Berlin, Germany (3-19 November 1897)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score
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Janowski ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 5
Walbrodt ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 3
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Format: Best of seven games, extended to best of nine.
Purse: 1000ℳ
Synposis
Aus Berlin. Zwischen D. Janowski und C. A. Walbrodt ist ein Match um 1000 ℳ Einsatz auf 7 Gewinnpartieen verabredet worden. (1)
Aus Berlin. Da in dem Wettkampf Janowski-Walbrodt nach der sechsten Partie beide Gegner gleich standen, jeder hatte zwei Partieen gewonnen, so mussten nach den vereinbarten Bedingungen weitere drei Partieen gespielt werden, von denen Janowski die beiden ersten und damit den Match (Einsatz 1000 ℳ) gewann. Janowski hat im Ganzen 4, Walbrodt 2 Partieen gewonnen, 2 Partieen wurden remis. (2)
The match at Berlin, between Herren Janowski and Walbrodt, came to a sudden and unexpected end on the 19th ult. The Berlin champion had the best of the fight at the beginning, and at one point his score stood at 3 to 1. Evidently, however, M. Janowski took some time to get into his proper form, and to understand how to deal with the over cautious tactics of his opponent, for from that point Herr Walbrodt never won another game, though he would have won the match had he only drawn the fifth or sixth game. The conditions of the contest awarded the victory for the best out of seven games, but it was agreed that if the score should come to three all, three more games should be played, and the best out of these should be decisive. This was what actually happened, for the score did come to three all, but M. Janowski having won the next two games thereby became the victor and there was, of course, no need to play the other. (3)
Sources
(1) Deutsche Schachzeitung, v52 n10, October 1897, p314
(2) Deutsche Schachzeitung, v52 n11, November 1897, pp345-346
(3) British Chess Magazine, v17 n12, December 1897, p468
Kibitzing
