Frankfurt 1887 (4)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Mackenzie, George    2619 (29) 15 / 20 
Weiss, Miksa    2597 (39) 13.5 / 20 
Blackburne, Joseph    2599 (29) 13.5 / 20 
von Bardeleben, Curt    2561 (36) 13 / 20 
Berger, Johann    2538 (41) 12 / 20 
Tarrasch, Siegbert    2615 (38) 12 / 20 
Englisch, Berthold    2561 (42) 11.5 / 20 
Paulsen, Louis    2528 (42) 11 / 20 
Schallopp, Emil    2535 (33) 11 / 20 
Schiffers, Emanuel    2477 (45) 10 / 20 
Alapin, Semyon    2483 (44) 9.5 / 20 
Burn, Amos    2540 (30) 9.5 / 20 
Noa, József    2445 (44) 9 / 20 
Metger, Johannes    2433 (44) 8.5 / 20 
Gunsberg, Isidor    2589 (29) 8.5 / 20 
Zukertort, Johannes    2502 (32) 8.5 / 20 
von Scheve, Theodor    2473 (35) 8 / 20 
von Gottschall, Hermann    2455 (41) 8 / 20 
Taubenhaus, Jean    2443 (35) 6.5 / 20 
Fritz, Alexander    2370 (46) 6 / 20 
Harmonist, Max    2460 (37) 5.5 / 20 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier
Place: Frankfurt
Start date: 18 July 1887
End date: 2 Aug. 1887
 
Notes:
Gaige gives starting date July 18, 1887; Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give July 17. According to the British Chess Magazine, the Congress opened on the 17th, but play began on the 18th.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 245
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 106
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 32, 206
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 297
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 56
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 293
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 246
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 144
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 205
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 7, no. 8, Aug. 1887, page 339
   [Brud], vol. 3, no. 32, 6 Aug. 1887, page 269
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Francoforte 1887]

Tournament information updated: 6 May 2022