January 14th 2023 ... Who can Win ? What other chess tournaments do you think were the strongest of their time ?
Pretty sure Candidates and Sinquefield Cup 2022 were stronger, so I wouldn't go as far as to say strongest in history.
@ThunderClap said in #1:
> What other chess tournaments do you think were the strongest of their time ?
Vienna 1882, Hastings 1895, Nottingham 1936, Holland 1938, Zurich 1953, and Linares 1994 seem to get mentioned a lot.
> What other chess tournaments do you think were the strongest of their time ?
Vienna 1882, Hastings 1895, Nottingham 1936, Holland 1938, Zurich 1953, and Linares 1994 seem to get mentioned a lot.
Tata Steel 2023 is a Category 20 Average Rating 2741 ,,, However many are Young & will get STRONGER (Like Gukesh) ... Maybe a New York 2024 can be Organized ... 100 Years ago was New York 1924 next year
I also see Duda was replaced & is not playing
Bled 1961
> A quote attributed to Bent Larsen captures the significance and tradition of the series: "Normal people have to see Naples before they die ..., but a chess grandmaster has to win the Wijk aan Zee tournament first of all".
en.chessbase.com/post/ten-trivia-about-the-tata-steel-tournament-series-the-wimbledon-of-chess
According to that article, the strongest in the Blast Furnace Chess Tournament series was Wijk aan Zee 2001:
> when nine top ten players participated, namely #1 Kasparov, #2 Anand, #3 Kramnik, #4 Adams, #5 Leko, #6 Morozevich, #7 Shirov, #8 Topalov, #9 Ivanchuk from the official FIDE Elo rating list in January 2001 (only missing out from the top ten is the number ten ranked Gelfand). Kasparov won unbeaten a third time consecutively, three entries, and three clear wins, always surpassing strongest opposition.
en.chessbase.com/post/ten-trivia-about-the-tata-steel-tournament-series-the-wimbledon-of-chess
According to that article, the strongest in the Blast Furnace Chess Tournament series was Wijk aan Zee 2001:
> when nine top ten players participated, namely #1 Kasparov, #2 Anand, #3 Kramnik, #4 Adams, #5 Leko, #6 Morozevich, #7 Shirov, #8 Topalov, #9 Ivanchuk from the official FIDE Elo rating list in January 2001 (only missing out from the top ten is the number ten ranked Gelfand). Kasparov won unbeaten a third time consecutively, three entries, and three clear wins, always surpassing strongest opposition.
@ThunderClap
St. Petersburg 1914
It was probably the strongest tournament up to that point. The organizer only invited players who had won at least one international championship tournament in previous years.
The participants were Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, Frank Marshall, Ossip Bernstein, Akiba Rubinstein, Aaron Niemzowitsch, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Dawid Janowski, Isidor Gunsberg.
In retrospect, the constellation of participants is remarkable in that Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine were three reigning or future world champions and Gunsberg, Tarrasch, Marshall and Janowski four former world championship challengers were represented.
St. Petersburg 1914
It was probably the strongest tournament up to that point. The organizer only invited players who had won at least one international championship tournament in previous years.
The participants were Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, Frank Marshall, Ossip Bernstein, Akiba Rubinstein, Aaron Niemzowitsch, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Dawid Janowski, Isidor Gunsberg.
In retrospect, the constellation of participants is remarkable in that Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine were three reigning or future world champions and Gunsberg, Tarrasch, Marshall and Janowski four former world championship challengers were represented.
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