London 1851 (International Tournament)
Anderssen won the first international tournament, a knockout in the Great Exhibition year
Adolf Anderssen won the first international chess tournament, a sixteen-player knockout played in London during the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The tournament
Staunton, Anderssen, Horwitz, Löwenthal and Kieseritzky were among the sixteen entrants. Anderssen beat Kieseritzky, Szén and Staunton, then Wyvill 4-2 with one draw in the final; Williams beat Staunton for third place.
The surviving games
All 85 games implied by the match scores survive.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderssen, Adolf | 15/21 | +14 -5 =2 | games |
| 2 | Williams, Elijah | 13½/22 | +13 -8 =1 | games |
| 3 | Wyvill, Marmaduke | 13/24 | +12 -10 =2 | games |
| 4 | Szen, Josef | 12½/17 | +12 -4 =1 | games |
| 5 | Staunton, Howard | 11/22 | +10 -10 =2 | games |
| 6 | Kennedy, Hugh Alexander | 10/19 | +9 -8 =2 | games |
| 7 | Horwitz, Bernhard | 5/15 | +4 -9 =2 | games |
| 8 | Mucklow, James R | 2/10 | +2 -8 =0 | games |
| 9 | Bird, Henry Edward | 1½/4 | +1 -2 =1 | games |
| 10 | Loewenthal, Johann Jacob | 1/3 | +1 -2 =0 | games |
| 11 | Kieseritzky, Lionel Adalbert BF | ½/3 | +0 -2 =1 | games |
| =12 | Brodie, Alfred | 0/2 | +0 -2 =0 | games |
| =12 | Kennedy, ES | 0/2 | +0 -2 =0 | games |
| =12 | Loewe, Edward | 0/2 | +0 -2 =0 | games |
| =12 | Mayet, Carl | 0/2 | +0 -2 =0 | games |
| =12 | Newham, Samuel | 0/2 | +0 -2 =0 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderssen, Adolf | ½100111 | 010111 | 11101 | 1½1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Williams, Elijah | 0011010 | 100011½1 | 1111 | 110 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wyvill, Marmaduke | ½011000 | 1100101 | 111½0001 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Szen, Josef | 101000 | ½1111 | 1111 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Staunton, Howard | 00010 | 011100½0 | 0½11011 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kennedy, Hugh Alexander | 000½1110 | ½0000 | 1111 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Horwitz, Bernhard | 0000 | 1½00100 | ½101 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Mucklow, James R | 0000 | 0000 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Bird, Henry Edward | ½010 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Loewenthal, Johann Jacob | 001 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Kieseritzky, Lionel Adalbert BF | 0½0 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Brodie, Alfred | 00 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Kennedy, ES | 00 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Loewe, Edward | 00 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Mayet, Carl | 00 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Newham, Samuel | 00 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.