Paris 1879 Tournament

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sports tournament
chess tournament
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Wilhelm_Steinitz
gptkbp:chessOpening gptkb:French_Defense
gptkb:Ruy_Lopez
gptkb:King's_Indian_Defense
Sicilian Defense
Queen's Gambit
algebraic notation
highly regarded
extensive post-tournament analysis
tournament history
many prominent players
gptkbp:date April 1879
gptkbp:events international tournament
gptkbp:firstGeneration gptkb:Johannes_Zukertort
gptkb:Siegbert_Tarrasch
gptkb:Joseph_Henry_Blackburne
gptkb:Louis_Paulsen
Mikhail Chigorin
gptkbp:format round-robin
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:historicalImpact influenced future tournaments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paris 1879 Tournament
gptkbp:legacy established competitive chess
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Cercle_de_la_Régence
gptkbp:mediaCoverage newspapers and journals
gptkbp:membership double-sided chess clock
gptkbp:notable_player gptkb:Tarrasch
gptkb:Steinitz
gptkb:Lasker
Bauer
Mason
Burn
Duras
Torre
Chigorin
Zukertort
Mieses
Schlechter
Teichmann
Paulsen
Schiffers
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:Steinitz_vs._Tarrasch
gptkb:Steinitz_vs._Chigorin
gptkb:Zukertort_vs._Chigorin
Blackburne_vs._Zukertort
Paulsen_vs._Tarrasch
gptkbp:notablePlayer gptkb:Johannes_Zukertort
gptkb:Siegbert_Tarrasch
gptkb:Joseph_Henry_Blackburne
gptkb:Louis_Paulsen
Mikhail Chigorin
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 19
gptkbp:previousName 20
gptkbp:significance first major international chess tournament
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Cercle_de_la_Régence
gptkbp:sport chess
gptkbp:timePeriod 30 moves in 2 hours
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn chess magazines
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Wilhelm_Steinitz
gptkbp:year 1879
gptkbp:youth_tournaments increased popularity of chess
one month
Category 1
classical chess