San Sebastián chess tournament

There were two important chess tournaments held 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)	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	9
3	Milan Vidmar (Austria-Hungary)	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)	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	7½
6	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	7½
7	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	7½
8	Ossip Bernstein (Russian Empire)	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	1	1	1	½	0	1	0	7
9	Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	7
10	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	6½
11	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary)	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	6
12	Dawid Janowski (France)	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	1	1	1	6
13	Amos Burn (United Kingdom)	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	5
14	Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary)	½	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	5
15	Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)	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 received 80-100 Francs per point. The brilliancy prize of 500 francs, sponsored by Baron Albert Salomon von Rothschild, 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)	**	½1	01	½1	½½	1½	01	11	½½	½1	½-	12½
2	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)	½0	**	01	1½	0½	11	11	½½	½½	11	½-	12
3	Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary)	10	10	**	10	1½	½1	½½	½1	½½	1½	1-	12
4	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)	½0	0½	01	**	11	01	½0	½½	11	11	1-	11½
5	Julius Perlis (Austria-Hungary)	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)	10	00	½½	½1	½0	½0	**	½½	½1	01	½-	8½
8	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary)	00	½½	½0	½½	½½	0½	½½	**	½½	1½	½-	8
9	Richard Teichmann (German Empire)	½½	½½	½½	00	½½	½½	½0	½½	**	½½	½-	8
10	Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)	½0	00	0½	00	0½	00	10	0½	½½	**	1-	5
11	Leó Forgács (Austria-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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[1] "ssebastian". Xoomer.alice.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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[3] "sseb12". Xoomer.alice.it. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

[4] "San Sebastian 1912". Chessgames.com. 1912-03-23. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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