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11th DSB Congress, Cologne (1898) Cologne, Germany (1-19 August 1898) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score Place/Prize ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Burn • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 1st 1000ℳ 2 Charousek ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 2nd-4th 550ℳ 3 Chigorin ½ ½ • 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 2nd-4th 550ℳ 4 Cohn 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 2nd-4th 550ℳ 5 Steinitz 0 1 1 ½ • 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 9½ 5th 300ℳ 6 Schlechter ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 9 6th-7th 175ℳ 7 Showalter 1 0 0 1 1 ½ • ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 6th-7th 175ℳ 8 Berger ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 8th 100ℳ 9 Janowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ • 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 9th 50ℳ 10 von Popiel ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 7 11 Schiffers 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 • ½ 1 1 1 1 7 12 von Gottschall 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 13 Albin 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 ½ 4 14 Heinrichsen 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 • 1 1 4 15 Fritz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 • ½ 3½ 16 Schallopp 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 3 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Introduction Only 52 games and 4 fragments are available of the 120 actually played. Max Lange, the chairman of the German Chess Association, was entrusted with the score-sheets to prepare a book on the tournament. Mr. Lange lost the score-sheets and a book was never done on this tournament until 1997, when Vlastimil Fiala was able to gather all the known games at that time (47 games and 4 fragments, see Note below). Since then only five additional games have been found, i.e. von Popiel vs Showalter, 1898, von Popiel vs J N Berger, 1898, A Fritz vs von Popiel, 1898, Burn vs Albin, 1898, and Heinrichsen vs Chigorin, 1898. Round Information Round 1, August 1, Monday. 1. Albin – von Gottschall, ½-½ <Missing>; 2. Heinrichsen – Schlechter, ½-½ <Missing>; 3. Janowski – Fritz, 1-0; 4. Chigorin – Berger, 1-0; 5. Cohn – Steinitz, ½-½ <Position and final moves>; 6. von Popiel – Showalter, 1-0; 7. Burn – Schiffers, 1-0 <Missing>; 8. Charousek – Schallopp, 1-0. Round 2, August 2, Tuesday. 1. Schlechter – Burn, ½-½ <Missing>; 2. Schiffers – Charousek, 0-1; 3. Schallopp – Janowski, 0-1; 4. Chigorin – Cohn, 0-1; 5. Berger – Fritz, ½-½ <Missing>; 6. Albin – Heinrichsen, 1-0 <Missing>; 7. Showalter – von Gottschall, 1-0 <Missing>; 8. Steinitz – von Popiel, 1-0. Round 3, August 3, Wednesday. 1. von Popiel – Chigorin, 0-1 <Missing>; 2. Heinrichsen – Showalter, 1-0; 3. von Gottschall – Steinitz, ½-½ <Missing>; 4. Burn – Albin, 1-0; 5. Charousek – Schlechter, ½-½; 6. Janowski – Schiffers, 1-0 <Missing>; 7. Fritz – Schallopp, ½-½ <Missing>; 8. Cohn – Berger, 1-0 <Missing>. Round 4, August 4, Thursday. 1. Schiffers – Fritz, 1-0 <Missing>; 2. Schlechter – Janowski, 1-0; 3. Albin – Charousek, 0-1; 4. Showalter – Burn, 1-0 <Position and moves>; 5. Steinitz – Heinrichsen, 1-0; 6. Chigorin – von Gottschall, 1-0 <Missing>; 7. Cohn – von Popiel, 1-0 <Missing>; 8. Berger – Schallopp, 1-0 <Missing>. Round 5, August 5, Friday. 1. von Gottschall – Cohn, 0-1 <Missing>; 2. Heinrichsen – Chigorin, 0-1; 3. Burn – Seinitz, 1-0; 4. Charousek – Showalter, 1-0; 5. Janowski – Albin, 0-1; 6. Fritz – Schlechter, 0-1 <Missing>; 7. Schallopp – Schiffers, 0-1; <Missing> 8. von Popiel – Berger, ½-½. Round 6, August 6, Saturday. 1. Schlechter – Schallopp, 1-0 <Missing>; 2. Albin – Fritz, 0-1 <Missing>; 3. Showalter – Janowski, 0-1 <Missing>; 4. Steinitz – Charousek, 1-0 <first six moves are known>; 5. Chigorin – Burn, ½-½ <Missing>; 6. Cohn – Heinrichsen, 1-0 <Missing>; 7. von Popiel – von Gottschall, ½-½ <Missing>; 8. Berger – Schiffers, 0-1. Round 7, August 8, Monday. 1. Heinrichsen – von Popiel, ½-½ <Missing>; 2. Burn – Cohn, 1-0; 3. Charousek – Chigorin, ½-½; 4. Janowski – Steinitz, 0-1; 5. Fritz – Showalter, 0-1 <Missing>; 6. Schallopp – Albin, ½-½ <Missing>; 7. Schiffers – Schlechter, ½-½; <Missing> 8. von Gottschall – Berger, 0-1. Round 8, August 9, Tuesday. 1. Albin – Schiffers, 0-1 <Missing>; 2. Showalter – Schallopp, 1-0 <Missing>; 3. Steinitz – Fritz, 0-1; 4. Chigorin – Janowski, 0-1 <Missing>; 5. Cohn – Charousek, ½-½ <Missing>; 6. von popiel – Burn, ½-½; 7. von Gottschall – Heinrichsen, 1-0; 8. Berger – Schlechter, ½-½ <Missing>. Round 9, August 10, Wednesday. 1. Burn – von Gottschall, 1-0; 2. Charousek – von Popiel, 1-0; 3. Janowski – Cohn, 0-1; 4. Fritz – Chigorin, 0-1 <Missing>; 5. Schallopp – Steinitz, ½-½; 6. Schiffers – Showalter, 0-1 <Missing>; 7. Schlechter – Albin, ½-½ <Missing>; 8. Heinrichsen – Berger, 0-1 <Missing>. Round 10, August 12, Friday. 1. Showalter – Schlechter, ½-½ <Missing>; 2. Steinitz – Schiffers, 1-0; 3. Cohn – Fritz, 1-0 <Missing>; 4. Chigorin – Schallopp, 1-0 <Missing>; 5. von Popiel – Janowski, 1-0; 6. von Gottschall – Charousek, ½-½; 7. Heinrichsen – Burn, 0-1; 8. Berger – Albin, 1-0. Round 11, August 15, Monday. 1. Charousek – Heinrichsen, 1-0; 2. Janowski – von Gottschall, 1-0 <Missing>; 3. Fritz – von Popiel, 0-1; 4. Schallopp – Cohn, 0-1 <Missing>; 5. Schiffers – Chigorin, 0-1; 6. Schlechter – Steinitz, 1-0; 7. Albin – Showalter, 0-1 <Missing>; 8. Burn – Berger, ½-½ <Missing>. Round 12, August 16, Tuesday. 1. Steinitz – Albin, 1-0 <Missing>; 2. Chigorin – Schlechter, ½-½ <Missing>; 3. Cohn – Schiffers, 0-1; 4. von Popiel – Schallopp, 0-1 <Missing>; 5. von Gottschall – Fritz, ½-½ <Missing>; 6. Heinrichsen – Janowski, 0-1 <Missing>; 7. Burn – Charousek, ½-½ <Missing>; 8. Berger – Showalter, ½-½ <Missing>. Round 13, August 17, Wednesday. 1. Janowski Burn, 0-1; 2. Fritz – Heinrichsen, 0-1 <Missing>; 3. Schallopp – von Gottschall, ½-½ <Missing>; 4. Schiffers – von Popiel, 0-1; 5. Schlechter – Cohn, ½-½ <Missing>; 6. Albin – Chigorin, 0-1; 7. Showalter – Steinitz, 1-0; 8. Charousek – Berger, 0-1. Round 14, August 18, Thursday. 1. Chigorin – Showalter, 1-0; 2. Cohn – Albin, 1-0 <Missing>; 3. von Popiel – Schlechter, ½-½; 4. von Gottschall – Schiffers, ½-½ <Missing>; 5. Burn – Fritz, 1-0 <Missing>; 6. Heinrichsen – Schallopp, 1-0 <missing>; 7. Charousek – Janowski, 1-0; 8. Berger – Steinitz, 0-1 <Missing>. Round 15, August 19, Friday. 1. Fritz – Charousek, 0-1; 2. Schallopp – Burn, 0-1; 3. Schiffers – Heinrichsen, 1-0 <Missing>; 4. Albin – von Popiel, ½-½ <Missing>; 5. Schlechter – von Gottschall, 0-1; 6. Showalter – Cohn, 1-0 7. Steinitz – Chigorin, 1-0 <Position and moves>; 8. Janowski – Berger, ½-½ <Missing>. Game Fragments R1 Cohn - Steinitz click for larger view White to move, played 1.Be6?, whereupon 1...Qxf2 2.Qxf2 Rxc2 and draws. White could have won simply with 1. Re2. Black would have resigned after it. Source "(London) Field, 1898.08.06, p247" ———————————————————————————————————————————————— R4 Showalter - Burn click for larger view 1.Kd1 The Field writes that instead of 1.Kd1, after which Showalter continued to have major problems in how to win, he could have won in a few moves after 1.Rh2. Source "(London) Field, 1898.08.13, p303" ———————————————————————————————————————————————— R6 Steinitz - Charousek 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 and eventually 1-0. Source "Wiener Schachzeitung, v2 n5, May 1899, pp74-75 (note to move 6)" ———————————————————————————————————————————————— R15 Steinitz - Chigorin click for larger view 1.Rd6 Ne8 2.Qd5 Nxd6 3.Qxa8+ Kxh7 4.Qd5 Nc4 5.Qd7+ Qxd7 6.Bxd7 Na3 7.Bxb5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nd6 9.e5 fxe5 10.fxe5 Nc8 11.Kc2 Kg6 12.Kxc3 Kf5 13.Kd4 Ke6 14.a5 Kd7 15.b5 Kc7 16.Kd5 Kb7 17.e6 1-0. Source "Haagsche Courant, 1898.09.26, p5" ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Brilliancy Prize "...sowie ein Sonderpreis von 100 Mark für die schönste Partie..."(2) "...dazu ein Sonderpreis für die schönste Partie im Betrag von 100ℳ."(3) "There will also be a prize of 100 marks for the prettiest game."(4) It is unknown if the brilliancy prize was ever awarded after Lange had lost the score-sheets. Notes The <Baltisch Schachblätter>, v7, pp332-333, gives E Schallopp vs Heinrichsen, 1893 along with a note on the same page: "Gespielt sind die Partien 58 und 59 im Rigaer Schachverein am 12. März 1893 seitens des Anziehenden mit 20 anderen Partien." Fiala gives the game as Heinrichsen-Schallopp (his game 48) in his Cologne tournament book, even citing the <Baltisch Schachblätter> as his source(!). Sources (1) Wiener Schachzeitung, v1 n8, August 1898, p128. (2) Wiener Schachzeitung, v1 n5, May 1898, p74. (3) Deutsche Schachzeitung, v53 n5, May 1898, p159. (4) British Chess Magazine, v18 n7, July 1898, p290. Credit Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chigorin vs J Berger 1-0 51 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 2. Janowski vs A Fritz 1-0 34 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C41 Philidor Defense 3. Charousek vs E Schallopp 1-0 34 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C26 Vienna 4. von Popiel vs Showalter 1-0 20 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C44 King's Pawn Game 5. Chigorin vs W Cohn 0-1 50 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C00 French Defense 6. E Schallopp vs Janowski 0-1 32 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. Schiffers vs Charousek 0-1 32 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C46 Three Knights 8. Steinitz vs von Popiel 1-0 48 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne B15 Caro-Kann 9. Charousek vs Schlechter ½-½ 33 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C50 Giuoco Piano 10. Heinrichsen vs Showalter 1-0 44 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne B40 Sicilian 11. Burn vs Albin 1-0 59 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne A84 Dutch 12. Albin vs Charousek 0-1 54 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C77 Ruy Lopez 13. Schlechter vs Janowski 1-0 30 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 14. Heinrichsen vs Chigorin 0-1 27 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C52 Evans Gambit 15. von Popiel vs J Berger ½-½ 41 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C44 King's Pawn Game 16. Burn vs Steinitz 1-0 72 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Charousek vs Showalter 1-0 73 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C14 French, Classical 18. Janowski vs Albin 0-1 59 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C67 Ruy Lopez 19. J Berger vs Schiffers 0-1 24 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne D00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. von Gottschall vs J Berger 0-1 48 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C26 Vienna 21. Burn vs W Cohn 1-0 30 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Charousek vs Chigorin ½-½ 62 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne D05 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Janowski vs Steinitz 0-1 35 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C33 King's Gambit Accepted 24. von Gottschall vs Heinrichsen 1-0 24 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C50 Giuoco Piano 25. von Popiel vs Burn ½-½ 33 1898 11th DSB Congress, Cologne C44 King's Pawn Game  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-23-12    Kikoman: FIRST! Dec-23-12    Kikoman: A great tournament by Amos Burn winning this event, he scored 11.5/15 (+9 -1 =5). Jul-14-17    MissScarlett: <Max Lange, the chairman of the German Chess Association, was entrusted with the score-sheets to prepare a book on the tournament. Mr. Lange lost the score-sheets...> You berk! Jul-14-17    offramp: He had ONE job. Jul-14-17    MissScarlett: I won't find peace until I hear his excuse. Maybe the dog ate them. Or his briefcase was left on a tram. Oh, horrible vision, his housekeeper using them to kindle the fire. #jesuswept Jul-14-17    WorstPlayerEver: Yeah I wonder what von Bardeleben was doing at the time. Jul-14-17    TheFocus: He was helping Lange destroy the scoresheets. Jul-14-17    offramp: I can imagine the scene: "Have you finished that flaming tournament book yet?" "No I uh, lost the scoresheets." Jul-14-17    john barleycorn: < offramp: ... "No I uh, lost the scoresheets."> Never mind, here are some blank forms fill them in. (the pragmatic approach) Don't worry, here are last year's scoresheets. (the historians approach) Feb-10-18    MissScarlett: <Max Lange, the chairman of the German Chess Association, was entrusted with the score-sheets to prepare a book on the tournament. Mr. Lange lost the score-sheets...> <NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!> #recurringnightmare Feb-10-18    nok: 11th DSBC should NOT appear in the tournament title. The standard is City (year) as followed in Frankfurt (1887) and Mannheim (1914) among others. Feb-10-18    Dionysius1: What standard? How was it established? By whom? Where is it available to be consulted? Your post seems very abrupt - is there some explanation? And who are you <nok>? What authority do you have? May-24-20    cameosis: there should be a standard listing in any case -- currently, games are all over the places that have been played at the same event and it’s a mess to find and group them. May-24-20    Sally Simpson: *** From the bio here: https://www.schachbund.de/news/dr-m... It reads like he was in no fit state to write a book, This was written about him in 1896 when he resigned (or ousted out) as chairman of the German Chess Federation "His nerves, strained by constant work at the limit of performance, were shattered, apparently he was troubled by lack of concentration and forgetfulness. " 'forgetfulness.'...he left the score sheets in a cafe? Probably not, sound like his widow threw them out because they could not be sold. After Max died in December 1899, the year after the tournament... "Apparently his widow no longer wanted to have anything to do with chess, his extensive collection of chess literature and documents was offered for sale the following year. During this campaign, the game transcripts of the congresses in 1894, 1896 and 1898, which the federal administrator wanted to view and publish as a tournament book, may have ended up in the waste paper." *** May-24-20    sudoplatov: People lose things. T. E. Lawrence lost the manuscript of "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" in Reading Railway Station while changing trains. He had to rewrite the entire 400,000 word manuscript from memory. May-25-20    Sally Simpson: *** A group of people (I'd call them optimistic nutcases) led by one Nick Lynch went looking for the missing m.s. at Reading station in November 2019. (I wonder if they checked out the lost property department.) https://telsociety.org.uk/event/lon... *** May-25-20    MissScarlett: I see no reason to believe that Max Lange was ever in Reading. And I wish people would please stop bringing this sorry affair back to the surface. It's more than flesh and blood can bear. May-25-20    Sally Simpson: *** I'm piecing it all together. Max Lange wrote 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom', lost it at Reading Station, Lawrence, who worked for the railway (the T.E. stands for Train Engineer) found it and the rest, as they say, is history. *** May-26-20    cameosis: now that we’ve heard his story, how about someone else’s? Mar-14-21    thelegendisback: whats the source for the tournament table here? i've a book about Charousek and the table there is slightly different: Berger has 8.5 pts, Popiel 6 pts and Felix 4 points. Mar-14-21    MissScarlett: Felix...who dat? Mar-15-21    hemy: <thelegendisback> The sources: Wiener Schachzeitung Aug 1898 p.139 and https://www.teleschach.de/historie/... Berger 8 von Popiel 7 Dr. Fritz 3.5 Apr-19-22    Marcelo Bruno: If the responsibility was trusted to Schallopp, I believe he could properly take care of this task as he did with many other tournaments successfully. Mar-10-23    mifralu: < RE: Cologne (Köln) 1898 Does Fiala mention the prizes for the main tournament A and B ? > Main tournament A. Overall result: <1st prize:> punch bowl made in silver (honorary gift from Adolf von Carstanjen, honorary member of the Cologne Chess Club), Pavelka with 12 winning games. <2nd prize:> portrait of the emperor (honorary gift of the painter Karl Schultz, member of the Cologne Chess Club) in a heavy bronze frame decorated with the imperial crown; in addition cash 250 M, v. Batsmegyey with 12 winning games. <3rd prize:> bronze figure ("Amor"); in addition cash 150 M., Malthan with 11 winning games. <4th, 5th, 6th and 7th prizes:> wall clock with quarter chime movement in oak; plus cash 100 M, picture with frame (Erdmann, "Kunst bringt Gunst") https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/a... ; plus cash 75 M, Kayser tin beer service; plus cash 60 M, Jardinièren set; plus cash 50 M, Exner, Flad, Pelzer and Thönes with 10½ winning games each. <8th and 9th prizes:> fruit bowl; plus cash 40 M, barometer with thermometer in wooden frame; plus cash 30 M, Dusold and Keidanski with 10 winning games each. <10th prize:> smoke service; plus cash 25 M, Bodenstein, Kunstmann and Sohège with 9½ winning games each. Main tournament B. Overall result: 1st prize (300 M and the mastership) S. Löwenthal, 2nd prize (200 M) Dr. N. Mannheimer, 3rd and 4th prizes (150 and 120 M) B. Hülsen and B. Richter, 5th, 6th and 7th prizes (90, 70 and 55 M) D. Bleykmans, P. Fiebig and A. Hild, 8th prize (40 M) W. Therkatz, 9th prize (30 M) Dr. M. Kapferer. < Source "Leipziger Tageblatt und Anzeiger, 29 September 1898" > Mar-12-24    Sally Simpson: BCM August 1998, Sean Marsh offers another possible reason for the missing games being so hard to track down. This tournament Vienna (1898) won by Tarrasch. It finished on the 30th of July and Cologne started on the 1st of August. The German press were more interested in producing games from Vienna. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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