Kiev 1903 chess tournament explained

The 3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament took place in the rooms of the Kiev Chess Society in the Popov Building at No. 29 Kreshchatyk in Kiev on September 1–26, 1903. The Society used the rooms of the Kiev Bicycle Association which had its premises on the second floor of the aforementioned building on the corner of the Kreshchatyk & Lutheran (#29 Kreshchatyk) right next door to the Warsaw Café.^[1]

A Polish nobleman, count A.F. Plater, the president of the Kiev Chess Society (Kievskoye Shakhmatnoye Obshchestvo) was the tournament patron,^[2] Loxting and Vengerov were tournament officials.^[3]

The results and standings:^{[4] [5] [6]}

	Player	City	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
1	align=left				x	0	0	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	+	1		1	1	15.0
2	align=left				1	x	1		1	0				1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	+	14.0
3	align=left	Vladimir Yurevich			1	0	x		0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13.5
4	align=left				0			x		1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1		1	1	1	1	+	13.0
5	align=left	Akiba Rubinstein			0	0	1		x		0		1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	+	11.5
6	align=left				0	1	0	0		x		1	0		1		1	0	1	1	1	1	+	11.0
7	align=left				0		0	0	1		x		1	1	1		0	1		1		1	1	11.0
8	align=left				0		0	1		0		x	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	10.5
9	align=left						1	0	0	1	0	1	x	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	1	9.5
10	align=left				0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	x	1	1		0		1	1	1	1	9.5
11	align=left				0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	0	1	1		1	1	1	+	8.5
12	align=left				0	0	0	1	0			0	0	0	1	x	1	1	1	1	0		+	8.5
13	align=left	Viacheslav Kulomzin			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	x	1	1	1	1		+	8.0
14	align=left	N. Kalinsky			0	1	0		0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	x	1	0	1	1	1	7.5
15	align=left				-	0	0	0	1	0		0	1			0	0	0	x		1	1	1	7.0
16	align=left	P.P. Benko			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		x	1	1	1	6.5
17	align=left	Boris Nikolaev				0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	x	1	1	4.5
18	align=left				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	x	1	2.0
19	align=left	V.V. Breev			0	-	0	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	x	0.0

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Famous Warsaw Café of Kiev - Chess.com. blog.chess.com. 2016-06-20.
2. Web site: Zmyślone Piękno . 2009-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005064139/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/kronika01405.htm . 2008-10-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Chess Blogs - Chess.com. blog.chess.com. 2016-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215073014/http://blog.chess.com/view/memories-of-chigorin. 2012-02-15. dead.
4. Web site: Virgilio Community - Page Not Found. xoomer.alice.it. 2016-06-20.
5. Web site: Polbase Turnieje Międzynarodowe - International Chess Tournaments. polbase.w.interia.pl. 2016-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020235325/http://polbase.w.interia.pl/kijow1903.htm. 2013-10-20. dead.
6. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz80.pdf