Period March 1908 – April 1908 | Location Vienna, Austria | |
Other Instances Vienna 1898 chess tournament, Vienna 1882 chess tournament, Vienna 1873 chess tournament | ||
The Internationales Schachturnier Wien 1908 was held in honour of the sixtieth anniversary of Franz Joseph I of Austria’s elevation as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. Twenty great masters played at the Wiener Schach-Club in Vienna, from March 23 to April 17, 1908.
Literature
Marco, Georg "Internationales Schachturnier Wien 1908", Verlag der Wiener Schachzeitung, 1908
References
Vienna 1908 chess tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA