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Vienna Tournament

Geza Maroczy14/19(+10 -1 =8)[games]
Carl Schlechter14/19(+9 -0 =10)[games]
Oldrich Duras14/19(+11 -2 =6)[games]
Akiba Rubinstein13/19(+10 -3 =6)[games]
Richard Teichmann12/19(+6 -1 =12)[games]
Rudolf Spielmann11.5/19(+7 -3 =9)[games]
Julius Perlis11/19(+7 -4 =8)[games]
Savielly Tartakower11/19(+7 -4 =8)[games]
Paul Leonhardt10/19(+5 -4 =10)[games]
Jacques Mieses10/19(+7 -6 =6)[games]
Frank Marshall10/19(+8 -7 =4)[games]
Rudolf Swiderski9.5/19(+8 -8 =3)[games]
Georg Salwe8.5/19(+5 -7 =7)[games]
Paul Johner7.5/19(+6 -10 =3)[games]
Johann Berger7/19(+3 -8 =8)[games]
Hugo Suechting6.5/19(+2 -8 =9)[games]
Curt von Bardeleben6.5/19(+2 -8 =9)[games]
Semyon Alapin6.5/19(+5 -11 =3)[games]
Erich Cohn6/19(+4 -11 =4)[games]
Richard Reti1.5/19(+0 -16 =3)[games]
*

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Vienna (1908)

Held from March 23-April 17, 1908, this and the Prague (1908) event in May-June were jubilee tournaments commemorating the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph. They were probably the two most important tournaments of the year, with player lists that included many of the top players of the time:

Semyon Alapin, Johann Berger, Erich Cohn, Oldrich Duras, Paul Johner, Paul Leonhardt, Geza Maroczy, Frank Marshall, Jacques Mieses, Julius Perlis, Richard Reti, Akiba Rubinstein, Georg Salwe, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Hugo Suechting, Rudolf Swiderski, Savielly Tartakower, Richard Teichmann, Curt von Bardeleben.

"International Chess Tournament Vienna 1908. The following masters will participate in this tournament, which begins on March 22nd in the rooms of the Vienna Chess Club, 1st district, Wallnerstrasse No. 2: Simon Alapin (Petersburg), Ad. Albin (Vienna), Kurt v. Bardeleben (Berlin), Government Councillor Joh. Berger (Graz), Oldrich Duras (Prague), Leo Forgäcs*) (Budapest), D. Janowski (Paris), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (Stockholm), Geza Maröczy (Budapest), Frank J. Marshall (New York), Jacques Mieses (Leipzig), A. Niemzowitsch**) (Riga), Dr. Julius Perlis (Vienna), A. Rubinstein (Lodz), G. Salwe (Lodz), Karl Schlechter (Vienna), Rud. Spielmann (Munich), Hugo Süchting (Brackrade), Rud. Swiderski (Leipzig), Savielly Tartakower (Vienna), Rud. Teichmann (London). This list contains the most brilliant representatives of art in a completeness rarely achieved and never surpassed. This was to be expected, because with such high prizes no sportsman stays at home if he is convinced that he can prove his superiority. Anyone who wants to be considered as a full-fledged sportsman must constantly strive to maintain or increase his prestige.

A splendid example is the chivalrous Hungarian Geza Maröczy, who won five second prizes and five first prizes in international tournaments (second prize Nuremberg 1906, London 1899, Monte Carlo 1903, Ostend 1906, Karlsbad 1907; first prize: Munich 1900, Monte Carlo 1902 and 1904, Ostend 1905, Barmen 1905), but this fame is still not enough for him; his unbridled fighting spirit drives him to new and greater achievements.

There is our illustrious compatriot Karl Schlechter, who won three second prizes, won first prize four times (second prize: Monte Carlo 1901 and 1904, Ostend 1907; first prize: Munich 1900, Coburg 1904, Stockholm 1906, Ostend 1906) and emerged ever greater from each fight, as if tempered by a furness— Janowski (second prize: London 1899, Cambridge Springs 1904, Ostend 1905; first prize: Monte Carlo 1901, Hanover 1902, Barmen 1905);— Marshall (second prize: Vienna 1903; first prize: Cambridge Springs 1904, Nuremberg 1906); Rubinstein (first prize: Ostend 1907, Carlsbad 1907); Mieses, v. Bardeleben, Swiderski, Teichmann, Leonhardt, but also all the others have fought with distinction in major tournaments and won high prizes. The tournament in the Vienna Chess Club will therefore be a spectacle of the very highest order.

*Leo Forgäcs informed the committee on March 15th that he was unfortunately unable to take part. **Nimzowitsch had to withdraw due to illness."

(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung, February 1908.

Schlechter and Rubinstein started fast with four straight wins, but the latter lost in round 5 and was never able to catch up thereafter. Instead, Maroczy and Duras joined Schlechter in the top group, and though both fell behind in the course of events they were able to finish strong and make up ground on the cruising Schlechter.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Maroczy X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 14.0 2 Schlechter ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 14.0 3 Duras 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 14.0 4 Rubinstein ½ ½ 1 X ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 13.0 5 Teichmann ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12.0 6 Spielmann ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11.5 7 Perlis ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 X 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11.0 8 Tartakower 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11.0 9 Leonhardt ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ X 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 10.0 10 Mieses 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 10.0 11 Marshall ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 X ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 12 Swiderski 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ X 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9.5 13 Salwe 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 X ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 14 Johner 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ X 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 7.5 15 Berger 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 0 ½ 0 1 1 7.0 16 Suechting 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 X ½ 0 ½ ½ 6.5 17 Bardeleben 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ X 0 ½ 1 6.5 18 Alapin 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 X 0 1 6.5 19 Cohn ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 X 1 6.0 20 Reti 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 1.5

Note that this tournament is not part of the Trebitsch Memorial series which began with Game Collection: Vienna 1907 see Wikipedia article: Trebitsch Memorial for a list of tournaments and winners of those events. Other errors have been corrected using the round-by-round account given in the tournament book, which is available through Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=Jm.... Thanks to <Calli> for providing a cumulative scoretable from a contemporary report in <Wienerschach Zeitung>, which helped clarify some questions.

Round 1 (Monday, March 23): Johner 1/2 Perlis; Alapin 1 Reti; Cohn 0 Salwe; Marshall 0 Spielmann; Maroczy 1 Swiderski; Berger 1/2 Leonhardt; Teichmann 1/2 Tartakower; Schlechter 1 Suechting; Duras 1/2 Mieses; Rubinstein 1 Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <1.0>: Alapin, Maroczy, Rubinstein, Salwe, Schlechter, Spielmann; <0.5>: Berger, Duras, Johner, Leonhardt, Mieses, Perlis, Tartakower, Teichmann; <0.0>: Bardeleben, Cohn, Marshall, Reti, Suechting, Swiderski

Round 2 (Tuesday, March 24): Suechting 0 Duras; Tartakower 0 Schlechter; Leonhardt 1/2 Teichmann; Swiderski 1 Berger; Spielmann 1/2 Maroczy; Salwe 0 Marshall; Reti 0 Cohn; Perlis 1/2 Alapin; Rubinstein 1 Johner; Bardeleben 1/2 Mieses

STANDINGSs: <2.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <1.5>: Alapin, Duras, Maroczy, Spielmann; <1.0>: Cohn, Leonhardt, Marshall, Mieses, Perlis, Salwe, Swiderski, Teichmann; <0.5>: Bardeleben, Berger, Johner, Tartakower; <0.0>: Reti, Suechting

Round 3 (Wednesday, March 25): Alapin 0 Rubinstein; Cohn 0 Perlis; Marshall 1 Reti; Maroczy 1 Salwe; Berger 1/2 Spielmann; Teichmann 1/2 Swiderski; Schlechter 1 Leonhardt; Duras 1/2 Tartakower; Mieses 1/2 Suechting; Johner 0 Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <3.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <2.5>: Maroczy; <2.0>: Duras, Marshall, Perlis, Spielmann; <1.5>: Alapin, Bardeleben, Mieses, Swiderski, Teichmann; <1.0>: Berger, Cohn, Leonhardt, Salwe, Tartakower; <0.5>: Johner, Suechting; <0.0>: Reti

Round 4 (Friday, March 27): Tartakower 1/2 Mieses; Leonhardt 0 Duras; Swiderski 0 Schlechter; Spielmann 1/2 Teichmann; Salwe 1/2 Berger; Reti 0 Maroczy; Perlis 1 Marshall; Rubinstein 1 Cohn; Johner 0 Alapin; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Suechting

STANDINGS: <4.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <3.5>: Maroczy; <3.0>: Duras, Perlis; <2.5>: Alapin, Spielmann; <2.0>: Marshall, Mieses, Teichmann, Von Bardeleben; <1.5>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski, Tartakower; <1.0>: Cohn, Leonhardt, Suechting; <0.5>: Johner; <0.0>: Reti

Round 5 (Saturday, March 28): Cohn 0 Johner; Marshall 1 Rubinstein; Maroczy 1/2 Perlis; Berger 1 Reti; Teichmann 1/2 Salwe; Schlechter 1/2 Spielmann; Duras 1 Swiderski; Mieses 0 Leonhardt; Suechting 1/2 Tartakower; Alapin 1 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <4.5>: Schlechter; <4.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Rubinstein; <3.5>: Alapin, Perlis; <3.0>: Marshall, Spielmann; <2.5>: Berger, Teichmann; <2.0>: Leonhardt, Mieses, Salwe, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <1.5>: Johner, Suechting, Swiderski; <1.0>: Cohn; <0.0>: Reti

Round 6 (Monday, March 30): Leonhardt 1/2 Suechting; Swiderski 1 Mieses; Spielmann 1/2 Duras; Salwe 1/2 Schlechter; Reti 0 Teichmann; Perlis 1/2 Berger; Rubinstein 1/2 Maroczy; Johner 1 Marshall; Alapin 0 Cohn; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Tartakower

STANDINGS: <5.0>: Schlechter; <4.5>: Duras, Maroczy, Rubinstein; <4.0>: Perlis; <3.5>: Alapin, Spielmann, Teichmann; <3.0>: Berger, Marshall; <2.5>: Johner, Leonhardt, Salwe, Swiderski, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <2.0>: Cohn, Mieses, Suechting; <0.0>: Reti

Round 7 (Tuesday, March 31): Marshall 1 Alapin; Maroczy 1 Johner; Berger 1/2 Rubinstein; Teichmann 1/2 Perlis; Schlechter 1 Reti; Duras 1 Salwe; Mieses 1/2 Spielmann; Suechting 1 Swiderski; Tartakower 1/2 Leonhardt; Cohn 1/2 Von Bardeleben;

STANDINGS: <6.0>: Schlechter; <5.5>: Duras, Maroczy; <5.0>: Rubinstein; <4.5>: Perlis; <4.0>: Marshall, Spielmann, Teichmann; <3.5>: Alapin, Berger; <3.0>: Leonhardt, Suechting, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <2.5>: Cohn, Johner, Mieses, Salwe, Swiderski; <0.0>: Reti

Round 8 (Wednesday, April 1): Swiderski 0 Tartakower; Spielmann 1 Suechting; Salwe 0 Mieses; Reti 1/2 Duras; Perlis 1/2 Schlechter; Rubinstein 1/2 Teichmann; Johner 1 Berger; Alapin 0 Maroczy; Cohn 0 Marshall; Von Bardeleben 0 Leonhardt

STANDINGS: <6.5>: Maroczy, Schlechter; <6.0>: Duras; <5.5>: Rubinstein; <5.0>: Marshall, Perlis, Spielmann; <4.5>: Teichmann; <4.0>: Leonhardt, Tartakower; <3.5>: Alapin, Berger, Johner, Mieses; <3.0>: Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <2.5>: Cohn, Salwe, Swiderski; <0.5>: Reti

Round 9 (Friday, April 3): Maroczy 1/2 Cohn; Berger 0 Alapin; Teichmann 1 Johner; Schlechter 1/2 Rubinstein; Duras 1 Perlis; Mieses 1 Reti; Suechting 1/2 Salwe; Tartakower 1/2 Spielmann; Leonhardt 0 Swiderski; Marshall 1 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <7.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Schlechter; <6.0>: Rubinstein, Marshall; <5.5>: Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.0>: Perlis; <4.5>: Alapin, Mieses, Tartakower; <4.0>: Leonhardt; <3.5>: Berger, Johner, Suechting, Swiderski; <3.0>: Cohn, Salwe, Von Bardeleben; <0.5>: Reti

Round 10 (Saturday, April 4): Spielmann 1/2 Leonhardt; Salwe 1 Tartakower; Reti 1/2 Suechting; Perlis 1 Mieses; Rubinstein 1 Duras; Johner 0 Schlechter; Alapin 1/2 Teichmann; Cohn 0 Berger; Marshall 1/2 Maroczy; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Swiderski

STANDINGS: <8.0>: Schlechter; <7.5>: Maroczy; <7.0>: Duras, Rubinstein; <6.5>: Marshall; <6.0>: Perlis, Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.0>: Alapin; <4.5>: Berger, Leonhardt, Mieses, Tartakower; <4.0>: Salwe, Suechting, Swiderski; <3.5>: Johner, Von Bardeleben; <3.0>: Cohn; <1.0>: Reti

Round 11 (Monday, April 6): Berger 1/2 Marshall; Teichmann 1 Cohn; Schlechter 1 Alapin; Duras 1 Johner; Mieses 1 Rubinstein; Suechting 0 Perlis; Tartakower 1 Reti; Leonhardt 1/2 Salwe; Swiderski 0 Spielmann; Maroczy 1 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <9.0>: Schlechter; <8.5>: Maroczy; <8.0>: Duras; <7.0>: Marshall, Perlis, Rubinstein, Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.5>: Mieses, Tartakower; <5.0>: Alapin, Berger, Leonhardt; <4.5>: Salwe; <4.0>: Suechting, Swiderski; <3.5>: Johner, Von Bardeleben; <3.0>: Cohn; <1.0>: Reti

Round 12 (Tuesday, April 7): Salwe 0 Swiderski; Reti 1/2 Leonhardt; Perlis 0 Tartakower; Rubinstein 1/2 Suechting; Johner 0 Mieses; Alapin 0 Duras; Cohn 1/2 Schlechter; Marshall 0 Teichmann; Maroczy 0 Berger; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Spielmann

STANDINGS: <9.5>: Schlechter; <9.0>: Duras; <8.5>: Maroczy; <8.0>: Teichmann; <7.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <7.0>: Marshall, Perlis; <6.5>: Mieses, Tartakower; <6.0>: Berger; <5.5>: Leonhardt; <5.0>: Alapin, Swiderski; <4.5>: Salwe, Suechting; <4.0>: Von Bardeleben; <3.5>: Cohn, Johner; <1.5>: Reti

Round 13 (Wednesday, April 8): Teichmann 1/2 Maroczy; Schlechter 1 Marshall; Duras 1 Cohn; Mieses 1 Alapin; Suechting 1/2 Johner; Tartakower 0 Rubinstein; Leonhardt 1/2 Perlis; Swiderski 1 Reti; Spielmann 0 Salwe; Berger 1/2 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <10.5>: Schlechter; <10.0>: Duras; <9.0>: Maroczy; <8.5>: Rubinstein, Teichmann; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis, Spielmann; <7.0>: Marshall; <6.5>: Berger, Tartakower; <6.0>: Leonhardt, Swiderski; <5.5>: Salwe; <5.0>: Alapin, Suechting; <4.5>: Von Bardeleben; <4.0>: Johner; <3.5>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti

Round 14 (Friday, April 10): Reti 0 Spielmann; Perlis 0 Swiderski; Rubinstein 0 Leonhardt; Johner 0 Tartakower; Alapin 1 Suechting; Cohn 1 Mieses; Marshall 0 Duras; Maroczy 1/2 Schlechter; Berger 1/2 Teichmann; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Salwe

STANDINGS: <11.0>: Duras, Schlechter; <9.5>: Maroczy; <9.0>: Teichmann; <8.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis, Tartakower; <7.0>: Berger, Leonhardt, Marshall, Swiderski; <6.0>: Alapin, Salwe; <5.0>: Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <4.5>: Cohn; <4.0>: Johner; <1.5>: Reti

Round 15 (Saturday, April 11): Schlechter 1 Berger; Duras 0 Maroczy; Mieses 0 Marshall; Suechting 1/2 Cohn; Tartakower 1/2 Alapin; Leonhardt 1 Johner; Swiderski 0 Rubinstein; Spielmann 1 Perlis; Salwe 1 Reti; Teichmann 1 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <12.0>: Schlechter; <11.0>: Duras; <10.5>: Maroczy; <10.0>: Teichmann; <9.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <8.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Tartakower; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski; <6.5>: Alapin; <5.5>: Suechting; <5.0>: Cohn, Von Bardeleben; <4.0>: Johner; <1.5>: Reti

Round 16 (Monday, April 13): Von Bardeleben 1 Reti; Perlis 1 Salwe; Rubinstein 1 Spielmann; Johner 1 Swiderski; Alapin 0 Leonhardt; Cohn 0 Tartakower; Marshall 1 Suechting; Maroczy 1 Mieses; Berger 0 Duras; Teichmann 1/2 Schlechter

STANDNGS: <12.5>: Schlechter; <12.0>: Duras; <11.5>: Maroczy; <10.5>: Rubinstein, Teichmann; <9.5>: Spielmann; <9.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Tartakower; <8.5>: Perlis; <7.5>: Mieses; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski; <6.5>: Alapin; <6.0>: Von Bardeleben; <5.5>: Suechting; <5.0>: Cohn, Johner; <1.5>: Reti

Round 17 (Tuesday, April 14): Schlechter 1/2 Von Bardeleben; Duras 1/2 Teichmann; Mieses 1 Berger; Suechting 0 Maroczy; Tartakower 1 Marshall; Leonhardt 0 Cohn; Swiderski 1 Alapin; Spielmann 0 Johner; Salwe 0 Rubinstein; Reti 0 Perlis

STANDINGS: <13.0>: Schlechter; <12.5>: Duras, Maroczy; <11.5>: Rubinstein; <11.0>: Teichmann; <10.0>: Tartakower; <9.5>: Perlis, Spielmann; <9.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall; <8.5>: Mieses; <8.0>: Swiderski; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe; <6.5>: Alapin, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn, Johner; <5.5>: Suechting; <1.5>: Reti

Round 18 (Wednesday, April 15): Rubinstein 1 Reti; Johner 1/2 Salwe; Alapin 0 Spielmann; Cohn 0 Swiderski; Marshall 1/2 Leonhardt; Maroczy 1 Tartakower; Berger 0 Suechting; Teichmann 0 Mieses; Schlechter 1/2 Duras; Von Bardeleben 0 Perlis

STANDINGS: <13.5>: Maroczy, Schlechter; <13.0>: Duras; <12.5>: Rubinstein; <11.0>: Teichmann; <10.5>: Perlis, Spielmann; <10.0>: Tartakower; <9.5>: Marshall, Mieses, Leonhardt; <9.0>: Swiderski; <7.5>: Salwe; <7.0>: Berger; <6.5>: Alapin, Johner, Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti

Round 19 (Friday, April 17): Mieses 1/2 Schlechter; Suechting 0 Teichmann; Tartakower 1 Berger; Leonhardt 1/2 Maroczy; Swiderski 1/2 Marshall; Spielmann 1 Cohn; Salwe 1 Alapin; Reti 0 Johner; Perlis 1/2 Rubinstein; Duras 1 Von Bardeleben

STANDINGS: <14.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Schlechter; <13.0>: Rubinstein; <12.0>: Teichmann; <11.5>: Spielmann; <11.0>: Perlis, Tartakower; <10.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Mieses; <9.5>: Swiderski; <8.5>: Salwe; <7.5>: Johner; <7.0>: Berger; <6.5>: Alapin, Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti

Original collection: Game Collection: Vienna 1908, by User: Phony Benoni.

 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Maroczy vs Swiderski 1-0201908ViennaC49 Four Knights
2. Marshall vs Spielmann 0-1421908ViennaD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
3. Schlechter vs H Suechting 1-0441908ViennaC87 Ruy Lopez
4. Alapin vs Reti 1-0631908ViennaC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
5. Duras vs J Mieses ½-½571908ViennaB01 Scandinavian
6. E Cohn vs Salwe 0-1241908ViennaC49 Four Knights
7. J Berger vs P Leonhardt  ½-½301908ViennaD00 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Teichmann vs Tartakower  ½-½231908ViennaD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Rubinstein vs von Bardeleben 1-0471908ViennaD05 Queen's Pawn Game
10. P Johner vs J Perlis  ½-½431908ViennaD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. Salwe vs Marshall 0-1371908ViennaC58 Two Knights
12. Tartakower vs Schlechter 0-1281908ViennaC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
13. Reti vs E Cohn 0-1491908ViennaC49 Four Knights
14. H Suechting vs Duras 0-1311908ViennaC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. Swiderski vs J Berger 1-0301908ViennaD02 Queen's Pawn Game
16. Rubinstein vs P Johner 1-0481908ViennaD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. von Bardeleben vs J Mieses  ½-½191908ViennaB01 Scandinavian
18. J Perlis vs Alapin  ½-½231908ViennaC01 French, Exchange
19. P Leonhardt vs Teichmann  ½-½381908ViennaC77 Ruy Lopez
20. Spielmann vs Maroczy  ½-½301908ViennaC14 French, Classical
21. Maroczy vs Salwe 1-0621908ViennaC78 Ruy Lopez
22. Marshall vs Reti 1-0311908ViennaC49 Four Knights
23. Duras vs Tartakower ½-½371908ViennaB01 Scandinavian
24. Schlechter vs P Leonhardt 1-0411908ViennaC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
25. J Berger vs Spielmann  ½-½391908ViennaD00 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-17-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Réti was a 19-year-old but he was annihilated like a non-talented 12-year-old.

Sixteen crushing rapid counterplayless losses and three dishonorable draws....

It makes you want to puke.

Apr-17-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <offramp: Réti was a 19-year-old but he was annihilated like a non-talented 12-year-old.

Sixteen crushing rapid counterplayless losses and three dishonorable draws....

It makes you want to puke.>

If only the gormless twit had given up chess on the spot.

Apr-17-14  Benzol: Sixteen losses would have been hard to bear. It's great that he didn't loose heart and just give up playing. Chess history would have been very different if he had.
Jul-20-14  Karpova: Brilliancy Prizes:

Jury: Hugo Fähndrich and Victor Tietz

1st Brilliancy Prize (300 Kronen): Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908

2nd Brilliancy Prize (200 Kronen): Salwe vs Marshall, 1908

Source: 'Wiener Schachzeitung', July-August 1908, p. 199

Jul-20-14  waustad: Does anybody know if they used some sort of tiebreaks or if they considered it a 3-way tie for first?
Jul-21-14  Karpova: <waustad>

In the final report, no tie-break system is mentioned. The prize money for the first three places was summated, then divided by three and shared among the winners.

The prize money was:

1st-3rd: Duras, Maroczy and Schlechter received (4,000 + 3,500 + 3,000)/3 Kronen, i. e 3,500 Kronen each (there is a mistake as it says 400 Kronen, but this can't be correct).

4th: Rubinstein received 2,000 Kronen

5th: Teichmann received 1,200 Kronen

6th: Spielmann received 800 Kronen

7th and 8th: Perlis and Tartakower shared (600 + 400)/2 Kronen

9th and 10th: Leonhardt, Marshall and Mieses shared 600 Kronen.

The rest got a consolation prize of 100 Kronen each.

Source: 'Wiener Schachzeitung', March-April 1908, p. 66

Feb-06-16  TheFocus: Two brilliancy prizes were donated by Baron Albert de Rothschild. The first prize of 300 crowns was awarded to Rubinstein for his victory over Duras; and the second prize of 200 crowns was awarded to Marshall for his victoty over Mieses.

Source: <American Chess Bulletin> August 1908>, pg. 169.

Feb-25-18  sudoplatov: Teichmann came in fifth as expected.

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