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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