This tournament held in Nuremberg ( also known as Nürnberg or Nuernberg ) was organized by the Nuremberg Chess Club and scheduled to coincide with a large industrial exhibition of the city. It was one of the last great tournaments of the 19th Century. Held in the premises of the Museum Society in Nuremberg it ran from the 19th of July to the 9th of August. The time limit was 30 moves in two hours. The tournament featured not only established players such as Schallopp, Winawer and Blackburne but also young up-coming talents like Schlechter, Maroczy, Janowski and Charousek. It also brought together the current World Champion Lasker, his immediate predecessor Steinitz and their main rivals Chigorin, Pillsbury and Tarrasch. A number of masterpieces and well fought games resulted.Crosstable :
1.Lasker * ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2.Maroczy ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½
3.Pillsbury 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
4.Tarrasch 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
5.Janowski 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1
6.Steinitz 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
7.Schlechter ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
8.Walbrodt ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0
9.Schiffers 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
10.Chigorin 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1
11.Blackburne 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½
12.Charousek 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0
13.Marco 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
14.Albin 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1
15.Winawer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 1 ½
16.Porges 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1
17.Showalter 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1
18.Schallopp 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 1
19.Teichmann 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 *
The Final Banquet and Prize Giving was held on Sunday the 9th of August.First Prize : Lasker 3,000 marks
Second Prize : Maroczy 2,000 marks
Third Prize : Tarrasch and Pillsbury 1,500 marks (750 marks each)
Fourth Prize : Tarrasch and Pillsbury 1,000 marks (500 marks each)
Fifth Prize : Janowski 600 marks
Sixth Prize : Steinitz 300 marks
Seventh Prize : Walbrodt and Schlechter 200 marks (100 marks each)
A brilliancy prize of 300 marks was given to Pillsbury for his victory over Lasker.
A special prize of 100 marks was awarded to Blackburne for the best score of a non-prize winner against the prize winners.
Original collection: Game Collection: Nuremberg 1896, by User: Benzol
