Wisker, J. – Owen, J. 1872




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Wisker, John    2541 (38) 4/
Owen, John    2391 (45) 1/
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Hooton
Start date: Sep. 1872
End date: 1872
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give the date as 1872 and location as London. La Grande Storia degli Scacchi gives 1871 and Cheshire. The Chess Player's Chronicle says it took place at Hooton Vicarage, Cheshire (Owen's home) and started in the first week of September 1872. Sergeant says that the match was left unfinished at that point.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 54
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 19
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 160
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 285
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 12, Jan. 1875, page 295
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, Oct. 1872, page 154
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 6, 1 Oct. 1872, page 81
Web
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1865/79]

Match information updated: 25 Dec. 2021