Saint Petersburg 1896




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Lasker, Emanuel    2724 (35) 11.5 / 18 
Steinitz, Wilhelm    2622 (31) 9.5 / 18 
Pillsbury, Harry    2618 (29) 8 / 18 
Chigorin, Mikhail    2615 (29) 7 / 18 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Saint Petersburg Tournament
Place: Saint Petersburg
Start date: 13 Dec. 1895
End date: 27 Jan. 1896
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give the end date as 2 Jan. 1896; Gaige gives the end date as 27 Jan. 1896; Pope gives date of Pillsbury's last game as 27 Jan. 1896; Hannak says it lasted 7 weeks and ended in the last week of January.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 23, 34
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 162
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 42, 209
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 502
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 386
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 104
   Hannak, Emanuel Lasker, page 54
   Pope, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, page 83
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 145
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 26
Web
   Sericano, C.  [San Pietroburgo 1895/96]

Tournament information updated: 5 Sept. 2020