Leipzig 1871 (1)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Anderssen, Adolf    2672 (47) 4.5 /
Mieses, Samuel    2481 (65) 4.5 /
Göring, Carl    2407 (54) 3 /
Pitschel, Karl    2273 (64) 2 /
Schurig, Richard    2165 (81) 1 /
Pöschmann, B. (1)    0 /
 
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Anderssen, Adolf    2672 (47) 1 /
Mieses, Samuel    2481 (65) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 1st Central German Chess Congress - Master Tournament
Place: Leipzig
Start date: 27 Dec. 1871
End date: 30 Dec. 1871
 
Notes:
Gaige indicates that Anderssen won the play-off with Mieses but does not give the play-off score; Di Felice and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give the play-off score as 1-0. The Deutsche Schachzeitung of Jan. 1872 (p.11) says they only had to play one play-off game, and that Anderssen won it. Feenstra Kuiper just gives total scores for each player, but they are consistent if they include the 1-0 play-off result. The schedule for the tournament indicated that it would finish on 31 Dec. 1871, but on p.10 of the Jan. 1872 Deutsche Schachzeitung, it says that everything was finished on Saturday, Dec. 30.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 52
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 24
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 13
Periodicals
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1872, page 6, 11
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1738, 14 Jan. 1872, page 4
   [IZL], vol. 57, no. 1485, 16 Dec. 1871, page 470
   [IZL], vol. 58, no. 1488, 6 Jan. 1872, page 20
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 11, Nov. 1871, page 338
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 152
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Leipzig 1871]

Tournament information updated: 17 Jul. 2025