London 1899 Chess Tournament - The Premier Tournament

The Premier Tournament

The results and standings:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	Emanuel Lasker (German Empire) / East Brandenburg	xx	½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	½ 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 ½	½ 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	+ +	23.5
2-4	Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) / Hungary	½ 0	xx	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	½ 1	0 1	½ 1	1 0	½ 1	1 1	½ 1	1 ½	1 1	+ +	19
2-4	Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States) / Massachusetts	½ 0	½ ½	xx	0 1	½ 1	0 0	1 0	½ ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 ½	1 1	½ +	19
2-4	Dawid Janowski (France) / Poland	0 ½	0 1	1 0	xx	1 1	1 ½	1 1	½ 1	0 0	1 0	1 1	1 1	0 1	1 ½	+ +	19
5	Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	0 0	xx	1 ½	1 0	½ 1	½ 1	1 1	0 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	+ +	18
6	Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom) / England	1 0	½ 0	1 1	0 ½	0 ½	xx	½ 0	0 1	1 ½	1 0	0 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	½ +	16.5
7	Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire) / Russia	0 0	1 0	0 1	0 0	0 1	½ 1	xx	1 ½	1 ½	½ 1	0 1	1 0	1 1	1 0	1 +	16
8	Jackson Whipps Showalter (United States) / Ohio	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	0 ½	xx	0 ½	1 ½	0 ½	1 1	1 1	0 1	+ +	13.5
9	James Mason (United States) / Ireland	0 ½	0 1	0 0	1 1	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	1 ½	xx	0 1	0 0	0 0	1 1	½ 1	+ +	13
10-11	Wilhelm Steinitz (United States) / Bohemia	½ 0	½ 0	0 0	0 1	0 0	0 1	½ 0	0 ½	1 0	xx	1 ½	½ 0	½ 1	1 1	+ +	12.5
10-11	Wilhelm Cohn (German Empire) / Brandenburg	0 ½	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 ½	1 0	1 0	1 ½	1 1	0 ½	xx	1 ½	1 0	0 0	+ +	12.5
12	Francis Joseph Lee (United Kingdom) / England	0 0	½ 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 ½	0 1	0 0	1 1	½ 1	0 ½	xx	½ 1	½ ½	+ +	10.5
13	Henry Edward Bird (United Kingdom) / England	0 0	0 ½	0 ½	1 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ 0	0 1	½ 0	xx	1 1	+ +	8
14	Samuel Tinsley (United Kingdom) / England	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 ½	0 0	0 0	0 1	1 0	½ 0	0 0	1 1	½ ½	0 0	xx	0 +	7
15	Richard Teichmann (German Empire) / Thuringia	- -	- -	½ -	- -	- -	½ -	0 -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	1 -	xx	2

An amount of £1020 for prizes and consolation money was distributed on 11 July 1899. Lasker got £250 and a gold medal. Steinitz won no prize for the first time in his career and died in poverty the following year.