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Metropol in the USA which has hosted prestigious tournaments throughout time, namely the American Chess Congress (1889), the World Class Tournament (1924 and 1927), the World Class Opens organised by Jose Cuchi, all or part of the World Championship Matches (Steinitz-Zukertort 1886, Steinitz-Gunsberg 1891, Steinitz-Lasker 1894, Lasker-Marshall 1907,  Kasparov-Karpov 1990, Carlsen Karjakin 2016, Rosenwald Memorial, PCA Rapid Grand Prix, PCA World Championship 1995 (Kasparov- Anand), PCA Candidates Matches,  and many other individual matches.

The main tournaments and winners were: 1857 Morphy, 1880 McKenzie, 1889 Chigorin and Weiss, 1893 Em. Lasker, 1894 Steinitz, 1897 Lipschutz and Steinitz, 1911 Marshall, 1913 Capablanca, 1915 Capablanca, 1916 Capablanca, 1918 Capablanca, 1924, Em. Lasker 1927 Capablanca, 1931 Capablanca, 1933 Fine, 1948 Fine, 1951 Reshevsky, 1954-55 Reshevsky, 1956 Bisguier and Evans, 1956/57 Reshevsky, 1973 Byrne, 1974 Larsen, 1977 Lein, 1978 Gheorghiu, 1979 Dzindzidashvili, 1980 Soltis, 1981 Y. Gruenfeld, 1981 Alburt, 1982 Joksic, Kudrin D. Gurevich, 1983 Miles, Alburt, Kudrin, Seirawan and Browne, 1984 Dzidzidashvili, 1985 Ljubojevic, Lau, Dlugy, Lein, Y. Gruenfeld, 1986 Sax and Smejkal, 1987 Seirawan and Adorjan, 1988 Ivanchuk, 1989 Fedorowicz, 1990 Khalifman, 1990 WFW Larsen, 1991 Goldin, 1992 (Reshevsky Memorial) Granda Zuniga, 1994 Ehlvest and Oll, 1995 Blatny, 1996 Van Wely, 1997 Bologan and Krasenkov, 1998 Minasian, 2000 Smirin.