The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor

Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...

's accession to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild 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 clubhouse of the ''Wiener Schachklub'' at Schottengasse 7. Hugo Fahndrich was the tournament director at ''Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898''. The time limit was thirty moves in two hours, and fifteen moves per hour after this. Twenty great masters (only

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially ...

and

Rudolf Charousek Rudolf Charousek (; 19 September 1873 – 18 April 1900) was a Czech born Hungarian chess player. One of the top ten players in the world during the 1890s, he had a short career, dying at the age of 26 from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine wrote of h ...

were absent at ''Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier'') played double rounds from 1 June to 25 July. Adolf Schwarz 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. Tarrasch won 6000 Kronen and Pillsbury won 4400 Kronen.

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* Hugo Fähndrich, ''Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier'', 1981, {{in lang, de Invitational chess tournaments Chess in Austria 1898 in chess 1890s in Vienna June 1898 in Europe July 1898 in Europe 1898 in Austrian sport