The tournament was divided into two sections: the Championship Tournament and the Masters' Tournament. The first section was for players who had won an international tournament.[1] The Championship Tournament took place in the Casino of Ostend from 16 May to 14 June 1907. Dawid Janowski, Siegbert Tarrasch, Carl Schlechter, and Frank Marshall accepted the invitation, while Emanuel Lasker and Géza Maróczy declined and were replaced by Amos Burn and Mikhail Chigorin.[2][3]
In the tournament, the term "grandmaster" was used, so these players were described as grandmasters for the purposes of the tournament. After winning the tournament, Tarrasch was crowned the "World Champion Tournament Player" by the tournament organizers.[4] Lasker finally agreed to a title match in 1908, and beat Tarrasch convincingly (+8 –3 =5).
The Masters' Tournament was a thirty-player round-robin. It was played from 16 May to 25 June. Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein ended equal as winners at Ostend B.[5] This tournament is arguably the largest all-play-all chess competition ever held on top-level.
Championship Tournament
edit# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total wins 1 Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)
xxxx ½½10 ½1½1 ½1½½ 1½10 1½01 12½ 2 Carl Schlechter (Austria)
½½01 xxxx 11½½ ½010 ½1½½ ½½11 12 3 Dawid Janowski (France)
½0½0 00½½ xxxx 1010 1111 11½1 11½ 4 Frank Marshall (United States)
½0½½ ½101 0101 xxxx 0½11 ½½11 11½ 5 Amos Burn (United Kingdom)
0½01 ½0½½ 0000 1½00 xxxx ½111 8 6 Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire)
0½10 ½½00 00½0 ½½00 ½000 xxxx 4½
Masters' Tournament
edit# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Total 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19½ 2 Akiba Rubinstein (Poland)
½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 19½ 3 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 19 4 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 19 5 Leo Forgacs (Hungary)
½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 18½ 6 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 7 Oldřich Duras (Bohemia)
0 0 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 17½ 8 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 17 9 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 16½ 10 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 16 11 Saviely Tartakower (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria)
0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 16 12 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 15 13 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 15 14 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 15 15 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 14½ 16 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 13½ 17 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 * 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 13 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12½ 19 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 12½ 20 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 12 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 12 22 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½ 23 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 11 24 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 1 1 1 11 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 0 1 9½ 26 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 9½ 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 8½ 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 * 1 8½ 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 5
Note: Paul Johner, Switzerland, had to withdraw from the tournament after six games (annulated in the final standings).
References
edit- ^ Sunnucks 1970, p. 223
- ^ "Gentlemen on the Seaside". Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ osta
- ^ Chessville - The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
- ^ ostendab