Talk:St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament

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Tsar Nicholas story edit

Latest comment: 9 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

I have deleted the bit about Tsar Nicholas awarding the Grandmaster title to the five finalists. This story has been conclusively debunked by Edward Winter. See the extensive discussion at Talk:Grandmaster_(chess) in the "Dubious first use?" and "Grandmasters before 1950 FIDE period" sections. Krakatoa (talk) 14:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

The false story is so widespread that it deserves mention here, but should of course clearly demonstrate that it is untrue. I hate to duplicate material between articles (this one and grandmaster (chess)), but I think this apocryphal tale might be what this tournament is best known for. Also covering this clearly will prevent people from adding it again in the future. (Experience shows no one reads the talk page before updating an article.) 165.189.101.177 (talk) 15:19, 24 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Isn't the "Chessmetrics" list of top tournaments referring to Saint Petersburg 1895/6? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.13.206 (talk) 22:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

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