Paris Tournament

Paris World Expo, 1878

Although this tournament took place before there was an official world championship, many people considered this result to be decisive of the "world champion".
16.5 points for Zukertort, 16.5 points for Winawer, 14.5 points for Blackburne, 13 points for Mackenzie, 13 points for Bird, 12.5 points for Anderssen, 11.5 points for Englisch, 11.5 points for Rosenthal, 8.5 points for Clerc, 8.5 points for Mason, 3.5 points for Gifford, and 2.5 points for Pitschel.
 K. PitschelH.W.B. GiffordJ. MasonA. ClercS. RosenthalB. EnglischA. AnderssenH.E. BirdG.H. MackenzieJ.H. BlackburneS. Winawer
Johannes Zukertort (Germany)                      
Szymon Winawer (Poland)                     
Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom)                   
George Henry Mackenzie (United States)                 
Henry Edward Bird (United Kingdom)               
Adolf Anderssen (Germany)             
Berthold Englisch (Austria-Hungary)           
Samuel Rosenthal (France)         
Albert Clerc (France)       
James Mason (United States)     
Henry William Birkmyre Gifford (The Netherlands)   
Karl Pitschel (Austria-Hungary) 
Winawer and Zukertort played a tiebreaker match to determine the winner.  Zukertort won 3-1.
 1234 
Szymon Winawer    Johannes Zukertort
Mackenzie and Bird played a tiebreaker match for 4th place. Mackenzie won 2-0.
 12 
George Henry Mackenzie  Henry Edward Bird