Der Erste und Zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes. Leipzig 1879. Berlin 1881

Emil Schallopp (1843-1919)

Verlag: Verlag von Veit & Company, Leipzig, 1883

Beschreibung

viii+228 pages with diagrams and tables lacks frontispiece. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather over black boards with gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5210) First edition. The Deutscher Schachbund (DSB, "German Chess Federation") was founded on 18 July 1877, with Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall as Chairman and Hermann Zwanzig as General Secretary. The Leipzig (1877) tournament was organized by the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund, but over the next two years, 62 chess clubs would become DSB members, and the first official DSB Kongress took place at Schützenhaus in Leipzig in July 1879. The DSB then held their first Meisterturnier (Master's tournament) (this page). This started out quite modest: three invitations were accepted by the Austrian chess masters Berthold Englisch, Karl Pitschel and Adolf Schwarz. The remaining nine seats went to German masters: Louis and Wilfried Paulsen, Max Bier, Ernst Flechsig, Fritz Riemann, Emil Schallopp, Arnold Schottländer, Johannes Minckwitz and Carl Wemmers. The field and format were limited, with two rounds being played on most days. The 2nd Deutscher Schachkongress ("German chess congress") was organized by Hermann Zwanzig and Emil Schallopp, and took place in Berlin from August to September 1881. It included the 2nd Meisterturnier (master's tournament) organized by the Deutscher Schachbund (DSB) in the two years since Berthold Englisch won the first at Leipzig (1879). A large field of German masters shared the board with many of the best that Europe had to offer. The brightest lights among the German participants were Louis Paulsen and his brother Wilfried, and Johannes Minckwitz. Great Britain was represented by Joseph Henry Blackburne and James Mason. Mikhail Chigorin travelled over from Russia, and two great masters from Poland, Simon Winawer and Johannes Zukertort, also participated. The 18 collected masters was a field of strength that had not been seen since Baden-Baden (1870). The games were fiercely fought, as few draws were recorded, and a formula from this event would serve as a template for all future chess congresses in Germany before the Great War. Condition: Rebound in half leather, lacks frontispiece portrait else a very good copy of a scarce tournament book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers C0630

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Der Erste und Zweite Kongress des Deutschen ...

Verlag: Verlag von Veit & Company, Leipzig

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition