Vienna 1898 chess tournament

Standing: Schwarz, Schlechter, Fahndrich, Caro, Maróczy, Showalter, Marco, Alapin, Halprin, Baird and Burn
Sitting: Tarrasch, Blackburne, Pillsbury, Steinitz, Chigorin, Janowsky, Schiffers and Lipke

The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria's accession to the throne of Austria-Hungary.[1] Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild who also financed the Vienna tournaments of 1873, 1882, 1903,[2] and 1908. The players visited his Heugasse palace on 31 May 1898. Rounds were played in the club house of the Wiener Schachklub at Schottengasse 7. Hugo Fahndrich was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898.[3] The time limit was thirty moves in two hours, and fifteen moves per hour after this.[4] Twenty great masters (only Emanuel Lasker and Rudolf Charousek were absent at Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier) played double rounds from 1 June to 25 July.

Vienna 1898, Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier
# Player 1234567890123456789Total
1  Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) XX01101½1½1½½1½½½1½1½½1111111½1½1111 1½27½
2  Harry Pillsbury (United States) 10XX10½11½10½01½01½111111½½11111111111 27½
3  David Janowski (France) / Poland 0101XX111½111½00½½11½0111½111100½11111 25½
4  Wilhelm Steinitz (United States) / Austria 0½0½00XX½110½½111½½1½½011111011½1½1111 23½
5  Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria 0½0½0½½0XX½½11½½½½½10½1½½11½110½½11111 21½
6  Mikhail Chigorin (Russia) 0½100001½½XX10011½1½½01001111011100111 20
7  Amos Burn (England) ½0½10½½½0001XX1½0½½½½½½0½01101111½1111 20
8  Paul Lipke (German Empire) ½½0½1100½½100½XX½½½½½01½111½0½½1½½11½½ 19½
9  Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) / Hungary ½010½½0½½½0½1½½½XX½½1½11½½010½011½½½11 19½
10  Simon Alapin (Russian Empire) / Lithuania ½0½000½0½0½0½½½½½½XX½11½11001011½11011 18
11  Joseph Henry Blackburne (England) ½½00½1½½1½½1½½½10½½0XX½½½00½½0½½0011½1 17
12  Emanuel Schiffers (Russia) 000000100½01½10½000½½½XX0½1½11½1½111½1 17
13  Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) / Romania 000½0½00½010½100½½00½110XX11½11½½1½110 16½
14  Jackson Showalter (United States) 00½000000½00000½10111½0100XX½111110110 15
15  Carl August Walbrodt (German Empire) / Netherlands 0½0000100001101½1½01½100½0½0XX0011½011 14½
16  Alexander Halprin (Austria-Hungary) / Russia 0½00110½1½0000½01000½½½00½0011XX½½1½½1 14
17  Horatio Caro (German Empire) / England 0000½00½½0010½½½0½½011½0½00000½½XX11½1 12½
18  David Graham Baird (United States) 0000000000100000½½010000½010½10½00XX½1 8
19  Herbert William Trenchard (England) 0½000000000000½½0000½0½0010000½0½0½0 XX5

 Adolf Schwarz (Austria-Hungary)/ Hungary withdrew after playing eight games.[5][6]

Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended equal after two cycles and had to play an extra play-off match. The additional games were played from 27 until 30 July 1898.

Vienna 1898, Play-off
# Player 1234Total
1 Siegbert Tarrasch 101½2½
2 Harry Pillsbury 010½1½

Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen (a lot of money), and Pillsbury 4400 Kronen.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The strongest tournaments in chess history
  2. ↑ US Championships Seattle 2003. Round 7
  3. ↑ Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com
  4. ↑ Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin, Georg Marco Internationales Kaiser-jubliäums-schachturnier, Wien, 1898 page 4
  5. ↑ Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century
  6. ↑ wien
  7. ↑ Vienna 1882 and 1898

Literature

Hugo Fähndrich: Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981, ISBN 3-283-00057-3

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