St. Petersburg 1914 Chess Tournament - Preliminaries

Preliminaries

The preliminaries were held as a single round-robin tournament, with the top five places qualifying for the final. Capablanca played superior chess in the preliminaries. The great surprise was the elimination of Akiba Rubinstein. The elite of Sankt Petersburg was present on a grand banquet at the end of the preliminaries. Sergei Prokofiev gave a piano recital.

The results and standings:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba)	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8
2	Emanuel Lasker (German Empire)	½	*	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	6½
3	Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire)	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	6½
4	Alexander Alekhine (Russian Empire)	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	6
5	Frank James Marshall (United States)	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	6
6	Ossip Bernstein (Russian Empire)	0	1	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	5
7	Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire)	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5
8	Aron Nimzowitsch (Russian Empire)	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	4
9	Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom)	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	0	1	3½
10	Dawid Janowski (France)	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	3½
11	Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom)	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1