List of mini chess tournaments

Introduction

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

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 Cutro, 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
* 1876 Düsseldorf 1. Wilfried Paulsen, 2-3. Ernst Flechsig, Schwebe, 4. Asbeck
* 1876 New York 1. George Henry Mackenzie, 2. Alberoni 3. Henry Edward Bird, 4. Eugene Delmar
* 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 Sankt 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. Exner, 4. Havasi A.
* 1898 Elmshorn 1-4. Hugo Süchting, Martin Bier, Julius Dimer, Heinrichsen
* 1900 Munich 1-2. Carl Göring, Abraham Speijer, 3-4. Julius Dimer, 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 Vienna 1. Leopold Löwy, Jr, 2. Augustin Neumann, 3. Julius Perlis, 4. Siegfried Reginald Wolf
* 1903 Hamburg 1. Hugo Süchting, 2. Carl Carls, 3. Johannes Metger, 4. Julius Dimer
* 1904 Munich 1. Rudolf Spielmann, 2. Köhnlein, 3. Eljaschoff, 4. Kürschner
* 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
* 1906 Trenton Falls 1. Emanuel Lasker, 2. Curt, 3. Albert Fox, 4. Raubitschek
* 1906 Lodz 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2. Mikhail Chigorin, 3. Alexander Flamberg, 4. Gersz Salwe
* 1906 Sankt 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 Hannover 1. Carl Carls, 2-3. Hugo Süchting, Edelheim, 4. Wilhelm Hilse
* 1907 Warsaw 1. Alexander Flamberg, 2. Salomon Langleben, 3. Einbild, 4. Jan Kleczyński, Jr.
* 1907 Lodz 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2. Dawid Daniuszewski, 3. Gersz Rotlewi, 4. Gersz Salwe
* 1908 Lodz ("Triangular") 1. Akiba Rubinstein, 2. Frank Marshall, 3. Gersz Salwe
* 1908 Warsaw 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Gersz Salwe, 3. Alexander Flamberg, 4. Salomon Langleben
* 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. Samuel Rosenthal, 4. Hans Fahrni
* 1911 Munich 1. Simon Alapin, 2. Gersz Rotlewi, 3. Rudolf Spielmann, 4. Hans Fahrni
* 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 Sankt Petersburg 1-2. Alexander Alekhine, Grigory Levenfish, 3-4. Oldřich Duras, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
* 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
* 1914/15 Vienna 1. Józef Dominik, 2-3. Krejcik, Morawski, 4. Richard Réti
* 1915 Vienna 1. Carl Schlechter, 2. Richard Réti, 3. Arthur Kaufmann, 4. Georg Marco
* 1915/16 Triberg ("Triangular") 1. Efim Bogoljubow, 2. Ilya Rabinovich, 3. Alexey Selezniev
* 1916 Vienna ("Triangular") 1. Carl Schlechter, 2. Milan Vidmar, 3. Arthur Kaufmann
* 1916/17 Budapest 1. Gyula Breyer, 2. Zoltán von Balla, 3. Richard Réti, 4. Johannes Esser
* 1917 Lodz 1. Gersz Salwe, 2. Teodor Regedziński, 3. Samuel Factor, 4. Hirszbajn
* 1917 Triberg 1-2. Ilya Rabinovich, Alexey Selezniev, 3. Efim Bogoljubow, 4. Samuil Weinstein
* 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
* 1919 Stockholm 1. Rudolf Spielmann, 2. Akiba Rubinstein, 3. Efim Bogoljubow, 4. Richard Réti
* 1919 Berlin 1. Efim Bogoljubow, 2. Alexey Selezniev, 3-4. Rudolf Spielmann, Richard Réti
* 1919 Berlin ("Triangular") 1. Walter John, 2. Ehrhardt Post, 3. Bernhard Gregory
* 1920 Genova 1. Stefano Rosselli, 2. Davide Marotti, 3. Dolci, 4. Bernheimer
* 1920 Utrecht 1. Géza Maróczy, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3. Adolf Olland, 4. Oskam
* 1920 Amsterdam 1. Max Euwe, 2. te Kolsté, 3. van Hoorn, 4. Max Marchand
* 1920 Vienna 1. Savielly Tartakower, 2. Ernst Grünfeld, 3. Géza Maróczy, 4. Benjamin Blumenfeld
* 1921 Kiel 1. Efim Bogoljubow, 2-3. Alfred Brinckmann, Friedrich Sämisch, 4. Richard Réti
* 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 Bogoljubow, Rudolf Spielmann, 4. Alexey Selezniev
* 1922 Mannheim ("Triangular") 1. Siegbert Tarrasch, 2. Paul Saladin Leonhardt, 3. Jacques Mieses
* 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 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 Bucharest 1. Alexandru Tyroler, 2. Sigmund Herland, 3. Mendelssohn, 4. Stefan Erdélyi
* 1925 Leningrad 1. Gotthilf, 2-3. Carlos Torre Repetto, Rokhlin, 4. Abram Model
* 1926 Amsterdam 1. Edgar Colle, 2. Savielly Tartakower, 3. Max Euwe, 4. Pannekoek
* 1927 Utrecht 1. Max Euwe, 2. Jacques Davidson, 3. Adolf Olland, 4. Arnold van Foreest
* 1928 Stockholm 1. Richard Réti, 2-3. Erik Lundin, Gösta Stoltz, 4. Gideon Ståhlberg
* 1929 Maastricht 1. Engelmann, 2. Victor Soultanbeieff, 3. Salo Landau, 4. Courtens
* 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. Mendelssohn, 4. Wechsler
* 1930 Le Pont 1. Hans Johner, 2. Ossip Bernstein, 3. Oskar Naegeli, 4. Walter Michel
* 1930 Liége 1. Victor Soultanbeieff, 2. Isaias Pleci, 3. Liubarski, 4. Mendlewicz
* 1931 Amsterdam 1-2. Max Euwe, Salo Landau, 3. Daniël Noteboom, 4. Selman
* 1931 Rotterdam 1. Salo Landau, 2. Edgar 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 Moscow 1. Fedor Bohatirchuk, 2. Boris Verlinsky, 3. Nikolai Riumin, 4. Peter Romanovsky
* 1934 Rotterdam 1. Alexander Alekhine, 2. Salo Landau, 3. Muehring, 4. Hamming
* 1935 Göteborg 1. Gösta Danielsson, 2. Ernst Larsson, 3. Allan Nilsson, 4. John B. Lindberg
* 1936 Amsterdam 1-2. Alexander Alekhine, Salo Landau, 3-4. Jongedijk, Koomen
* 1936 Brussels 1-2. Jacques Mieses, Jerochov, 3. Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, 4. Jung
* 1937 Bad Nauheim, Stuttgart, Garmisch 1. Max Euwe, 2-3. Efim Bogoljubow, Alexander Alekhine, 4. Friedrich Sämisch
* 1937 Nice 1. Alexander Alekhine, 2. Barbatto Rometti, 3. Victor Kahn, 4. Brian Reilly
* 1937 Bremen 1. Efim Bogoljubow, 2-3. Friedrich Sämisch, Heinrich Reinhardt, 4. Carl Carls
* 1937 Brussels 1. Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, 2. Movsas Feigins, 3. Paul Devos, 4. Emil Diemer
* 1937 Riga 1. Paul List, 2. Movsas Feigins, 3. Fricis Apšenieks, 4. Teodors Bergs
* 1937 Riga ("Triangular") 1. Vladimirs Petrovs, 2. Fricis Apšenieks, 3. Movsas Feigins
* 1937 Vienna 1. Paul Keres, 2. Wolfgang Weil, 3. Albert Becker, 4. David Podhorzer
* 1937 Warsaw 1-4. Gideon Ståhlberg, Antoni Wojciechowski, Lajos Steiner, Mieczysław Najdorf
* 1937 Zoppot 1. Ludwig Rellstab, 2. Gideon Ståhlberg, 3. Lajos Steiner, 4. Herbert Ludwigshausen
* 1938 Bergedorf 1. Heinrich Reinhardt, 2-3. Efim Bogoljubow, Friedrich Sämisch, 4. Herbert Heinicke
* 1938 Moscow 1-2. Ilya Kan, Viacheslav Ragozin, 3-4. Vladimir Alatortsev, Nikolai Riumin
* 1939 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Carlos Maderna, 2. Luis Piazzini, 3. Gerschman
* 1940 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Carlos Guimard, 2. Aristide Gromer, 3. Franciszek Sulik
* 1940 Randers 1-2. Jens Enevoldsen, Poulsen, 3-4. Bjørn Nielsen, Sørensen
* 1940 Baarn 1. Salo Landau, 2-3. Max Euwe, Hans Kmoch, 4. Haije Kramer
* 1940 Beverwijk 1. Max Euwe, 2. Hendrik Jan Van Steenis, 3. Nicolaas Cortlever, 4. Arthur Wijnans
* 1940 Delft 1. Hans Kmoch, 2. Max Euwe, 3. Johannes Van Den Bosch, 4. Salo Landau
* 1941 Beverwijk 1. Arthur Wijnans, 2. Nicolaas Cortlever, 3. Max Euwe, 4. Carel Sammelius
* 1942 Madrid 1. Ramon Rey Ardid, 2. Juan Manuel Fuentes, 3. Francisco José Pérez, 4. Angel Ribera
* 1943 Rio de Janeiro 1. Erich Eliskases, 2. Oswaldo Cruz Filho, 3. Walter Cruz, 4. João de Souza Mendes
* 1951 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Carlos Maderna, 2. Jacobo Bolbochán, 3. Heinrich Reinhardt
* 1954 Vilnius 1. Vladas Mikenas, 2. Ratmir Kholmov, 3-4. Isakas Vistaneckis, Viacheslav Ragozin
* 1956 Leningrad ("Triangular") 1. Mark Taimanov, 2. Yuri Averbakh, 3. Boris Spassky
* 1957 Sofia ("Triangular") 1. Oleg Neikirch, 2. Aleksandar Matanović, 3. Bogdan Śliwa
* 1960 Madrid 1. Svetozar Gligorić, 2-3. Lajos Portisch, Arturo Pomar, 4. Jan Hein Donner
* 1961 Sao Paolo ("Triangular") 1. Eugenio German, 2. Rodrigo Flores, 3. Bernardo Wexler
* 1962 Stockholm ("Triangular") 1. Leonid Stein, 2. Pal Benko, 3. Svetozar Gligorić
* 1963 Leningrad ("Triangular") 1. Leonid Stein, 2. Boris Spassky, 3. Ratmir Kholmov
* 1964 Rio de Janeiro ("Triangular") 1. Oscar Quinones, 2. Samuel Schweber, 3. Mauro de Athayde
* 1967 Buenos Aires 1. Henrique Mecking, 2. Julio Bolbochán, 3. Oscar Panno, 4. Alberto Foguelman
* 1973 Chicago ("Triangular") 1. Robert Byrne, 2. Samuel Reshevsky, 3. Lubomir Kavalek
* 1974 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Jorge Szmetan, 2. Jorge Rubinetti, 3. Ricardo Grinberg
* 1976 Manila 1. Eugenio Torre, 2. Anatoly Karpov, 3. Ljubomir Ljubojević, 4. Walter Browne
* 1979 South Africa 1. Viktor Korchnoi, 2. Wolfgang Unzicker, 3. Tony Miles, 4. Anatoly Lein
* 1979 Waddinxveen 1. Anatoly Karpov, 2. Lubomir Kavalek, 3. Vlastimil Hort, 4. Gennadi Sosonko
* 1980 Puerto Madryn 1-2. Tony Miles, Ljubomir Ljubojević, 3. Oscar Panno, 4. Miguel Quinteros
* 1981 Johannesburg 1. Ulf Andersson, 2-3. Viktor Korchnoi, Robert Hübner, 4. John Nunn
* 1991 Rybinsk 1. Marat Makarov, 2-3. Vladimir Kramnik, Maxim Sorokin, 4. Andrei Kharlov
* 1993 San Nicolas ("Triangular") 1. Darcy Lima, 2. Gilberto Milos, 3. Daniel Campora
* 2000 Sao Paolo 1. Rafael Leitao, 2. Giovanni Vescovi, 3. Jaime Sunye Neto, 4. Gilberto Milos
* 2008 Reykjavik 1-2. Lajos Portisch, Vlastimil Hort, 3. Friðrik Ólafsson, 4. Pal Benkö

References

* [http://batgirl.atspace.com/Renplayers.html Renaissance Players]
* [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/index.htm La grande storia degli scacchi]
* [http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Summary.asp Chessmetrics.com]
* [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]
* [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site]
* [http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/ Berliner Schachverband] Berlin Chess Federation
* [http://www.maxeuwe.nl/dutchbase/paginas/output.cfm?start=1900&eind=1951 Dutchbase Founder & Archivist : Jack Goossens]
* [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ Brasil Chess Base]
* [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base]
*cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław and Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z (Chess from A to Z)| publisher=Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka| year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)

ee also

*List of strong chess tournaments