Paris 1867 chess tournament
# Paris 1867 chess tournament

World exhibitions became a new phenomenon in the West in the nineteenth century. Scientific and technical progress were shown. About a dozen World Fairs were organised during the second half of the nineteenth century. Seven times an international invitation chess tournament was part of the event (London 1851, London 1862, Paris 1867, Vienna 1873, Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1878, Paris 1900). The third tournament took place in the Grand Cercle, 10 boulevard Montmartre, Paris, from 4 June to 11 July. Thirteen participants played in a double round-robin tournament. Draws counted as zero. The time control was ten moves an hour.

Compared to modern tournaments, the organization was somewhat haphazard. There were no "rounds" in the modern sense; players simply agreed to play each other when convenient, alternating colours. The convention that draws are counted as a half point to each player was not yet established; they were not counted towards the final result, effectively being treated as a double loss.

The prizes were won by Ignatz von Kolisch (5000 Francs), Szymon Winawer (2500 F), Wilhelm Steinitz (2000 F), Gustav Neumann (1500 F), Cecil Valentine De Vère (1500 F), Jules Arnous de Rivière (1000 F). The first four also got a Sèvres vase.

## Results

The results and standings ("d" = draw and counted for zero):

    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Wins 1 Ignatz von Kolisch (Hungary)__0 1d 10 11 11 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 120 2 Szymon Winawer (Poland)1 0__0 10 11 11 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 019 3 Wilhelm Steinitz (Bohemia)d 01 0__d 01 11 11 1d 11 11 11 11 11 118 4 Gustav Richard Neumann (Prussia)1 01 0d 1__d 11 11 11 d0 d1 11 11 11 117 5 Cecil Valentine De Vère (United Kingdom)0 00 00 0d 0__0 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 114 6 Jules Arnous de Rivière (France)0 00 00 00 01 0__1 01 11 11 11 d0 01 111 7 Celso Golmayo Zúpide (Spain)0 00 00 00 00 00 1__0 11 10 01 11 11 110 8 Hieronim Ignacy Czarnowski (France)0 00 0d 00 d0 00 01 0__1 11 10 11 01 19 9 Samuel Rosenthal (France)d 0d 00 01 d1 00 00 00 0__0 d0 01 11 16 10 Samuel Loyd (United States)0 00 00 00 00 00 01 10 01 d__1 10 01 06 11 Emile d’André (France)0 00 00 00 00 00 d0 01 01 10 0__1 11 06 12 Martin Severin From (Denmark)0 00 00 00 00 01 10 00 10 01 10 0__0 05 13 Eugène Rousseau (France)0 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 11 1__5
