The first International Prague Chess Tournament was held in honour of the sixtieth anniversary of

Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until ...

's elevation as monarch to the

Austria-Hungary Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. Twenty great masters played in the pavilion of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Prague, from May 17 to June 13, 1908. The representative of the executive board of the Jubilee Exhibition, president L. Bondy greeted tournament competitors and numerous guests in Czech, German, French and English. J. Krautstengl and Dr. G. Bergmann spoke for the presidium of the committee and they expressed their gratitude to the executive board for organizing tournaments. Official organizers were H. Pollak and K. Anderle, whereas referees Karel Traxler and

Viktor Tietz Viktor Tietz (13 April, 1859, Rumburg ( cs, Rumburk, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Monarchy 8 December, 1937, Karlsbad ( cs, Karlovy Vary), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was an ethnic-German Austrian and Czechoslovak chess player, chess life organize ...

had decided to whom two prices for the best games, of 200 and 300 Crowns, will be given. The money was donated by Baron

Albert Salomon von Rothschild Albert Salomon Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild (29 October 1844 – 11 February 1911) was a banker in Austria-Hungary and a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Businesses that he owned included Creditanstalt and the Norther ...

. The umpire was Dr. A. Klir.

Master Tournament

The results and standings:

Main Tournament

Competitors of the main tournament were selected into four groups, consisting of 8 or 7 players. The final results:Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
/ref> 1. Karel Treybal 2-3. István Abonyi 2-3. Ferenc Chalupetzky 4. Lev Taussig 5. Josef Dobiáš 6.

Zsigmond Barász Zsigmond Barász (January 1878 – 28 May 1935, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. He took 2nd, behind Zoltán von Balla, at Győr in 1906 (the first Hungarian Championship) losing one match to him (0.5 : 2.5) there; took 9th at Budapest ...

Viktor Dyk Viktor Dyk (; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the sign ...

8-9. Julius Brach Flag of Prague

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8-9. Kamil Krofta 10. Bernhard Kagan 11. Jaroslav Engler 12. František Batík

References

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