Aachen 1868 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Tendering, Franz    2364 (137) 1 /
Lichtenscheidt, Richard    1916 (133) 0 /
 
Schuster (1)    2169 (138) 1 /
Riefenstahl, Herm.    2152 (100) 0 /
 
Göring, Carl    2381 (73) 1 /
Hipp, F.A.    1979 (121) 0 /
 
Schnitzler, Georg    2245 (89) 1.5 /
Hammacher, Eduard    1938 (110) 0.5 /
 
Levy, Meyer    1862 (145) 1 /
Uhlhorn, D.    0 /
 
Keller, Adolf    2166 (93) 1 /
Kockelkorn, Karl    2151 (97) 0 /
 
Höing, Karl    2190 (90) 1 /
Schlieper, Alfred    0 /
 
von Alpen    1 /
Thyssen, J.H.    0 /
 
Tendering, Franz    2364 (137) 1 /
Höing, Karl    2190 (90) 0 /
 
Schuster (1)    2169 (138) 1 /
Levy, Meyer    1862 (145) 0 /
 
Göring, Carl    2381 (73) 1.5 /
Keller, Adolf    2166 (93) 0.5 /
 
Schnitzler, Georg    2245 (89) 1 /
von Alpen    0 /
 
Tendering, Franz    2364 (137) 1 /
Göring, Carl    2381 (73) 0 /
 
Schuster (1)    2169 (138) 1 /
Schnitzler, Georg    2245 (89) 0 /
 
Tendering, Franz    2364 (137) 1 /
Schuster (1)    2169 (138) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 7th West German Chess Congress - Hauptturnier
Place: Aachen
Start date: 2 Aug. 1868
End date: 5 Aug. 1868
 
Notes:
This was a 16-player knockout tournament. Draws had to be replayed. We know that Schnitzler drew with Hammacher before beating him (the game is given by the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung, Oct. 1868, pp.293-294), and Göring drew with Keller before beating him (Neue Berliner Schachzeitung, Oct. 1868, p.296). There may have been others. Göring took third prize and Schnitzler fourth by lot. The Illustrirte Zeitung of 15 Aug. 1868 (p.122) says the final games were played on 5 Aug. 1868.
 
References
Books
   Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 5
Periodicals
   [IZL], vol. 51, no. 1311, 15 Aug. 1868, page 122
   [NBSZ], vol. 5, no. 5, May 1868, page 133
   [NBSZ], vol. 5, no. 9, Sep. 1868, page 262, 280
   [NBSZ], vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 1868, page 293, 296, 320
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 17, 1 Sep. 1868, page 274

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