Chess tournament in London 1851
The chess tournament in London in 1851 is considered the first international chess tournament . The knockout tournament held at Crystal Palace was won by Adolf Anderssen , who established his status as the strongest player in the world or in Europe, depending on the source. In a friendship game outside of the tournament, he played the " Immortal Game " against Lionel Kieseritzky . The tournament was organized by Howard Staunton .
Venue
The Crystal Palace was specifically for the World Exhibition in London in 1851, the Great Exhibition , the engineer Charles Fox , designed by Joseph Paxton built. The possibilities of the industrial revolution made it possible to build a large part of the facade as glass windows. After the World's Fair, the building was dismantled and rebuilt in Sydenham until it fell victim to a fire on November 30, 1936. The remains in the form of two towers were demolished for military reasons during World War II in 1941. The Crystal Palace is considered to be the founder of the building shape glass palace .
At the time of the tournament, the World's Fair was still in full swing and the Crystal Palace was at its original location in Hyde Park .
Tournament table
| Round 1 | round 2 | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | .svg){kind=small} Anderssen
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2½ | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Kieseritsky
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½ | ||||||||||||||||
| Anderssen
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Szén
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2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Szén
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Newham
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anderssen
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Staunton
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1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Horwitz
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2½ | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Bird
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1½ | ||||||||||||||||
| Horwitz
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2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Staunton
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4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Staunton
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Brodie
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anderssen
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4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyvill
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2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Williams
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Lowenthal
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Williams
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Mucklow
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0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mucklow
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th | E. S. Kennedy
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Williams
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyvill
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | HA Kennedy
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Mayet
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| HA Kennedy
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3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wyvill
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4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wyvill
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2 | Williams
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4½ | ||||||||||||||
| 15th | lion
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0 | Staunton
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3½ | ||||||||||||||
- Placement games
The players eliminated in the quarterfinals completed a round for places 5 to 8. The losers in the first round were immediately out of the race.
| 3rd round | Play for 5th place | |||||
| HA Kennedy
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4th | |||||
| Mucklow
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0 | |||||
| Szén
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4½ | |||||
| HA Kennedy
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½ | |||||
| Game for 7th place | ||||||
| Szén
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4th | Horwitz
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without a fight | |||
| Horwitz
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0 | Mucklow
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literature
- Howard Staunton: The chess tournament . A collection of the games played at that celebrated assemblage, illustrated by copious diagrams and notes, critical and explanatory. Bohn, London 1852.
- Helmut Wieteck: 130 years ago: The Great Exhibition and the first international chess tournament of modern times: London 1851 . Schach-Echo 1981, issue 9, title pages 1 and 2, as well as pp. 140 and 142 (report and commented games).
- Mario Ziegler: The Chess Tournament London 1851 . ChessCoach, St. Ingbert 2013. ISBN 978-3-944158-00-6 .
Web links
- 1851 London Tournament at mark-weeks.com (English)
- Games at chessgames.com (English)
- Summary at rookhouse.com (English)