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Vienna 1873
Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:53
Vienna 1873
The international chess tournament in Vienna 1873 was held during the world exhibition 1873.
The tournament took place in the rooms of the Wiener Schachgesellschaft from June 21 to August 29. The time limit was twenty moves per hour. It was a twelve player tournament and each participant played every other for a match for two points with a maximum of three games. There were eleven rounds of match competitions. Every short match had to be ended within two days. If the overall score gave no winner (1:1,=1 or 0:0,=3), the result was drawn with a half point given to each player. Wilhelm Steinitz won the tournament after a play-off with Joseph Henry Blackburne (2–0).
After this tournament Steinitz was regarded as the strongest player in the world.
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria, Baron Albert Salomon von Rothschild and Baron Ignaz von Kolisch contributed large sums to the prize fund. The prizes winners were: Steinitz 10 points & winner of playoff (1000 guldens (F) & 200 golden ducats), Blackburne 10 points (600 F), Anderssen 8½ points (300 F), Rosenthal 7½ points (200 F). Scores of the other players were: Paulsen and Bird 6½, Fleissig and Meitner 3½, Heral, Schwarz and Gelbfuhs 3, Pitschel 1.
Interesting Games:
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1873.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Be7
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Be2 d6 12. f4 g6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. h4 h5
15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Be6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e5 Qe8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Bf5 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Bxg4 Be4 26. Qe3 d5 27. Qc5
1-0
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1873.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1
Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rxd7 Rfb8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. h4 Qg4 20. Rxa7
Rxa7 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Nd1 Re2 26. Kf1
1-0
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1873.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 g6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rfb8 17. b3 Qe5 18. Na4 Re8 19. f3 Qb5 20. c4 Qe5 21. Qd2
a5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Bf2 c5 24. Re2 f5 25. Rfe1 Qf7 26. exf5 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qxf5
28. g4 Qf7 29. Bg3 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qe1 Qe3 33. Qxe3 Bxe3
34. Nc3 Nb6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Bd4 37. Nb5 d5 38. cxd5 Nxd5 39. Ke4 c6 40.
Nxd4 Nc3+ 41. Kd3 cxd4 42. a4 Ke6 43. Be1 Nd5 44. Ke4 c5 45. f5+ gxf5+ 46.
gxf5+ Kd6 47. Bxa5 Nf6+ 48. Kd3 Nd7 49. Bd2 Kd5 50. Bf4 Kc6 51. Ke4 Nb6 52. f6
Nd5 53. f7 Nf6+ 54. Kd3 Nd7 55. Kd2
1-0
The two playoff games:
[Event "Vienna playoff-1st place"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1873.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 d5 15.
Qc2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Nh4
Rb8 22. Nf6 Qe6 23. Bxc6 Qxf6 24. f3 Rb6 25. Bd5 Rfb8 26. b3 Nxb3 27. Nf5 Nc5
28. c4 Rb2 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Qc3 R8b3 31. Qxa5 Re3+ 32. Kf1 Rxf3+ 33. Kg1 Rxg3
0-1
[Event "Vienna playoff-1st place"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1873.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
1. a3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. dxc5 Qc7 5. Bd3 Qxc5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8.
Nbc3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 Qd8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Ne5
15. h3 Rg8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. c4 Nd8 19. Rfc1 Ne6 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Nd5
Bh8 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Qf2 Bc6 24. Qh4 Nd4 25. Bg5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kd7 27. Bxe7
Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc3 30. Bf6 Qc8 31. Qg4+ Nf5 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. Bxc3
h5 34. Qf3 Nh4 35. Bxh8 Qxh8 36. Rc1+ Kb7 37. Qc3 Qd8 38. Qc6+ Kb8 39. Ba6
1-0
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Baden Baden 1870
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 11:15
Baden Baden 1870
The chess tournament in Baden Baden (Germany) was the first strong tournament where chess clocks were used.
Ten first-rate players participated in the double rounded event: Adolf Anderssen (Germany), Wilhelm Steinitz (UK), Gustav Neumann (Germany), Joseph H. Blackburne (UK), Louis Paulsen (Germany), Cecil De Vere (UK) , Samuel Rosenthal (Poland), Simon Winawer (Poland), Johanes von Minckwitz (Germany) and Adolf Stern (Germany). The event lasted from 18 July until 4 August 1870. Each day one game was played. Double rounds of two participants were played consecutively. Twenty moves had to be made per hour. The first time control was after two hours. Play started at 9 AM. If a player did not appear within one-and-a-half hour, the game was forfeited.
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
| 1 |  Adolf Anderssen (German Empire) /  Prussian Silesia |
xx | 11 | 00 | 1½ | 11 | 1½ | 10 | 10 | 11 | -- | 11 |
| 2 |  Wilhelm Steinitz (United Kingdom) /  Bohemia |
00 | xx | 11 | 0½ | 11 | 11 | 11 | ½1 | ½0 | ½1 | 10½ |
| 3 | Gustav Neumann (German Empire) / Prussian Silesia |
11 | 00 | xx | 1½ | 01 | 01 | 11 | 0½ | 11 | -- | 10 |
| 4 | Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom) /  England |
0½ | 1½ | 0½ | xx | 10 | 11 | 1½ | ½½ | 11 | -- | 10 |
| 5 | Louis Paulsen (German Empire) /  Lippe |
00 | 00 | 10 | 01 | xx | 10 | 1½ | 1½ | ½1 | -- | 7½ |
| 6 | Cecil De Vere (United Kingdom) /  Scotland |
0½ | 00 | 10 | 00 | 01 | xx | 01 | 11 | 01 | -- | 6½ |
| 7 |  Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire) /  Poland |
01 | 00 | 00 | 0½ | 0½ | 10 | xx | 1½ | 11 | -- | 6½ |
| 8 |  Samuel Rosenthal (France) / Poland |
01 | ½0 | 1½ | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 0½ | xx | 00 | -- | 5 |
| 9 | Johannes Minckwitz (German Empire) /  Saxony |
00 | ½1 | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 10 | 00 | 11 | xx | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Adolf Stern (German Empire) /  Rhineland-Palatinate |
-- | ½0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 01 | xx | - |
The first prize of 3000 francs was made available by the administration of the ‘Conversation house’ or Casino of Baden-Baden. A prize of 600 francs consisted of the registration fees of 50 francs per participant. The Committee added a third prize of 400 francs. Four players received a substantial amount of money.
Interesting games:
[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1870.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. f5 d5
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qd6 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bc1 Kh7 15.
g4 Rh8 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nb3 b4 18. Bd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. O-O-O Nc4 21. Kb1
Qa6 22. Bc1 Ba3 23. Ka1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. Rh2 Rb8 27. Bd3 Na5
28. Nxa5 Qxc3+ 29. Rhb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxd3 31. Qe2 Re3 0-1
[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1870.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. Nf6+
Kh8 15. Nxe5 Ng6 16. Nxg6+ hxg6 17. Ne4 Kh7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 Bd7
21. d6 Rae8 22. dxc7 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxc7 25. Qd7+ Qg7 26. Rxe8 Bxh2+
27. Kh1 Qxd7 28. Rxf8 Be5 29. Rb1 Qd4 30. Rxb7+ Bg7 31. Rff7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+
33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 h5 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 f4 37. Rg8 1-0
[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1870.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8.
d3 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nd1 a4 12. Ba2 O-O 13. Ne3 Ba6 14. Nf5 b4 15.
axb4 Qxb4+ 16. c3 Qa5 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Bb1 a3 20. b4 Bxb4 21. cxb4
Qxb4+ 22. Ke2 a2 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. Rxa2 Nc5 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Bb4 Rb8 27. Bxc5
Rb2+ 28. Ke3 Qa5 29. Rd1 Qxc5+ 30. d4 exd4+ 31. Kf4 h6 32. Nh3 Re8 33. Qd3 g5+
34. Kf3 g4+ 35. Kg3 Rxe4 36. Qf1 Qe5+ 37. Kh4 gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Rb3+ 39. g3 Rf4
40. Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Qc4 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Rxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1
Rg3+ 0-1
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Grossguth-Fischer 1956 annotated chess game
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:28
Grossguth,C - Fischer,Robert James [B92]
USA-ch Juniors USA, 1956
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Bobby Fischer was 13 years old when he played this game. He is already using the Najdorf Sicilian (5.-a6 named after GM Miguel Najdorf), his main defence against 1.e4 during his whole career. About the opponent I don't know much. He played like about ELO 2100 this game.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
The Sicilian Najdorf
6.Be2
Other main lines are 6.Bg5, 6.Be3, 6.Bc4 or 6.f4
6...e5
A good alternative is 6...e6
7.Nb3 Be7
Possible is also 7...Be6. With 6...Be7 wants to castle fast.
8.Be3
The main line is 8.0–0
8...0–0
More often 8...Be6 is played
9.Qd2?!
9.0–0 is more popular, but the best results White is getting after 9.g4!?
9...b5
9.-Be6 is normally preferred
10.f3 Be6 11.g4?!
Better are 11.0–0 or 11.Nd5 The text move tries to start a king side attack. But Bobby is now able to play a classical counter-attack in the centre
11...d5!
White has now immediate problems with his centre. Black has the initiative.
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:45
Tournament Reviews
Sunday, 13 June 2010 15:47
Tournament Reviews
Besides single annotated games we provide on Chessfriend.com also complete chess tournaments where the games of the best players are annotated. The idea is to show how top players are playing their tournaments and what the average player can learn from them.
Typically we will annotate all games of the first three up to six players, depending on the total number of players. The tournaments include classic tournaments starting around 1870 and of course also the latest tournaments of our decade. Besides the annotated games we provide information about ELO performances, error statistics, opening statistics, endgame statistics and links to the organizer website when available.
List of covered tournaments:
- Baden Baden 1870 (winner: Anderssen)
- Vienna 1873 ( Steinitz, Blackburne)
- Paris 1878 ( Zukertort, Winawer)
- Berlin 1881 ( Blackburne)
- Vienna 1882 ( Steinitz, Winawer)
- London 1883 ( Zukertort)
- Nuremberg 1888 (Tarrasch)
- Hastings 1895 (Pillsbury)
- Nuremberg 1896 (Lasker)
- Berlin 1897 (Charousek)
- Vienna 1898 (Tarrasch, Pillsbury)
- London 1899 (Lasker)
- Paris 1900 (Lasker)
- Monte Carlo 1903 (Tarrasch)
- Ostende 1907 (Tarrasch)
- Carlsbad 1907 (Rubinstein)
- St.Petersburg 1909 (Lasker)
- San Sebastian 1911 (Capablanca)
- Carlsbad 1911 (Teichmann)
- San Sebastian 1912 (Rubinstein)
- St. Petersburg 1914 (Lasker)
- Carlsbad 1923 (Alekhine, Boglojubov, Maroczy)
- New York 1924 (Lasker)
- Moscow 1925 ( Bogoljubov)
- New York 1927 (Capablanca)
- Carlsbad 1929 (Nimzowitsch)
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Annotated Chess Games
Sunday, 13 June 2010 15:44
Annotated Chess Games
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