[1] Companies of all 35 participating countries presented their state of the art products and inventions.
The world exhibitions aimed to promote international trading relations and to propagate the technical and cultural progress.
[2] Through this tournament, Austria-Hungary aimed to present itself as a world leader and the equal of England and France.
Wilhelm Steinitz won the tournament after a play-off with Joseph Henry Blackburne (2–0).
[4] The results and standings:[5] Lehner, Hermann; Schwede, Constantin "Der Erste Wiener Internationale Schachkongreß im Jahre 1873", Verlag von Veit & Comp., Leipzig, 1874