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.