The Internationales Turnier Berlin 1897 celebrated seventy years of the Berliner Schachgesellschaft. Twenty of the world's best players started but Curt von Bardeleben had to withdraw after a short draw. They played in the Architektenhaus from September 13 to October 4, 1897. Eventually the event became a race between Rudolf Charousek and Carl August Walbrodt. The youngsters had prevailed at the end of the tiring event. The first won 2000 Mark and the second one - 1500 Mark. Unfortunately, they would die within a few years (Charousek in 1900, and Walbrodt in 1902).Internationales Turnier Berlin 1897 Berlin 1897
The results and standings:
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total 1 x 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 13.5 2 1 x 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 13.0 3 ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 12.0 4 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 11.5 5 1 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 11.0 6 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10.5 7 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 x 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 10.5 8 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 9 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 10.0 10 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ x ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9.5 11 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ x 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9.0 12 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 x 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 8.5 13 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 x 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 7.5 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 x 1 ½ 0 1 1 7.5 15 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 x 1 ½ 0 1 7.0 16 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 x ½ ½ 0 6.5 17 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ x 0 1 5.5 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 x 1 5.5 19 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2.0
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