DER INTERNATIONALE SCHACHKONGRESS ZU PARIS IM JAHRE 1878 Add to Watch List Watching View Watchlist >

[8 ad]+vi+175+[1 ad] pages with tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in brown cloth The revival of France after the Franco-Prussian War was demonstrated by a world exhibition. Paris was a city of light for the first time. A great chess tournament took place in the exhibition hall from 17 June to 31 July 1878. The participation of George Henry Mackenzie and James Mason made it the first intercontinental tournament in Europe. Eleven double rounds were played. Wilhelm Steinitz was present as reporter for The Field.The event was won by Szymon Winawer and Johannes Hermann Zukertort, who decided to share the first prize after they each won a play-off game. They drew twice, so another play-off was necessary. Zukertort won both games and gained the first prize. Mackenzie defeated Henry Edward Bird twice in the struggle for the fourth place.Winners of the prizes were: Zukertort (1000 Frans + two Sèvres vases), Winawer (500 F + one vase), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1500 F), Mackenzie (1000 F), Bird (500 F), and the ill Adolf Anderssen (200 F). Zukertort¿s vases were priced at 5800 Francs. He needed cash, and it took three days until he could sell them much below the estimated value. Other participants in the tournament in finishing order were Englisch, Rosenthal, Clerc, Gifford and Karl Pitschel. Condition: Rebound This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, writer of chess books, and international arbiter.

Author: E. Schallopp
Publisher: Verlag von Veit & Comp
Publisher city: Leipzig
Year: 1879
Pages: 175
Language: German
Condition: Fair

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