Monte Carlo chess tournament

The Monte Carlo chess tournament was established in 1901. This was a series of very strong chess 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	Wins
1	Dawid Janowski (France)	N/a	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	0	1	1	10 1⁄4
2	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	0	N/a	0	3⁄4	1⁄2	1	1	3⁄4	1	1⁄2	1	1	1	1	9 1⁄2
3	Theodor von Scheve (German Empire)	0	1	N/a	0	1⁄2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1⁄2	1	9	8
4	Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire)	0	1⁄4	1	N/a	1⁄2	0	1	1	3⁄4	1⁄2	1	1	1	1	9	7
5	Semyon Alapin (Russian Empire)	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	N/a	1⁄2	3⁄4	1⁄2	0	1	1	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	8 1⁄2
6	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)	0	0	0	1	1⁄2	N/a	0	1⁄2	1	1	1	1	0	1	7
7	Joseph Henry Blackburne (England)	0	0	0	0	1⁄4	1	N/a	0	1	1	1⁄4	1	1	1	6 1⁄2	6
8	Isidor Gunsberg (England)	0	1⁄4	1	0	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	N/a	0	3⁄4	0	1⁄2	1	1	6 1⁄2	4
9	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)	1⁄2	0	0	1⁄4	1	0	0	1	N/a	1⁄4	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	6
10	Frank Marshall (United States)	1⁄4	1⁄2	0	1⁄2	0	0	0	1⁄4	3⁄4	N/a	1	1	1⁄4	1	5 1⁄2
11	Arturo Reggio (Italy)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3⁄4	1	0	0	N/a	1	1	1	4 3⁄4
12	James Mason (United States)	1	0	0	0	1⁄2	0	0	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	0	N/a	1	3⁄4	4 1⁄4
13	Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire)	0	0	1⁄2	0	1⁄4	1	0	0	1⁄2	3⁄4	0	0	N/a	1	4
14	Lucien Didier (France)^[1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1⁄4	0	N/a	1⁄4

The tournament used an unusual format, with drawn games being replayed:^[2]

The winner of a replayed game scored 3⁄4, with the loser receiving 1⁄4.
If the replay was also drawn, both players scored 1⁄2.

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)	N/a	1	1⁄2	1	0	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1	0	1	3⁄4	1⁄2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14 3⁄4
2	Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States)	0	N/a	1	1⁄2	1	1	3⁄4	1⁄4	1	3⁄4	1	1	1	1	1⁄4	1	1	0	1	1	14 1⁄2
3	Dawid Janowski (France)	1⁄2	0	N/a	1	0	1	1	3⁄4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	3⁄4	1	1	14
4	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)	0	1⁄2	0	N/a	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1	0	1	3⁄4	1	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	1	1	3⁄4	1	1	13 1⁄4
5–7	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	1	0	1	1⁄2	N/a	0	1⁄2	0	0	1	1	1⁄2	3⁄4	1⁄2	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	1	1	1	12
5–7	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)	1⁄2	0	0	0	1	N/a	1	0	0	3⁄4	1⁄2	1	1	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	1	1	1	1	12
5–7	Heinrich Wolf (Austria-Hungary)	0	1⁄4	0	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	N/a	1	1	3⁄4	1⁄4	0	1	1	1	3⁄4	1	1	1	1	12
8	Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire)	1⁄2	3⁄4	1⁄4	0	1	1	0	N/a	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	11 1⁄2
9	Frank Marshall (United States)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	N/a	0	1	0	1	1⁄4	0	1	1	3⁄4	1	1	11
10	Isidor Gunsberg (England)	1	1⁄4	0	0	0	1⁄4	1⁄4	0	1	N/a	1	1⁄2	0	1	1	1⁄2	1	1	1	1	10 3⁄4
11	William Ewart Napier (United States)	0	0	1	1⁄4	0	1⁄2	3⁄4	1	0	0	N/a	1	1⁄2	1⁄4	1⁄2	0	1	1	1	1	9 1⁄2
12	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)	1⁄4	0	0	0	1⁄2	0	1	0	1	1⁄2	0	N/a	0	1	1	3⁄4	1	1⁄4	1	1	9 1⁄4
13	James Mason (United States)	1⁄2	0	1	1⁄2	1⁄4	0	0	0	0	1	3⁄4	1	N/a	0	1⁄2	1	0	1⁄2	1	1	9
14	Adolf Albin (Romania)	0	0	0	1⁄4	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	0	3⁄4	0	3⁄4	0	1	N/a	3⁄4	0	1	1	1	1	8 1⁄2
15	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)	0	3⁄4	0	0	1⁄2	1⁄4	0	0	1	0	1⁄2	0	1⁄2	1⁄4	N/a	0	1	1	1	1	7 3⁄4
16	Ignatz von Popiel (Austria-Hungary)	0	0	0	0	1⁄4	0	1⁄4	1	0	1⁄2	1	1⁄4	0	1	1	N/a	0	1	0	1	7 1⁄4
17	Theodor von Scheve (German Empire)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	N/a	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	5
18	Louis Eisenberg (Russian Empire)	0	1	1⁄4	1⁄4	0	0	0	0	1⁄4	0	0	3⁄4	1⁄2	0	0	0	1⁄2	N/a	1	0	4 1⁄2
19	Arturo Reggio (Italy)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1⁄2	0	N/a	1	2 1⁄2
20	James Mortimer (England)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	N/a	1

The notation and point count is the same as in 1901.^[3]

1903

^[4]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)	N/a	½½	½1	0½	0½	01	11	11	11	11	1½	11	11	11	20.0
2	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)	½½	N/a	½½	½½	½½	11	01	11	01	01	11	11	11	11	19.0
3	Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States)	½0	½½	N/a	11	11	1½	1½	01	0½	½1	1½	1½	11	11	18.5
4	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	1½	½½	00	N/a	½½	½1	1½	½1	01	½0	1½	11	11	11	17.0
5	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)	1½	½½	00	½½	N/a	10	½½	1½	½1	10	01	11	11	11	16.5
6	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)	10	00	0½	½0	01	N/a	1½	11	1½	1½	½1	½0	11	11	15.5
7	Heinrich Wolf (Austria-Hungary)	00	10	0½	0½	½½	0½	N/a	01	1½	11	11	01	01	11	14.0
8	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)	00	00	10	½0	0½	00	10	N/a	11	11	1½	01	½1	11	13.0
9	Frank Marshall (United States)	00	10	1½	10	½0	0½	0½	00	N/a	11	01	01	10	11	12.0
10	Jean Taubenhaus (France)	00	10	½0	½1	01	0½	00	00	00	N/a	½½	11	10	11	10.5
11	James Mason (United States)	0½	00	0½	0½	10	½0	00	0½	10	½½	N/a	½1	1½	11	10.5
12	Adolf Albin (Romania)	00	00	0½	00	00	½1	10	10	10	00	½0	N/a	0½	11	8.0
13	Arturo Reggio (Italy)	00	00	00	00	00	00	10	½0	01	01	0½	1½	N/a	11	7.5
14	Colonel Moreau (France)	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	N/a	0.0

1904

^[5]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)	N/a	½½	½1	1½	½1	11	7.5
2	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	½½	N/a	½½	½½	11	11	7.0
3	Frank Marshall (United States)	½0	½½	N/a	1½	1½	11	6.5
4	Isidor Gunsberg (England)	0½	½½	0½	N/a	0½	½1	4.0
5	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)	½0	00	0½	1½	N/a	0½	3.0
6	Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire)	00	00	00	½0	1½	N/a	2.0

1904, Rice Gambit tournament

Also in 1904, a thematic tournament on the King's Gambit, Rice Gambit was held.^[6]

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Rice Gambit after 8. 0-0

#	Player	Swid		Mars		Mies		Marc		vSch		Forg		Total
1	Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire)	N/a		1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6.0
1	Frank Marshall (United States)	0	0	N/a		1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6.0
3	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)	1	0	0	0	N/a		½	1	½	1	½	1	5.5
4	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)	1	0	0	1	½	0	N/a		1	0	1	½	5.0
5	Theodor von Scheve (German Empire)	1	0	1	0	½	0	0	1	N/a		1	0	4.5
6	Leó Forgács (Austria-Hungary)	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	N/a		3.0

1967

^[7]^[8]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Bobby Fischer (United States)	N/a	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7.0
2	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	½	N/a	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6.5
3	Efim Geller (Soviet Union)	1	½	N/a	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	6.0
4	Bent Larsen (Denmark)	0	½	1	N/a	0	1	1	½	1	1	6.0
5	Aleksandar Matanović (Yugoslavia)	½	0	½	1	N/a	½	½	½	½	1	5.0
6	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)	0	½	½	0	½	N/a	½	½	1	1	4.5
7	William Lombardy (United States)	0	½	0	0	½	½	N/a	1	1	1	4.5
8	Győző Forintos (Hungary)	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	N/a	1	1	4.0
9	Guy Mazzoni (France)	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	N/a	½	1.0
10	Volf Bergraser (France)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	N/a	0.5

1968

^[9]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Bent Larsen (Denmark)	N/a	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.5
2	Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union)	½	N/a	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	9
3-4	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	½	½	N/a	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8.5
3-4	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	½	½	½	N/a	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8.5
5	Robert Byrne (United States)	1	½	½	½	N/a	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8
6-8	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	½	0	0	½	1	N/a	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	7.5
6-8	Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)	0	½	½	½	½	½	N/a	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	7.5
6-8	Pal Benko (United States)	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	N/a	½	1	½	½	1	1	7.5
9	Győző Forintos (Hungary)	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	N/a	½	1	½	1	1	6.5
10-11	Mato Damjanović (Yugoslavia)	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	N/a	0	½	1	1	5.5
10-11	Wolfgang Uhlmann (East Germany)	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	N/a	0	1	1	5.5
12	Nikola Padevsky (Bulgaria)	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	N/a	1	½	5
13	Jean-Claude Letzelter (France)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/a	½	1.5
14	Sylvain Zinser (France)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	N/a	1

1969

^[10]

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	N/a	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	8
2	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	½	N/a	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	8
3	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	½	1	N/a	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7
4	William Lombardy (United States)	½	½	½	N/a	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6.5
5	Lothar Schmid (West Germany)	0	0	½	½	N/a	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6.5
6	Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)	0	0	½	½	½	N/a	½	½	1	½	1	1	6
7	Nicolas Rossolimo (United States)	½	0	½	½	½	½	N/a	0	1	1	½	½	5.5
8	Pal Benko (United States)	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	N/a	½	0	½	1	5
9	Rudolf Teschner (West Germany)	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	N/a	½	0	1	4.5
10	David Bronstein (Soviet Union)	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	N/a	1	½	4.5
11	Karoly Honfi (Hungary)	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	N/a	0	2.5
12	Predrag Ostojić (Yugoslavia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	N/a	2

References

↑ "The chess games of Lucien Didier". www.chessgames.com.
↑ Sericano, Claudio. "Montecarlo 1901". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
↑ Sericano, Claudio. "2°torneo internazionale di Montecarlo, 1902". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
↑ Sericano, Claudio. "Montecarlo 1903". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
↑ "Montecarlo 1904". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
↑ "Montecarlo, Rice 1904". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
↑ "Major Chess Matches and Tournaments 1950-1985". .sympatico.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ "Monte Carlo 1967". Queensac.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A–M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N–Z)
↑ ChessBase Megabase 2008

[1] "The chess games of Lucien Didier". www.chessgames.com.

[2] Sericano, Claudio. "Montecarlo 1901". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.

[3] Sericano, Claudio. "2°torneo internazionale di Montecarlo, 1902". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.

[4] Sericano, Claudio. "Montecarlo 1903". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.

[5] "Montecarlo 1904". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.

[6] "Montecarlo, Rice 1904". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.

[7] "Major Chess Matches and Tournaments 1950-1985". .sympatico.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

[8] "Monte Carlo 1967". Queensac.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

[9] Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A–M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N–Z)

[10] ChessBase Megabase 2008

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

Major recurring international chess tournaments
Strong chess tournaments Mini chess tournaments Round-robin chess tournaments
Major present (average rating > 2700; round-robin system generally)	Chennai Grand Masters (since 2023) Grand Chess Tour (since 2015) Grenke Chess Festival (since 2013) Norway Chess (since 2013) Prague Chess Festival (since 2019) Shamkir Chess (since 2014) Shenzhen Masters (since 2017) Sinquefield Cup (since 2013) Tata Steel Chess Tournament (since 1938) Tata Steel India (since 2018) UzChess Cup (since 2024)
Other present (Swiss system generally)	Aeroflot Open (since 2002) Australasian Masters (since 1987) Biel Chess Festival (since 1968) Canadian Open (since 1956) Capablanca Memorial (since 1962) Cappelle-la-Grande Open (since 1985) Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial (since 1987) Chigorin Memorial (since 1909) Doeberl Cup (since 1963) Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (since 1973) Dubai Open (since 1999) Hastings International Chess Congress (since 1920) Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (since 1995) London Chess Classic (since 2009) Lublin Grandmaster Tournament (since 2009) Paul Keres Memorials (Tallinn, since 1969) (Vancouver, since 1975) Qatar Masters Open (2014–2015, since 2023) Reykjavik Open (since 1964) Rilton Cup (since 1971) Rubinstein Memorial (since 1963) South African Open (since 1962) TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament (since 1993) U.S. Open (since 1900) Vidmar Memorial (since 1969) World Open (since 1973) Xtracon Chess Open (since 1979) Zurich Christmas Open (since 1977)
Recently cancelled (after 2000)	Acropolis (1968–2009) Aerosvit (2006–2008) Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013, irregular) Amber (1992–2011) Bilbao Chess Masters Final (2008–2016) Gibraltar Chess Festival (2003–2020) Howard Staunton Memorial (2003–2009) Linares (1978–2010) Mar del Plata (1928–2001) Millionaire Chess (2014–2016) M-Tel Masters (2005–2009) North Sea Cup (1976–2008) Pearl Spring (2008–2010) Reggio Emilia (1947–2012) RTU Open (2011–2024) Tal Memorial (2006–2018) Zurich Chess Challenge (2012–2017)
Major past (19th–20th century)	American Chess Congress (1857–1923) Carl Schlechter Memorial (1923–1996) DSB Congress (1879–1932) General Government (1940–1944) IBM international (1961–1981) Konex (1977–1994) Leopold Trebitsch Memorial (1907–1938) Lone Pine International (1971–1981) Max Euwe Memorial (1987–1996) Monte Carlo (1901–1904; 1967–1969) Netanya (1961–1983) Palma de Mallorca (1965–1972) Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986) Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966) San Sebastián (1911–1912) Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939) Tilburg (1977–1998) Triberg (1914–1917)
Chess competitions National championships Supranational championships