Frankfurt 1887 (4)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Mackenzie, George    2616 (29) 15 / 20 
Weiss, Miksa    2592 (39) 13.5 / 20 
Blackburne, Joseph    2591 (29) 13.5 / 20 
von Bardeleben, Curt    2556 (36) 13 / 20 
Berger, Johann    2533 (41) 12 / 20 
Tarrasch, Siegbert    2610 (38) 12 / 20 
Englisch, Berthold    2555 (42) 11.5 / 20 
Paulsen, Louis    2523 (42) 11 / 20 
Schallopp, Emil    2530 (33) 11 / 20 
Schiffers, Emanuel    2472 (45) 10 / 20 
Alapin, Semyon    2479 (44) 9.5 / 20 
Burn, Amos    2532 (30) 9.5 / 20 
Noa, József    2440 (44) 9 / 20 
Metger, Johannes    2428 (44) 8.5 / 20 
Gunsberg, Isidor    2581 (29) 8.5 / 20 
Zukertort, Johannes    2495 (32) 8.5 / 20 
von Scheve, Theodor    2468 (35) 8 / 20 
von Gottschall, Hermann    2454 (41) 8 / 20 
Taubenhaus, Jean    2436 (35) 6.5 / 20 
Fritz, Alexander    2364 (46) 6 / 20 
Harmonist, Max    2456 (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