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

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#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Dawid Janowski (France)/ Poland	*	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	W	1	0	1	1	10.25
2	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	0	*	0	W	½	1	1	W	1	½	1	1	1	1	9.50
3	Theodor von Scheve (German Empire)/ Germany	0	1	*	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	9.00
4	Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire)/ Russia	0	L	1	*	½	0	1	1	W	½	1	1	1	1	9.00
5	Simon Alapin (Russian Empire)/ Lithuania	1	½	½	½	*	½	W	½	0	1	1	½	W	1	8.50
6	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)/ Germany	0	0	0	1	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	7.00
7	Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom)/ England	0	0	0	0	L	1	*	0	1	1	L	1	1	1	6.50
8	Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom)/ Hungary	0	L	1	0	½	½	1	*	0	W	0	½	1	1	6.50
9	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)/ Romania	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)/ Ireland	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	W	4.25
13	Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire)/ Poland	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):

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

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#	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)/ 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)/ Poland	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)/ Germany	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)/ Austria	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)/ Germany	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)/ Austria	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)/ Russia	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)/ Hungary	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)/ England	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)/ Germany	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)/ Ireland	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)/ Romania	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)/ Romania	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)/ Poland	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)/ Germany	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)/ Ukraine	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)/ United States	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.

1903

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#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)/ Germany	**	½½	½1	0½	0½	01	11	11	11	11	1½	11	11	11	20.0
2	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)/ 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)/ Austria	1½	½½	00	**	½½	½1	1½	½1	01	½0	1½	11	11	11	17.0
5	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)/ Germany	1½	½½	00	½½	**	10	½½	1½	½1	10	01	11	11	11	16.5
6	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)/ Romania	10	00	0½	½0	01	**	1½	11	1½	1½	½1	½0	11	11	15.5
7	Heinrich Wolf (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	00	10	0½	0½	½½	0½	**	01	1½	11	11	01	01	11	14.0
8	Jacques Mieses (German Empire)/ Germany	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)/ Poland	00	10	½0	½1	01	0½	00	00	00	**	½½	11	10	11	10.5
11	James Mason (United States)/ Ireland	0½	00	0½	0½	10	½0	00	0½	10	½½	**	½1	1½	11	10.5
12	Adolf Albin (Austria-Hungary)/ Romania	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

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#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)/ Hungary	**	½½	½1	1½	½1	11	7.5
2	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	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)/ Hungary	0½	½½	0½	**	0½	½1	4.0
5	Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary)/ Romania	½0	00	0½	1½	**	0½	3.0
6	Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire)/ Germany	00	00	00	½0	1½	**	2.0

1904, Rice Gambit tournament

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#	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)/ Romania	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)/ Hungary	10	00	½0	0½	01	**	3.0

1967

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#	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)/ Russia	½	x	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6.5
3	Efim Geller (Soviet Union)/ Ukraine	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)/ Serbia	½	0	½	1	x	½	½	½	½	1	5.0
6	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)/ Serbia	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

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#	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)/ Russia	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	9
3-4	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)/ Czech Republic	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8.5
3-4	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)/ Russia	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)/ Hungary	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)/ Croatia	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

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#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)/ Russia	*	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)/ Czech Republic	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)/ France	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	½	5.5
8	Pal Benko (United States)/ Hungary	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)/ Ukraine	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)/ Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	2

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