Paris 1867 chess tournament

World exhibitions became a new phenomenon in the West in the nineteenth century. Scientific and technical progress were shown. About a dozen World Fairs were organised during the second half of the nineteenth century. Seven times an international invitation chess tournament was part of the event (London 1851, London 1862, Paris 1867, Vienna 1873, Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1878, Paris 1900). The third tournament took place in the Grand Cercle, 10 boulevard Montmartre, Paris, from 4 June to 11 July. Thirteen participants played in a double round-robin tournament. Draws counted as zero. The time control was ten moves an hour.

The prizes were won by Ignatz von Kolisch (5000 Francs), Szymon Winawer (2500 F), Wilhelm Steinitz (2000 F), Gustav Neumann (1500 F), Cecil Valentine De Vère (1500 F), Jules Arnous de Rivière (1000 F). The first four also got a Sèvres vase.[1]

Results

The results and standings ("d" = draw):[2]

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total
1 Ignatz von Kolisch (Austria-Hungary) /  Slovakia__0 1d 10 11 11 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 120
2 Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire) /  Poland1 0__0 10 11 11 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 019
3 Wilhelm Steinitz (Austria-Hungary) /  Bohemiad 01 0__d 01 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 11 118
4 Gustav Richard Neumann (Prussia) /  Silesia1 01 0d 1__d 11 11 11 d0 d1 11 11 11 117
5 Cecil Valentine De Vère (United Kingdom) /  Scotland0 00 00 0d 0__0 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 114
6 Jules Arnous de Rivière (France)0 00 00 00 01 0__1 01 11 11 11 d0 01 111
7 Celso Golmayo Zúpide (Spain) /  Cuba0 00 00 00 00 00 1__0 11 10 01 11 11 110
8 Hieronim Ignacy Czarnowski (France) /  Poland0 00 0d 00 d0 00 01 0__1 11 10 11 01 19
9 Samuel Rosenthal (France) /  Polandd 0d 00 01 d1 00 00 00 0__0 d0 01 11 16
10 Samuel Loyd (United States) / Pennsylvania0 00 00 00 00 00 01 10 01 d__1 10 01 06
11 Emile d’André (France)0 00 00 00 00 00 d0 01 01 10 0__1 11 06
12 Martin Severin From (Denmark)0 00 00 00 00 01 10 00 10 01 10 0__0 05
13 Eugène Rousseau (France)0 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 11 1__5

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. ↑ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1867Parigi.htm

Literature

Féry d'Esclands, (C. J.) Alphonse (Ch.) "Congrès international des échecs. Compte rendu du congrès de 1867 et des congrès d'échecs antérieurs", Paris, Bertrand, 1868

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