The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of...

's accession to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild

Albert Salomon von Rothschild

Albert Salomon von Rothschild was a banker in Austria-Hungary and a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Businesses that he owned included Creditanstalt and the Northern Railway.-Personal life:...

 who also financed the Vienna tournaments of 1873, 1882, 1903, and 1908. The players visited his Heugasse palace on 31 May 1898. Rounds were played in the club house of the Wiener Schachklub at Schottengasse 7. Hugo Fahndrich

Hugo Fähndrich

Hugo Fähndrich was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master.Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter–Arthur Kaufmann–Hugo Fahndrich trio....

 was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898. The time limit was thirty moves in two hours. Twenty great masters (only Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...

 and Rudolf Charousek were absent at Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier) played double rounds from 1 June to 25 July.

Vienna 1898, Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1		XX	01	10	1½	1½	1½	½1	½½	½1	½1	½½	11	11	11	1½	1½	11	11	1½	27½
2		10	XX	10	½1	1½	10	½0	1½	01	½1	11	11	1½	½1	11	11	11	11	11	27½
3	/	01	01	XX	11	1½	11	1½	00	½½	11	½0	11	1½	11	11	00	½1	11	11	25½
4	/	0½	0½	00	XX	½1	10	½½	11	1½	½1	½½	01	11	11	01	1½	1½	11	11	23½
5	/	0½	0½	0½	½0	XX	½½	11	½½	½½	½1	0½	1½	½1	1½	11	0½	½1	11	11	21½
6		0½	10	00	01	½½	XX	10	01	1½	1½	½0	10	01	11	10	11	10	01	11	20
7		½0	½1	0½	½½	00	01	XX	1½	0½	½½	½½	½0	½0	11	01	11	1½	11	11	20
8		½½	0½	11	00	½½	10	0½	XX	½½	½½	½0	1½	11	1½	0½	½1	½½	11	½½	19½
9	/	½0	10	½½	0½	½½	0½	1½	½½	XX	½½	1½	11	½½	01	0½	01	1½	½½	11	19½
10	/	½0	½0	00	½0	½0	½0	½½	½½	½½	XX	½1	1½	11	00	10	11	½1	10	11	18
11		½½	00	½1	½½	1½	½1	½½	½1	0½	½0	XX	½½	½0	0½	½0	½½	00	11	½1	17
12		00	00	00	10	0½	01	½1	0½	00	0½	½½	XX	0½	1½	11	½1	½1	11	½1	17
13	/	00	0½	0½	00	½0	10	½1	00	½½	00	½1	10	XX	11	½1	1½	½1	½1	10	16½
14		00	½0	00	00	0½	00	00	0½	10	11	1½	01	00	XX	½1	11	11	01	10	15
15	/	0½	00	00	10	00	01	10	1½	1½	01	½1	00	½0	½0	XX	00	11	½0	11	14½
16	/	0½	00	11	0½	1½	00	00	½0	10	00	½½	½0	0½	00	11	XX	½½	1½	½1	14
17	/	00	00	½0	0½	½0	01	0½	½½	0½	½0	11	½0	½0	00	00	½½	XX	11	½1	12½
18		00	00	00	00	00	10	00	00	½½	01	00	00	½0	10	½1	0½	00	XX	½1	8
19		0½	00	00	00	00	00	00	½½	00	00	½0	½0	01	00	00	½0	½0	½0	XX	5

/ withdrew after playing eight games.

Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended equal after two cycles and had to play an extra play-off match. The additional games were played from 27 until 30 July 1898.

Vienna 1898, Play-off

#	Player	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Siegbert Tarrasch Siegbert Tarrasch Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....	1	0	1	½	2½
2	Harry Pillsbury	0	1	0	½	1½

Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen (a lot of money), and Pillsbury 4400 Kronen.

Literature

Hugo Fähndrich

Hugo Fähndrich

Hugo Fähndrich was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master.Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter–Arthur Kaufmann–Hugo Fahndrich trio....

: Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981, ISBN 3-283-00057-3