London International Chess Tournament Results

Although these tournaments took place before there was an official world championship, many people considered the results of this tournament to be decisive of the world champion.


Adolf Anderssen vs. Marmaduke Wyvill, London, England, May, 1851
Adolf Anderssen vs. Louis Paulsen, London, England, June, 1862
Johannes Zukertort vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, London, England, 1883

Adolf Anderssen vs. Marmaduke Wyvill, May, 1851
Single elimination tournament with 16 players.  Seeding was random.  Losers played consolation rounds.
K.E. Adolf Anderssen (Germany)Adolf Anderssen
   
Lionel A.B.F. Kieseritzky (France)
Josef Szén (Hungary)Szén
  
Samuel Newham (England)
Howard Staunton (England)Staunton
  
Alfred Brodie (England)
Bernhard Horwitz (Germany)Horwitz
    
Henry E. Bird (England)
Marmaduke Wyvill (England)Wyvill
  
Edward Lowe (England)
Hugh A. Kennedy (England)H. Kennedy
  
Carl Mayet (Germany)
Elijah Williams (England)Williams
   
Johann J. Lowenthal (Hungary)
James R. Mucklow (England)Mucklow
  
E.S. Kennedy (England)
 J. MucklowB. HorwitzH. KennedyJ. SzenH. StauntonE. WilliamsM. Wyvill
Adolf Anderssen   
      
     
 
       
Marmaduke Wyvill
        
  
       
 
Elijah Williams
    
 
        
 
Howard Staunton 
       
 
Josef Szén
    
     
Hugh Kennedy
    
 
Bernhard Horwitz
 

Adolf Anderssen vs. Louis Paulsen, June, 1862
14 players, round robin.  Drawn games were replayed.  Anderssen won 12 out of 13 rounds.
 V. GreenJ. RobeyF. DeaconA. MongredienJ. BlackburneJ. LowenthalT. BarnesJ. HannahW. SteinitzS. DuboisG. MacdonnellJ. OwenL. Paulsen
Adolf Anderssen (Germany)             
Louis Paulsen (Germany)             
John Owen (England)            
George Macdonnell (Ireland)           
Serafino Dubois (Italy)          
Wilhelm Steinitz (Austria)         
James Hannah (England)        
Thomas Barnes (England)       
Johann J. Lowenthal (Austria)      
Joseph Blackburne (England)     
Augustus Mongredien (England)    
Frederic Deacon (Belgium)   
James Robey (England)  
Valentine Green (England)

Johannes Zukertort vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, 1883
14 players, double round robin. Draws only counted if players drew 3 games in a row. Zukertort won 22-4.
 J. MortimerA. SkipworthA. SellmanJ. NoaH. BirdS. WinawerS. RosenthalB. EnglischG. MackenzieJ. MasonM. ChigorinJ. BlackburneW. Steinitz
Johannes Zukertort (Germany)                          
Wilhelm Steinitz (England)                         
Joseph H. Blackburne (England)                       
Mikhail Chigorin (Russia)                     
James Mason (Ireland)                   
George H. Mackenzie (United States)                 
Berthold Englisch (Austria-Hungary)               
Samuel Rosenthal (France)             
Szymon Winawer (Russia)           
Henry E. Bird (England)         
Josef Noa (Austria-Hungary)       
Alexander Sellman (United States)     
Arthur Skipworth (England)   
James Mortimer (England)