Baden-Baden 1870 (chess tournament)

Baden-Baden 1870 - The 1st international chess tournament (congress) in Germany held from July 18 to August 4, 1870 in Baden-Baden.

I.S. Turgenev , a big chess fan, was invited as vice president. 9 participants played in 2 rounds with a time control of 1 hour for 20 moves. The tenth participant, Stern, managed to play 2 games each with Steinitz and Minkwitz and dropped out of the tournament, as he was drafted into the army in connection with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war . ^[1] His results were canceled, and 2 points were added to all participants.

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Standings

	Participant	one		2		3		four		five		6		7		eight		9		ten		Glasses	A place
one	Andersen, Adolf			one	one	one	½	0	0	one	one	one	½	one	0	one	one	one	0	+	+	13	one
2	Steinitz, Wilhelm	0	0			0	½	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	½	0	½	one	one	one	12½	2
3	Blackburn, Joseph	0	½	one	½			½	0	one	0	one	one	one	½	one	one	½	½	+	+	12	3-4 ^[2]
four	Neumann, Gustav	one	one	0	0	½	one			0	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	0	½	+	+	12	3-4
five	Paulsen, Ludwig	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0			one	0	one	½	½	one	one	½	+	+	9½	five
6	de ver, cecil	0	½	0	0	0	0	one	0	0	one			0	one	0	one	+	+	+	+	8½	6-7
7	Winaver, Shimon	0	one	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	one	0			one	one	one	½	+	+	8½	6-7
eight	Minkwitz, Johannes	0	0	½	one	0	0	0	0	½	0	one	0	0	0			+	+	one	one	7	8-9
9	Rosenthal, Samuel	0	one	½	0	½	½	one	½	0	½	-	-	0	½	-	-			+	+	7	8-9
ten	Stern, Adolf	-	-	½	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	one	0	-	-

Notes

↑ Neustadt J.I. Steinitz. Seeker of truth. M .: Ripol Classic, 2004 .-- S. 87
↑ Blackburn won the third prize.

Literature

Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - P. 25. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .

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Tournament Information

[1] Neustadt J.I. Steinitz. Seeker of truth. M .: Ripol Classic, 2004 .-- S. 87

[2] Blackburn won the third prize.