Monte Carlo chess tournament
The Monte Carlo chess tournament was established in 1901. There were a series of very strong tournaments held in Monte Carlo, from 1901 to 1904, and again after a long break from 1967 to 1969.
1901
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total 1 Dawid Janowski (France) * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ W 1 0 1 1 10.25 2 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) 0 * 0 W ½ 1 1 W 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9.50 3 Theodor von Scheve (German Empire) 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9.00 4 Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire) 0 L 1 * ½ 0 1 1 W ½ 1 1 1 1 9.00 5 Simon Alapin (Russian Empire) 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ W ½ 0 1 1 ½ W 1 8.50 6 Jacques Mieses (German Empire) 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.00 7 Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom) 0 0 0 0 L 1 * 0 1 1 L 1 1 1 6.50 8 Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom) 0 L 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 W 0 ½ 1 1 6.50 9 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) ½ 0 0 L 1 0 0 1 * L 1 ½ ½ 1 6.00 10 Frank James Marshall (United States) L ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 L W * 1 1 L 1 5.50 11 Arturo Reggio (Italy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.75 12 James Mason (United States) 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 W 4.25 13 Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire) 0 0 ½ 0 L 1 0 0 ½ W 0 0 * 1 4.00 14 M. Didier (France) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 * 0.25
The notation and point count was as follows (drawn games were replayed):[1]
- W means ½ for the first, 1 the second game = 3/4 points
- ½ means ½ for the first, ½ the second game = 1/2 points
- L means ½ for the first, 0 the second game = 1/4 points
1902
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total 1 Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 W ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.75 2 Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States) 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 W L 1 W 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 0 1 1 14.50 3 Dawid Janowski (France) ½ 0 * 1 0 1 1 W 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 W 1 1 14.00 4 Richard Teichmann (German Empire) 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 W 1 ½ W 1 1 1 W 1 1 13.25 5-7 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) 1 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ W ½ ½ W 1 1 1 1 12.00 5-7 Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 W ½ 1 1 ½ W 1 1 1 1 1 12.00 5-7 Heinrich Wolf (Austria-Hungary) 0 L 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 W L 0 1 1 1 W 1 1 1 1 12.00 8 Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire) ½ W L 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 11.50 9 Frank James Marshall (United States) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 L 0 1 1 W 1 1 11.00 10 Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom) 1 L 0 0 0 L L 0 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 10.75 11 William Ewart Napier (United States) 0 0 1 L 0 ½ W 1 0 0 * 1 0½ L ½ 0 1 1 1 1 9.50 12 Jacques Mieses (German Empire) L 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 1 1 W 1 L 1 1 9.25 13 James Mason (United States) ½ 0 1 ½ L 0 0 0 0 1 W 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 9.00 14 Adolf Albin (Austria-Hungary) 0 0 0 L ½ ½ 0 0 W 0 W 0 1 * W 0 1 1 1 1 8.50 15 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) 0 W 0 0 ½ L 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ L * 0 1 1 1 1 7.75 16 Ignatz von Popiel (Austria-Hungary) 0 0 0 0 L 0 L 1 0 ½ 1 L 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 1 7.25 17 Theodor von Scheve (German Empire) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 5.00 18 Louis Eisenberg (Russian Empire) 0 1 L L 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 W ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 0 4.50 19 Arturo Reggio (Italy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 2.50 20 James Mortimer (England) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.00
The notation and point count is the same as in 1901.[2]
1903
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total 1 Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) ** ½½ ½1 0½ 0½ 01 11 11 11 11 1½ 11 11 11 20.0 2 Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 01 11 01 01 11 11 11 11 19.0 3 Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States) ½0 ½½ ** 11 11 1½ 1½ 01 0½ ½1 1½ 1½ 11 11 18.5 4 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) 1½ ½½ 00 ** ½½ ½1 1½ ½1 01 ½0 1½ 11 11 11 17.0 5 Richard Teichmann (German Empire) 1½ ½½ 00 ½½ ** 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 10 01 11 11 11 16.5 6 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) 10 00 0½ ½0 01 ** 1½ 11 1½ 1½ ½1 ½0 11 11 15.5 7 Heinrich Wolf (Austria-Hungary) 00 10 0½ 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 01 1½ 11 11 01 01 11 14.0 8 Jacques Mieses (German Empire) 00 00 10 ½0 0½ 00 10 ** 11 11 1½ 01 ½1 11 13.0 9 Frank James Marshall (United States) 00 10 1½ 10 ½0 0½ 0½ 00 ** 11 01 01 10 11 12.0 10 Jean Taubenhaus (France) 00 10 ½0 ½1 01 0½ 00 00 00 ** ½½ 11 10 11 10.5 11 James Mason (United States) 0½ 00 0½ 0½ 10 ½0 00 0½ 10 ½½ ** ½1 1½ 11 10.5 12 Adolf Albin (Austria-Hungary) 00 00 0½ 00 00 ½1 10 10 10 00 ½0 ** 0½ 11 8.0 13 Arturo Reggio (Italy) 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 ½0 01 01 0½ 1½ ** 11 7.5 14 Colonel Moreau (France) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ** 0.0
1904
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1 Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) ** ½½ ½1 1½ ½1 11 7.5 2 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 11 11 7.0 3 Frank James Marshall (United States) ½0 ½½ ** 1½ 1½ 11 6.5 4 Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom) 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 0½ ½1 4.0 5 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) ½0 00 0½ 1½ ** 0½ 3.0 6 Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire) 00 00 00 ½0 1½ ** 2.0
1904, Rice Gambit tournament
Also in 1904, a thematic tournament on the King's Gambit, Rice Gambit was held.[5]
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1-2 Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire) ** 11 01 01 01 01 6.0 1-2 Frank James Marshall (United States) 00 ** 11 10 01 11 6.0 3 Jacques Mieses (German Empire) 10 00 ** ½1 ½1 ½1 5.5 4 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) 10 01 ½0 ** 10 1½ 5.0 5 Theodor von Scheve (German Empire) 10 10 ½0 01 ** 10 4.5 6 Leó Forgács (Austria-Hungary) 10 00 ½0 0½ 01 ** 3.0
1967
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1 Robert James Fischer (United States) x ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.5 3 Efim Geller (Soviet Union) 1 ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 4 Bent Larsen (Denmark) 0 ½ 1 x 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 5 Aleksandar Matanović (Yugoslavia) ½ 0 ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0 6 Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 1 4.5 7 William Lombardy (United States) 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 1 4.5 8 Győző Forintos (Hungary) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 1 1 4.0 9 Guy Mazzoni (France) 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 x ½ 1.0 10 Volf Bergraser (France) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ x 0.5
1968
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total 1 Bent Larsen (Denmark) * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2 Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union) ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 3-4 Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 3-4 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) } ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 5 Robert Byrne (United States) 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 6-8 Lajos Portisch (Hungary) ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 7.5 6-8 Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 6-8 Pal Benko (United States) ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 9 Győző Forintos (Hungary) 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 10-11 Mato Damjanović (Yugoslavia) 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 5.5 10-11 Wolfgang Uhlmann (East Germany) 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 1 1 5.5 12 Nikola Padevsky (Bulgaria) 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ 5 13 Jean Claude Letzelter (France) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1.5 14 Sylvain Zinser (France) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1
1969
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 1 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8 2 Lajos Portisch (Hungary) ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 3 Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 4 William Lombardy (United States) ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6.5 5 Lothar Schmid (Germany) 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5 6 Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 7 Nicolas Rossolimo (United States) ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5.5 8 Pal Benko (United States) 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 5 9 Rudolf Teschner (Germany) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 4.5 10 David Bronstein (Soviet Union) 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ 4.5 11 Karoly Honfi (Hungary) ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 2.5 12 Predrag Ostojić (Yugoslavia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2
References
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