Sunday, November 21, 2004

Strongest Chess Tournaments of All Time

I am not going to attempt to rank these into a top list; I have satisfied myself with providing a merely chronological listing, although I do feel the list is fairly exhaustive. More information can be found at:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/tournaments.htm
http://www.endgame.nl/super.htm
http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/best_tourneys.html

· London 1851, the first international tournament (organized to coincide with the world exhibition), won by Anderssen (Zipped PGN)
· Baden-Baden 1870 won by Anderssen (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1873 (world exhibition) won by Steinitz after a playoff with Blackburne (Zipped PGN)
· Leipzig 1877 won by Paulsen
· Paris 1878 (world exhibition) won by Zukertort after a playoff with Winawer (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1882 won by Steinitz and Winawer
· London 1883 won by Zukertort
· Hastings 1895 won by Pillsbury in his first international tournament appearance
· St. Petersburg 1895-6 won by Lasker
· Nurenberg 1896 won by Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1898 won by Tarrasch after a playoff with Pillsbury (Zipped PGN)
· London 1899 won by Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Paris 1900 (world exhibition) won by Lasker
· Monte Carlo 1903 won by Tarrasch
· Cambridge Springs 1904 won by Marshall (PGN)
· Ostend 1907 won by Tarrasch
· St. Petersburg 1909 won by Lasker and Rubinstein (PGN)
· San Sebastian 1911 won by Capablanca in his first international tournament appearance
· San Sebastian 1912 won by Rubinstein
· St. Petersburg 1914 won by Lasker, who came from behind to take first place from Capablanca (Zipped PGN)
· Mährisch Ostrau 1923 won by Lasker
· New York 1924 won by Emanuel Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Moscow 1925 won by Bogoljubow
· Baden-Baden 1925 won by Alekhine
· New York 1927 won by Capablanca
· Bad Kissingen 1928 won by Bogoljubow
· Carlsbad 1929 won by Nimzowitsch
· San Remo 1930 won by Alekhine (Zipped PGN)
· Bled 1931 won by Alekhine
· Moscow 1935 won by Botvinnik and Flohr
· Moscow 1936 won by Capablanca
· Nottingham 1936 won by Capablanca and Botvinnik (Zipped PGN)
· AVRO 1938 won by Keres and Fine (Zipped PGN)
· Groningen 1946 won by Botvinnik
· Moscow 1947 won by Botvinnik
· Soviet Championship Leningrad 1947 won by Keres
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1950 won by Keres
· Budapest Candidates 1950 won by Bronstein and Boleslavsky
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1951 won by Keres
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1952 won by Botvinnik and Taimanov
· Zurich/Neuhausen Candidates 1953 won by Smyslov (PGN)
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1955 won by Geller and Smyslov
· Moscow 1956 won by Botvinnik and Smyslov
· Bled 1961 won by Tal
· Stockholm Interzonal 1962 won by Fischer
· Curacao Candidates 1962 won by Petrosian
· Moscow 1967 won by Stein
· Palma de Mallorca 1970 won by Fischer
· Moscow 1971 won by Karpov and Stein
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1973 won by Spassky (Zipped PGN)
· Soviet Championship Leningrad 1974 won by Tal and Beliavsky
· Bugojno 1978 won by Spassky and Karpov
· Montreal 1979 won by Tal and Karpov (PGN)
· Tilburg 1981 won by Beliavsky
· Moscow 1981 won by Karpov
· Turin 1982 won by Karpov and Andersson
· Tilburg 1983 won by Karpov
· Bugojno 1986 won by Karpov
· Tilburg 1986 won by Beliavsky
· OHRA 1986 won by Kasparov
· Amsterdam 1987 won by Karpov and Timman
· Brussels 1988 won by Karpov
· Belfort 1988 won by Kasparov
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1988 won by Karpov and Kasparov (PGN)
· Skelleftea 1989 won by Karpov and Kasparov
· Reggio Emilia 1991 won by Anand
· Linares 1992 won by Kasparov
· Dortmund 1992 won by Kasparov and Ivanchuk (PGN)
· Linares 1993 won by Kasparov
· Linares 1994 won by Karpov
· Dortmund 1995 won by Kramnik (PGN)
· Dos Hermanas 1996 won by Kramnik and Topalov (Zipped PGN)
· Las Palmas 1996 won by Kasparov
· Tilburg 1997 won by Svidler, Kasparov and Kramnik
· Dortmund 1997 won by Kramnik
· Linares 1998 won by Anand
· Linares 1999 won by Kasparov
· Linares 2000 won by Kramnik and Kasparov
· Wijk and Zee 2001 win by Kasparov
· Dortmund 2001 won by Kramnik and Topalov

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