June 1898
Chess Tournament of Vienna, Austria, June, 1898.
Standing: Adolf Schwarz, Carl Schlechter, Fähndrich, Horatio Caro, Geza Maroczy, Jackson Whipps Showalter, Georg Marco, Semyon Zinovievich Alapin, Alexander Halprin, David Graham Baird and Amos Burn. Seated: Siegbert Tarrasch, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Wilhelm Steinitz, Mikhail Chigorin, David Janowski, Emmanuel Schiffers and Paul Lipke.
June 04 1898
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday, June 04, 1898
Americans Again Win At Chess.
Vienna, June 3.—The second round of the International Chess-master's Tournament was played at the Vienna Chess Club today. The three Americans Steinitz, Pillsbury and Showalter again came out victorious, while Baird, the fourth American player, had not finished his game at the time of adjournment. Today's results:
Burn drew with Alpin; Tarrasch vanquished Trenchard; Baird and Schiffers adjourned their game; Caro and Janowski divided honors, while Pillsbury downed Lipke; Schwarz and Blackburn drew; Halprin had to resign to Showalter; Maroczcy and Schlechter drew; Steinitz beat Marco and Tschigorin beat Walbrodt.
The third round will be played tomorrow in the following order: Schlechter vs. Steinitz; Showalter vs. Maroczcy; Blackburne vs. Halprin; Pillsbury vs. Schwarz; Janowski vs. Lipke; Schiffers vs. Caro; Tarrasch vs. Baird; Alapin vs. Trenchard; Walbrodt vs. Burn; Marco vs. Tschigorin.
