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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: Birmingham |
| Start date: 26 Aug. 1858 |
| End date: 26 Aug. 1858 |
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| Notes: |
| A letter by Edge dated 30 Aug. 1858 gives +2-0 for Morphy; Spinrad gives the same result from the New York Times of 21 Oct. 1858 as well as from the Birmingham tournament book. Lawson, Sarah's Morphy website and the Era of 29 Aug. 1858 (p.13) say he played the games on the evening of his arrival in Birmingham, 26 Aug. 1858. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Edge, Exploits of Morphy, page 200 |
| Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 192 |
| Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 117 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xxix |
| Periodicals |
| [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1858, page 314 |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1859, page 198 |
| [CPM], vol. 1, no. 3, Sep. 1863, page 88 |
| [Era], vol. 20, no. 1040, 29 Aug. 1858, page 13 |
| [Fld], 28 Aug. 1858 |
| [FLIN], 2 Oct. 1858 |
| [IZL], vol. 33, no. 838, 23 July 1859, page 64 |
| [ST], no. 1846, 5 Sep. 1858, page supp.4 |
| Web |
| Edge, Frederick Milnes. [Edge to Fiske Letter August 30,1858] |
| Sarah. [The Birmingham Meeting] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
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