Vienna 1898 chess tournament

The tournament celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria's accession to the throne of Austria-Hungary.

[1] Main organiser was Baron Albert Freiherr von Rothschild who also financed the Vienna tournaments of 1873, 1882, 1903,[2] and 1908.

Hugo Fahndrich was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898.

[4] Twenty great masters (only Emanuel Lasker and Rudolf Charousek were absent at Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier) played double rounds from 1 June to 25 July.

[5][6] Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended equal after two cycles and had to play an extra play-off match.