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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 1824 |
| End date: 1824 |
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| Notes: |
| Hooper and Whyld and Utterberg both give 1825 as the year. Murray, however, gives 1823 as do Golombek, Di Felice, La Grande Storia degli Scacchi, and Sarah. All of these sources giving 1823 as the year may be derived from Le Palamède (1836, p.226), where 1823 is given. Also, Walker, in the 13 Dec. 1840 issue (p.4) of Bell's Life in London, says that his 1840 visit was his third visit to London, after the first 'about 1823' and the second 'in 1833', though we know that was in 1834. On the other hand, in the 15 Feb. 1835 issue of Bell's Life in London (p.2), he says the match took place 'ten years back'. Furthermore, in the 4 Mar. 1838 issue (p.4), he says that de la Bourdonnais 'has only been twice in England during the fifteen years he has swayed the sceptre', and he was certainly in London in 1825, since he got married there in that year, and in 1834 for the matches with McDonnell. Much later, it is stated in the Field of 1 Oct. 1870 that de la Bourdonnais was twice in England, first 'about 1824 (we are not sure of the exact date)', and second in 1834. In fact, de la Bourdonnais himself says that he first came to England after the proposed correspondence match between Paris and London fell through, which was Feb. 1824. And we also know that he played Cochrane on this visit, and Cochrane sailed for India later in 1824. So de la Bourdonnais must have been in London in 1824. The only doubt occurs because we know that de la Bourdonnais was in London in June 1825, since he got married there at that time. On balance, the most likely date of this match is 1824. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 2 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 170 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 184 |
| Murray, History of Chess, page 882 |
| Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, page 13 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], no. 646, 15 Feb. 1835, page 2 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 1, 1 May 1841, page 9 |
| [Era], vol. 23, no. 1196, 25 Aug. 1861, page 15 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 Sep. 1836, page 226 |
| Web |
| Lewis, William. [A Letter from Lewis] |
| Sarah. [Bourdonnais] |
| Sarah. [La Bourdonnais] (broken) |
| Sarah. [William Lewis] |
| Sarah. [William Lewis] |
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