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 .svg.png.webp)
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 .svg.png.webp)
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.
- ↑ "Crosstable + picture San Sebastian 1911". nimzowitsch.com. Archived from the original on 2004-10-29.
- ↑ "sseb12". Xoomer.alice.it. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ "San Sebastian 1912". Chessgames.com. 1912-03-23. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
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