List of mini chess tournaments

This article lists some of the famous small chess tournaments in history.

Introduction The list comprises only regular tournaments with three or four players (Triangular or Quadrangular).

The first international tournament with four players (two Spanish and two Italian) was held, at the invitation of King Philip II of Spain, at the Royal Court of Spain in Madrid in 1575.

Tournaments

1575 Madrid 1. Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri, 2. Paolo Boi, 3. Ruy López de Segura, 4. Alfonso Ceron 1821 Saint Cloud (Triangular) 1. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, 2. Alexandre Deschapelles, 3. John Cochrane 1855 London (Triangular) 1. Ernst Falkbeer, 2. Adolf Zytogorski, 3. Brien 1865 Elberfeld 1. Gustav Neumann 2. Viktor Knorre 3. Hoeing 4. Pinedo 1867 Cologne 1–2. Wilfried Paulsen, Conrad Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, 3–4. Ehrmann, Emil Schallopp 1871 Krefeld (Triangular) 1. Louis Paulsen, 2. Adolf Anderssen, 3. Johannes Minckwitz 1871 Wiesbaden 1. Carl Göring, 2. Adolf Stern, 3. Johannes Minckwitz, 4. Hermann von Hanneken 1876 Düsseldorf 1. Wilfried Paulsen, 2–3. Ernst Flechsig, Constantin Schwede, 4. Asbeck 1879 London 1. Henry Edward Bird 2–3. Joseph Henry Blackburne, James Mason, 4. George Alcock MacDonnell 1883 Berlin 1. Hermann von Gottschall, 2. Emil Schallopp, 3. Max Harmonist, 4. Berthold Lasker 1889 Berlin 1. Emil Schallopp, 2. Theodor von Scheve, 3. Horatio Caro, 4. Hülsen 1892 Belfast 1–2. Joseph Henry Blackburne, James Mason, 3. Henry Bird, 4. Francis Joseph Lee 1894 Buffalo 1. Jackson Showalter, 2. Harry Pillsbury, 3. Adolf Albin, 4. Farnsworth 1895 Skaneateles 1. Eugene Delmar, 2. Richardson, 3. Albert Hodges, 4. Luce 1895 Hastings 1. Géza Maróczy 2–3. Henry Ernest Atkins, Rudolf Loman, 4. Wilhelm Cohn 1895/96 St. Petersburg 1. Emanuel Lasker, 2. Wilhelm Steinitz, 3. Harry Pillsbury, 4. Mikhail Chigorin 1896 Vienna 1. Berthold Englisch, 2. Carl Schlechter, 3. Georg Marco, 4. Max Weiss 1897 New York (Triangular) 1–2. Wilhelm Steinitz, Samuel Lipschütz, 3. William Ewart Napier 1897 Altona 1. Johannes Metger, 2. Hugo Süchting, 3–4. Martin Bier, Julius Dimer 1898 Budapest 1. Rudolf Charousek, 2. Géza Maróczy, 3. Győző Exner, 4. Arthur Havasi 1898 Elmshorn 1–4. Hugo Süchting, Martin Bier, Julius Dimer, Arved Heinrichsen 1899 Budapest (Triangular) 1. Géza Maróczy, 2. Győző Exner, 3. Miklós Bródy 1900 Munich 1–2. Carl Göring, Abraham Speijer, 3–4. Julius Dimer, Dirk Bleijkmans 1900 Kiel 1–2. Hugo Süchting, Oskar Antze 3. Johannes Metger, 4. Hermes 1901 Kiel 1–2. Hugo Süchting, Johannes Metger, 3. Oeltjen, 4. Julius Dimer 1901 Paris 1–2. Stanislaus Sittenfeld, Adolf Albin, 3. Jean Taubenhaus, 4. Maurice Billecard 1901 Craigside 1. Amos Burn, 2. Henry Ernest Atkins, 3. Gunston, 4. Bellingham 1902 Paris 1. Dawid Janowski, 2. Jean Taubenhaus, 3. Theodor von Scheve, 4. Adolf Albin 1902 Carlsbad (Triangular) 1. Viktor Tietz, 2. Dawid Janowski, Moritz Porges 1902 Vienna 1. Leopold Löwy, Jr, 2. Augustin Neumann, 3. Julius Perlis, 4. Siegfried Reginald Wolf 1902 Berlin 1. Ossip Bernstein, 2–3. Erich Cohn, Oskar Piotrowski, 4. Iosif Januschpolski 1903 Hamburg 1. Hugo Süchting, 2. Carl Carls, 3. Johannes Metger, 4. Julius Dimer 1904 Munich 1. Rudolf Spielmann, 2. Friedrich Köhnlein, 3. Moissei Eljaschoff, 4. Kürschner 1904 Lemberg 1. Emil Gross, 2. Karol Irzykowski, 3. Ignatz von Popiel, 4. Kasimir de Weydlich 1904 Sylvan Beach 1. Frank Marshall, 2. Howard, 3. Roething, 4. Guckemus 1905 Hamburg 1. Rudolf Spielmann, 2. Julius Dimer, 3. Oeltjen, 4. Oskar Antze 1905 Ostend 1. Georg Marco, 2–3. Frank Marshall, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, 4. Richard Teichmann 1905 Łódź (Triangular) 1–2. Akiba Rubinstein, Gersz Salwe, 3. Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky 1906 Trenton Falls 1. Emanuel Lasker, 2. Curt, 3. Albert Fox, 4. Raubitschek 1906 Łódź 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2. Mikhail Chigorin, 3. Alexander Flamberg, 4. Gersz Salwe 1906 St. Petersburg 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Mikhail Chigorin, 3. Evtifiev, 4. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky 1906 Bremen 1–2. Wilhelm Hilse, Sohège, 3. Julius Dimer, 4. Oskar Antze 1907 Hanover 1. Carl Carls, 2–3. Hugo Süchting, Albert Edelheim, 4. Wilhelm Hilse 1907 Warsaw 1. Alexander Flamberg, 2. Salomon Langleben, 3. Lucian Einbild, 4. Jan Kleczyński Jr. 1908 Łódź (Triangular) 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2. Frank Marshall, 3. Gersz Salwe 1908 Warsaw 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Gersz Salwe, 3. Alexander Flamberg, 4. Salomon Langleben 1908 St. Petersburg 1. Sergey Lebedev, 2. Sergey von Freymann, 3. Alexander Romanovsky, 4. Grigory Helbach 1908 Trenton Falls 1. Clarence Howell, 2. Leon Rosen, 3. Sharp, 4. Eugene Delmar 1909 Göteborg 1. Milan Vidmar, 2. Paul Saladin Leonhardt, 3. Oldřich Duras, 4. Sjøberg 1909 Munich 1. Richard Teichmann, 2. Simon Alapin, 3. Rudolf Spielmann, 4. Dawid Przepiórka 1909 Munich 1. Hans Fahrni, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3–4. Simon Alapin, Rudolf Spielmann 1911 Munich 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Rudolf Spielmann, 3. Solomon Rosenthal, 4. Hans Fahrni 1911 Munich 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Gersz Rotlewi, 3. Rudolf Spielmann, 4. Hans Fahrni 1911 Barmbek 1. Wilhelm Hilse, 2–3. Hugo Süchting, Julius Dimer, 4. Carl Carls 1911 Kitzingen (Triangular) 1. Andreas Duhm, 2. Hrdina, 3. Friedrich Köhnlein 1911 Amsterdam 1–2. Frank Marshall, Arnold van Foreest, 3. Adolf Georg Olland, 4. Johannes Esser 1913 New York 1. Frank Marshall 2. Oldřich Duras, 3. Oscar Chajes, 4. Charles Jaffe 1913 Warsaw (Triangular) 1. Alexander Flamberg, 2. Oldřich Duras, 3. Moishe Lowtzky 1913 Łódź 1. Gersz Salwe, 2. Rosenbaum, 3. Gottesdiener, 4. Moshe Hirschbein 1913 St. Petersburg 1–2. Alexander Alekhine, Grigory Levenfish, 3–4. Oldřich Duras, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky 1914 Kiev 1. Alexander Evensohn, 2. Efim Bogoljubov, 3. Fedir Bohatyrchuk, 4. Nikolai Grekov 1914 Paris 1–2. Frank Marshall, Alexander Alekhine, 3. André Muffang, 4. B. Hallegua 1914 Berlin 1–2. Rudolf Spielmann, Erich Cohn, 3. Richard Teichmann, 4. Jacques Mieses 1914 Vienna 1. Siegfried Reginald Wolf, 2. Ernst Grünfeld, 3. Sauer, 4. Willman 1915 Vienna 1. Józef Dominik, 2–3. Josef Krejcik, Kalikst Morawski, 4. Richard Réti 1915 Atlantic City (Triangular) 1. Frank Marshall, 2. Sharp, 3. Moorman 1915/16 Triberg (Triangular) 1. Efim Bogoljubov, 2. Ilya Rabinovich, 3. Alexey Selezniev 1916 Tampa 1. Moorman, 2–3. Jackson Whipps Showalter, Traube, 4. Hernandes 1916 Budapest 1. Gyula Breyer, 2. Zoltán von Balla, 3. Richard Réti, 4. Johannes Esser 1916/17 Vienna (Triangular) 1. Carl Schlechter, 2. Milan Vidmar, 3. Arthur Kaufmann 1916/17 Łódź 1. Gersz Salwe, 2. Teodor Regedziński, 3. Samuel Factor, 4. Moshe Hirschbein 1917 Triberg 1–2. Ilya Rabinovich, Alexey Selezniev, 3. Efim Bogoljubov, 4. Samuil Weinstein 1917 Havana (Triangular) 1. Clarence Howell, 2. Juan Corzo, 3. Blanco 1917 London (Triangular) 1. George Edward Wainwright, 2. Philip Sergeant, 3. Macdonald 1917/18 Vienna 1. Milan Vidmar, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3. Carl Schlechter, 4. Lajos Asztalos 1918 Berlin 1. Milan Vidmar, 2. Carl Schlechter, 3. Jacques Mieses, 4. Akiba Rubinstein 1918 Berlin 1. Emanuel Lasker, 2. Akiba Rubinstein, 3. Carl Schlechter, 4. Siegbert Tarrasch 1918 Moscow (Triangular) 1. Alexander Alekhine, 2. Vladimir Nenarokov, 3. Abram Rabinovich 1918 Amsterdam 1. Max Marchand, 2–3. van Gelder, Arnold van Foreest, 4. Abraham Speijer 1918 Hertogenbosch 1–2. Jan Willem te Kolsté, Gerard Oskam, 3. Max Marchand, 4. Norden 1919 Stockholm 1. Rudolf Spielmann, 2. Akiba Rubinstein, 3. Efim Bogoljubov, 4. Richard Réti 1919 Berlin 1. Efim Bogoljubov, 2. Alexey Selezniev, 3–4. Rudolf Spielmann, Richard Réti 1919 Berlin 1. Alexey Selezniev, 2. Efim Bogoljubov, 3. Friedrich Sämisch, 4. Curt von Bardeleben 1919 Berlin (Triangular) 1. Walter John, 2. Ehrhardt Post, 3. Bernhard Gregory 1919 Troy 1. Abraham Kupchik, 2. Charles Jaffe, 3. Oscar Chajes, 4. Jacob Bernstein 1919/20 Hastings 1. Frederick Yates, 2. Scott, 3. Henry Ernest Atkins, 4. Richard Griffith 1920 Genova 1. Stefano Rosselli, 2. Davide Marotti, 3. Dolci, 4. Bernheimer 1920 Utrecht 1. Géza Maróczy, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3. Adolf Olland, 4. Gerard Oskam 1920 Amsterdam 1. Max Euwe, 2. te Kolsté, 3. van Hoorn, 4. Max Marchand 1920 Rotterdam 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2–3. Samuel Factor, Abraham Speijer, 4. van Gelder 1920 Łódź 1. Moshe Hirschbein, 2. Rosenbaum, 3. Gottesdiener, 4. Jakub Kolski 1920 Vienna 1. Savielly Tartakower, 2. Ernst Grünfeld, 3. Géza Maróczy, 4. Benjamin Blumenfeld 1921 Kiel 1. Efim Bogoljubov, 2–3. Alfred Brinckmann, Friedrich Sämisch, 4. Richard Réti 1921 Hamburg 1. Heinrich Wagner, 2. Paul Krüger, 3. Wilhelm Schönmann, 4. Julius Dimer 1921 New York 1–2. Frank Marshall, Forsberg, 3. Charles Jaffe, 4 Albert Hodges 1921 Utrecht 1. Adolf Olland, 2. Willem Schelfhout, 3. Victor Kahn, 4. Piccardt 1921 Triberg 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2–3. Efim Bogoljubov, Rudolf Spielmann, 4. Alexey Selezniev 1921 Baden-Baden 1. Dietrich Duhm, 2. Weissinger, 3. Sartori, 4. Andreas Duhm 1922 Mannheim (Triangular) 1. Siegbert Tarrasch, 2. Paul Saladin Leonhardt, 3. Jacques Mieses 1922 Paris (Triangular) 1. André Muffang, 2. Frédéric Lazard, 3. Amédée Gibaud 1922 Scheveningen 1–2. Max Euwe, George Salto Fontein, 3–4. Rudolf Loman, Alexander Rueb 1924 Berlin 1. Paul Johner, 2. Akiba Rubinstein, 3. Richard Teichmann, 4. Jacques Mieses 1925 Amsterdam 1. Jacques Davidson, 2. Max Euwe, 3–4. Friedrich Sämisch, Henri Weenink 1925 Bern 1. Alexander Alekhine, 2. Arnold Aurbach, 3. Oskar Naegeli, 4. Walter Michel 1925 London (Triangular) 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2–3. George Alan Thomas, Frederick Yates 1925 Bromley: 1. Hermanis Matisons, 2. Karel Skalička, 3. Karel Hromádka, 4. Fricis Apšenieks 1925 Wiesbaden 1. Max Euwe, 2. Rudolf Spielmann, 3. Georg Schories, 4. Friedrich Sämisch 1925 Kolin 1. Richard Réti, 2–3. Karel Opočenský, Max Walter, 4. Formanek 1925 Győr 1–2. Ferenc Chalupetzky, Győző Exner, 3. Horváth, 4. Galgóczy 1925 Bucharest 1. Alexandru Tyroler, 2. Sigmund Herland, 3. Iosif Mendelssohn, 4. Stefan Erdélyi 1925 Leningrad 1. Solomon Gotthilf, 2–3. Carlos Torre Repetto, Yakov Rokhlin, 4. Abram Model 1926 Amsterdam 1. Edgard Colle, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3. Max Euwe, 4. Pannekoek 1927 Utrecht 1. Max Euwe, 2. Jacques Davidson, 3. Adolf Olland, 4. Arnold van Foreest 1927 Warsaw 1. Stanisław Kohn, 2–3. Kazimierz Makarczyk, Savielly Tartakower, 4. Akiba Rubinstein 1928 Hamburg 1. Heinrich Wagner, 2. Herbert Heinicke, 3. Wilhelm Schönmann, 4. Rodatz 1928 Stockholm 1. Richard Réti, 2–3. Erik Lundin, Gösta Stoltz, 4. Gideon Ståhlberg 1929 London 1. Frederick Yates, 2. William Winter, 3–4. Mir Sultan Khan, Adrián García Conde 1929 Maastricht 1. Marcel Engelmann, 2. Victor Soultanbeieff, 3. Salo Landau, 4. Courtens 1929 Ghent 1. Edgard Colle, 2. Georges Koltanowski, 3. Marcel Engelmann, 4. Varlin 1929 Odessa (Triangular) 1. Boris Verlinsky, 2. Sergey von Freymann, 3. Ilya Kan 1930 Rotterdam 1. Savielly Tartakower, 2–3. Daniël Noteboom, Sándor Takács, 4. Salo Landau 1930 Berlin 1–2. Ludwig Rellstab, Friedrich Sämisch, 3. Carl Ahues, 4. Kurt Richter 1930 Berlin 1. Isaac Kashdan, 2. Karl Helling, 3. Herman Steiner, 4. Friedrich Sämisch 1930 Bucharest 1. Taubmann, 2. Abraham Baratz, 3. Iosif Mendelssohn, 4. Wechsler 1930 Le Pont 1. Hans Johner, 2. Ossip Bernstein, 3. Oskar Naegeli, 4. Walter Michel 1930 Liége 1. Victor Soultanbeieff, 2. Isaías Pleci, 3. Liubarski, 4. Mendlewicz 1931 Amsterdam 1–2. Max Euwe, Salo Landau, 3. Daniël Noteboom, 4. Selman 1931 Rotterdam 1. Salo Landau, 2. Edgard Colle, 3. Savielly Tartakower, 4. Akiba Rubinstein 1932 Bern 1–3. Alexander Alekhine, Oskar Naegeli, Erwin Voellmy, 4. Fritz Gygli 1933 Bern 1. Oskar Naegeli, 2. Salo Flohr, 3–4. Fritz Gygli, Hans Johner 1933 Bremen 1–2. Carl Carls, Carl Ahues, 3. Heinrich Wagner, 4. Oskar Antze 1933 Warsaw 1. Mieczysław Najdorf, 2. Paulin Frydman, 3. Leon Kremer, 4. Kazimierz Makarczyk 1933 Moscow 1. Fedir Bohatyrchuk, 2. Boris Verlinsky, 3. Nikolai Riumin, 4. Peter Romanovsky