San Sebastián chess tournament

There were two important chess tournaments in San Sebastián, Spain, in 1911 and 1912.

San Sebastián 1911

The tournament was held from February 20 to March 17, 1911.^[1] The event was organized by Jacques Mieses, who insisted that all of the expenses of the masters were paid.

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba)	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	9½
2	Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire)/ Poland	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	9
3	Milan Vidmar (Austria-Hungary)/ Slovenia	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	9
4	Frank James Marshall (United States)	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	8½
5	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)/ Germany	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	7½
6	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	7½
7	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)/ Latvia	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	7½
8	Ossip Bernstein (Russian Empire)/ Ukraine	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	1	1	1	½	0	1	0	7
9	Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	7
10	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)/ Germany	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	6½
11	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)/ Hungary	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	6
12	Dawid Janowski (France)/ Poland	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	1	1	1	6
13	Amos Burn (United Kingdom)/ England	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	5
14	Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary)/ Czech Republic	½	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	5
15	Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)/ Poland	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	0	½	½	*	4

The prizes were: first - 5000 Francs, second - 3000 Francs, third - 2000 Francs, fourth - 1500 Francs. Non-prize winners will receive 80-100 Francs per point. Brilliancy prize from Baron Albert Salomon von Rothschild on 500 Francs was won by Capablanca for his game against Dr. Bernstein.^[2]

San Sebastián 1912

The tournament was held from February 19 to March 23, 1912.^[3] This tournament was one of five that Rubinstein won in a one year time span (San Sebastián, Breslau, Bad Pistyan, Warsaw, and Vilna).

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire)/ Poland	**	½1	01	½1	½½	1½	01	11	½½	½1	½-	12½
2	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)/ Latvia	½0	**	01	1½	0½	11	11	½½	½½	11	½-	12
3	Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	10	10	**	10	1½	½1	½½	½1	½½	1½	1-	12
4	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)/ Germany	½0	0½	01	**	11	01	½0	½½	11	11	1-	11½
5	Julius Perlis (Austria-Hungary)/ Poland	½½	1½	0½	00	**	1½	½1	½½	½½	1½	½-	10
6	Frank James Marshall (United States)	0½	00	½0	10	0½	**	½1	1½	½½	11	1-	9½
7	Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary)/ Czech Republic	10	00	½½	½1	½0	½0	**	½½	½1	01	½-	8½
8	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)/ Austria	00	½½	½0	½½	½½	0½	½½	**	½½	1½	½-	8
9	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)/ Germany	½½	½½	½½	00	½½	½½	½0	½½	**	½½	½-	8
10	Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)/ Poland	½0	00	0½	00	0½	00	10	0½	½½	**	1-	5
11	Leó Forgács (Austria-Hungary)/ Hungary	½-	½-	0-	0-	½-	0-	½-	½-	½-	0-	**	3

Forgacs only played the first half tournament and forfeited his last ten games.

The prizes were: first - 5000 Francs, second - 3000 Francs, third - 2000 Francs, fourth - 1500 Francs. Non-prize winners received 100 Francs per point.^[4]

References

↑ "ssebastian". Xoomer.alice.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
↑ http://nimzowitsch.com/Tourn_and_Match/sanseb11.htm
↑ "sseb12". Xoomer.alice.it. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
↑ "San Sebastian 1912". Chessgames.com. 1912-03-23. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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