The Paris 1900 chess tournament was an event held in conjunction with the Exposition Universelle (1900)

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The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next...

, one of the world's most notable fairs or exhibitions held during the second half of the nineteenth century and designated a "World Exposition" by the Bureau of International Expositions

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. Major international chess tournaments were also held at six other expositions, comprising London 1851

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, London 1862

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, Paris 1867

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, Vienna 1873

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, Philadelphia 1876

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 and Paris 1878

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. No chess events of significance accompanied the "Expos" of Paris 1889 or Chicago 1893.

The tournament of 1900 was played in the Grand Cercle, Paris, from May 17 to June 20, 1900. The time limit was 30 moves in two hours, followed by 15 moves in one hour. Draws had to be replayed once.

The results and standings:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
1	/   East Brandenburg	*	1	0	1	1	½	1	W	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14.5
2	/  Massachusetts	0	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	W	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12.5
3	/  New York	1	1	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	0	0	1	W	1	1	1	1	12.0
4	/  Hungary	0	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	W	W	1	1	1	12.0
5	/  Kingdom of England	0	1	0	1	*	L	1	L	1	0	1	W
1	1	1	1	11.0
6	/  Russia	½	0	½	½	W	*	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5
7	/  Austria	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	0	L	W	1	1	W	1	1	1	1	10.0
8	/  Kingdom of Romania	L	0	0	0	W	0	1	*	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0
9	/  Kingdom of Saxony	0	L	0	0	0	1	W	0	*	1	1	W	1	1	W	W	1	10.0
10	/  Ohio	0	½	1	0	1	1	L	0	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	9.0
11	/  Poland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	*	W	1	1	1	1	1	9.0
12	/  Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	L	0	0	0	L	½	L	*	1	L	W	1	W	4.5
13	/  Hungary	0	0	L	L	–	0	L	0	0	0	0	0	*	W	1	1	1	4.0
14	/  Poland	0	0	0	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	W	L	*	0	W	W	3.0
15	/  Virginia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	0	0	L	0	1	*	0	1	2.0
16	/  Peru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	0	0	0	0	L	1	*	0	1.0
17		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	0	L	0	1	*	1.0

Legend:
W (draw and win = 1 point),
½ (two draws = ½),
L (draw and loss = 0 point),
+ (forfeit win = 1 point),
– (forfeit loss = 0 point).

The prizes winners were: Lasker (5000 F), Pillsbury (2500 F), Maróczy and Marshall (1750 F) each , Burn (1500 F), Chigorin (1000 F), Marco and Mieses (300 F) each. Schlechter who tied for 7-9th but won less games got no money. The top four also won Sèvres vases. Mieses won the Brilliancy Prize with his favourite Vienna Opening against Janowski. .
Samuel Rosenthal

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wrote the tournament book. A tradition of world fairs and chess tournaments had ended.