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Vienna, Austria; 3 September 1894—15 September 1894
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Score Place/Prize
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1 Tarrasch •• 01 01 ½1 ½1 ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 1½ 11 ½½ 11 11 1½ ½1 11 11 ½1 1- 28½ 1st* 6000K
2 Pillsbury 10 •• 01 1½ ½1 10 ½0 1½ 10 ½1 11 11 ½1 ½1 11 11 11 11 11 1- 28½ 2nd 4000K
3 Janowski 10 10 •• 11 1½ 11 ½1 00 ½½ 11 0½ 11 ½1 11 1+ 00 ½1 11 11 1- 26½ 3rd 2500K
4 Steinitz ½0 0½ 00 •• ½1 01 ½½ 11 1½ 1½ ½½ 10 11 11 10 ½1 1½ 11 11 +- 24½ 4th 1500K
5 Schlechter ½0 ½0 0½ ½0 •• ½½ 11 ½½ ½½ 1½ 0½ ½1 ½1 1½ 11 ½0 ½1 11 11 +- 22½ 5th 1000K
6 Chigorin ½0 01 00 10 ½½ •• 01 01 1½ 1½ ½0 01 10 11 10 11 01 10 11 +- 21 6th-7th 750K
7 Burn 0½ ½1 ½0 ½½ 00 10 •• ½1 0½ ½½ ½½ ½0 ½0 11 10 11 1½ 11 11 +- 21 6th-7th 750K
8 Lipke ½½ 0½ 11 00 ½½ 10 ½0 •• ½½ ½½ ½0 1½ 11 1½ ½0 ½1 ½½ 11 ½½ +- 20½ 8th-9th 650K
9 Maróczy ½0 01 ½½ 0½ ½½ 0½ 1½ ½½ •• ½½ ½1 11 ½½ 10 0½ 01 ½1 ½½ 11 +- 20½ 8th-9th 650K
10 Alapin 0½ ½0 00 0½ 0½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ •• 1½ 1½ 11 00 +0 11 ½1 01 11 1- 19 10th 400K
11 Schiffers 00 00 00 01 ½0 10 ½1 0½ 00 0½ •• ½½ 10 1½ 11 ½1 1½ 11 ½1 1- 18 11th 200K
12 Blackburne ½½ 00 1½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½½ ½1 ½0 0½ ½½ •• 0½ ½0 0½ ½½ 00 11 1½ +-‡ 18 300K†
13 Marco 00 ½0 ½0 00 ½0 01 ½1 00 ½½ 00 1½ 01 •• 11 ½1 1½ 1½ ½1 10 +- 17½
14 Showalter 00 ½0 00 00 0½ 00 00 0½ 01 11 ½1 0½ 00 •• ½1 11 11 01 11 1- 16
15 Walbrodt 0½ 00 0- 01 00 01 01 ½1 1½ -1 1½ 00 ½0 ½0 •• 00 11 0½ 11 1- 15½ 200K†
16 Halprin ½0 00 11 ½0 ½1 00 00 ½0 10 00 ½½ ½0 0½ 00 11 •• ½½ ½1 1½ +- 15 100K†
17 Caro 00 00 ½0 0½ ½0 10 0½ ½½ ½0 ½0 11 0½ 0½ 00 00 ½½ •• 11 ½1 +- 13½
18 Baird 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 ½½ 10 00 00 ½0 10 1½ ½0 00 •• 1½ +- 9
19 Trenchard ½0 00 00 00 00 00 00 ½½ 00 00 0½ ½0 01 00 00 0½ ½0 0½ •• +- 6
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20 Schwarz 0- 0- 0- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0- 0- ½- -- 0- 0- -- -- -- -- •• (withdrew)
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Unplayed games: + for a win, = for a draw, - for a loss.
* Tarrasch won the playoff match for sole first place.
† Prizes for best scores against the place prize winners.
‡ When Schwarz withdrew his first cycle draw against Blackburne was scored as a win.(2)
Playoff 1 2 3 4 Score
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1 Tarrasch 1 0 1 ½ 2½
2 Pillsbury 0 1 0 ½ 1½
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Introduction
In the summer of 1898, Albert von Rothschild organized a double round robin tournament (1) to be held in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate the jubilee of Kaiser Franz Josef. He sent invitations to the best chess masters in the world, eventually garnering twenty participants. Among the notable absentees, World Champion Emanuel Lasker declined his invitation on the grounds that too many players (over sixteen) had been invited to compete. Rezso Charousek was also invited but declined due to poor health. The twenty players, including old masters like Chigorin and Steinitz, as well as new masters like Tarrasch and Pillsbury, assembled at Baron von Rothschild's Heugasse palace on May 31st. The tournament was conducted within the club hall of Wiener Schachklub at Schottengasse 7. Games started promptly each morning at 10am, with a time control of thirty moves every two hours. The adjournment bell was rung at 2pm, with play resuming at 5pm to be continued until 9pm at which point a minimum of fifteen moves per hour must be made. It was forbidden to analyze adjourned games. Among the highlights of the tournament, the elderly Adolf Schwarz was forced to resign during his eighth round game and then leave Vienna due to health reasons. His remaining games in the first half were forfeited and he was removed from the schedule of the second half. In addition to these forfeited games, two more games were decided by forfeit, all of these games have been omitted from this collection. On the 26th of July a large banquet was held in the tournament hall for all the players to celebrate the end of the tournament. Prizes were awarded and several players made haste after the feast to catch the train to Köln where another tournament was being held at the start of August. Tarrasch and Pillsbury had finished the tournament tied for first, so a playoff mini-match of four games was devised to be played on consecutive days following the prize banquet. The remaining players stayed to observe the playoff match and cheered Tarrasch as the eventual winner. Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen for first; the Krone being equal in value to the Franc or Mark at the time. Pillsbury won 4000 Kronen as well as a 400 Kronen bonus for a brilliancy prize. The event stands as the largest international tournament ever played, as well as Tarrasch's greatest tournament victory. "Die Partien gegen Schwarz wurden, da er nach der achten Runde, somit vor Absolvirung der ersten Hälfte des Turnus, austrat, im Sinne des Programmes annullirt, beziehungsweise den Gegnern gutgeschrieben. Selbstverständlich erhielt daher auch Blackburne (der Einzige, gegen den Herr Schwarz Remis erzielt hatte) gleich allen Uebrigen den Gewinnzähler."(2) As Blackburne's draw against Schwarz being converted to a win would have deprived him of the higher value prize for the best score against the prize winners, the committee deemed Schiffers the sole winner of the 11th Place prize, allowing Blackburne to claim the 1st Best Score prize against the Place prize winners. Brilliancy Prize Games
1st Brilliancy Prize (400 Kronen) to Pillsbury for Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1898
2nd Brilliancy Prize (300 Kronen) to Lipke for Lipke vs Janowski, 1898
3rd Brilliancy Prize (200 Kronen) to Marco for G Marco vs Burn, 1898
Sources
(1) Wikipedia article: Vienna 1898 chess tournament
(2) Internationales Kaiser-Jubliäums-Schachturnier, Marco, Vienna 1898, p153
(3) Internationales Kaiser-Jubliäums-Schachturnier, Marco, Vienna 1898, p160 (first cycle crosstable)
(4) Internationales Kaiser-Jubliäums-Schachturnier, Marco, Vienna 1898, p326 (full crosstable)
Credit
This collection could not have been possible without the efforts of <sneaky pete>. He has my special thanks as well as my eternal gratitude.
Original collection: Game Collection: Vienna 1898, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Jul-06-13 | | ughaibu: Which game won Pillsbury a brilliancy prize? And were any other such prizes awarded? |
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| Jul-06-13 | | Karpova: 1st Brilliancy Prize (400 Kronen): Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1898 2nd Brilliancy Prize (300 Kronen): Lipke vs Janowski, 1898 3rd Brilliancy Prize (200 Kronen): G Marco vs Burn, 1898 Source: Page 189 of the 1898 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jul-06-13 | | AsosLight: Amazing how modern the 2nd and 3rd place games are looking.
Typical modern day opening and middle-game piece-play.
This openings are not only still playable but as of 2013 they are fashionable and highly thematic.
Nothing like the typical Lasker or Tarrasch games that looking really old. |
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| Jul-06-13 | | ughaibu: Thanks Karpova. |
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| Dec-30-13 | | wordfunph: from Ken Whyld's Quotes & Queries, BCM 1979 March..
<To get to more modern times this quote is from an account of the Vienna 1898 tournament. 'A fellow sat next to Showalter and Schlechter, patiently following the game for two hours. When it was over he was asked which of the moves was the decisive one. He humbly replied that he knew nothing about chess but it interested him to watch how Mr Showalter's lace-shoes would ceaselessly swing from right to left, while Mr Schlechter's patent leather pumps would ceaselessly swing forwards and backwards'.> :-) |
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Nov-21-14
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<Among the highlights of the tournament, the elderly Adolf Schwarz was forced to resign during his eighth round game and then leave Vienna due to health reasons. His remaining games in the first half were forfeited... > Not much of a highlight for poor Schwarz! |
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Mar-23-15
| | offramp: Such a large tournament it boggles the mind! And against these high-class players Tarrasch lost only 3 games out of 41 games! No wonder he felt aggrieved that Lasker was World Champion, not him. |
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Mar-23-15
 | | keypusher: <offramp: Such a large tournament it boggles the mind! And against these high-class players Tarrasch lost only 3 games out of 41 games! No wonder he felt aggrieved that Lasker was World Champion, not him.> The following year Lasker lost once in 26 games at London, and he'd scored well ahead of Tarrasch at Hastings and Nuremberg. Tarrasch should have reflected on these things, and been comforted. |
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Mar-23-15
| | offramp: It does seem that whatever prodigious efforts Tarrasch could make, Lasker could do better. E.g., Tarrasch beat Marshall 8-1, so Lasker beat him 8-0. But this result at Vienna is outstanding. If Lasker had attended, could he have beaten Tarrasch's score?. I think he would have done. Lasker could do almost anything! |
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| Apr-07-15 | | zanzibar: I transcribed the tournament report from <ACM v2 Aug 1898 No 2 p53-56>: https://zanchess.wordpress.com/2015... There are some nice illustrations, and a run down of each of the participants. |
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| Jul-01-16 | | zanzibar: Illustrirte Zeitung v111 (Aug 11, 1898) p204 seems to be the source of the famous photograph of the players: https://books.google.com/books?id=y... (scroll down 1/2 page past the Ludwig's, Berthold's and Otto's) |
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| Jul-01-16 | | zanzibar: Batgirl has an article featuring the above photo:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/... Too bad she omits identifying A. Burn in one of the captions. |
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Jul-01-16
 | | dernier loup de T: I had a dream last night; just before the invitations for this GREAT tournament, it was Trenchard who felt sickly, instead of Charousek... But, hardheaded, Lasker still did not want to participate, LOL.... |
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Jul-01-16
| | dernier loup de T: I agree with you, offramp, and I think Lasker would have beaten Tarrasch in a long match at any moment of his career since 1893; now, Tarrasch too is an object of love for me: so strong, balanced, and sound in his principles!! and NOT more "vain and arrogant" (Marshall dixit) than Nimzowitch for instance..
Now, this gorgeous tournament looks like his "master work"; and really it's a pity that only the games of the second part were seriously and deep annotated in the tournament book...
The apologize for not have done the same for the beginning is ridiculous for me;
like the tournament of Hasting in 1895, this one would deserve a new beautiful study... hey, Mister Crouch, can you hear me?.. LOL..!! |
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| Mar-17-17 | | Mr. Blonde: From Pope's book:
When Pillsbury returned to America on August 10, he was interviewed by an Eagle reporter with the following article published the next day: "The standard of play, Pillsbury said, had, if anything, been raised above that of previous contests, especially in respect to soundness. His own games, he thought, compared with any he had played before and that the was at his best throughout the better part of the contest. His defeat of Halprin was about his best effort. Regarding the statement that he had written for the London newspapers during the contest, he said, that he did a little work of that nature, but not enough to hurt his play, and that he even dispensed with that when it came to the critical point and he found he required all his energies." |
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| Mar-18-17 | | zanzibar: <Mr. Blonde>'s quote can be found in its entirety here: <
GERMAN NOT HIS SUPERIOR
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Pillsbury Thinks He Can Beat Tarrasch in a Set Match
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HOME FROM VIENNA TOURNEY.
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https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/... . |
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| Mar-23-17 | | Mr. Blonde: Thank you so much, zanzibar. |
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| May-29-17 | | zanzibar: From this tidbit while researching something else... <
DIPLOMA FOR PILLSBURY.
Awarded to the American Champion as Second Prize Winner at Vienna.
The Brooklyn Chess Club yesterday received a package from the
committee of the Vienna Chess Club, which managed the international
tournament in 1898, held in honor of the Austrian emperor's jubilee,
containing a handsomely engraved diploma for H. N. Pillsbury, the
American chess champion. This diploma, which is richly ornamented in
gold and a fine specimen of the engraver's art. has been issued in
recognition of Pillsbury winning the second prize in that memorable
contest and bears the following inscription:
"Vienna Chess Club, Diploma for Mr. Harry Nelson Pillsbury,
Emperor's Jubilee International Chess Tournament, Vienna, 1898,
second prize, Vienna, July 31, 1898. For the tournament
committee, Leopold Trebitsch"
The tournament, as will be remembered, was marked by one of the most
exciting chess duals in the history of the game. Tarrasch and
Pillsbury being the principals. The American was only beaten after
they had met in a tie match. The diploma has been framed and will be
placed on exhibition in the rooms of the club at 146 Montague street
until the return of Pillsbury from the West.
>
BDE 1900.02.04 p11 |
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| May-30-17 | | JimNorCal: <Jul-01-16 dernier loup de T>: ... hey, Mister Crouch, can you hear me? Sadly, no. No. He cannot.
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/obit... |
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Feb-10-18
 | | MissScarlett: <Rudolf Rezso Charousek was also invited but declined due to poor health.> More accurate to say that he accepted the invitation, but had to withdraw shortly beforehand. That's where Trenchard stepped in (it). London's <Morning Post> of May 30th (two days before kick-off) optimistically opined: <Even a moderate success on the part of the last named gentleman would prove that a considerable body of amateurs in this country would not be outclassed in an International Tournament.> 36 games, 1 win, 27 losses. That's taking moderation to excess. Neither is it surprising to learn that Adolf Schwarz was another late replacement, although he got wise and cried off shortly. James Moore Hanham, apparently, was the original invite, and the <Newcastle Courant> of May 28th still lists him as an entrant, but the <Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser> of May 14th already revealed that he wouldn't be there, although it's not clear if his absence had anything to do with the ongoing Spanish-American war that the columnist is concerned about. This surprisingly well-informed source also claims that John Washington Baird would be attending in place of his brother, David Graham Baird, but that one didn't come about. |
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| Jun-09-20 | | Nosnibor: <MissScarlett> Trenchard must have arrived very late for the start of the tournament because he his the only one missing from the group photograph taken before the commencement of the first round. |
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| Aug-22-20 | | Nosnibor: Reference my last posting I also note that Walbrodt is also missing from the group photograph. I know that he was extremely short of stature and this may have caused him not always to allow himself to be present before the camera. I remember reading somewhere that he some times stood on a small chair so that he could take part in various group photographs. |
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