Vienna 1898 chess tournament
- Vienna 1898 chess tournament
The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria's ascension to the throne of Austria-Hungary. [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/tournaments.htm The strongest tournaments in chess history ] ] Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild who also financed the Vienna tournaments of 1873, 1882, and 1903. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/chus2003/r7.html US Championships Seattle 2003. Round 7 ] ] 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". [ [http://chess-results.com/tnr1.aspx?lan=1 Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com ] ] The time limit was thirty moves in two hours. Twenty great masters (only Emanuel Lasker and Rudolf Charousek were absent at "Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier") played double rounds from 1 to 25 July.
flagathlete|Adolf Schwarz|Austria-Hungary/HUN withdrew after playing eight games. [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/19thcent.htm Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century ] ] [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1898vienna.htm wien ] ]
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.
Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen (a lot of money), and Pillsbury 4400 Kronen. [ [http://www.endgame.nl/wien.htm Vienna 1882 and 1898 ] ]
References
Literature
Hugo Fähndrich: "Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier", 1981, ISBN 3-283-00057-3
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