Monte Carlo (1901) In order to stimulate tourism to the seaside resort of Monte Carlo (1) during the winter season, Prince Dadian of Mingrelia and Arnous de Rivière organized the first in a series (the Monte Carlo (1902) event was repeated in similar style to this inaugural event) of master chess tournaments to be held from February 1st to March 1st in 1901 (2). Fourteen chess masters were invited to participate, but play was delayed until the 4th of February to observe the funeral of Queen Victoria I of England. The scoring format for this tournament gave ¼ of a point to each player for a draw played. The two players were then required to replay the game with colors reversed, where a win was worth ½ a point, a draw worth another ¼ point, and a loss worth 0. David Janowski won the tournament and the grand prize of 5000 Francs, while the second through sixth place finishers enjoyed their share of a 7300 Franc prize pool. The remaining players received minor compensation for their participation. Several games, although their scores and partial move orders still exist, have been omitted from this collection due to being incomplete. The crosstable and final standings (see tournament format above for scoring): 1st Janowski * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ¾ 1 0 1 1 10¼/13 2nd Schlechter 0 * 0 ¾ ½ 1 1 ¾ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½/13 =3rd von Scheve 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 /13 =3rd Chigorin 0 ¼ 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ¾ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 /13 5th Alapin 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ¾ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ¾ 1 8½/13 6th Mieses 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 /13 =7th Blackburne 0 0 0 0 ¼ 1 * 0 1 1 ¼ 1 1 1 6½/13 =7th Gunsberg 0 ¼ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ¾ 0 ½ 1 1 6½/13 9th Marco ½ 0 0 ¼ 1 0 0 1 * ¼ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 /13 10th Marshall ¼ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ¼ ¾ * 1 1 ¼ 1 5½/13 11th Reggio 0 0 0 0 0 0 ¾ 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 4¾/13 12th Mason 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ¾ 4¼/13 13th Winawer 0 0 ½ 0 ¼ 1 0 0 ½ ¾ 0 0 * 1 4 /13 14th Didier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ¼ 0 * ¼/13 *Note: In the crosstable, <¾> indicates that a player won the replay after a drawn game, <¼> that he lost the replay, <½> that the replay was also drawn. References: (1) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont... , (2) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont... , (3) http://www.montecarlocasinos.com/ Original collection: Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1901, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 99  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Janowski vs Winawer 1-0 25 1901 Monte Carlo C66 Ruy Lopez 2. Marshall vs Chigorin ½-½ 60 1901 Monte Carlo C15 French, Winawer 3. G Marco vs Mieses 0-1 30 1901 Monte Carlo B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. Schlechter vs Von Scheve   0-1 68 1901 Monte Carlo D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Didier vs Alapin 0-1 31 1901 Monte Carlo C11 French 6. J Mason vs Blackburne 0-1 40 1901 Monte Carlo B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. Reggio vs Gunsberg   1-0 59 1901 Monte Carlo C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Blackburne vs Gunsberg 0-1 35 1901 Monte Carlo C46 Three Knights 9. Mieses vs Alapin   ½-½ 38 1901 Monte Carlo C01 French, Exchange 10. J Mason vs Janowski 1-0 48 1901 Monte Carlo C50 Giuoco Piano 11. Von Scheve vs Chigorin   0-1 45 1901 Monte Carlo D02 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Schlechter vs Didier   1-0 37 1901 Monte Carlo C77 Ruy Lopez 13. G Marco vs Reggio   1-0 35 1901 Monte Carlo C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. Chigorin vs Marshall ½-½ 54 1901 Monte Carlo C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 15. Marshall vs Gunsberg   ½-½ 62 1901 Monte Carlo D00 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Blackburne vs Mieses 1-0 31 1901 Monte Carlo A10 English 17. Reggio vs Winawer   1-0 36 1901 Monte Carlo C67 Ruy Lopez 18. J Mason vs Von Scheve   0-1 64 1901 Monte Carlo C50 Giuoco Piano 19. Schlechter vs Alapin   ½-½ 30 1901 Monte Carlo D05 Queen's Pawn Game 20. G Marco vs Chigorin   ½-½ 34 1901 Monte Carlo C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Didier vs Janowski 0-1 45 1901 Monte Carlo B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 22. Mieses vs J Mason 1-0 39 1901 Monte Carlo C01 French, Exchange 23. Von Scheve vs G Marco   1-0 45 1901 Monte Carlo D00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Alapin vs Marshall 1-0 60 1901 Monte Carlo D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 25. Chigorin vs Schlechter   ½-½ 51 1901 Monte Carlo C33 King's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 99    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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