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 club house of the Wiener Schachklub 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) / Poland	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) / Austria	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) / Austria	0½	0½	0½	½0	XX	½½	11	½½	½½	½1	0½	1½	½1	1½	11	0½	½1	11	11	21½
6	Mikhail Chigorin (Russia)	0½	10	00	01	½½	XX	10	01	1½	1½	½0	10	01	11	10	11	10	01	11	20
7	Amos Burn (England)	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) / 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) / Lithuania	½0	½0	00	½0	½0	½0	½½	½½	½½	XX	½1	1½	11	00	10	11	½1	10	11	18
11	Joseph Henry Blackburne (England)	½½	00	½1	½½	1½	½1	½½	½1	0½	½0	XX	½½	½0	0½	½0	½½	00	11	½1	17
12	Emanuel Schiffers (Russia)	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) / Romania	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) / Netherlands	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) / Russia	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) / England	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 (England)	0½	00	00	00	00	00	00	½½	00	00	½0	½0	01	00	00	½0	½0	½0	XX	5

 Adolf Schwarz (Austria-Hungary)/ Hungary 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 (a lot of money), and Pillsbury 4400 Kronen.^[7]

References

1. The strongest tournaments in chess history
2. US Championships Seattle 2003. Round 7
3. Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com
4. Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin, Georg Marco Internationales Kaiser-jubliäums-schachturnier, Wien, 1898 page 4
5. Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century
6. wien
7. Vienna 1882 and 1898

Literature

Hugo Fähndrich: Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981, ISBN 3-283-00057-3