Hammond, G. – Ware, P. 1858 (4)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Hammond, George    2344 (55) 3/5 
Ware, Preston    2153 (61) 2/5 
  Hammond, George gave odds of pawn and move
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Start date: Feb. 1858
End date: Feb. 1858
 
Notes:
Spinrad lists the Hammond-Ware matches under the year 1859, citing the Albion of 23 Apr. 1859. Fiske, however, gives the date of these matches as Feb. 1858. The results are given in the New York Clipper of 13 Mar. 1858.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 382
Periodicals
   [NYC], 13 Mar. 1858
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Scandal of 1880, Part 1], page 3