Zukertort, Johannes
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1864 |
9 |
2573 | (54) | 9 |
| 1865 |
6 |
2617 | (43) | 37 |
| 1866 |
12 |
2572 | (45) | 24 |
| 1867 |
13 |
2558 | (47) | 0 |
| 1868 |
13 |
2543 | (39) | 48 |
| 1869 |
14 |
2525 | (40) | 29 |
| 1870 |
12 |
2552 | (48) | 0 |
| 1871 |
7 |
2578 | (45) | 45 |
| 1872 |
5 |
2603 | (41) | 28 |
| 1873 |
2 |
2622 | (47) | 0 |
| 1874 |
2 |
2640 | (41) | 30 |
| 1875 |
2 |
2638 | (41) | 20 |
| 1876 |
2 |
2637 | (43) | 12 |
| 1877 |
2 |
2643 | (41) | 19 |
| 1878 |
2 |
2674 | (38) | 37 |
| 1879 |
2 |
2659 | (44) | 5 |
| 1880 |
2 |
2664 | (41) | 22 |
| 1881 |
2 |
2667 | (36) | 31 |
| 1882 |
2 |
2651 | (33) | 31 |
| 1883 |
2 |
2655 | (28) | 92 |
| 1884 |
4 |
2608 | (29) | 170 |
| 1885 |
9 |
2576 | (40) | 0 |
| 1886 |
13 |
2543 | (34) | 41 |
| 1887 |
23 |
2495 | (32) | 58 |
| 1888 |
34 |
2460 | (44) | 21 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Zukertort, Johannes Hermann |
| Also known as: Dr. Johannes H. Zukertort |
| Born: 7 Sep. 1842 |
| Died: 20 June 1888 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives death date 20-06-1888. Reichhelm gives death date 20-08-1888. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 65 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 298, 306 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 99 |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 322, 972 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 481 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 352 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 230, 321, 375 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 129, 241, 260, 582 |
| Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 27 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 387 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 458 |
| Murray, History of Chess, page 889 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 156, 209 |
| Periodicals |
| [BCM], vol. 8, no. 7, July 1888, page 307 |
| [BCM], vol. 8, no. 8, Aug. 1888, page 338 |
| [CML], vol. 9, no. 11, July 1888, page 322 |
| [CW], vol. 3, no. 10, Jan. 1868, page 387 |
| [ILN], vol. 73, no. 2045, 7 Sep. 1878, page 236 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1866, page 43 |
| [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 30 |
| Web |
| Cree, Graeme. [1886 Steinitz-Zukertort World Championship Match] |
| Giffen, Glen. [Zukertort, Johann Hermann] |
| Harding, Tim. [A Portion of Sugar Tart] |
| Sarah. [Interview with Johannes Zukertort] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Soszynski, Marek. [The Definitive Portion of Sugar Tart] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4200. Graves] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Anderssen (offhand) - Zukertort, J.H. 1864 |
(c) |
5.5 | - | 3.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1865 (1) |
(c) |
15 | - | 8 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1865 (2) |
(c) |
10 | - | 4 |
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| Knorre, V. - Zukertort, J.H. 1866 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 11.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1866 |
(c) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Anderssen, K.E.A. - Zukertort, J.H. 1868 |
(f) |
11.5 | - | 4.5 |
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| Anderssen (offhand) - Zukertort, J.H. 1868 |
(c) |
11.5 | - | 12.5 |
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| Berger, J.N. - Zukertort, J.H. 1868 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Minckwitz, J. - Zukertort, J.H. 1869 (1) |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Schurig, B.E.R. 1869 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Minckwitz, J. - Zukertort, J.H. 1869 (2) |
(c) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Loyd, S. 1869 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Wayte, W. 1869 |
(c) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1871 (1) |
(c) |
5 | - | 2 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1871 (2) |
(c) |
20.5 | - | 16.5 |
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| Wisker, J. - Zukertort, J.H. 1872 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Owen, J. 1872 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Steinitz, W. - Zukertort, J.H. 1872 |
(f) |
9 | - | 3 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (1) |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (2) |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (3) |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (4) |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| de Vere, C.V. - Zukertort, J.H. 1874 |
(c) |
1 | - | 2 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Potter, W.N. 1875 |
(f) |
8 | - | 6 |
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| Blackburne, J.H. - Zukertort, J.H. 1877 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Owen, J. 1878 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Minchin, J.I. 1879 (1) |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Minchin, J.I. 1879 (2) |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 1.5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Minchin, J.I. 1879 (3) |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Rosenthal, S. 1880 |
(f) |
12.5 | - | 6.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Maude, A.F. 1880 |
(c) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Blackburne, J.H. 1881 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 4.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Judd, Max 1883 (1) |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Judd, Max 1883 (2) |
(c) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Sellman, A.G. 1883 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Delmar, E. (1) 1883 |
(c) |
13 | - | 3 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Ryan, J.S. 1883 |
(c) |
20.5 | - | 3.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Hodges, A.B. 1883 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 4.5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Richardson, P. 1883 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Foster, B.R. - Zukertort, J.H. 1883 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Hosmer, H. 1884 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Adair, J.D. 1884 |
(c) |
6 | - | 3 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Phillips, C.W. 1884 |
(c) |
4 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Boultbee, W.H. 1884 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Littlejohn, W.A. 1884 |
(c) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Freeland, E.B. 1884 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Gordon, J.H. 1884 |
(c) |
4 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Cherriman, J.B. 1884 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Morgan, J.H. 1884 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Salzman 1884 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (1) |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Bemrose, J. 1884 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (2) |
(s) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (3) |
(c) |
3 | - | 2 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Martinez, D.M. 1884 |
(c) |
9.5 | - | 3.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Thompson, D.S. 1884 |
(c) |
17 | - | 3 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Barbour, L.D. 1884 |
(c) |
6 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Judd, Max 1884 (1) |
(c) |
2 | - | 3 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Maurian, C.A. 1884 |
(c) |
3 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1884 |
(c) |
15.5 | - | 6.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Judd, Max 1884 (2) |
(c) |
1 | - | 2 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Jones, J.S. (1) 1884 (1) |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 3.5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Jones, J.S. (1) 1884 (2) |
(f) |
0 | - | 3 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Jones, J.S. (1) 1884 (3) |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Redding, J.D. 1884 (1) |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Jefferson, J.W. 1884 (1) |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Redding, J.D. 1884 (2) |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of the move |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Franklin, S. 1884 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Jefferson, J.W. 1884 (2) |
(s) |
1 | - | 2 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Peipers, F. 1884 (1) |
(f) |
4.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Zukertort, J.H. - Peipers, F. 1884 (2) |
(f) |
1 | - | 5 |
Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| Zukertort, J.H. - Judd, Max 1884 (3) |
(c) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Steinitz, W. - Zukertort, J.H. 1886 |
(f) |
12.5 | - | 7.5 |
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| Blackburne, J.H. - Zukertort, J.H. 1887 |
(f) |
9 | - | 5 |
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Tournament data
| Aachen 1868 (1) |
7th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier |
2.5 | / | 5 |
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| Hamburg 1869 (3) |
2nd North German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier |
2.5 | / | 6 |
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| Barmen 1869 (6) |
8th West German Chess Congress - Allgemeines Hauptturnier |
3.5 | / | 6 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Minckwitz, J. |
0 - 1 |
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| Berlin 1871 |
Berliner Schachgesellschaft Handicap Tournament |
14 | / | 16 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Wladimiroff, A. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1872 (3) |
British Chess Association Grand Tourney |
4.5 | / | 8 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - MacDonnell, G.A. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1872 (4) |
British Chess Association Handicap Tournament |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Baxter, C.M. |
1 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Steinitz, W. |
2 - 1 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Wisker, J. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1874 (4) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Vyse, W.E. |
2.5 - 1.5 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Chappell, W.T. |
2 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Cohen (1) |
3 - 1 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Osborne, W.N. |
2 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
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Zukertort, J.H. - de Vere, C.V. |
2 - 1 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Sothers |
1 - 2 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| London, England 1874 (9) |
City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Beardsell, T.J. |
1 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
| London, England 1875 (7) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Grady |
2 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Down, H.F. |
2 - 0 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Maas, A.J. |
0 - 2 |
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Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| London, England 1876 (9) |
Simpson's Divan Tournament |
9 | / | 12 |
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| Leipzig 1877 |
Leipzig Tournament |
8.5 | / | 11 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen, K.E.A. |
0 - 1 |
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| Cologne 1877 |
11th West German Chess Congress |
3.5 | / | 5 |
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| Paris 1878 |
Paris International Chess Congress |
16.5 | / | 22 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Winawer, S.A. |
3 - 1 |
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| London, England 1881 (1) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Blackburne, J.H. |
1 - 0 |
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| Berlin 1881 (1) |
2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
11 | / | 16 |
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| Vienna 1882 (2) |
Vienna International Tournament |
19.5 | / | 31 |
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| London, England 1883 (5) |
London Tournament |
24.5 | / | 32 |
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| London, England 1886 (5) |
2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney |
6 | / | 12 |
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| Nottingham 1886 (7) |
Counties Chess Association - International Masters' Tournament |
6 | / | 9 |
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| London, England 1887 (3) |
British Chess Club Handicap |
13.5 | / | 15 |
odds player in a rook class |
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| Frankfurt 1887 (4) |
5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
8.5 | / | 20 |
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| London, England 1887 (4) |
3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament |
6 | / | 9 |
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| London, England 1888 (7) |
Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament |
8.5 | / | 15 |
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| London, England 1888 (8) |
British Chess Club Handicap |
7 | / | 8 |
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| Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024 |
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