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In the Ostend tournament of 1907 the term grandmaster ( Großmeister in German ) was used.
The tournament was divided into two sections: the Championship Tournament and the Masters ' Tournament.
The Championship section was for players who had previously won an international tournament.
Siegbert Tarrasch won the Championship section, over Carl Schlechter, Dawid Janowski, Frank Marshall, Amos Burn, and Mikhail Chigorin.
These players were described as grandmasters for the purposes of the tournament.
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