Karpova: A bit of information on the gigantic Ostende 1906 tournament which Isidor Gunsberg organized.All of this comes from the (Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung, June 1906 (and supplementary material. The final standings from Uncrowned King)
36 players started and during five stages, the winner was determined.
It began with 4 groups (A, B, C and D) with A facing B and C facing D.
Group A: Von Balla, Bernstein, Blackburne, Burn, Duras, Gattie, Janowski, Leonhardt and Oskam (he replaced Sherrard who deceased prior to tournament begin).
Group B: Cohn, Fahrni, Forgacs, John, Johner, Marco, Maroczy, Rubinstein and Saburov (replacing Von Bardeleben).
Group C: Dr. Lewitt, Maljutin, Marshall, Mieses, Dr. Perlis, Post, Spielmann, Suechting and Teichmann (replacing Caro).
Group D: Reggio, Salwe, Schlechter, Znosko-Borowski, Sournin, Swiderski, Taubenhaus, Chigorin and Wolf.
They play 9 rounds first and then the last three players of every group are eliminated.
Then Group A faces C and B faces D. Another 6 rounds are played and the last 2 players of every group are eliminated.
This is followed by A facing D and B facing C and takes 4 days. Afterwards, every group plays a tournament of its own which lasts 3 days.
Now, 16 players are left and the 7 lowest placed ones are eliminated with the rest playing for the prize money (4000, 2500, 1500, 1000, 800, 700, 600, 500 and 450 Francs).
Consolation prizes are 800 Francs for the 12 competitors eliminated after 9 days, 1400 Francs for the 8 players eliminated after 9+6 days, and finally 3000 Francs for the 10 players surviving 9+6+7 days.
Preliminary results after 5 rounds (i think that '+H' refers to an adjourned game):
Group A:
Janowski 4.5
Burn 4.0
Leonhardt 4.0
Bernstein 3.5
Von Balla 3.0
Duras 3.0
Blackburne 2.0+H
Oskam 1.5
Gattie 0.0
Group B:
Fahrni 3.0
Johner 3.0
Maroczy 3.0
John 2.5
Marco 2.5
Rubinstein 2.0+H
Forgacs 1.5
Cohn 1.0
Saburov 0.0
Group C:
Marshall 4.0
Dr. Perlis 4.0
Mieses 3.5
Spielmann 3.5
Suechting 3.5
Teichmann 3.0
Dr. Lewitt 2.0
Maljutin 2.0
Post 2.0
Group D:
Znosko-Borowski 3.5
Schlechter 3.0
Wolf 3.0
Salwe 2.5
Swiderski 2.0
Taubenhaus 2.0
Sournin 1.5
Reggio 0.5
Chigorin 0.5
Standings after the first stage (9 rounds):
Group A:
Janowski 7.0
Burn 7.0
Leonhardt 6.0
Bernstein 5.5
Blackburne 5.5
Von Balla 5.0
Duras 5.0
Oskam 2.0
Gattie 1.0
Overall: 44.0 points
Group B:
Johner 6.0
Maroczy 6.0
Fahrni 5.5
Rubinstein 5.5
John 4.5
Marco 3.5
Forgacs 3.0
Cohn 3.0
Saburov 0.0
Overall: 37.0 points
Group C:
Dr. Perlis 6.5
Marshall 6.0
Teichmann 6.0
Mieses 5.5
Suechting 5.0
Spielmann 4.5
Post 4.0
Dr. Lewitt 3.0
Maljutin 3.0
Overall: 43.5 points
Group D:
Znosko-Borowski 6.0
Schlechter 6.0
Salwe 5.5
Swiderski 4.5
Chigorin 4.0
Wolf 3.5
Taubenhaus 3.5
Sournin 2.5
Reggio 2.0
Overall: 37.5 points
Janowski's performance is being hailed but it is also mentioned that he had losing positions in five of his games. Burn is also praised (especially his games against Forgacs and Johner and the save against Maroczy). Notable is also Chigorin's comeback after a disastrous start.
Eliminated were Von Balla (despite scoring 5.0 points!), Oskam, Gattie, Cohn, Forgacs, Saburov, Post, Dr. Lewitt, Maljutin, Sournin and Reggio.
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