Morphy, P.C. – Barnes, T.W. 1858 (2)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Morphy, Paul    2794 (29) 6/
Barnes, Thomas    2501 (41) 1/
 
Status: casual

Event table notes

Event data
Place: London, England
Start date: Aug. 1858
End date: Aug. 1858
 
Notes:
A second series of games between Morphy and Barnes. Totals for the two matches given in almost all other sources (see the first series) suggest that this second series was +6-1=0 for Morphy, though Löwenthal in the Era (22 Aug. 1858, p.5) says it was +6-0=1.
 
References
Books
   Edge, Exploits of Morphy, page 200
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 16
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 114, 192
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 103
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 101
   Sergeant, Morphy Gleanings, page 17
Periodicals
   [BLL], 22 Aug. 1858, page 3
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1858, page 314
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1859, page 198
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1039, 22 Aug. 1858, page 5
   [Fld], 29 Aug. 1874
   [FLIN], 2 Oct. 1858
   [IZL], vol. 33, no. 838, 23 July 1859, page 64
   [SoT], 18 Sep. 1858
   [SoT], 13 Nov. 1858
Web
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Morphy, More or Less], page 7
   Sarah.  [Paul Goes to England]
   Sarah.  [The Scotsman]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Match information updated: 2 Oct. 2023