The tournament was divided into two sections: the Championship Tournament and the Masters' Tournament. The first section was for players who had won an international tournament. [1] The Championship Tournament took place in the Casino of Ostend from 16 May to 14 June 1907. Dawid Janowski, Siegbert Tarrasch, Carl Schlechter, and Frank Marshall accepted the invitation, while Emanuel Lasker and Géza Maróczy declined and were replaced by Amos Burn and Mikhail Chigorin. [2] [3]
In the tournament, the term "grandmaster" was used, so these players were described as grandmasters for the purposes of the tournament. After winning the tournament, Tarrasch was crowned the "World Champion Tournament Player" by the tournament organizers. [4] Lasker finally agreed to a title match in 1908, and beat Tarrasch convincingly (+8 –3 =5).
The Masters' Tournament was a thirty-player round-robin. It was played from 16 May to 25 June. Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein ended equal as winners at Ostend B. [5] This tournament is arguably the largest all-play-all chess competition ever held on top-level.
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total wins |
| 1 |  Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) | xxxx | ½½10 | ½1½1 | ½1½½ | 1½10 | 1½01 | 12½ |
| 2 |  Carl Schlechter (Austria) | ½½01 | xxxx | 11½½ | ½010 | ½1½½ | ½½11 | 12 |
| 3 |  Dawid Janowski (France) | ½0½0 | 00½½ | xxxx | 1010 | 1111 | 11½1 | 11½ |
| 4 |  Frank Marshall (United States) | ½0½½ | ½101 | 0101 | xxxx | 0½11 | ½½11 | 11½ |
| 5 |  Amos Burn (United Kingdom) | 0½01 | ½0½½ | 0000 | 1½00 | xxxx | ½111 | 8 |
| 6 |  Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire) | 0½10 | ½½00 | 00½0 | ½½00 | ½000 | xxxx | 4½ |
| # | 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | Total |
| 1 | Ossip Bernstein (Russian Empire) | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19½ |
| 2 |  Akiba Rubinstein (Poland) | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19½ |
| 3 | Jacques Mieses (German Empire) | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire) | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 |  Leo Forgacs (Hungary) | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18½ |
| 6 | Richard Teichmann (German Empire) | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 |  Oldřich Duras (Bohemia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17½ |
| 8 | Gersz Salwe (Poland)/ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Georg Marco (Austria) | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 16½ |
| 10 | Walter John (German Empire) | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 |  Saviely Tartakower (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (Russian Empire) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Erich Cohn (German Empire) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 15 | Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom) | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 14½ |
| 16 | Julius Perlis (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 13½ |
| 17 | Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Georg Schories (German Empire) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12½ |
| 19 | Hugo Süchting (German Empire) | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
| 20 | Moritz Billecard (France) | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 12 |
| 21 | Wilhelm Cohn (German Empire) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 22 | Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire) | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
| 23 | Theodor von Scheve (German Empire) | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | Johannes Metger (German Empire) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 25 | Hector William Shoosmith (United Kingdom) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9½ |
| 26 | Francis Lee (United Kingdom) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 27 | Louis van Vliet (United Kingdom) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 28 | Franz Jacob (German Empire) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 8½ |
| 29 | James Mortimer (United Kingdom) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 5 |
Note: Paul Johner, Switzerland, had to withdraw from the tournament after six games (annulated in the final standings).
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