feat no one had yet accomplished since he had become world champion. The success of the tournament earned Torre a grandmaster title and a place in history. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Torre 4½/6 ** 1½ ½1 1½
2 Karpov 3/6 0½ ** 1½ ½½
3 Ljubojevic 2½/6 ½0 0½ ** ½1
4 Browne 2/6 0½ ½½ ½0 **
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12 games, 1976 - Mar del Plata 1959
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The 22nd Torneo Internacional de Ciudad Mar del Plata was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 23rd to April 10th, 1959. Fifteen chess masters and grandmasters from Europe and the Americas were invited to compete in the round robin event. Among the notable participants were sixteen year old grandmaster Bobby Fischer from the United States, Borislav Ivkov from Yugoslavia, Rene Letelier Martner from Chile, Ludek Pachman from Czechoslovakia, and Miguel Najdorf who led eight of his fellow Argentinian chess masters in the field. Najdorf and Pachman tied for first place with +7 each at the final. Fischer managed to match Pachman's eight wins, but lost an additional game more than the Czech grandmaster, which was only good enough for shared 3rd-4th with grandmaster Ivkov. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Najdorf 10½/14 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ =1st Pachman 10½/14 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 =3rd Ivkov 10/14 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =3rd Fischer 10/14 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5th Letelier Martner 9/14 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6th Rossetto 8/14 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7th Wexler 7½/14 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =8th Sanchez 7/14 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 =8th Sanguineti 7/14 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10th Emma 5½/14 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 1 0 ½ =11th Bolbochan 4½/14 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 =11th Pilnik 4½/14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 1 =13th Shocron 4/14 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 =13th Souza-Mendes 4/14 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 * 1 15th Redolfi 3/14 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 *
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105 games, 1959 - Mar del Plata 1960
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The 23rd Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 29th to April 15th. Among the longtime participants of the event and the field of Argentinian masters, four grandmasters were invited to compete. Bobby Fischer was participating on behalf of the United States for the second time, while the Soviet Union sent David Bronstein and Boris Spassky to represent them, and Fridrik Olafsson journeyed from Iceland. While neither player was new to international chess, the 17 year old Fischer and the 23 year old Spassky drew a great deal of attention to themselves by dominating the event, both of them tying for first place with 13½/15. Spassky had defeated Fischer in their individual encounter and gone undefeated, but Fischer's results were not lost on the Soviets who perceived him as a potential challenger to their long reign in international chess. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Spassky 13½/15 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =1st Fischer 13½/15 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3rd Bronstein 11½/15 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 4th Olafsson 10½/15 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5th Bazan 9/15 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6th Wexler 8½/15 ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7th Letelier Martner 8/15 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 =8th Incutto 6½/15 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ =8th Redolfi 6½/15 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 =8th Foguelman 6½/15 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ =11th Bielicki 6/15 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 =11th Eliskases 6/15 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 =13th Marini 4/15 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 =13th Alvarez del Monte 4/15 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 =13th Gadia 4/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 16th Saadi 2/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 *
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120 games, 1960 - Margate 1935
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The chess club at Margate, a seaside resort in England, held the first of five consecutive international tournaments in the spring of 1935. Former world champion Jose Capablanca was invited to participate and he was amicable considering his success at numerous British tournaments such as Hastings. Samuel Reshevsky participated on behalf of the United States, and Ernst Ludwig Klein traveled from Austria. The remaining seven seats in the tournament went to the following chess masters from the United Kingdom: William Albert Fairhurst, women's world champion Vera Menchik, Jacques Mieses, Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, Brian Patrick Reilly, Edward G Sergeant, and George Alan Thomas. The tournament proceeded in a surprising fashion, largely due to the aggressive and often brilliant play of young Reshevsky. Conventional wisdom had Capablanca as the sure bet going into the competition, and he took an early lead following his win in the third round against 70 year old Mieses. But the turning point came in the fourth round when Reshevsky (who was only 23) defeated the former champion of the world in this game: Reshevsky vs Capablanca, 1935 From that point on Reshevsky took the lead and never gave it up. Three games are omitted from this collection due to their scores being incomplete. These include a draw in the third round between Milner-Barry and Reilly, a draw between Fairhurst and Sergeant in the seventh round, and an eighth round draw between Reilly and Mieses. In spite of the absence of these games, the results remain and are included in the score table below. The tournament was also marred by the surprising behavior of Klein, who the other players grouped against and later published their complaints about following the tournament's conclusion. Nevertheless, Klein later settled in Great Britain and became a citizen of the United Kingdom. Although Reshevsky and Capablanca both finished with 6 wins each, the young American master's win over the former world title holder gave him the extra half point to finish sole first at an impressive 7½/9. The victory here was the first of a string for Reshevsky in the 1930s that would herald his rise as one of the best players in the world. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Reshevsky 7½/9 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
2nd Capablanca 7/9 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
3rd Thomas 5/9 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
=4th Klein 4½/9 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0 1 ½
=4th Sergeant 4½/9 0 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1
=6th Reilly 4/9 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½
=6th Fairhurst 4/9 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1
8th Milner-Barry 3½/9 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 1
=9th Menchik 2½/9 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 * 0
=9th Mieses 2½/9 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 *
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42 games, 1935 - Margate 1936
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The second of five consecutive international tournaments organized by the Margate chess club at their seaside resort in England was held from April 15th to the 24th, 1936. Former world champion Jose Capablanca was asked back a second time and he agreed to participate, as did five British chess players who were also returning for the second time: Women's world champion Vera Menchik, Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, Brian Patrick Reilly, Edward G Sergeant, and George Alan Thomas all attended. The six returning players were joined by Czech chess master Salomon Flohr, Swedish chess masters Gideon Stahlberg and Erik Ruben Lundin, and British chess master Theodore Tylor. Unlike the other four Margate tournaments from this series, complete records and gamescores are no longer available for this tournament. Thirty-one of the original forty-five games remain and have been included here with the appropriate dates and round information where know. Thanks go to <Benzol> and <Phony Benoni> for their research and help reconstructing this tournament to the level seen here. The tournament proved to be a second consecutive disappointment for Capablanca as he only managed clear second again, behind Flohr. This decade was a good one to Flohr and he would have another victory in Podebrady later in the year, that time facing Alekhine in the standings. Here he beat the former world champion by half a point with wins over half the field. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Flohr 7½/9 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
2nd Capablanca 7/9 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
3rd Stahlberg 5½/9 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
4th Lundin 5/9 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1
=5th Milner-Barry 4½/9 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 =5th Tylor 4½/9 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1
7th Menchik 3½/9 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1
=8th Sergeant 3/9 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½
=8th Thomas 3/9 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 0
10th Reilly 1½/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 *
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31 games, 1936 - Margate 1937
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In the year 1937, ten chess masters, including the world champion, were invited to participate in a round robin tournament at the seaside resort of Margate, England. Continuing their hot streak through the year, Reuben Fine and Paul Keres shared first place, both having gone undefeated. Alexander Alekhine displayed his familiar aggressive style, taking no draws, but suffering three losses to the three Victors and earning second place. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Fine 7½/9 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
=1st Keres 7½/9 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
3rd Alekhine 6/9 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
4th Foltys 5½/9 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½
5th Milner-Barry 5/9 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1
=6th Alexander 4/9 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1
=6th Menchik 4/9 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1
8th Thomas 3/9 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1
9th Berger 2/9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1
10th Tylor ½/9 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 *
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45 games, 1937 - Margate 1939
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The last of five consecutive international events organized at the seaside resort of Margate, England was held in the spring of 1939. Former world champion Jose Capablanca made the last of three appearances at this round robin tournament. He was joined by Salomon Flohr, who had participated and won this event back in 1936, as well as Paul Keres, who had participated and shared first in this event back in 1937. Miguel Najdorf, an upcoming master, journeyed from Poland. The remaining six seats when to chess masters from the United Kingdom, including Harry Golombek, women's world champion Vera Menchik, Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, Edward G Sergeant, George Alan Thomas, and George Wheatcroft. Capablanca's penultimate event in international chess play saw him play with his usual excellence, but unfortunately for the former champion of the world he had declined and was no longer capable of keeping up with the younger, hungrier chess masters of the new generation. Keres managed to score wins against over half the participants and finish a full point ahead of Capablanca and Flohr. Najdorf, meanwhile making his English debut, performed less well, but he was on the rise and would soon attain regard as a potential challenger for the world crown. The outbreak of World War II would put an end to these events for many years, but the opportunity for young and old chess masters to mingle and play against one another as well as including local British masters was a boon to those involved, as well as to those of us who have their games to play over today. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Keres 7½/9 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
=2nd Capablanca 6½/9 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
=2nd Flohr 6½/9 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
4th Thomas 5/9 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
5th Milner-Barry 4½/9 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6th Najdorf 4/9 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1
7th Golombek 3½/9 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1
8th Sergeant 3/9 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0
9th Menchik 2½/9 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½
10th Wheatcroft 2/9 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ *
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45 games, 1939 - Marienbad 1925
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The health resort of Marienbad, Czechoslovakia was the host of an international chess tournament from May 20th to June 8th in 1925. Sixteen chess masters from Europe and the Americas participated in the round robin event. Among them were former and current World Champion challengers, including Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, David Janowski, and Aron Nimzowitsch. Rubinstein took off to an early lead but eventually he was racing neck and neck with Nimzowitsch, with whom he eventually shared first place. While the quality of games was regarded as poor by many high profile absentees from the tournament, it was an important victory for both Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein as they were later regarded as top players of the 1920s. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Nimzowitsch 11/15 * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ =1st Rubinstein 11/15 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 =3rd Marshall 10/15 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 =3rd Torre 10/15 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =5th Tartakower 9½/15 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =5th Reti 9½/15 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7th Spielmann 8½/15 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 8th Grünfeld 8/15 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9th Yates 7/15 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10th Opocensky 6½/15 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =11th Przepiorka 6/15 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 0 =11th Thomas 6/15 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 =13th Sämisch 5½/15 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 1 1 =13th Janowski 5½/15 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 1 15th Michell 3½/15 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 16th Haida 2½/15 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 *
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120 games, 1925 - Merida 2000
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The first Torneo Magistral chess tournament to be organized in Merida, Mexico was held from June 13th to the 19th, 2000. Four grandmasters were invited to compete in the double round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Alexey Shirov (2751), Vladimir Akopian (2660), Judit Polgar (2658), and Gilberto Hernandez (2560). The average of the combined ratings of the players qualified the tournament as a category XVII event. Shirov edged out Polgar by half a point in the final to win one of the highest category tournaments of his career by that point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Shirov 4/6 ** 1½ 0½ 11
2 Polgar 3.5/6 0½ ** 1½ ½1
3 Hernandez 2.5/6 1½ 0½ ** 0½
4 Akopian 2/6 00 ½0 1½ **
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12 games, 2000 - Merida 2001
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The second Torneo Magistral chess tournament to be organized in Merida, Mexico was held from May 16th to the 22nd, 2001. Four grandmasters, including the newly crowned FIDE world champion, were invited to compete in the double round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2794), Alexander Khalifman (2690), Nigel Short (2676), and local favorite Gilberto Hernandez (2567). The average of the combined ratings of the players qualified the tournament as a category XVIII event. The world champion did not disappoint as Anand finished undefeated with 4.5/6 at the final. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Anand 4.5/6 ** 1= == 11
2 Short 3.5/6 0= ** 1= =1
3 Khalifman 3/6 == 0= ** 1=
4 Hernandez 1/6 00 =0 0= **
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12 games, 2001 - Milan 1975
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Since the introduction of the ELO rating system earlier in the decade, the 1970s saw a resurgence of the so-called "super" chess tournament where the very best in the world gathered to compete at international events. 1975 was one of the biggest years of the decade in that regard as a number of international "super tournaments" were held in which top rated masters participated. Milan, Italy in late summer saw the attendance of twelve such top rated world grandmasters, including the newly designated world champion, to its round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2705) from the Soviet Union; Tigran Petrosian (2645) from the Soviet Union; Mikhail Tal (2645) from the Soviet Union; Lajos Portisch (2635) from Hungary; Bent Larsen (2625) from Denmark; Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2615) from Yugoslavia; Jan Smejkal (2600) from Czechoslovakia; Svetozar Gligoric (2575) from Yugoslavia; Ulf Andersson (2565) from Sweden; Walter Browne (2550) from the United States; Wolfgang Unzicker (2535) from West Germany; and Sergio Mariotti (2495) playing for his home country of Italy. The combined ratings of all the grandmasters qualified the tournament as a category XV event, making it stronger than most other international tournaments seen up to that point. Games were played from August 20th to September 14th. In addition to a round robin all-play-all format, a series of semi-final and final matches among the top four finishers were devised to follow the tournament. This would turn out to be a blessing for the Soviet grandmasters as the final of the tournament proper saw Portisch finish clear first, a half point ahead of shared seconds Petrosian, Karpov, and Ljubojevic. While Portisch dispatched Ljubojevic in their semi-final match, Petrosian and Karpov drew their match, allowing the higher rated world champion a shot at the tournament leader in the finals match for first place. Karpov only managed to win one game, but it was enough to put him over the edge and finish the entire event as clear first ahead of Portisch. It was to be one of the earliest of what would be copious super tournament victories for the new world champion. The final standings and crosstable of the tournament: 1st Portisch 7/11 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 =2nd Karpov 6½/11 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ =2nd Petrosian 6½/11 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =2nd Ljubojevic 6½/11 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5th Smejkal 6/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ =6th Tal 5½/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 0 ½ 1 1
=6th Browne 5½/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =8th Andersson 5/11 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 0 1 =8th Unzicker 5/11 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ =8th Gligoric 5/11 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 * 0 ½
=8th Larsen 5/11 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 * 1
12th Mariotti 2½/11 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * The final standings and crosstable of the semi-final matches: 1st Portisch 2½/4 ½ ½ 1 ½
2nd Ljubojevic 1½/4 ½ ½ 0 ½
=1st Petrosian 2/4 ½ ½ ½ ½
=1st Karpov 2/4 ½ ½ ½ ½
The final standings and crosstable of the final matches: Third/Fourth Place match
=1st Ljubojevic 3/6 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
=1st Petrosian 3/6 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
First/Second Place match
1st Karpov 3½/6 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
2nd Portisch 2½/6 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
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86 games, 1975 - Monte Carlo 1901
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In order to stimulate tourism to the seaside resort of Monte Carlo during the winter season, Prince Dadian of Mongrelia and Arnous de Rivière organized the first in a series of master chess tournaments to be held from February 1st to March 1st in 1901. Fourteen chess masters were invited to participate, but play was delayed until the 4th of February to observe the funeral of Queen Victoria I of England. The scoring format for this tournament gave ¼ of a point 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. David Janowski won the tournament and the grand prize of 5000 Francs, while the second through sixth place finishers enjoyed their share of a 7300 Franc prize pool. The remaining players received minor compensation for their participation. Several games, although their scores and partial move orders still exist, have been omitted from this collection due to being incomplete. The crosstable and final standings (see tournament format above for scoring): 1st Janowski * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ W 1 0 1 1 10¼/13 2nd Schlechter 0 * 0 W ½ 1 1 W 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½/13 =3rd von Scheve 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9/13 =3rd Chigorin 0 L 1 * ½ 0 1 1 W ½ 1 1 1 1 9/13 5th Alapin 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ W ½ 0 1 1 ½ W 1 8½/13 6th Mieses 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 7/13 =7th Blackburne 0 0 0 0 L 1 * 0 1 1 L 1 1 1 6½/13 =7th Gunsberg 0 L 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 W 0 ½ 1 1 6½/13 9th Marco ½ 0 0 L 1 0 0 1 * L 1 ½ ½ 1 6/13 10th Marshall L ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 L W * 1 1 L 1 5½/13 11th Reggio 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.75/13 12th Mason 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 W 4¼/13 13th Winawer 0 0 ½ 0 L 1 0 0 ½ W 0 0 * 1 4/13 14th Didier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 * 0¼/13
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99 games, 1901 - Monte Carlo 1902
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After the success of the first international chess master tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 1901, the original organizers, Prince Dadian of Mongrelia and Arnous de Rivière, assembled an even larger gathering for their follow up tournament the next year. 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, 1902. 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 (winner of the previous edition of the tournament), Siegbert Tarrasch, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Carl Schlechter, and Richard Teichmann. The time control for the tournament was 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves for every succeeding hour. The scoring format for this 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 Geza Maróczy, winner of the "minor" tournament at Hastings 1895, took first prize with his accurate and convincing play. He edged out "major" Hastings winner Pillsbury by one quarter of a point and was awarded 5000 francs. Janowski came in third behind Pillsbury 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 final standings and crosstable:
1st Maróczy * 1 ½½ 1 0 ½½ 1 ½½ 1 0 1 ½1 ½½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.75/19 2nd Pillsbury 0 * 1 ½½ 1 1 ½1 ½0 1 ½1 1 1 1 1 ½0 1 1 0 1 1 14½/19 3rd Janowski ½½ 0 * 1 0 1 1 ½1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½1 1 1 14/19 4th Teichmann 0 ½½ 0 * ½½ 1 ½½ 1 0 1 ½1 1 ½½ ½1 1 1 1 ½1 1 1 13¼/19 =5th Schlechter 1 0 1 ½½ * 0 ½½ 0 0 1 1 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½½ ½1 1 1 1 1 12/19 =5th Tarrasch ½½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 ½1 ½½ 1 1 ½½ ½1 1 1 1 1 1 12/19 =5th Wolf 0 ½0 0 ½½ ½½ 0 * 1 1 ½1 ½0 0 1 1 1 ½1 1 1 1 1 12/19 8th Chigorin ½½ ½1 ½0 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 11½/19 9th Marshall 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 ½0 0 1 1 ½1 1 1 11/19 10th Gunsberg 1 ½0 0 0 0 ½0 ½0 0 1 * 1 ½½ 0 1 1 ½½ 1 1 1 1 10.75/19 11th Napier 0 0 1 ½0 0 ½½ ½1 1 0 0 * 1 0½ ½0 ½½ 0 1 1 1 1 9½/19 12th Mieses ½0 0 0 0 ½½ 0 1 0 1 ½½ 0 * 0 1 1 ½1 1 ½0 1 1 9¼/19 13th Mason ½½ 0 1 ½½ ½0 0 0 0 0 1 ½1 1 * 0 ½½ 1 0 ½½ 1 1 9/19 14th Albin 0 0 0 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0 0 ½1 0 ½1 0 1 * ½1 0 1 1 1 1 8½/19 15th Marco 0 ½1 0 0 ½½ ½0 0 0 1 0 ½½ 0 ½½ ½0 * 0 1 1 1 1 7.75/19 16th Von Popiel 0 0 0 0 ½0 0 ½0 1 0 ½½ 1 ½0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 1 7¼/19 17th Von Scheve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * ½½ ½½ 1 5/19 18th Eisenberg 0 1 ½0 ½0 0 0 0 0 ½0 0 0 ½1 ½½ 0 0 0 ½½ * 1 0 4½/19 19th Reggio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½½ 0 * 1 2½/19 20th Mortimer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1/19 *For a complete and in depth study of this tournament, visit here: http://sbchess.sinfree.net/MonteCar...
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210 games, 1902 - Monte Carlo 1903
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The quarter of Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco hosted the third of four chess master tournaments, designed to help bolster tourism during the winter season, in 1903. Only fourteen chess masters participated in the double round robin event, since Mikhail Chigorin was turned away for his criticism of games won by Prince Dadian of Mingrelia, and Semion Alapin, Isidor Gunsberg, and David Janowski were forced to decline due to their invitations being sent last minute. Games were played between February 10th and March 17th in the Monte Carlo Casino. When the players complained of the noise to tournament director Arnous de Rivière he told them they would just have to get used to it. Siegbert Tarrasch won the tournament after several losses in the opening rounds. Geza Maróczy who had won the tournament the previous year came in second. Harry Nelson Pillsbury, whose health in the last few years was steadily declining, managed only third place in what would be his penultimate international tournament. This was also another tournament that would contribute to Richard Teichmann's nickname of "Richard the Fifth" as he placed fifth in the standings just behind Carl Schlechter. Despite the absence of the alternate scoring for draws or replayed games (rules in place in the previous two installments), all of the games were hard fought each round of this event. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Tarrasch 20/26 ** ½½ ½1 0½ 0½ 01 11 11 11 11 1½ 11 11 11 2nd Maróczy 19/26 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 01 11 01 01 11 11 11 11 3rd Pillsbury 18½/26 ½0 ½½ ** 11 11 1½ 1½ 01 0½ ½1 1½ 1½ 11 11 4th Schlechter 17/26 1½ ½½ 00 ** ½½ ½1 1½ ½1 01 ½0 1½ 11 11 11 5th Teichmann 16½/26 1½ ½½ 00 ½½ ** 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 10 01 11 11 11 6th Marco 15½/26 10 00 0½ ½0 01 ** 1½ 11 1½ 1½ ½1 ½0 11 11 7th Wolf 14/26 00 10 0½ 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 01 1½ 11 11 01 01 11 8th Mieses 13/26 00 00 10 ½0 0½ 00 10 ** 11 11 1½ 01 ½1 11 9th Marshall 12/26 00 10 1½ 10 ½0 0½ 0½ 00 ** 11 01 01 10 11 =10th Taubenhaus 10½/26 00 10 ½0 ½1 01 0½ 00 00 00 ** ½½ 11 10 11 =10th Mason 10½/26 0½ 00 0½ 0½ 10 ½0 00 0½ 10 ½½ ** ½1 1½ 11 12th Albin 8/26 00 00 0½ 00 00 ½1 10 10 10 00 ½0 ** 0½ 11 13th Reggio 7½/26 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 ½0 01 01 0½ 1½ ** 11 14th Moreau 0/26 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 **
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182 games, 1903 - Monte Carlo 1904
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The last of a series of chess tournaments held in the quarter of Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco occurred in 1904. In this year, two events were held simultaneously, a masters tournament and a thematic tournament. Nine players were invited to participate, with three of them, Frank Marshall, Georg Marco, and Rudolf Swiderski, playing in both events. The masters tournament was a double round robin of six players held from February 8th until the 18th. The time control for the tournament was 16 moves every hour. Rather than distribute the prize money at the end of the event, the organizers conspired to disperse the 5000 francs to the participants upon their arrival so that they would be more likely to spend their winnings at the casinos during the tournament. Georg Marco not only participated in both events, but he also reported on the tournament in the Wiener Schachzeitung. Trophies were awarded at the end, with Geza Maróczy earning an additional trophy as tournament winner since it was the second time he had won the tournament (the first one he won in 1902). The final standings and crosstable of the masters event: 1st Maróczy 7½/10 ** ½½ ½1 1½ ½1 11
2nd Schlechter 7/10 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 11 11
3rd Marshall 6½/10 ½0 ½½ ** 1½ 1½ 11
4th Gunsberg 4/10 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 0½ ½1
5th Marco 3/10 ½0 00 0½ 1½ ** 0½
6th Swiderski 2/10 00 00 00 ½0 1½ **
The thematic tournament held concurrently with the masters event was conducted using a position in the King's Gambit Accepted, called the Rice Gambit. The Rice Gambit had gained popularity due to its promotion by a New York financier named Rice, and was arrived at through the following move order: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O: 
click for larger viewThe final standings and crosstable of the thematic event: =1st Swiderski 6/10 ** 11 01 01 01 01
=1st Marshall 6/10 00 ** 11 10 01 11
3rd Mieses 5½/10 10 00 ** ½1 ½1 ½1
4th Marco 5/10 10 01 ½0 ** 10 1½
5th von Scheve 4½/10 10 10 ½0 01 ** 10
6th Forgacs 3/10 10 00 ½0 0½ 01 **
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60 games, 1904
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Kibitzing
