Vienna 1898 chess tournament

Standing: Schwarz, Schlechter, Fahndrich, Caro, Maróczy, Showalter, Marco, Alapin, Halprin, Baird and Burn
Sitting: Tarrasch, Blackburne, Pillsbury, Steinitz, Chigorin, Janowsky, Schiffers and Lipke

The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria's accession to the throne of Austria-Hungary. ^[1] Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild who also financed the Vienna tournaments of 1873, 1882, 1903, ^[2] and 1908. The players visited his Heugasse palace on 31 May 1898. Rounds were played in the clubhouse of the Vienna Chess Club  [ de ] at Schottengasse 7. Hugo Fahndrich was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898. ^[3] The time limit was thirty moves in two hours, and fifteen moves per hour after this. ^[4] Twenty great masters (only Emanuel Lasker and Rudolf Charousek were absent at Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier) played double rounds from 1 June to 25 July.

Vienna 1898, Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Siegbert Tarrasch  (German Empire)	XX	01	10	1½	1½	1½	½1	½½	½1	½1	½½	11	11	11	1½	1½	11	11	1½	27½
2	Harry Pillsbury  (United States)	10	XX	10	½1	1½	10	½0	1½	01	½1	11	11	1½	½1	11	11	11	11	11	27½
3	David Janowski  (France)	01	01	XX	11	1½	11	1½	00	½½	11	½0	11	1½	11	11	00	½1	11	11	25½
4	Wilhelm Steinitz  (United States)	0½	0½	00	XX	½1	10	½½	11	1½	½1	½½	01	11	11	01	1½	1½	11	11	23½
5	Carl Schlechter  (Austria-Hungary)	0½	0½	0½	½0	XX	½½	11	½½	½½	½1	0½	1½	½1	1½	11	0½	½1	11	11	21½
6	Mikhail Chigorin  (Russian Empire)	0½	10	00	01	½½	XX	10	01	1½	1½	½0	10	01	11	10	11	10	01	11	20
7	Amos Burn  (United Kingdom)	½0	½1	0½	½½	00	01	XX	1½	0½	½½	½½	½0	½0	11	01	11	1½	11	11	20
8	Paul Lipke  (German Empire)	½½	0½	11	00	½½	10	0½	XX	½½	½½	½0	1½	11	1½	0½	½1	½½	11	½½	19½
9	Géza Maróczy  (Austria-Hungary)	½0	10	½½	0½	½½	0½	1½	½½	XX	½½	1½	11	½½	01	0½	01	1½	½½	11	19½
10	Simon Alapin  (Russian Empire)	½0	½0	00	½0	½0	½0	½½	½½	½½	XX	½1	1½	11	00	10	11	½1	10	11	18
11	Joseph Henry Blackburne  (United Kingdom)	½½	00	½1	½½	1½	½1	½½	½1	0½	½0	XX	½½	½0	0½	½0	½½	00	11	½1	17
12	Emanuel Schiffers  (Russian Empire)	00	00	00	10	0½	01	½1	0½	00	0½	½½	XX	0½	1½	11	½1	½1	11	½1	17
13	Georg Marco  (Austria-Hungary)	00	0½	0½	00	½0	10	½1	00	½½	00	½1	10	XX	11	½1	1½	½1	½1	10	16½
14	Jackson Showalter  (United States)	00	½0	00	00	0½	00	00	0½	10	11	1½	01	00	XX	½1	11	11	01	10	15
15	Carl August Walbrodt  (German Empire)	0½	00	00	10	00	01	10	1½	1½	01	½1	00	½0	½0	XX	00	11	½0	11	14½
16	Alexander Halprin  (Austria-Hungary)	0½	00	11	0½	1½	00	00	½0	10	00	½½	½0	0½	00	11	XX	½½	1½	½1	14
17	Horatio Caro  (German Empire)	00	00	½0	0½	½0	01	0½	½½	0½	½0	11	½0	½0	00	00	½½	XX	11	½1	12½
18	David Graham Baird  (United States)	00	00	00	00	00	10	00	00	½½	01	00	00	½0	10	½1	0½	00	XX	½1	8
19	Herbert William Trenchard  (United Kingdom)	0½	00	00	00	00	00	00	½½	00	00	½0	½0	01	00	00	½0	½0	½0	XX	5

Adolf Schwarz withdrew after playing eight games. ^{[5] [6]}

Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended equal after two cycles and had to play an extra play-off match. The additional games were played from 27 until 30 July 1898.

Vienna 1898, Play-off

#	Player	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Siegbert Tarrasch	1	0	1	½	2½
2	Harry Pillsbury	0	1	0	½	1½

Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen and Pillsbury won 4400 Kronen. ^[7]

References

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Literature

• Hugo Fähndrich, Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981, ISBN   3-283-00057-3 (in German)