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6th DSB Congress, Breslau (1889) Breslau, Poland (German Empire); 15 July 1889—26 July 1889 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Place/Prizes ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Tarrasch • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 13 1st 1000ℳ 2 Burn ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 11½ 2nd 700ℳ 3 Mieses 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10½ 3rd 500ℳ 4 von Bardeleben ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 10 4th-7th 167ℳ 5 Bauer ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 10 4th-7th 167ℳ 6 Gunsberg 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 10 4th-7th 167ℳ 7 Paulsen ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 • 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 10 4th-7th 167ℳ 8 Mason 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 9 9 Blackburne 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 • 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 Berger 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 • 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8½ 11 Schallopp 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 • 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8 12 Metger ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7½ 13 Fritz ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 14 von Minckwitz ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 • 1 0 1 1 7 15 Alapin 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 • 1 0 ½ 6½ 100ℳ* 16 Harmonist 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 • 1 ½ 6½ 17 Schiffers ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 • 1 6 18 Gossip 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 3 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— * Alapin won the von der Lasa prize for best score against the prize winners. Introduction The 6th Deutscher Schachkongress took place in Breslau in 1889. It included the 6th Meisterturnier (master's tournament) organized by the Deutscher Schachbund (DSB) since its first in Leipzig (1879). As in the previous four editions the round robin tournament was an international event, pitting German masters against the best of Europe at the time. Germany was represented by its usual field of strong masters, including Louis Paulsen, Siegbert Tarrasch, Alexander Fritz, Max Harmonist, Johannes Metger, Jacques Mieses, Emil Schallopp, Curt von Bardeleben, Johannes von Minckwitz, and Johann Bauer who had won his spot by winning the Frankfurt Hauptturnier (1887) master title. The German masters were joined from Great Britain by Joseph Henry Blackburne, who was the winner of DSB's 2nd Meisterturnier in Berlin (1881), Amos Burn, George Hatfeild Gossip, Isidor Gunsberg, and James Mason. The field was completed by Semion Alapin and Emmanuel Schiffers from Russia, and Johann Berger from Austria. The eighteen masters participated in one of the strongest international events of 1889 (and many would make their way over to the United States to participate in the New York international tournament later in the year). The event was significant in signalling the arrival of Tarrasch as one of the top players. Tarrasch won clear first, undefeated with +9 at the final, a whole point and half ahead of second place Burn. Tarrasch's play was soon considered a school of thought that would antagonize both the methods of Wilhelm Steinitz as well as the school of chess thought represented later by the play of Emanuel Lasker. Here, Tarrasch dominated with his so-called 'correct play', and he won international tournaments of merit up through the turn of the century. It was the first of three Meisterturniers he would win at the Deutscher Schachkongress, a feat only to be matched by Carl Schlechter later. Notes The Breslau Hauptturnier (1889) was won by Emanuel Lasker. Credits Original Collection: Game Collection: Breslau 1889, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Bauer vs E Schallopp 1-0 64 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. J Minckwitz vs J Bauer 0-1 58 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau B12 Caro-Kann Defense 3. Blackburne vs Metger 1-0 41 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau A37 English, Symmetrical 4. Paulsen vs Blackburne 1-0 50 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C29 Vienna Gambit 5. Burn vs Harmonist   ½-½ 40 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C67 Ruy Lopez 6. Gunsberg vs Burn ½-½ 42 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 7. Von Bardeleben vs Gunsberg ½-½ 20 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C49 Four Knights 8. Metger vs Tarrasch ½-½ 51 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C33 King's Gambit Accepted 9. J Mieses vs J Mason 1-0 50 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C26 Vienna 10. Harmonist vs Schiffers 1-0 41 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 11. Tarrasch vs Von Bardeleben ½-½ 25 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C42 Petrov Defense 12. J Mason vs J Minckwitz 0-1 36 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C44 King's Pawn Game 13. Paulsen vs J N Berger 0-1 20 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C26 Vienna 14. E Schallopp vs A Fritz ½-½ 25 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C44 King's Pawn Game 15. J N Berger vs A Fritz   ½-½ 20 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C67 Ruy Lopez 16. Schiffers vs Alapin 1-0 25 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 17. Alapin vs Gossip ½-½ 66 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C23 Bishop's Opening 18. Gossip vs J Mieses 0-1 31 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C30 King's Gambit Declined 19. J Bauer vs Schiffers ½-½ 47 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau A80 Dutch 20. Alapin vs Blackburne 0-1 20 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau B01 Scandinavian 21. A Fritz vs Burn 0-1 25 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C51 Evans Gambit 22. Gunsberg vs J N Berger   1-0 76 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C50 Giuoco Piano 23. Harmonist vs Tarrasch 0-1 46 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C67 Ruy Lopez 24. J Minckwitz vs Metger ½-½ 43 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C50 Giuoco Piano 25. J Mieses vs Paulsen 1-0 31 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau B24 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-13-12    sneaky pete: The tournament table makes it clear there was only one BIG player in Breslau. All the others were midgets. Dec-13-12    perfidious: Isidor Gunsberg a midget? All the man did was play a match for the title the following year (Steinitz-Gunsberg World Championship Match (1890)). Dec-13-12    WannaBe: Well, I guess George Hatfeild Gossip was too busy yakkin' to take this tournament seriously, I mean look at where he ended up! Dec-13-12    nok: <perfidious> That was for all but the most extremist Steinitz supporters, a Candidate match to play Tchigorin. Dec-14-12    perfidious: <WannaBe> When even a ballet dancer finishes ahead of a Gossip....... Dec-15-12    perfidious: <nok> You exhort others to deal in facts elsewhere, then come up with suppositions unsupported by evidence.... Apr-06-15    taekut: This is my first message and, therefore, first apologize for my poor English. There is a question I don't understand: the game between Von Bardeleben-Schiffers (No. 101 of the collection) appears with a score of 0-1, but in the crosstable appears victory from Von Bardeleben, where the error is, on the outcome of the game or on the table? Because if the error is on the table, Von Bardeleben don't finish in 3rd place, but tied for 4th and, therefore, the 3rd would Mieses and have to rebuild that table. Apr-06-15    Phony Benoni: <taekut> Thank you for noticing the error. The comments to the game Von Bardeleben vs Schiffers, 1889 make it clear that the game had to wrong result (1-0 instead of 0-1) when it was added to the database. Apparently, this incorrect information was used in compiling the crosstable. I have corrected it. Apr-07-15    taekut: Thank you very much, Phony Benoni. May-16-16    zanzibar: Another minor mistake - in the intro there is... <he eighteen masters participated in one of the strongest international events of 1889 (and many would make their way over to the United States to participate in the New York international tournament later in the year). > The trouble is that the <NY (1889)> tournament, aka 6th American Chess Congress, which must be the tournament referred to, had already finished before the start of the German tournament. Jun-17-17    MissScarlett: The Northern Whig, August 22nd 1889, p.7: <Blackburne speaks highly of the manner in which the Committee conducted the affairs of the Association at Breslau, with one exception. They called upon him to play out his final game with Bardeleben on Sunday, and, as the Englishman declined to play on that day, the game was scored to his opponent. Blackburne's refusal cost him the chance of a prize, and just secured a prize for Bardeleben.> Von Bardeleben vs Blackburne, 1889 A small mystery is that Blackburne's final game is dated here to July 26th, a Friday, when the 16th and 17th rounds were scheduled. So why couldn't it resume on the Saturday? Whilst it was an unwritten rule that chess wasn't played on Sundays in British tournaments until after WW2, it was common practice on the Continent, to which Blackburne was a regular visitor. Did he never play on a Sunday on principle? Maybe Harding has something on this... Jun-17-17    zanzibar: < played on Sundays ... it was common practice on the Continent, to which Blackburne was a regular visitor.> Are you sure? I have a recollection that Sunday play was rare during the early tournament history of chess. See, for example, Zanchess or other sources. Jun-17-17    MissScarlett: Well, upon reflection, maybe it wasn't common until later. It's only recently I've been delving more into 19th century chess, a time when everyone was called Mister. Jun-17-17    zanzibar: Reflection is indeed a virtuous quality. Jun-17-17    MissScarlett: Once upon a time, I used to be called Mister. Things were simpler then. Jun-18-17    keypusher: < zanzibar: Another minor mistake - in the intro there is... <he eighteen masters participated in one of the strongest international events of 1889 (and many would make their way over to the United States to participate in the New York international tournament later in the year). > The trouble is that the <NY (1889)> tournament, aka 6th American Chess Congress, which must be the tournament referred to, had already finished before the start of the German tournament.> I also don't quite follow the sense of <Tarrasch's play was soon considered a school of thought that would antagonize both the methods of Wilhelm Steinitz as well as the school of chess thought represented later by the play of Emanuel Lasker.> <perfidious: Isidor Gunsberg a midget? All the man did was play a match for the title the following year (Steinitz-Gunsberg World Championship Match (1890)).> Isidor Gunsberg a midget? Judge for yourself. He's third from the right in the back row. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasti... Jun-18-17    Nosnibor: <MissScarlett> From what I have established with the aid of Tim Harding Blackburne had no problem with playing on a Sunday after all he had played and beaten Minkwitz on the 20th July being a Sunday.The problem was that he wanted to depart to England on the Sunday and it was not possible to play off his adjourned game against Bardeleben on the Saturday because Bardeleben himself had two earlier adjourned games to play off against Alapin and Minkwitz on the Saturdy.He therefore decided to resign his unfinished game against Bardeleben which was probably lost anyway. Apparently 41 g3 was sealed by Bardeleben who claimed a win on analysis. Jun-19-17    offramp: When he said midgets he obviously meant MENTAL midgets. People with the IQ of a fencepost. Jun-19-17    MissScarlett: <<MissScarlett> From what I have established with the aid of Tim Harding Blackburne had no problem with playing on a Sunday after all he had played and beaten Minkwitz on the 20th July being a Sunday.> Compelling and immediately destroying my argument. Except for one thing - July 20th was a Saturday. There was no round scheduled on the middle Sunday. <The problem was that he wanted to depart to England on the Sunday and it was not possible to play off his adjourned game against Bardeleben on the Saturday because Bardeleben himself had two earlier adjourned games to play off against Alapin and Minkwitz on the Saturdy.He therefore decided to resign his unfinished game against Bardeleben which was probably lost anyway.> Yes, this would cast another light on events. So what do you/Harding adduce for it? Of course, that Blackburne had a train/boat to catch wouldn't necessarily refute that Blackburne also held a principled objection to playing on Sundays. A study of his other tournaments and exhibitions would have to be made. Jun-19-17    MissScarlett: <See, for example, Zanchess> And be spied upon? Don't think your sinister aside went unnoticed. From Big Data to little hen-houses, this is my cri de coeur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra3... Jun-19-17    Nosnibor: <MissScarlett> Yes I agree that I got the date wrong reference the game against Minkwitz but there is no evidence to prove that Blackburne had any problem or known religious belief against playing chess on a Sunday. It is a known fact that in Victorian times chess events held in England and indeed sometimes abroad kept Sunday as a free day. However I will now quote you two games that Blackburne played on a Sunday and there are more. Game1 played Sunday 6 August 1875 between Steinitz,Zukertort and Burn v.Blackburne, Bird and MacDonnell,Glasgow. Game 2 Played Sunday 26 July 1896 at the Nuremberg Congress between Blackburne and Pillsbury v. Steinitz and Schiffers. Jun-20-17    zanzibar: <<Missy> <See, for example, Zanchess> And be spied upon? Don't think your sinister aside went unnoticed. From Big Data to little hen-houses, this is my cri de coeur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra3...> Yes indeedy! McKern is the absolute best #2. I agree. I love <The Prisoner>, and have the DVD collection: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287/ https://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-Com... * * * * * But as far as big/little data - that battle was over about as long ago as when The Prisoner first came out. Ever hear of Canivore or Prism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carni... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM... Plus, what the heck, you're on <CG>, and Zanchess is just small potatoes compared to that. "All your database belong to us" * * * * * And speaking of sinister asides, do you think I wasn't going to comment after your effrontery? You had the audacity, sly fox that you really are, to sneak repeatedly into selfsame henhouse to devour a chicken, or two, or three... and then afterwards get up on your soapbox and loudly proclaim to anyone within earshot that those same chickens didn't taste good enough to eat. All the while sputtering chicken feathers into the air! * * * * * Anyways, it not like Wordpress really tracks each individual user. But it does provide useful feedback, listing posts which get visited, with a nice visual map of the world showing where the visitors are coming from. Now, do you really think I needed to look for UK as the source of who visited the following page fifty times or so? https://zanchess.wordpress.com/2015... No, I didn't think so. . Jun-23-17    Nosnibor: <MissScarlett> If Blackburne was so religiously inclined not wanting to play on a Sunday, despite what I said in my previous post his second and third marriages were both conducted in a registry office. He was still entitled to be wed in a church being a widower himself. I think it is more likely that he preferred a break rather than for any religious reason. Mar-30-19    ughaibu: Why on Earth did they put Gunsberg in the back row? And why is it always only Lasker who has his legs crossed? Was that the secret of his success, the famous psychology in action? Sep-29-22    Marcelo Bruno: A small correction: Bauer wasn't German, but Austrian. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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