1) Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrash and others
2) Lasker won this tournament.
3) Laser was the WC at the time
4) I think nobody. This title was invented in this tournament.
the 1914 St. Petersburg tournament
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Dec 23, 2007
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fleiman you got it, yes the GM title was given to Lasker, Alehkine, Capablanca, marshall, and tarrash after this tournament, They were awarded by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II after the 1914 St. Petersburg tournament
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St. Petersburg 1914 was a landmark in the history of chess, because three players performed at the level of the present top twenty. They were world champion Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine.
The invitation procedure was remarkable. A list of twenty-four ‘grandmasters’ of chess was made. Anderssen, Charousek, Chigorin, Kolisch, Mackenzie, Pillsbury, Steinitz and Zukertort had died. The rest plus the two winners of an All Russian Tournament were invited. Burn, Teichmann, Weiss and Winawer declined for reasons, such as old age. Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter could not accept due to tensions of Russia with Austria-Hungary. Eleven players accepted: young Alekhine, Bernstein, old Blackburne, Capablanca, old Gunsberg, Janowsky, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein and Tarrasch. The players got an excellent compensation for their expenses. Lasker got an additional 4500 Rubles for his first tournament in five years. Capablanca was well paid as well. Prizes or money for draws and wins had to be earned.
The games were played at the club house Liteiny Prospekt 10 from 21 iv - 22 v 1914 in the afternoon and evening. The tempo was 30 moves in 2 hours, followed by 22 in 1½ hours and 15 per hour for the rest of the game. The tournament started with all-play-all preliminaries. Five players qualified for the doubled rounded finals. The great surprise was the elimination of Rubinstein.
The tournament celebrated the 10th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Chess Society. The elite of the city was present on a grand banquet at the end of the preliminaries. Sergei Prokofiev gave a piano recital.
http://www.endgame.nl/stpeter.htm
chess quiz
the 1914 St. Petersburg tournament
who were the participants in this tournament?
who won this tournament?
who was the world champion at the time?
how many chess players in the world held the Grandmasters title at the moment?
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