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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 5 Dec. 1840 |
| End date: 8 Dec. 1840 |
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| Notes: |
| Four games played a few days before de la Bourdonnais died. Walker specifies that de la Bourdonnais gave him Pawn and move odds. Walker lost the first game, drew the second, and of the last two, won one and drew the other. He gives the date of the 2nd game as 5 Dec. 1840 and of the 3rd and 4th as 8 Dec. 1840. |
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| References |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 6 Dec. 1840, page 4 |
| [BLL], 20 Dec. 1840, page 4 |
| [BLL], 3 Jan. 1841, page 3 |
| [BLL], 10 Jan. 1841, page 4 |
| [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1860, page 301, 303 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Dec. 1841, page 11, 13 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 2, 15 Jan. 1842, page 85 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 May 1842, page 249 |
| [SZ], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1847, page 36 |
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