Dawid Janowski, Siegbert Tarrasch, Carl Schlechter, and Frank Marshall accepted the invitation, while Emanuel Lasker and Géza Maróczy declined and were replaced by Amos Burn and Mikhail Chigorin.
[4] Lasker finally agreed to a title match in 1908, and beat Tarrasch convincingly (+8 –3 =5).
Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein ended equal as winners at Ostend B.
[5] This tournament is arguably the largest all-play-all chess competition ever held on top-level.
Note: Paul Johner, Switzerland, had to withdraw from the tournament after six games (annulated in the final standings).