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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Brighton |  
   | Start date: Jan. 1882 |  
   | End date:   Feb. 1882 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The 4 Jan. 1882 issue of the Chess Player's Chronicle said that the first two games had already been played. I am guessing that the match began in Jan. 1882, but it may well have been Dec. 1881. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 6, no. 101, 4 Jan. 1882, page 10 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 6, no. 102, 11 Jan. 1882, page 23 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 6, no. 105, 1 Feb. 1882, page 52 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 6, no. 107, 15 Feb. 1882, page 81 |  |  |