London 1851 chess tournament

The chess tournament to London in 1851 is considered the first international chess tournament. The meeting held at the Crystal Palace knockout tournament was won by Adolf Anderssen, which thus justified his status as the strongest depending on the source player in the world or in Europe. In a friendly match outside the tournament games he played against Lionel Kieseritzky the " immortal game ". Organizer of the tournament was Howard Staunton.

Venue

The Crystal Palace was for the World Exhibition in London in 1851, the Great Exhibition was built by engineer Charles Fox, designed by Joseph Paxton. The possibilities of the Industrial Revolution it had become possible to build a large part of the facade of a glass window. After the World's Fair, the building was dismantled and rebuilt in Sydenham until it was 1936 victims of a fire on November 30. The remains in the form of two towers were demolished by military considerations in the Second World War in 1941. The Crystal Palace is considered the founder of the buildings form the Glass Palace.

At the time of the tournament, the World's Fair was still in full swing and the Crystal Palace at its original place of construction in Hyde Park.

Tournament table

The precipitated in the quarterfinals players completed a lap around the 5th to 8th places The losers of the first round were directly out of the race.