- San Remo 1930
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From January 16th to February 4th, 1930, sixteen chess masters from Europe and the Americas, including the World Champion, gathered in San Remo, Italy to play at the famous casino's first ever international tournament. The participants of the round robin were Alexander Alekhine, Aron Nimzowitsch, Efim Bogoljubov, Akiba Rubinstein, Rudolph Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Geza Maroczy, Milan Vidmar, Edgar Colle, Hans Kmoch, Frederick D. Yates, Karl Ahues, Roberto Grau, Mario Monticelli, Massimiliano Romi, and Jose Joaquin Araiza-Munoz. Alekhine dominated the entire field with an unbelievable score of 14/15, scoring 3½ points better than second place Nimzowitsch, and winning the grand prize of 10,000 liras. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Alekhine 14/15 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2nd Nimzowitsch 10½/15 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 3rd Rubinstein 10/15 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 4th Bogoljubov 9½/15 ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5th Yates 9/15 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6th Ahues 8½/15 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =7th Spielmann 8/15 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 =7th Vidmar 8/15 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 =9th Maroczy 7½/15 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 =9th Tartakower 7½/15 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 =11th Colle 6½/15 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ =11th Kmoch 6½/15 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 * ½ 0 1 1 6.5 13th Araiza-Munoz 4½/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 14th Monticelli 4/15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 15th Grau 3½/15 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 16th Romi 2½/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ *
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120 games, 1930 - San Sebastian 1911
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In the early spring of 1911, fifteen chess masters were invited to the seaside town of San Sebastian, Spain to compete in a round robin tournament. Each player was invited based on a previous tournament result. Every participant had won either first or second place in a chess master tournament, or two or more fourth place prizes. The turnout was a veritable who's who of chess mastery: Established masters such as Siegbert Tarrasch, Frank James Marshall, Carl Schlechter, Geza Maroczy, David Janowski, and Amos Burn, and newer stars like Akiba Rubinstein, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Rudolph Spielmann were all in attendance. The tournament also marked the European debut of Jose Raul Capablanca, who had garnered fame for defeating Marshall in a match. The only noticeable absence was the world champion, Emanuel Lasker. As a result of this method of invitation, this tournament is often considered to be one of the strongest held in chess history. Games were played in the Gran Casino from February 19th to March 17th. The time control for the tournament stipulated that fifteen moves must be played each hour. Initially, Ossip Bernstein had objected to Jacques Mieses, the tournament organizer, about Capablanca's inclusion in the tournament based on one match victory. Capablanca proved himself first by defeating Bernstein in the first round, silencing his protests for the rest of the tournament. He then went on admirably to win clear first in the tournament, taking home the 5000 Franc prize, as well as winning the brilliancy prize. Rubinstein and Dr. Milan Vidmar shared second place behind Capablanca, while Marshall took clear fourth. The tournament was a landmark both in its strength and in heralding the arrival of Capablanca, a superb tournament player with a long career of victories ahead as well as becoming future world champion. The Final Standings and Crosstable:
1st Capablanca 9½/14 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =2nd Rubinstein 9/14 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =2nd Vidmar 9/14 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 4th Marshall 8½/14 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 =5th Tarrasch 7½/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ =5th Schlechter 7½/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =5th Nimzowitsch 7½/14 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =8th Bernstein 7/14 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 =8th Spielmann 7/14 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10th Teichmann 6½/14 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 =11th Maroczy 6/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 =11th Janowski 6/14 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 1 1 =13th Burn 5/14 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ =13th Duras 5/14 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 15th Leonhardt 4/14 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ *
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105 games, 1911 - Santiago 1959
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The second Torneo de Arturo Alesandri Palma was held from April 20th to May 6th, 1959 in Santiago, Chile. Thirteen grandmasters and masters from Europe and the Americas competed in the round robin event. The participants from Europe included Borislav Ivkov from Yugoslavia and Ludek Pachman from Czechoslovakia. The participants from the Americas included sixteen year old Bobby Fischer from the United States, João de Souza-Mendes from Brazil, Luis Augusto Sanchez from Venezuela, Herman Pilnik and Raul Sanguineti from Argentina, and Walter Ader Hausman, Rodrigo Flores-Alvarez, Carlos Jauregui, Rene Letelier Martner, Julio Salas Romo, and Moises Stekel Grunberg from Chile. The tournament was an important one for Fischer as he was still just beginning to compete in international events. Though he scored as many wins as the two first place finishers, Ivkov and Pachman at seven wins each, he suffered four losses while only drawing one game to finish +4 at the final to tie for 4th-6th place. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Ivkov 9/12 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1
=1st Pachman 9/12 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 3rd Pilnik 8/12 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½
=4th Sanchez 7½/12 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =4th Sanguineti 7½/12 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 =4th Fischer 7½/12 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1
=7th Flores-Alvarez 6/12 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ =7th Jauregui 6/12 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 1 0 1 1
=9th Letelier Martner 4/12 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ =9th Salas Romo 4/12 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 0 1 1 =11th Stekel Grunberg 3½/12 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ 0 =11th Ader Hausman 3½/12 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 13th Souza-Mendes 2½/12 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 *
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78 games, 1959 - Sarajevo 1999
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In May of 1999, ten grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in a category XIX round robin tournament held at the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. It was the 29th edition of the international competiton and the complete list of players were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2812), Alexey Shirov (2726), Alexander Morozevich (2723), Michael Adams (2716), Veselin Topalov (2700), Nigel Short (2697), Peter Leko (2694), Jan Timman (2670), Evgeny Bareev (2650), and Ivan Sokolov (2624). Kasparov dominated in his usual fashion, finishing unbeaten with 7/9 and earning wins against half the field. The final standings and crosstable follow: 01 Kasparov 7/9 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
02 Bareev 6/9 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
03 Shirov 6/9 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1
04 Morozevich 5½/9 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
05 Adams 5/9 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1
06 Leko 4½/9 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½
07 Topalov 4/9 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1
08 Short 3/9 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½
09 Sokolov 2½/9 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1
10 Timman 1½/9 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 *
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45 games, 1999 - Sarajevo 2000
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In May of 2000 the Bosnian city of Sarajevo held its 30th Jubilee international chess tournament. Twelve top grandmasters, including the world champion, participated in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2851), Alexey Shirov (2751), Alexander Morozevich (2748), Michael Adams (2715), Evgeny Bareev (2709), Veselin Topalov (2702), Nigel Short (2683), Mikhail Gurevich (2680), Sergei Movsesian (2668), Kiril Georgiev (2667), Ivan Sokolov (2637), and Etienne Bacrot (2594). Kasparov won his second consecutive Sarajevo tournament, undefeated with 8.5/11, earning wins against half the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 8.5/11 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1
02 Shirov 8/11 = * = = 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1
03 Adams 8/11 = = * 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 1
04 Morozevich 6/11 = = 0 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 =
05 Topalov 6/11 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1
06 Bareev 6/11 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 1
07 Sokolov 4.5/11 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = =
08 Movsesian 4/11 0 1 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 0 0
09 Short 4/11 = 0 = = 0 0 = = * = = =
10 Georgiev 4/11 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = =
11 Gurevich 4/11 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * 1
12 Bacrot 3/11 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 *
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66 games, 2000 - Semmering 1926
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An international chess master tournament was organized and held at the Grand Hotel Panhas in the Semmering Pass south of Vienna from March 7th to the 29th, 1926. The event was organized by Ossip Bernstein, who invited 18 players to participate in the round robin tournament. Among those invited were the very best masters of the day, including Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubinstein, Aron Nimzowitsch, Siegbert Tarrasch, Milan Vidmar, Savielly Tartakower, Richard Réti, and Rudolf Spielmann. The hypermodern school was well represented, and in the first half of the tournament Nimzowitsch and Tartakower lead the field. However, toward the end of the competition a series of missteps and surprises found the lead changing hands until finally Spielmann, the great romantic, emerged as the winner over Alekhine after the last round. It was to be Spielmann's best tournament performance of his chess career. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Spielmann 13/17 * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2nd Alekhine 12½/17 ½ * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 3rd Vidmar 12/17 0 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ =4th Nimzowitsch 11½/17 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 =4th Tartakower 11½/17 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 =6th Rubinstein 10/17 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =6th Tarrasch 10/17 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8th Réti 9½/17 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9th Grünfeld 9/17 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10th Janowski 8½/17 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 11th Treybal 8/17 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 12th Vajda 7½/17 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 13th Yates 7/17 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 =14th Gilg 6/17 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 =14th Kmoch 6/17 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 16th Davidson 5½/17 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 1 17th Michel 4½/17 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 18th Rosselli del Turco 1/17 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
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153 games, 1926 - Semmering/Baden 1937
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Austria was host to a grandmaster contest in 1937 sponsored by its casinos. Eight chess masters, including the former world champion Jose Capablanca, participated in the double round robin from September 8th until the 27th. The first four rounds were conducted at the Semmering, and then moved to the Hotel Grüner Baum in Baden bei Wien for the duration of the tournament. World champion Max Euwe served as chief arbiter for the first half of games and then was relieved by Rudolph Spielmann for the second half. Young Paul Keres won the event a full point over second place Reuben Fine. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Keres 9/14 ** ½½ ½½ 10 ½1 10 ½1 11
2nd Fine 8/14 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ =3rd Capablanca 7½/14 ½½ ½½ ** ½½ 1½ ½0 ½1 ½½ =3rd Reshevsky 7½/14 01 ½½ ½½ ** ½½ 11 ½0 10 5th Flohr 7/14 ½0 ½½ 0½ ½½ ** 1½ ½½ 1½ =6th Eliskases 6/14 01 ½½ ½1 00 0½ ** ½1 0½ =6th Ragozin 6/14 ½0 0½ ½0 ½1 ½½ ½0 ** 1½ 8th Petrov 5/14 00 0½ ½½ 01 0½ 1½ 0½ **
*Thanks to <Benzol> for putting the finishing touches on this game collection.
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56 games, 1937 - Skelleftea World Cup 1989
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The sixth and final international tournament organized by the GMA as part of the two year World Cup series was held in Skelleftea, Sweden from Augsust 12th to September 3rd, 1989. The final 16 grandmasters left to finish the series competed in the category XVI final event. The participants, including the world champion, of the round robin format were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2775), Anatoli Karpov (2755), Nigel Short (2660), Viktor Korchnoi (2655), Valery Salov (2645), Ulf Andersson (2630), Jaan Ehlvest (2620), Robert Hübner (2605), Zoltan Ribli (2605), Predrag Nikolic (2600), Lajos Portisch (2600), Yasser Seirawan (2585), Mikhail Tal (2585), Rafael Vaganian (2585), Gyula Sax (2580), and John Nunn (2575). Coming into the tournament, Karpov had won the Brussels World Cup, while Kasparov had won the Belfort World Cup, the Reykjavik World Cup, and shared first with Ljubomir Ljubojevic at the Barcelona World Cup. Jan Timman, who had won the Rotterdam World Cup, had already played in his four tournaments and could not play in the final. Kasparov took an early lead as was his style, but several missed wins in the middle of the tournament allowed his old rival Karpov to catch up and finally tie Kasparov for first at the end. Although both shared victory at Skelleftea, Kasparov had just enough points from the previous tournaments to edge out Karpov for the series title and the grand prize of $175,000. Karpov had to settle for the second place series prize of $142,500. Among the many ceremonies and activities organized around the World Cup final was the debut of the musical Chess, which had two performances in Skelleftea during the tournament. When Jan Timman and Bessel Kok had come together to develop the World Cup, bringing in Lubomir Kavalek to handle the logistics of the tournament organization, the original plan had been to create something that would be reproduced annually. However, shortly after the completion of the World Cup in Skelleftea, Kok and Kasparov (who had been instrumental and essential to the creation of the GMA) had a controversial falling out. As a result, the World Cup would not be renewed, and soon after the GMA dissolved. Recently, FIDE has tried to recreate the idea of an organized international tournament series with the Grand Prix, but so far it has experienced questionable success and its future is debatable. Once, however, an association of grandmasters managed to create an entertaining and competitive event which we can still enjoy today. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Karpov 9.5/15 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 2 Kasparov 9.5/15 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3 Portisch 8.5/15 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 4 Seirawan 8.5/15 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 Short 8.5/15 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 Salov 8/15 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 7 Sax 8/15 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 Nunn 7.5/15 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9 Andersson 7.5/15 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 10 Hübner 7/15 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 11 Tal 7/15 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 12 Ribli 7/15 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 13 Ehlvest 6.5/15 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 14 Nikolic 6/15 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 15 Korchnoi 6/15 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 16 Vaganian 5/15 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 *
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120 games, 1989 - Skopje 1967
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Following the rebuilding of the Macedonian capital Skopje, Yugoslavia organized the first in a series of international chess tournaments to be held in Skopje, as well as the two nearby villages of Krusevo and Ochrid, in 1967. The first "Turnir solidarnosti" featured a field of twelve Yugoslavian chess masters headed by grandmaster Milan Matulovic. Visiting participants included Peter Dely from Hungary, Luben Popov from Bulgaria, and Bela Soos from Romania. As was expected, the Soviet Union sent emissaries to participate as well in the guise of two veteran grandmasters, Efim Geller and Ratmir Kholmov. This was perhaps calculated on the Soviet Chess School's part as the final participant was Bobby Fischer, who participated on behalf of the United States. Fischer had just recently returned to regular international competition and Skopje would be an important stop on his road to the Sousse interzonal tournament, which he announced he would be participating in later in the year. Going into this event, not only did Matulovic have a plus score against Fischer, but Geller and Kholmov as well, making them excellent choices to potentially stifle the upstart American's chances. And stifle it almost did: Fischer lost his second round game to Geller, and after the ninth round, despite being tied for first with Kholmov ahead of Geller, Fischer announced he would withdraw from the tournament unless the chess sets were modified and the spectators removed from further rounds. The organizers were in a panic as they could not meet the second demand and Fischer forfeited his tenth round game. However, upon Fishcer's arrival to complete an adjourned game, a compromise within the playing hall was reached and Fischer was allowed to replay his tenth round game. Despite the high drama that often came with Fischer's participation, he found his form and managed to defeat both Matulovic and Kholmov in their encounters in the latter half of the tournament and go on to secure clear first upon the event's completion. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Fischer 13½/17 * 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 =2nd Geller 13/17 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 =2nd Matulovic 13/17 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 4th Kholmov 11½/17 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5th Bukic 9½/17 0 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6th Maric 9/17 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 =7th Knezevic 8½/17 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 =7th Popov 8½/17 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ =7th Damjanovic 8½/17 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 =10th Sofrevski 8/17 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 =10th Soos 8/17 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 =10th Minic 8/17 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 =10th Dely 8/17 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 14th Janosevic 7½/17 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 1 1 0 1 =15th Nicevski 6/17 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 =15th Ilievski 6/17 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 17th Panov 4/17 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ * 0 18th Danov 2½/17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * *Thanks go to <jessicafischerqueen> for providing the historical background for this tournament.
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153 games, 1967 - Stockholm 1919
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Four chess masters met for quadruple rounds at Stockholm, Sweden in December of 1919. The participants were Efim Bogoljubov, Richard Reti, Akiba Rubinstein, and Rudolf Spielmann. One of Spielmann's finest early international performances, he finished clear first a point and a half over second place Rubinstein, managing to win his mini-matches against both second and third places. table[
1 2 3 4 Score
1st Spielmann **** ½011 1½11 ½100 7½/12
2nd Rubinstein ½100 **** 0011 10½1 6/12
3rd Bogoljubov 0½00 1100 **** 0111 5½/12
4th Reti ½011 01½0 1000 **** 5/12]table
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24 games, 1919 - suenteus po 147's favorite games
21 games, 1900-2016 - Taxco Interzonal 1985
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The second of three Interzonal tournaments held for the 1985-1987 World Championship cycle was held in Taxco, Mexico in June of 1985. Twelve grandmasters and four masters qualified for the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Jan Timman (2650), Oleg Romanishin (2570), Mikhail Tal (2565), Kevin Spraggett (2560), Jesus Nogueiras (2545), Jozsef Pinter (2540), Lev Alburt (2535), Walter Shawn Browne (2530), Jonathan Speelman (2530), Simen Agdestein (2500), Yuri Balashov (2495), Miso Cebalo (2485), Marcel Sisniega (2470), Qi Jingxuan (2440), Eduard Prandstetter (2430), and Saeed-Ahmed Saeed (2400). The combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XI event. Four games are omitted from this collection as Balashov withdrew after the eleventh round, forfeiting his four remaining games, all of which are absent from the database. Number three in the world, Timman, dominated the event, finishing undefeated at clear first with +9. The remaining three qualifiers for the candidates event were Nogueiras at second, also undefeated, with +6; former world champion Tal at third, also undefeated, with +5; and Spraggett at fourth with +3. The final standings are as follows: 01 Timman 12 points (+9, -0, =6);
02 Nogueiras 10.5 points (+6, -0, =9);
03 Tal 10 points (+5, -0, =10);
04 Spraggett 9 points (+4, -1, =10);
05 Speelman 8 points (+4, -3, =8);
06 Agdestein 7.5 points (+2, -2, =11);
07 Cebalo 7.5 points (+4, -4, =7);
08 Alburt 7 points (+3, -4, =8);
09 Browne 6.5 points (+2, -4, =9);
10 Pinter 6.5 points (+2, -4, =9);
11 Qi Jingxuan 6.5 points (+4, -6, =5);
12 Romanishin 6.5 points (+2, -4, =9);
13 Sisniega 6.5 points (+4, -6, =5);
14 Prandstetter 6 points (+3, -5, =7);
15 Saeed 5.5 points (+4, -8, =3);
16 Balashov 4.5 points (+1, -7, =7).
*Historical information and details are credited to Mark Weeks.
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116 games, 1985 - Teesside 1975
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In the year 1975, one of the strongest grandmaster tournaments held in Great Britain in decades was organized at Teesside. Four of England's best and up-and-coming players met eleven participants invited from Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union in the round robin format. The complete list of attendants were (in order of ELO): Robert Huebner (2615), Vasily Smyslov (2605), Efim Geller (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2600), David Bronstein (2590), Lubomir Kavalek (2555), Florin Gheorghiu (2540), Fridrik Olfasson (2535), William Lombardy (2515), Gyula Sax (2510), Jan Timman (2510), Raymond Keene (2505), William Hartston (2475), Anthony Miles (2435), and Michael Stean (2370). The average of the combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XII event. Although England had rejoined the world in elite international chess, the Soviets dominated in their usual fashion, with Geller taking clear first followed by his countrymen Smyslov and Bronstein. One game decided by forfeit (Miles' win over Huebner in the final round) has been ommitted from this collection. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Geller 9½/14 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2nd Smyslov 8½/14 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 =3rd Bronstein 8/14 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =3rd Huebner 8/14 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 =3rd Hort 8/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 =6th Timman 7½/14 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ =6th Sax 7½/14 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 =8th Kavalek 7/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ =8th Olafsson 7/14 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 10th Miles 6½/14 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ =11th Gheorghiu 6/14 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ =11th Stean 6/14 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ =11th Lombardy 6/14 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 14th Keene 5½/14 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 15th Hartston 4/14 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ *
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104 games, 1975 - Teplitz-Schönau 1922
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In October of 1922 a schachkongress was held at the resort spa of Teplitz-Schönau, Czechoslovakia. Fourteen European chess masters were invited to participate in the round robin event. Despite the absence of strong players such as world champion Jose Capablanca, former champ Emanuel Lasker, and Alexander Alekhine, twelve of the fourteen participants were later estimated to be in the top twenty-five of the world at that time. Among those in attendance were the great masters Akiba Rubinstein, Siegbert Tarrasch, Rudolph Spielmann, and Savielly Tartakower. Representing Czechoslovakia were Richard Réti and Karel Treybal. Reti, the hypermodernist, and Spielmann, the romanticist, tied for first place, each with 9 points out of 13 rounds. For Réti it was an impressive follow up to his clear first at Goteborg in 1920, especially because he won in spite of three losses. He scored nine points by earning 8 points in wins against over half the field, including top finishers Spielmann, Tartakower, and Rubinstein. For Spielmann the shared first was a significant achievement as he had been a familiar competitor at international events whose passionate play and opening choices had been more admirable than successful until now. Despite the absence of top players, the tournament achieved attention through its seven brilliancy prize games of amazing artistical and techinical skill. Heinrich Wolf won the grand brilliancy prize for his win over tournament co-winner Réti in the sixth round. The third brilliancy prize went to Tartakower for his astounding sacrificical combination against Geza Maróczy in their fourth round Dutch game. The remaining five brilliancy prizes were all won by Rubinstein for the five of six games he won in the tournament! The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Réti 9/13 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 0
=1st Spielmann 9/13 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 =3rd Tartakower 8½/13 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ =3rd Grünfeld 8½/13 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5th Rubinstein 8/13 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6th Kostic 6½/13 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7th Teichmann 6/13 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ =8th Treybal 5½/13 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 1 0 1 0 =8th Wolf 5½/13 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =8th Maróczy 5½/13 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 =11th Tarrasch 5/13 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ =11th Sämisch 5/13 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 1 =11th Mieses 5/13 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 14th Johner 4/13 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 *
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91 games, 1922 - Ter Apel Klooster 1992
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The fifth Klooster tournament was held in Ter Apel, the Netherlands in February of 1992. Six grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Michael Adams (2620), Vladimir Epishin (2620), Larry Christiansen (2595), Rafael Vaganian (2590), Paul Van der Sterren (2535), and Gennady Sosonko (2530). The average of the combined ratings of the player qualified the tournament as a category XIV event. Vaganian edged out three opponents by half a point for clear first. He finished undefeated while Adams, Christiansen, and Epishin shared second place. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Vaganian 3.5/5 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
2 Adams 3/5 0 * 0 1 1 1
3 Epishin 3/5 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1
4 Christiansen 3/5 ½ 0 1 * ½ 1
5 Sosonko 2/5 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½
6 Van der Sterren .5/5 0 0 0 0 ½ *
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15 games, 1992 - Ter Apel Klooster 1997
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The tournament held near the cloister at Ter Apel, The Netherlands (near the German border) was organized for the last time in 1997. The first event had been held in 1966 during the 500 year anniversary of the cloister. The next tournament was held 21 years later in 1987 to celebrate the 50th Jubilee of the Ter Apel chess club. Three years after that in 1990 a third tournament was held to celebrate the unification of Europe after the Cold War. From there the tournament became an annual event. For this last edition of the tournament, six grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin format. The players were (in order of ELO): Alexei Shirov (2690), Artur Yusupov (2665), Ulf Andersson (2655), Alexander Khalifman (2650), Loek Van Wely (2645), and Robert Huebner (2600). In spite of the financial troubles which forced the end of the annual event with this tournament, each edition was memorable for the history and celebration displayed. This final edition was an important win for Shirov as he dominated over a handful of his active contemporaries. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Shirov 4/5 * = = 1 1 1
2 Khalifman 3.5/5 = * = = 1 1
3 Andersson 3/5 = = * = = 1
4 Yusupov 2.5/5 0 = = * 1 =
5 Van Wely 1.5/5 0 0 = 0 * 1
6 Huebner 0.5/5 0 0 0 = 0 *
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15 games, 1997 - The Brilliancy Prize
6 games, 1876-1998 - The Hague 1921
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In October of 1921, ten chess players of strength ranging from master to amateur met at The Hague, The Netherlands to particpate in a round robin tournament. Among the participants were veterans like Jacques Mieses and Georg Marco, and established masters like Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubinstein, and Savielly Tartakower. Max Euwe, an amateur, participated by virtue of having become the new Dutch champion earlier in the year. The event was another victory for Alekhine, who would go on to dominate tournaments and the elite for decades to come, most as world champion. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Alekhine 8/9 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2nd Tartakower 7/9 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
3rd Rubinstein 6½/9 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
=4th Kostic 5½/9 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
=4th Maróczy 5½/9 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
6th Marco 4/9 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1
7th Mieses 3/9 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 0 1 1
8th Davidson 2½/9 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 0
9th Euwe 2/9 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1
10th Yates 1/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *
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45 games, 1921 - The Hedgehog by Mihai Suba
Suba, Mihai. The Hedgehog. Batsford, 2003.
*One game missing from this collection, game 45, Georgiev-Suba, 0-1, 1986 from the Dubai Olympiad, is incomplete and therefore not available in this database.
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99 games, 1925-1999 - The Spanish Exchange
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Kinsman, Andrew. The Spanish Exchange. Batsford, 2003. *One game (game six), Martinovic-Vukovic from Smederevska Palanka, 1977 is missing from this collection. However a position from the endgame along with the final moves does exist and can be seen below: 
click for larger view1...c5 2.Ke2 b5 3.c4 Rd6 4.f4 g6 5.g4 b4 6.Re5 Kc6 7.Re7 Rd4 8.Ke3 Rd1 9.Rxh7 Ra1 10.f5 gxf5 11.g5 Rxa2 12.g6 Rg2 13.g7 1-0
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74 games, 1966-1998
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Kibitzing
