Frankfurt 1887 (4)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Mackenzie, George    2619 (29) 15 / 20 
Weiss, Miksa    2595 (39) 13.5 / 20 
Blackburne, Joseph    2595 (29) 13.5 / 20 
von Bardeleben, Curt    2559 (36) 13 / 20 
Berger, Johann    2535 (41) 12 / 20 
Tarrasch, Siegbert    2613 (38) 12 / 20 
Englisch, Berthold    2557 (42) 11.5 / 20 
Paulsen, Louis    2526 (42) 11 / 20 
Schallopp, Emil    2534 (33) 11 / 20 
Schiffers, Emanuel    2475 (45) 10 / 20 
Alapin, Semyon    2481 (44) 9.5 / 20 
Burn, Amos    2535 (30) 9.5 / 20 
Noa, József    2442 (44) 9 / 20 
Metger, Johannes    2431 (44) 8.5 / 20 
Gunsberg, Isidor    2584 (29) 8.5 / 20 
Zukertort, Johannes    2498 (32) 8.5 / 20 
von Scheve, Theodor    2473 (35) 8 / 20 
von Gottschall, Hermann    2456 (41) 8 / 20 
Taubenhaus, Jean    2439 (35) 6.5 / 20 
Fritz, Alexander    2366 (46) 6 / 20 
Harmonist, Max    2462 (38) 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