The Internationales Turnier Berlin 1897 celebrated seventy years of the Berliner Schachgesellschaft. Twenty great chess masters started but Curt von Bardeleben

Curt von Bardeleben

Curt von Bardeleben was a Count and a German chess master who committed suicide by jumping out of a window in 1924. His life and death were the basis for that of the main character in the novel The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, which was made into the movie The Luzhin Defence...

 had to withdraw after a short draw. They played in the Architektenhaus from September 13 to October 4, 1897. Eventually the event became a race between Rudolf Charousek and Carl August Walbrodt

Carl August Walbrodt

Carl August Walbrodt was a German chess master.His German parents moved from Wesel, Rhine Province, to Amsterdam, with Walbrodt's older brother, shortly before Carl August was born. They seem to have moved back, to the Berlin area, before he was 10 years old. At that age his father taught him to...

. The youngsters had prevailed at the end of the tiring event. The first won 2000 Mark and the second one - 1500 Mark. Unfortunately, they would die within a few years (Charousek in 1900, and Walbrodt in 1902).

The results and standings:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
1	/  Hungary	x	0	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	13.5
2	/  Netherlands	1	x	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	13.0
3	/  Kingdom of England	½	0	x	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	12.0
4	/  Poland	0	½	½	x	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	½	1	1	11.5
5	/  Kingdom of England	1	0	½	0	x	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	11.0
6	/  Austria	½	½	½	½	0	x	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	10.5
7	/  Kingdom of Romania	½	½	0	½	0	1	x	0	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	10.5
8	/  Lithuania	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	x	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	10.5
9	/  Kingdom of England	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	x	½	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	10.0
10	/  Russia	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	x	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	9.5
11	/  Russia	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	x	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	1	9.0
12	/  Lower Saxony	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	x	1	0	1	1	1	0	½	8.5
13	/  Brandenburg	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	x	0	0	1	1	½	1	7.5
14	/  Poland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	x	1	½	0	1	1	7.5
15	/  Schleswig-Holstein	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	x	1	½	0	1	7.0
16	/  Thuringia	0	½	0	1	1	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	x	½	½	0	6.5
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18	/  Bohemia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	x	1	5.5
19	/  Kingdom of Romania	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	x	2.0