The first modern chess tournament was not held until London 1851, and few tournaments were held in the 1870s, Hosmer's heyday.
In 1848 a letter had been published in which Ludwig Bledow proposed that he and von der Lasa should organize in Trier (Germany) an international tournament whose winner should be recognized as the world champion (Bledow died in 1846; it is not known why publication was delayed).
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