Cologne 1898 (2)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Burn, Amos    2589 (28) 11.5 / 15 
Cohn, Wilhelm    2435 (34) 10.5 / 15 
Charousek, Rezső    2616 (42) 10.5 / 15 
Chigorin, Mikhail    2587 (29) 10.5 / 15 
Steinitz, Wilhelm    2597 (29) 9.5 / 15 
Schlechter, Carl    2562 (28) 9 / 15 
Showalter, Jackson    2518 (27) 9 / 15 
Berger, Johann    2481 (46) 8 / 15 
Janowsky, Dawid    2606 (29) 7.5 / 15 
von Popiel, Ignatz    2415 (41) 7 / 15 
Schiffers, Emanuel    2488 (30) 7 / 15 
von Gottschall, Hermann    2388 (47) 5.5 / 15 
Heinrichsen, Arved    2322 (47) 4 / 15 
Albin, Adolf    2332 (38) 4 / 15 
Fritz, Alexander    2278 (61) 3.5 / 15 
Schallopp, Emil    2324 (45) 3 / 15 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier
Place: Cologne
Start date: 1 Aug. 1898
End date: 19 Aug. 1898
 
Notes:
Sergeant, Feenstra Kuiper, Gaige and Di Felice give the start date of the Congress as 31 July 1898, but Fiala (p.20) indicates that the international tournament started on 1 Aug. 1898.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 34
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 185
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 46, 211
   Fiala, Cologne 1898
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 556
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 120
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 138
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 272
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 333
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 145
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 232

Tournament information updated: 19 Aug. 2022