Pawn and Two: Pillsbury and Chigorin met in the 18th round of the 1902 Monte Carlo tournament. There were only three rounds remaining after this round. After 17 rounds, the race for the top places was extremely close:
Pillsbury - 11 3/4 - (Rd 17 - Pillsbury beat Tarrasch)
Maroczy - 11 1/4 - (Rd 17 - Gunsberg beat Maroczy)
Janowski - 11 - (Rd 17 - Janowski beat Scheve)
Teichmann - 10 1/4 - (Rd 17 - Teichmann beat Chigorin)
In round 18, Maroczy took the lead:
Maroczy - 12 1/4 (Albin lost to Maroczy)
Pillsbury - 12 (Pillsbury drew his 1st game with Chigorin, but lost the 2nd game)
Janowski - 12 (Marco lost to Janowski)
Teichmann - 11 1/4 (Teichmann beat Mieses)
In round 19, Maroczy increased his lead:
Maroczy - 13 - (Maroczy drew his 1st game with Mieses and won the 2nd game)
Pillsbury - 12 1/4 - (Pillsbury drew his 1st game with Marco and lost the 2nd game)
Teichmann - 12 1/4 - (Reggio lost to Teichmann)
Janowski - 12 - (Mason beat Janowski)
In round 20, Maroczy maintained his lead.
Maroczy - 14 - (Popiel lost to Maroczy)
Pillsbury - 13 1/4 - (Mortimer lost to Pillsbury)
Teichmann - 13 1/4 - (Teichmann beat Tarrasch)
Janowski - 13 - (Janowski beat Marshall)
In round 21, Maroczy closed out the tournament, by playing two draws with Tarrasch.
Maroczy - 14 1/2 - (Maroczy and Tarrasch drew both games)
Pillsbury - 14 1/4 - (Pillsbury beat Marshall)
Janowski - 14 - (Teichmann lost to Janowski)
Teichmann - 13 1/4 - (Teichmann lost to Janowski)