 In the first round he beat Samuel Newham 2-0, then lost 2-4 to the tournament winner, Adolf Anderssen; in the third round he overcame Bernhard Horwitz 4-0, and in the fourth round Hugh Alexander Kennedy by 4½-½.He actually scored the highest percentage in the tournament.In 1852, he drew a match with Ernst Falkbeer (+9 –9 =2) in Vienna.