List of the most important chess tournaments (until 1900)

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This is a partial list of the list of major chess tournaments , which includes major tournaments up to the year 1900.

list

year place winner 2nd place 3rd place
1575 Madrid Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri ( Kingdom of Naples ) Paolo Boi ( Sicily ) Ruy López de Segura ( Spain )
1821 Saint-Cloud Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais ( France ) Alexandre Deschapelles ( France ) John Cochrane ( Scotland )
1851 London (KO system) Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Marmaduke Wyvill ( Scotland ) Elijah Williams ( England )
1853 Berlin (KO system) Jean Dufresne ( Prussia ) Max Lange ( Prussia ) Carl Mayet ( Prussia )
1857 Manchester (KO system) Johann Jacob Löwenthal ( Austria-Hungary ) Samuel Boden ( England ) Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ), Edward Pindar ( England )
1857 New York (KO system) Paul Morphy ( USA ) Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) Theodor Lichtenhein ( Prussia / USA )
1858 Birmingham (KO system) Johann Jacob Löwenthal ( Austria-Hungary ) Ernst Falkbeer ( Austria-Hungary ) John Owen ( England ), Robert Barnett Brien ( England )
1862 London Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) John Owen ( England ), George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland )
1867 Dundee Gustav Neumann ( Prussia ) Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland ), Cecil De Vere ( England )
1867 Paris Ignaz von Kolisch ( Austria-Hungary ) Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary )
1868 Aachen Max Lange ( Prussia ) Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Wilfried Paulsen ( Prussia ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland )
1869 Hamburg Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Johannes Minckwitz ( Prussia ), Emil Schallopp ( Prussia )
1869 Barmen Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Johannes Minckwitz ( Prussia ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Emil Schallopp ( Prussia )  
1870 Baden-Baden Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Gustav Neumann ( Prussia )
1871 Krefeld Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) Johannes Minckwitz ( Germany )
1872 Altona Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) Gustav Neumann ( Germany ) Carl Göring ( Germany )
1872 London Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Cecil De Vere ( England ), George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland )
1873 Vienna Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Adolf Anderssen ( Germany )
1877 Leipzig Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland )
1878 Paris Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England )
1878 Frankfurt am Main Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary ) Adolf Anderssen ( Germany )
1879 St. Petersburg Michail Chigorin ( Russia ), Simon Alapin ( Lithuania )   Emanuel Schiffers ( Russia )
1879 Leipzig Berthold English ( Austria-Hungary ) Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary )
1880 Wiesbaden Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Berthold Englisch ( Austria-Hungary ), Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary )    
1881 Berlin Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland )
1882 Vienna Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland )   James Mason ( Ireland )
1883 London Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England )
1883 Nuremberg Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) James Mason ( Ireland )
1885 Hamburg Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Berthold Englisch ( Austria-Hungary ), James Mason ( Ireland ), Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary )  
1885 Hereford Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Emil Schallopp ( Germany ), Henry Edward Bird ( England )  
1886 London Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Amos Burn ( England ) Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ), Jean Taubenhaus ( Poland )
1886 Nottingham Amos Burn ( England ) Emil Schallopp ( Germany ) Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland )
1887 London Amos Burn ( England ), Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary )   Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England )
1887 Frankfurt am Main George Henry Mackenzie ( USA ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary )  
1888 Bradford Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) George Henry Mackenzie ( USA ) Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ), James Mason ( Ireland )
1888 Leipzig Fritz Riemann ( Germany ), Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany )   Jacques Mieses ( Germany )
1889 new York Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary )   Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary )
1889 Wroclaw Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) Amos Burn ( England ) Jacques Mieses ( Germany )
1889 Amsterdam Amos Burn ( England ) Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) James Mason ( Ireland )
1890 Manchester Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) Henry Edward Bird ( England ), George Henry Mackenzie ( USA )
1890 Graz Gyula Makovetz ( Austria-Hungary ) Johann Hermann Bauer ( Austria-Hungary ) Emanuel Lasker ( Germany )
1892 Dresden Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) Gyula Makovetz ( Austria-Hungary ), Moritz Porges ( Austria-Hungary )
1892 Belfast Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), James Mason ( Ireland )   Henry Edward Bird ( England )
1892 London Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) James Mason ( Ireland )
1893 new York Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) Adolf Albin ( Romania ) Jackson Whipps Showalter ( USA )
1893 Kiel Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ), Carl August Walbrodt ( Germany )   Paul Lipke ( Germany )
1894 new York Wilhelm Steinitz ( USA ) Adolf Albin ( Romania ) Edward Hymes , Jackson Whipps Showalter ( USA )
1894 Leipzig Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) Paul Lipke ( Germany ) Richard Teichmann ( Germany )
1895 Hastings Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) Mikhail Chigorin ( Russia ) Emanuel Lasker ( Germany )
1895 / 1896 St. Petersburg Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) Wilhelm Steinitz ( USA ) Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA )
1896 Nuremberg Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany )
1896 Budapest Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary )   Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA )
1896 Vienna Dawid Janowski ( France ) Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary ) Jacques Mieses ( Germany ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland )
1897 Berlin Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ) Carl August Walbrodt ( Germany ) Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England )
1897 Berlin Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ) Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ) Wilhelm Cohn ( Germany ), Jacques Mieses ( Germany )
1897 London (1st International Ladies Tournament) Mary Rudge ( England ) Louisa Matilda Fagan ( Italy ) Eliza Mary Thorold ( England )
1898 Vienna Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) Dawid Janowski ( France )
1898 Cologne Amos Burn ( England ) Wilhelm Cohn ( Germany ), Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ), Michail Tschigorin ( Russia )  
1899 London Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) David Janowski ( France ), Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary )  
1899 Moscow Mikhail Chigorin ( Russia ) Emanuel Schiffers ( Russia ) Stepan Levitsky ( Russia )
1899 / 1900 Vienna Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) Miklos Brody ( Austria-Hungary ), Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary )  
1900 Paris Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ), Frank James Marshall ( USA )
1900 Munich Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary ), Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary )    
1900 London Richard Teichmann ( Germany ) James Mason ( Ireland ), Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary )