Chess tournament in London 1883

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The chess tournament in London 1883 was a double- round chess tournament between fourteen of the strongest players in the world, held from April 26th to June 23rd, 1883 in the Victoria Hall of the London Criterion . Johannes Hermann Zukertort won the tournament three points ahead of Wilhelm Steinitz , who was previously the strongest player in the world , after Zukertort took opiates with 22/26 points at the end of the tournament and lost the last three rounds. The significant tournament win and his well-known win against Joseph Henry Blackburne led to Zukertort seeing himself as Champion of the World . As a result of the rivalry, the first world chess championship came about in 1886 .

Draw games were repeated up to twice, with the result of the third game also counting for a draw.

Mechanical double clocks were used for the first time .

Seven prizes were available for the top finishers of up to £ 250. The worse players received consolation prizes from a prize fund of an additional £ 50 . The beauty prize went to Samuel Rosenthal for a game with the black stones against Steinitz.

Five games were played each week, from noon to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Draw games were repeated on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Blackburne and Rosenthal did not repeat a draw game that no longer influenced the standings, while Skipworth left the tournament prematurely.

space player 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th Points
1 Congress PolandCongress Poland Johannes H. Zukertort xx 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 + 22.0
2 Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria Wilhelm Steinitz 1 0 xx 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 19.0
3 EnglandEngland Joseph Henry Blackburne 0 0 1 0 xx 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16.5
4th Russian Empire 1858Russian Empire Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin 0 0 1 1 1 0 xx 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 + 16.0
5 Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria George Henry Mackenzie 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 xx ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 + 15.5
6th Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria Berthold English 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ xx 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 15.5
7th United States 38United States James Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 xx 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 15.5
8th Third French RepublicThird French Republic Samuel Rosenthal 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 xx ½ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 + 14.0
9 Congress PolandCongress Poland Szymon Winawer 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 xx 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 + 13.0
10 EnglandEngland Henry Edward Bird 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 xx 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 + 12.0
11 Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary Josef Noa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 xx 0 1 1 1 0 + 9.5
12 United States 38United States Alexander Sellman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 xx 1 1 0 + 6.5
13 United States 38United States James Mortimer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx 0 1 3.0
14th EnglandEngland Arthur Skipworth 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 0 xx 3.0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London 1883 and 1899 ( Memento from June 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at endgame.nl. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  2. ↑ Ernst Strouhal: Chess in the Age of Impatience . In: KARL 2/2001
  3. ↑ table at mark-weeks.com

literature

  • James Minchin: Games played in the London international chess tournament, 1883 . Reprint. British Chess Magazine, St. Leonards on Sea 1973. ISBN 0900846089 .

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