Hastings 1895 was arguably the strongest tournament in history at the time it occurred.[1][2] All of the top players of the generation competed. It was one of the first times such a "super-tournament" was conducted.
Following the success of the event, the Hastings tournament would become an annual feature. The organizers and players produced a Book of the Tournament, in which the participants annotated their own games. Like the Tournament, the Book too became an annual feature and was of very high instructional value.
Many of the games were of high quality and hard-fought. Here are two examples:
Steinitz versus von Bardeleben
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Position after 21...Ke8
In round ten, the position in the diagram arose after a Giuoco Piano: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxd5! Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Re1 f6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Rac1 c6?! 17.d5! cxd5 18.Nd4 Kf7 19.Ne6 Rhc8 20.Qg4 g6 21.Ng5+ Ke8. At this point Steinitz played one of the most famous moves in history:
Black cannot capture the white rook: 22...Qxe7 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qxc8+ Qd8 25.Qxd8+, etc. and White wins with his extra piece; while 22...Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kd6 24.Qb4+ Rc5 25.Re6+! wins as well (the often-mentioned 25.Ne6 doesn't amount to much, for example 25...Rc8 26.Qf4+ Kc6 27.Qa4+ Kd6). White's replies are also limited, however, because Black is threatening mate with ...Rxc1, as well as threatening to capture White's queen and knight. In order to prevent ...Rxc1, Steinitz's rook now "thumbs its nose" at the black king: repeatedly checking right in front of the king, which cannot capture it.
22... Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+!!
This crucial move eliminates the h-pawn and allows White to bring in his queen to attack without ever allowing Black to play ...Rxc1 and mate. Bowing to the inevitable (or perhaps frustrated that even with mate in one, he could not capitalize), von Bardeleben simply left the tournament hall, letting his time run out. Steinitz demonstrated for the spectators how the game might have continued: 25...Kg8 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Qh4+ Kxg7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Qg8+ Ke7 32.Qf7+ Kd8 33.Qf8+ Qe8 34.Nf7+ Kd7 35.Qd6#
The game was played in the last round. Pillsbury was leading the field by half a point. He had assumed that a draw would be enough, and the game therefore opened with the relatively placid Queen's Gambit Declined. Pieces were rapidly traded off the board, reaching the position in the diagram, when Pillsbury realized that Chigorin was winning his game and therefore he would have to win to take clear first.
^Arthur Bisguier and Andrew Soltis call Hastings 1895 the "greatest tournament of the nineteenth century". Bisguier and Soltis, American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer, Macmillan, 1974, p. 53. ISBN0-02-511050-0.
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The Hastings 1895 chess tournament was a round robin tournament of chess conducted at the Brassey Institute in Hastings England from 5 August to 2 September 1895 Masters at Hastings 1895Standing Albin Schlechter Janowski Marco Blackburne Maroczy Schiffers Gunsberg Burn Tinsley Seated Vergani Steinitz Chigorin Lasker Pillsbury Tarrasch Mieses Teichmann Not present von Bardeleben Mason Walbrodt Bird Hastings 1895 was arguably the strongest tournament in history at the time it occurred 1 2 All of the top players of the generation competed It was one of the first times such a super tournament was conducted Harry Nelson Pillsbury a young American unknown in Europe was the surprise winner with 16 out of 21 points ahead of Mikhail Chigorin 16 and world champion Emanuel Lasker 15 The top five finishers were invited to play in the Saint Petersburg 1895 96 chess tournament Following the success of the event the Hastings tournament would become an annual feature The organizers and players produced a Book of the Tournament in which the participants annotated their own games Like the Tournament the Book too became an annual feature and was of very high instructional value Contents 1 Tournament table 2 Notable games 2 1 Steinitz versus von Bardeleben 2 2 Pillsbury versus Gunsberg 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksTournament table EditHastings 1895 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Total1 Harry Pillsbury United States X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 Mikhail Chigorin Russian Empire 1 X 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 163 Emanuel Lasker German Empire 3 1 0 X 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 4 Siegbert Tarrasch German Empire 0 0 1 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 145 William Steinitz United States 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 136 Emanuel Schiffers Russian Empire 0 1 0 0 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 127 Curt von Bardeleben German Empire 0 0 1 0 X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11 8 Richard Teichmann German Empire 0 0 0 1 X 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 9 Carl Schlechter Austria 1 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 1 0 1110 Joseph Henry Blackburne England 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 11 Carl August Walbrodt German Empire 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 X 0 0 0 1 1 1 1012 David Janowski France 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 13 James Mason England 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 14 Amos Burn England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 15 Isidor Gunsberg England 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 X 0 1 0 1 0 0 916 Henry Bird England 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 917 Adolf Albin Romania 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 0 0 1 1 8 18 Georg Marco Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 1 1 0 8 19 William Pollock Canada 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 0 0 1 820 Jacques Mieses German Empire 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 7 21 Samuel Tinsley England 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 1 7 22 Beniamino Vergani Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3Notable games EditThis section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves Many of the games were of high quality and hard fought Here are two examples Steinitz versus von Bardeleben Edit Steinitz vs von Bardelbenabcdefgh8 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 21 Ke8 In round ten the position in the diagram arose after a Giuoco Piano 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4 7 Nc3 d5 8 exd5 Nxd5 9 0 0 Be6 10 Bg5 Be7 11 Bxd5 Bxd5 12 Nxd5 Qxd5 13 Bxe7 Nxe7 14 Re1 f6 15 Qe2 Qd7 16 Rac1 c6 17 d5 cxd5 18 Nd4 Kf7 19 Ne6 Rhc8 20 Qg4 g6 21 Ng5 Ke8 At this point Steinitz played one of the most famous moves in history 22 Rxe7 Black cannot capture the white rook 22 Qxe7 23 Rxc8 Rxc8 24 Qxc8 Qd8 25 Qxd8 etc and White wins with his extra piece while 22 Kxe7 23 Re1 Kd6 24 Qb4 Rc5 25 Re6 wins as well the often mentioned 25 Ne6 doesn t amount to much for example 25 Rc8 26 Qf4 Kc6 27 Qa4 Kd6 White s replies are also limited however because Black is threatening mate with Rxc1 as well as threatening to capture White s queen and knight In order to prevent Rxc1 Steinitz s rook now thumbs its nose at the black king repeatedly checking right in front of the king which cannot capture it 22 Kf8 23 Rf7 Kg8 24 Rg7 Kh8 25 Rxh7 This crucial move eliminates the h pawn and allows White to bring in his queen to attack without ever allowing Black to play Rxc1 and mate Bowing to the inevitable or perhaps frustrated that even with mate in one he could not capitalize von Bardeleben simply left the tournament hall letting his time run out Steinitz demonstrated for the spectators how the game might have continued 25 Kg8 26 Rg7 Kh8 27 Qh4 Kxg7 28 Qh7 Kf8 29 Qh8 Ke7 30 Qg7 Ke8 31 Qg8 Ke7 32 Qf7 Kd8 33 Qf8 Qe8 34 Nf7 Kd7 35 Qd6 This game won the first brilliancy prize in the tournament Pillsbury versus Gunsberg Edit Pillsbury vs Gunsbergabcdefgh8 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 26 Nb8 The game was played in the last round Pillsbury was leading the field by half a point He had assumed that a draw would be enough and the game therefore opened with the relatively placid Queen s Gambit Declined Pieces were rapidly traded off the board reaching the position in the diagram when Pillsbury realized that Chigorin was winning his game and therefore he would have to win to take clear first 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 e3 g6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 Bd3 0 0 7 Ne5 dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nd5 9 f4 Be6 10 Qb3 b5 11 Bxd5 Bxd5 12 Nxd5 Qxd5 13 Qxd5 cxd5 14 Nd3 Nd7 15 Bd2 Rfc8 16 Ke2 e6 17 Rhc1 Bf8 18 Rxc8 Rxc8 19 Rc1 Rxc1 20 Bxc1 Bd6 21 Bd2 Kf8 22 Bb4 Ke7 23 Bc5 a6 24 b4 f6 25 g4 Bxc5 26 bxc5 Nb8 diagram 27 f5 g5 28 Nb4 a5 29 c6 Kd6 30 fxe6 Nxc6 31 Nxc6 Kxc6 32 e4 dxe4 33 d5 Kd6 34 Ke3 b4 35 Kxe4 a4 36 Kd4 h5 37 gxh5 a3 38 Kc4 f5 39 h6 f4 40 h7 1 0 Black resigned Notes Edit Garry Kasparov calls Hastings 1895 the most important tournament of the nineteenth century Kasparov My Great Predecessors Part I Everyman Publishers 2003 p 126 ISBN 1 85744 330 6 Arthur Bisguier and Andrew Soltis call Hastings 1895 the greatest tournament of the nineteenth century Bisguier and Soltis American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer Macmillan 1974 p 53 ISBN 0 02 511050 0 Lasker s biographyReferences EditPickard Sid ed 1995 Hastings 1895 The Centennial Edition Pickard and Son ISBN 1 886846 01 4 External links EditGoogle Books Horace F Cheshire ed The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 London England Chatto amp Windus 1896 Hastings 1895 games at muljadi org Hastings 1895 at ChessGames com Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben Hastings 1895 at ChessGames com Edward Winter Steinitz v von Bardeleben Pillsbury vs Gunsberg Hastings 1895 at ChessGames com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hastings 1895 chess tournament amp oldid 1110043266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
