Held from March 23-April 17, 1908, this and the Prague (1908) event in May-June were jubilee tournaments commemorating the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph. They were probably the two most important tournaments of the year, with player lists that included many of the top players of the time:
Semyon Alapin, Johann Berger, Erich Cohn, Oldrich Duras, Paul Johner, Paul Leonhardt, Geza Maroczy, Frank Marshall, Jacques Mieses, Julius Perlis, Richard Reti, Akiba Rubinstein, Georg Salwe, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Hugo Suechting, Rudolf Swiderski, Savielly Tartakower, Richard Teichmann, Curt von Bardeleben.
"International Chess Tournament Vienna 1908. The following masters will participate in this tournament, which begins on March 22nd in the rooms of the Vienna Chess Club, 1st district, Wallnerstrasse No. 2: Simon Alapin (Petersburg), Ad. Albin (Vienna), Kurt v. Bardeleben (Berlin), Government Councillor Joh. Berger (Graz), Oldrich Duras (Prague), Leo Forgäcs*) (Budapest), D. Janowski (Paris), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (Stockholm), Geza Maröczy (Budapest), Frank J. Marshall (New York), Jacques Mieses (Leipzig), A. Niemzowitsch**) (Riga), Dr. Julius Perlis (Vienna), A. Rubinstein (Lodz), G. Salwe (Lodz), Karl Schlechter (Vienna), Rud. Spielmann (Munich), Hugo Süchting (Brackrade), Rud. Swiderski (Leipzig), Savielly Tartakower (Vienna), Rud. Teichmann (London). This list contains the most brilliant representatives of art in a completeness rarely achieved and never surpassed. This was to be expected, because with such high prizes no sportsman stays at home if he is convinced that he can prove his superiority. Anyone who wants to be considered as a full-fledged sportsman must constantly strive to maintain or increase his prestige.
A splendid example is the chivalrous Hungarian Geza Maröczy, who won five second prizes and five first prizes in international tournaments (second prize Nuremberg 1906, London 1899, Monte Carlo 1903, Ostend 1906, Karlsbad 1907; first prize: Munich 1900, Monte Carlo 1902 and 1904, Ostend 1905, Barmen 1905), but this fame is still not enough for him; his unbridled fighting spirit drives him to new and greater achievements.
There is our illustrious compatriot Karl Schlechter, who won three second prizes, won first prize four times (second prize: Monte Carlo 1901 and 1904, Ostend 1907; first prize: Munich 1900, Coburg 1904, Stockholm 1906, Ostend 1906) and emerged ever greater from each fight, as if tempered by a furness— Janowski (second prize: London 1899, Cambridge Springs 1904, Ostend 1905; first prize: Monte Carlo 1901, Hanover 1902, Barmen 1905);— Marshall (second prize: Vienna 1903; first prize: Cambridge Springs 1904, Nuremberg 1906); Rubinstein (first prize: Ostend 1907, Carlsbad 1907); Mieses, v. Bardeleben, Swiderski, Teichmann, Leonhardt, but also all the others have fought with distinction in major tournaments and won high prizes. The tournament in the Vienna Chess Club will therefore be a spectacle of the very highest order.
*Leo Forgäcs informed the committee on March 15th that he was unfortunately unable to take part.
**Nimzowitsch had to withdraw due to illness."
(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung, February 1908.
Schlechter and Rubinstein started fast with four straight wins, but the latter lost in round 5 and was never able to catch up thereafter. Instead, Maroczy and Duras joined Schlechter in the top group, and though both fell behind in the course of events they were able to finish strong and make up ground on the cruising Schlechter.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Maroczy X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 14.0
2 Schlechter ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 14.0
3 Duras 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 14.0
4 Rubinstein ½ ½ 1 X ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 13.0
5 Teichmann ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12.0
6 Spielmann ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11.5
7 Perlis ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 X 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11.0
8 Tartakower 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11.0
9 Leonhardt ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ X 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 10.0
10 Mieses 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 10.0
11 Marshall ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 X ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
12 Swiderski 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ X 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9.5
13 Salwe 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 X ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5
14 Johner 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ X 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 7.5
15 Berger 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 0 ½ 0 1 1 7.0
16 Suechting 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 X ½ 0 ½ ½ 6.5
17 Bardeleben 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ X 0 ½ 1 6.5
18 Alapin 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 X 0 1 6.5
19 Cohn ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 X 1 6.0
20 Reti 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 1.5
Note that this tournament is not part of the Trebitsch Memorial series which began with Game Collection: Vienna 1907 see Wikipedia article: Trebitsch Memorial for a list of tournaments and winners of those events. Other errors have been corrected using the round-by-round account given in the tournament book, which is available through Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=Jm.... Thanks to <Calli> for providing a cumulative scoretable from a contemporary report in <Wienerschach Zeitung>, which helped clarify some questions.Round 1 (Monday, March 23): Johner 1/2 Perlis; Alapin 1 Reti; Cohn 0 Salwe; Marshall 0 Spielmann; Maroczy 1 Swiderski; Berger 1/2 Leonhardt; Teichmann 1/2 Tartakower; Schlechter 1 Suechting; Duras 1/2 Mieses; Rubinstein 1 Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <1.0>: Alapin, Maroczy, Rubinstein, Salwe, Schlechter, Spielmann; <0.5>: Berger, Duras, Johner, Leonhardt, Mieses, Perlis, Tartakower, Teichmann; <0.0>: Bardeleben, Cohn, Marshall, Reti, Suechting, Swiderski
Round 2 (Tuesday, March 24): Suechting 0 Duras; Tartakower 0 Schlechter; Leonhardt 1/2 Teichmann; Swiderski 1 Berger; Spielmann 1/2 Maroczy; Salwe 0 Marshall; Reti 0 Cohn; Perlis 1/2 Alapin; Rubinstein 1 Johner; Bardeleben 1/2 Mieses
STANDINGSs: <2.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <1.5>: Alapin, Duras, Maroczy, Spielmann; <1.0>: Cohn, Leonhardt, Marshall, Mieses, Perlis, Salwe, Swiderski, Teichmann; <0.5>: Bardeleben, Berger, Johner, Tartakower; <0.0>: Reti, Suechting
Round 3 (Wednesday, March 25): Alapin 0 Rubinstein; Cohn 0 Perlis; Marshall 1 Reti; Maroczy 1 Salwe; Berger 1/2 Spielmann; Teichmann 1/2 Swiderski; Schlechter 1 Leonhardt; Duras 1/2 Tartakower; Mieses 1/2 Suechting; Johner 0 Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <3.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <2.5>: Maroczy; <2.0>: Duras, Marshall, Perlis, Spielmann; <1.5>: Alapin, Bardeleben, Mieses, Swiderski, Teichmann; <1.0>: Berger, Cohn, Leonhardt, Salwe, Tartakower; <0.5>: Johner, Suechting; <0.0>: Reti
Round 4 (Friday, March 27): Tartakower 1/2 Mieses; Leonhardt 0 Duras; Swiderski 0 Schlechter; Spielmann 1/2 Teichmann; Salwe 1/2 Berger; Reti 0 Maroczy; Perlis 1 Marshall; Rubinstein 1 Cohn; Johner 0 Alapin; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Suechting
STANDINGS: <4.0>: Rubinstein, Schlechter; <3.5>: Maroczy; <3.0>: Duras, Perlis; <2.5>: Alapin, Spielmann; <2.0>: Marshall, Mieses, Teichmann, Von Bardeleben; <1.5>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski, Tartakower; <1.0>: Cohn, Leonhardt, Suechting; <0.5>: Johner; <0.0>: Reti
Round 5 (Saturday, March 28): Cohn 0 Johner; Marshall 1 Rubinstein; Maroczy 1/2 Perlis; Berger 1 Reti; Teichmann 1/2 Salwe; Schlechter 1/2 Spielmann; Duras 1 Swiderski; Mieses 0 Leonhardt; Suechting 1/2 Tartakower; Alapin 1 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <4.5>: Schlechter; <4.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Rubinstein; <3.5>: Alapin, Perlis; <3.0>: Marshall, Spielmann; <2.5>: Berger, Teichmann; <2.0>: Leonhardt, Mieses, Salwe, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <1.5>: Johner, Suechting, Swiderski; <1.0>: Cohn; <0.0>: Reti
Round 6 (Monday, March 30): Leonhardt 1/2 Suechting; Swiderski 1 Mieses; Spielmann 1/2 Duras; Salwe 1/2 Schlechter; Reti 0 Teichmann; Perlis 1/2 Berger; Rubinstein 1/2 Maroczy; Johner 1 Marshall; Alapin 0 Cohn; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Tartakower
STANDINGS: <5.0>: Schlechter; <4.5>: Duras, Maroczy, Rubinstein; <4.0>: Perlis; <3.5>: Alapin, Spielmann, Teichmann; <3.0>: Berger, Marshall; <2.5>: Johner, Leonhardt, Salwe, Swiderski, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <2.0>: Cohn, Mieses, Suechting; <0.0>: Reti
Round 7 (Tuesday, March 31): Marshall 1 Alapin; Maroczy 1 Johner; Berger 1/2 Rubinstein; Teichmann 1/2 Perlis; Schlechter 1 Reti; Duras 1 Salwe; Mieses 1/2 Spielmann; Suechting 1 Swiderski; Tartakower 1/2 Leonhardt; Cohn 1/2 Von Bardeleben;
STANDINGS: <6.0>: Schlechter; <5.5>: Duras, Maroczy; <5.0>: Rubinstein; <4.5>: Perlis; <4.0>: Marshall, Spielmann, Teichmann;
<3.5>: Alapin, Berger; <3.0>: Leonhardt, Suechting, Tartakower, Von Bardeleben; <2.5>: Cohn, Johner, Mieses, Salwe, Swiderski; <0.0>: Reti
Round 8 (Wednesday, April 1): Swiderski 0 Tartakower; Spielmann 1 Suechting; Salwe 0 Mieses; Reti 1/2 Duras; Perlis 1/2 Schlechter; Rubinstein 1/2 Teichmann; Johner 1 Berger; Alapin 0 Maroczy; Cohn 0 Marshall; Von Bardeleben 0 Leonhardt
STANDINGS: <6.5>: Maroczy, Schlechter; <6.0>: Duras; <5.5>: Rubinstein; <5.0>: Marshall, Perlis, Spielmann; <4.5>: Teichmann; <4.0>: Leonhardt, Tartakower; <3.5>: Alapin, Berger, Johner, Mieses; <3.0>: Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <2.5>: Cohn, Salwe, Swiderski; <0.5>: Reti
Round 9 (Friday, April 3): Maroczy 1/2 Cohn; Berger 0 Alapin; Teichmann 1 Johner; Schlechter 1/2 Rubinstein; Duras 1 Perlis; Mieses 1 Reti; Suechting 1/2 Salwe; Tartakower 1/2 Spielmann; Leonhardt 0 Swiderski; Marshall 1 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <7.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Schlechter; <6.0>: Rubinstein, Marshall; <5.5>: Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.0>: Perlis; <4.5>: Alapin, Mieses, Tartakower; <4.0>: Leonhardt; <3.5>: Berger, Johner, Suechting, Swiderski; <3.0>: Cohn, Salwe, Von Bardeleben;
<0.5>: Reti
Round 10 (Saturday, April 4): Spielmann 1/2 Leonhardt; Salwe 1 Tartakower; Reti 1/2 Suechting; Perlis 1 Mieses; Rubinstein 1 Duras; Johner 0 Schlechter; Alapin 1/2 Teichmann; Cohn 0 Berger; Marshall 1/2 Maroczy; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Swiderski
STANDINGS: <8.0>: Schlechter; <7.5>: Maroczy; <7.0>: Duras, Rubinstein; <6.5>: Marshall; <6.0>: Perlis, Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.0>: Alapin; <4.5>: Berger, Leonhardt, Mieses, Tartakower; <4.0>: Salwe, Suechting, Swiderski; <3.5>: Johner, Von Bardeleben; <3.0>: Cohn; <1.0>: Reti
Round 11 (Monday, April 6): Berger 1/2 Marshall; Teichmann 1 Cohn; Schlechter 1 Alapin; Duras 1 Johner; Mieses 1 Rubinstein; Suechting 0 Perlis; Tartakower 1 Reti; Leonhardt 1/2 Salwe; Swiderski 0 Spielmann; Maroczy 1 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <9.0>: Schlechter; <8.5>: Maroczy; <8.0>: Duras; <7.0>: Marshall, Perlis, Rubinstein, Spielmann, Teichmann; <5.5>: Mieses, Tartakower; <5.0>: Alapin, Berger, Leonhardt; <4.5>: Salwe; <4.0>: Suechting, Swiderski; <3.5>: Johner, Von Bardeleben; <3.0>: Cohn; <1.0>: Reti
Round 12 (Tuesday, April 7): Salwe 0 Swiderski; Reti 1/2 Leonhardt; Perlis 0 Tartakower; Rubinstein 1/2 Suechting; Johner 0 Mieses; Alapin 0 Duras; Cohn 1/2 Schlechter; Marshall 0 Teichmann; Maroczy 0 Berger; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Spielmann
STANDINGS: <9.5>: Schlechter; <9.0>: Duras; <8.5>: Maroczy; <8.0>: Teichmann; <7.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <7.0>: Marshall, Perlis; <6.5>: Mieses, Tartakower; <6.0>: Berger; <5.5>: Leonhardt; <5.0>: Alapin, Swiderski; <4.5>: Salwe, Suechting; <4.0>: Von Bardeleben; <3.5>: Cohn, Johner; <1.5>: Reti
Round 13 (Wednesday, April 8): Teichmann 1/2 Maroczy; Schlechter 1 Marshall; Duras 1 Cohn; Mieses 1 Alapin; Suechting 1/2 Johner; Tartakower 0 Rubinstein; Leonhardt 1/2 Perlis; Swiderski 1 Reti; Spielmann 0 Salwe; Berger 1/2 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <10.5>: Schlechter; <10.0>: Duras; <9.0>: Maroczy; <8.5>: Rubinstein, Teichmann; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis, Spielmann; <7.0>: Marshall; <6.5>: Berger, Tartakower; <6.0>: Leonhardt, Swiderski; <5.5>: Salwe; <5.0>: Alapin, Suechting; <4.5>: Von Bardeleben; <4.0>: Johner; <3.5>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti
Round 14 (Friday, April 10): Reti 0 Spielmann; Perlis 0 Swiderski; Rubinstein 0 Leonhardt; Johner 0 Tartakower; Alapin 1 Suechting; Cohn 1 Mieses; Marshall 0 Duras; Maroczy 1/2 Schlechter; Berger 1/2 Teichmann; Von Bardeleben 1/2 Salwe
STANDINGS: <11.0>: Duras, Schlechter; <9.5>: Maroczy; <9.0>: Teichmann; <8.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis, Tartakower; <7.0>: Berger, Leonhardt, Marshall, Swiderski; <6.0>: Alapin, Salwe; <5.0>: Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <4.5>: Cohn; <4.0>: Johner; <1.5>: Reti
Round 15 (Saturday, April 11): Schlechter 1 Berger; Duras 0 Maroczy; Mieses 0 Marshall; Suechting 1/2 Cohn; Tartakower 1/2 Alapin; Leonhardt 1 Johner; Swiderski 0 Rubinstein; Spielmann 1 Perlis; Salwe 1 Reti; Teichmann 1 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <12.0>: Schlechter; <11.0>: Duras; <10.5>: Maroczy; <10.0>: Teichmann; <9.5>: Rubinstein, Spielmann; <8.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Tartakower; <7.5>: Mieses, Perlis; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski; <6.5>: Alapin; <5.5>: Suechting; <5.0>: Cohn, Von Bardeleben; <4.0>: Johner; <1.5>: Reti
Round 16 (Monday, April 13): Von Bardeleben 1 Reti; Perlis 1 Salwe; Rubinstein 1 Spielmann; Johner 1 Swiderski; Alapin 0 Leonhardt; Cohn 0 Tartakower; Marshall 1 Suechting; Maroczy 1 Mieses; Berger 0 Duras; Teichmann 1/2 Schlechter
STANDNGS: <12.5>: Schlechter; <12.0>: Duras; <11.5>: Maroczy; <10.5>: Rubinstein, Teichmann; <9.5>: Spielmann; <9.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Tartakower; <8.5>: Perlis; <7.5>: Mieses; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe, Swiderski; <6.5>: Alapin; <6.0>: Von Bardeleben; <5.5>: Suechting; <5.0>: Cohn, Johner; <1.5>: Reti
Round 17 (Tuesday, April 14): Schlechter 1/2 Von Bardeleben; Duras 1/2 Teichmann; Mieses 1 Berger; Suechting 0 Maroczy; Tartakower 1 Marshall; Leonhardt 0 Cohn; Swiderski 1 Alapin; Spielmann 0 Johner; Salwe 0 Rubinstein; Reti 0 Perlis
STANDINGS: <13.0>: Schlechter; <12.5>: Duras, Maroczy; <11.5>: Rubinstein; <11.0>: Teichmann; <10.0>: Tartakower; <9.5>: Perlis, Spielmann; <9.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall; <8.5>: Mieses; <8.0>: Swiderski; <7.0>: Berger, Salwe; <6.5>: Alapin, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn, Johner; <5.5>: Suechting; <1.5>: Reti
Round 18 (Wednesday, April 15): Rubinstein 1 Reti; Johner 1/2 Salwe; Alapin 0 Spielmann; Cohn 0 Swiderski; Marshall 1/2 Leonhardt; Maroczy 1 Tartakower; Berger 0 Suechting; Teichmann 0 Mieses; Schlechter 1/2 Duras; Von Bardeleben 0 Perlis
STANDINGS: <13.5>: Maroczy, Schlechter; <13.0>: Duras; <12.5>: Rubinstein; <11.0>: Teichmann; <10.5>: Perlis, Spielmann; <10.0>: Tartakower; <9.5>: Marshall, Mieses, Leonhardt; <9.0>: Swiderski; <7.5>: Salwe; <7.0>: Berger; <6.5>: Alapin, Johner, Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti
Round 19 (Friday, April 17): Mieses 1/2 Schlechter; Suechting 0 Teichmann; Tartakower 1 Berger; Leonhardt 1/2 Maroczy; Swiderski 1/2 Marshall; Spielmann 1 Cohn; Salwe 1 Alapin; Reti 0 Johner; Perlis 1/2 Rubinstein; Duras 1 Von Bardeleben
STANDINGS: <14.0>: Duras, Maroczy, Schlechter; <13.0>: Rubinstein; <12.0>: Teichmann; <11.5>: Spielmann; <11.0>: Perlis, Tartakower; <10.0>: Leonhardt, Marshall, Mieses; <9.5>: Swiderski; <8.5>: Salwe; <7.5>: Johner; <7.0>: Berger; <6.5>: Alapin, Suechting, Von Bardeleben; <6.0>: Cohn; <1.5>: Reti
Original collection: Game Collection: Vienna 1908, by User: Phony Benoni.
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