Carlsbad is known in the whole chess world thanks to four international tournaments, held in 1907

Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament

The first international chess tournament in Carlsbad was held in the magnificent Kaiserbad . Twenty one great masters, under the direction of Viktor Tietz, played in the Kurhaus Hotel Imperial from August 20 to September 17, 1907.The results and standings:...

, 1911, 1923

Carlsbad 1923 chess tournament

The third international chess tournament was held in the health resort of Carlsbad , Czechoslovakia...

 and 1929

Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament

The fourth international Carlsbad tournament was held in the Kurhaus Hotel Imperial. Twenty two great masters, under the direction of Viktor Tietz, played in the resort Karlsbad from July 30 to August 28, 1929. Only the world champion Alexander Alekhine did not partake but during the event he...

.

The second event was conducted in the health resort of Carlsbad

Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370...

 (Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

, then Austria-Hungary Empire). The opening ceremony was held in the Kurhaus (the magnificent Kaiserbad) on 20 August 1911. Twenty-six chess masters were invited to participate in the enormous round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

 (325 games!). Of the top players in the world then only two were missing from the tournament: Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...

 and José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...

. The participants played from 20 August to 24 September 1911. At the end Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann was a German chess master.He was known as "Richard the Fifth" because he often finished in fifth place in tournaments. But in Karlsbad 1911, he scored a convincing win, crushing Akiba Rubinstein and Carl Schlechter with the same line of the Ruy Lopez...

was the winner.

The final standings and crosstable:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	/ Thuringia	*	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	18.0
2	/	0	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	17.0
3	/	0	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	17.0
4	/	0	½	1	*	1	1	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	16.0
5		½	1	½	0	*	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	15.5
6	/	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	15.5
7	/	½	½	½	1	1	½	*	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	15.0
8	/	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	*	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	13.5
9	/	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	13.5
10	/ Bohemia	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	0	*	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	13.5
11	/	0	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	*	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	13.5
12	/	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	*	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	13.0
13	/	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	*	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	1	12.0
14	/ Brandenburg	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	0	11.5
15	/	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	11.5
16	/ Schleswig-Holstein	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	11.5
17	/	1	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	0	0	0	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	0	11.0
18	/	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	*	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	11.0
19		½	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	0	0	10.5
20	/	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	10.5
21	/	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	10.5
22	/	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	*	1	0	0	1	10.0
23	/	½	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	½	½	0	8.5
24	/	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	½	*	0	1	8.5
25	/ Bohemia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	*	0	8.5
26	/	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	*	8.5

See also

Karlsbad 1911 Chess Games