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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Edinburgh |  
   | Start date: 1859 |  
   | End date:   1859 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Result +9-7=2 for Donaldson given in the Schachzeitung of Oct. 1859 (p.326), from a letter by Donaldson. I will guess that these games were played earlier in 1859. The Schachzeitung of Jan.-Feb. 1860 (pp.77-78) has two games between these two players dated to May 1859, which may belong to this match. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [SZ], vol. 14, no. 10, Oct. 1859, page 326 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 15, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 77 |  |  |