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4th DSB Congress, Hamburg (1885) Hamburg, Germany; 13 July 1885—25 July 1885 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Place/Prizes ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Gunsberg • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 12 1st 1000ℳ 2 Blackburne 0 • 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 11½ 2nd-6th 380ℳ 3 Mason 1 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½ 2nd-6th 380ℳ 4 Weiss ½ ½ ½ • 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11½ 2nd-6th 380ℳ 5 Englisch ½ 0 ½ 1 • 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2nd-6th 380ℳ 6 Tarrasch 0 0 1 1 0 • 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2nd-6th 380ℳ 7 Mackenzie 0 0 0 0 1 1 • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10 7th 120ℳ 8 Riemann 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 8th 50ℳ 9 Schallopp 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 8th 50ℳ 10 von Minckwitz 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 • ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9 11 Berger 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 12 Bird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ • 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 13 von Gottschall 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 • 0 1 1 0 1 6½ 14 Taubenhaus 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 • 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 15 Noa 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 • 1 1 0 5 16 Schottlaender 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 4 17 Paulsen 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ • ½ 4 18 Bier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Format: Single round-robin with draws scoring one-half. Introduction The 4th Deutscher Schachkongress took place in Hamburg in 1885. It included the 4th Meisterturnier (master's tournament) organized by the Deutscher Schachbund (DSB); the first three were Leipzig (1879), Berlin (1881) and Nuremberg (1883). As in the previous two editions the round robin tournament was an international event, pitting German masters against the best of Europe at the time. Germany was represented by its usual field of strong masters, including Wilfried Paulsen, Max Bier, Hermann von Gottschall, Johannes von Minckwitz, Fritz Reimann, Emil Schallopp, Arnold Schottlaender, and Siegbert Tarrasch who had won his spot by winning the Nuremberg Hauptturnier (1883) master title. The German masters were joined from Great Britain by Joseph Henry Blackburne, who was the winner at the second Deutscher Schachkongress in Berlin (1881), Henry Edward Bird, Isidor Gunsberg, George Henry Mackenzie, and James Mason. Berthold Englisch, the winner at the first Deutscher Schachkongress in Leipzig (1879), along with Johann Berger and Max Weiss came from Austria. Josef Noa travelled from Hungary, and Jean Taubenhaus came from Poland. The eighteen assembled chess masters participated in the single strongest international event of 1885. In spite of the presence of such strong competition, Isidor Gunsberg surprisingly took clear first place with 12 points out of 17 games. Five other players, all of them sure bets at the start of the tournament to win, tied for second place half a point behind Gunsberg. Gunsberg would go on to have impressive results in the latter half of the 1880s, including winning matches against Blackburne and Bird, before challenging Wilhelm Steinitz for the world championship in 1890. Although he would not win the world crown, Gunsberg proved himself here and later that he was one of the best chess players in the world in the 19th century. The Hamburg Hauptturnier (1885) was won by Max Harmonist, qualifying him for DSB's 5th Meisterturnier in Frankfurt (1887). Missing Games Taubenhaus-Schottlaender, ½-½ (Round 1) Schallopp-Gunsberg, 0-1 (Round 5) Blackburne-Mason, 0-1 (Round 5) Bird-Bier, 1-0 (Round 7) Englisch-Bier, 1-0 (Round 8) Notes Taubenhaus won the F. H. Lewis brilliancy prize of 5 guineas for J N Berger vs Taubenhaus, 1885 (1) Source (1) Deutsche Schachzeitung, v40 n9, September 1885, pp259-260 Credit Original collection: Game Collection: Hamburg 1885, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Blackburne vs Bird 1-0 74 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg A81 Dutch 2. J Mason vs Bird 1-0 52 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg A80 Dutch 3. Blackburne vs Mackenzie 1-0 39 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C45 Scotch Game 4. Gunsberg vs A Schottlaender 1-0 48 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C22 Center Game 5. Gunsberg vs J Mason 0-1 59 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C11 French 6. E Schallopp vs M Weiss   0-1 34 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 7. Tarrasch vs J Noa 1-0 47 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C11 French 8. W Paulsen vs M Bier ½-½ 49 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C02 French, Advance 9. J N Berger vs W Paulsen ½-½ 49 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. Englisch vs Tarrasch 1-0 44 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 11. Von Gottschall vs F Riemann 0-1 53 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Taubenhaus vs F Riemann ½-½ 41 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg A16 English 13. J N Berger vs J Minckwitz   ½-½ 26 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C77 Ruy Lopez 14. M Bier vs J Minckwitz 0-1 29 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. M Weiss vs Mackenzie 1-0 61 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C77 Ruy Lopez 16. Englisch vs E Schallopp 0-1 39 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C77 Ruy Lopez 17. Von Gottschall vs J Noa 1-0 16 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C11 French 18. Von Gottschall vs Bird 1-0 60 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg A00 Uncommon Opening 19. Blackburne vs F Riemann 1-0 52 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C45 Scotch Game 20. M Bier vs Gunsberg 0-1 42 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 21. W Paulsen vs J Minckwitz ½-½ 28 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C45 Scotch Game 22. J Noa vs Taubenhaus   0-1 33 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C77 Ruy Lopez 23. Tarrasch vs E Schallopp 1-0 63 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg C45 Scotch Game 24. Mackenzie vs J Mason 0-1 41 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg D05 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Englisch vs A Schottlaender 1-0 40 1885 4th DSB Congress, Hamburg D50 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-12-16    zanzibar: RE: missing Blackburne // Mason game: <Even tournament books can be unreliable sources. The game that Blackburne lost to James Mason at Hamburg in 1885 is not in the book of the 4th German Federation Congress; the editors included a Blackburne win from another tournament by mistake. The correct game is still being sought.> http://www.chessmail.com/research/b... Apr-24-16    zanzibar: From the intro: <Gunsberg proved himself here and later that he was one of the best chess players in the world in the 19th century> Seems a bit too much of a claim. See here: http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/... No Gunsberg. Maybe it the claim were restricted a little to less than the entire 18th century: http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/... Apr-24-16    zanzibar: Concerning the supposedly misattributed Mason--Blackburne game referred to in the 1st comment... I'm curious, why didn't Harding say what tournament the game given in the Hamburg TB really belonged to? Does anybody know? And, given that the game presumably reflects a Mason--Blackburne encounter, if we don't know its proper attribution, what do we do with it? Apr-25-16    zanzibar: Strike the above question, <Tab> answered it here: Blackburne vs J Mason, 1885 (kibitz #7) The game originally published in the <Hamburg (1885)> has the colors right, but the wrong result, since it belonged to the <Hereford (1885)> tournament. According to Harding, the only other complete source is <C-M v7 p40-41>. The Field also published the finish. Still, I think Harding might include the above on the webpage, in addition to his Blackburne book. Dec-02-22    keypusher: This tournament was a ding-dong battle -- no fewer than five masters finished a half-point behind Gunsberg (Blackburne, Mason, Weiss, Englisch, and Tarrasch). Despite a fairly fortunate win over Tarrasch (Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1885), Gunsberg was only at 50% halfway through the tournament. But he went 7-1 the rest of the way. 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