Vienna 1908 chess tournament

The Internationales Schachturnier Wien 1908 [1] was held in honour of the sixtieth anniversary of Franz Joseph I of Austria’s elevation as monarch to the Austria-Hungary Empire. Twenty great masters played at the Wiener Schach-Club in Vienna, from March 23 to April 17, 1908.

The results and standings:[2][3]

Vienna 1908
# Player 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
1-3  Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) /  Hungary x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 14
1-3  Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) /  Austria ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 14
1-3  Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary) /  Bohemia 0 ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 14
4  Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire) /  Poland ½ ½ 1 x ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 13
5  Richard Teichmann (German Empire) /  Thuringia ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12
6  Rudolf Spielmann (Austria-Hungary) /  Austria ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½
7-8  Julius Perlis (Austria-Hungary) /  Poland ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 x 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11
7-8  Savielly Tartakower (Austria-Hungary) /  Poland 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11
9-11  Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire) /  Poland ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 10
9-11  Jacques Mieses (German Empire) /  Saxony 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 x 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 10
9-11  Frank Marshall (United States) /  New York ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 x ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10
12  Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire) /  Saxony 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ x 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1
13  Gersz Salwe (Russian Empire) /  Poland 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
14  Paul Johner (Switzerland) 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ x 1 ½ 0 0 1 1
15  Johann Berger (Austria-Hungary) /  Austria 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 x 0 ½ 0 1 1 7
16-18  Hugo Süchting (German Empire) /  Schleswig-Holstein 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 x ½ 0 ½ ½
16-18  Curt von Bardeleben (German Empire) /  Brandenburg 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1
16-18  Simon Alapin (Russian Empire) /  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 x 0 1
19  Erich Cohn (German Empire) /  Brandenburg ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 x 1 6
20  Richard Réti (Austria-Hungary) /  Slovakia 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 x

References

  1. "The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record". Rci.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  2. "wien". Xoomer.alice.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

Literature

Marco, Georg "Internationales Schachturnier Wien 1908", Verlag der Wiener Schachzeitung, 1908

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