Vienna 1898 chess tournament

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
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1 Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) XX01101½1½1½½1½½½1½1½½1111111½1½11111½27½
2 Harry Pillsbury (United States) 10XX10½11½10½01½01½111111½½1111111111127½
3 David Janowski (France) / Poland 0101XX111½111½00½½11½0111½111100½1111125½
4 Wilhelm Steinitz (United States) / Austria 0½0½00XX½110½½111½½1½½011111011½1½111123½
5 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria 0½0½0½½0XX½½11½½½½½10½1½½11½110½½1111121½
6 Mikhail Chigorin (Russia) 0½100001½½XX10011½1½½0100111101110011120
7 Amos Burn (England) ½0½10½½½0001XX1½0½½½½½½0½01101111½111120
8 Paul Lipke (German Empire) ½½0½1100½½100½XX½½½½½01½111½0½½1½½11½½19½
9 Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) / Hungary ½010½½0½½½0½1½½½XX½½1½11½½010½011½½½1119½
10 Simon Alapin (Russian Empire) / Lithuania ½0½000½0½0½0½½½½½½XX½11½11001011½1101118
11 Joseph Henry Blackburne (England) ½½00½1½½1½½1½½½10½½0XX½½½00½½0½½0011½117
12 Emanuel Schiffers (Russia) 000000100½01½10½000½½½XX0½1½11½1½111½117
13 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) / Romania 000½0½00½010½100½½00½110XX11½11½½1½11016½
14 Jackson Showalter (United States) 00½000000½00000½10111½0100XX½11111011015
15 Carl August Walbrodt (German Empire) / Netherlands 0½0000100001101½1½01½100½0½0XX0011½01114½
16 Alexander Halprin (Austria-Hungary) / Russia 0½00110½1½0000½01000½½½00½0011XX½½1½½114
17 Horatio Caro (German Empire) / England 0000½00½½0010½½½0½½011½0½00000½½XX11½112½
18 David Graham Baird (United States) 0000000000100000½½010000½010½10½00XX½18
19 Herbert William Trenchard (England) 0½000000000000½½0000½0½0010000½0½0½0XX5
Standing: Schwarz, Schlechter, Fahndrich, Caro, Maróczy, Showalter, Marco, Alapin, Halprin, Baird and Burn
Sitting: Tarrasch, Blackburne, Pillsbury, Steinitz, Chigorin, Janowsky, Schiffers and Lipke

 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
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1Siegbert Tarrasch 101½2½
2Harry Pillsbury 010½1½

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

References
  1. "The strongest tournaments in chess history". Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  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". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  6. wien
  7. "Vienna 1882 and 1898". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-11-19.

Literature

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

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