Blackburne, J.H. – Zukertort, J.H. 1887




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2591 (29) 9/14 
Zukertort, Johannes    2495 (32) 5/14 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: London, England
Start date: 7 May 1887
End date: 9 June 1887
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper, Moran, Di Felice and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give +5-1=8 for Blackburne; Sarah's Blackburne web pages give +5-1=7 for Blackburne; Sergeant gives +5-1=1 for Blackburne. The July 1887 issue of British Chess Magazine gives +5-1=8.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 108
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 22
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 198
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 205, 255
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 241, 509
   Moran, World Chess Championship I, page 8
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 203
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 390
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 7, no. 6, June 1887, page 242, 268
   [BCM], vol. 7, no. 7, July 1887, page 301
   [BCM], vol. 11, no. 8, Aug. 1891, page 392
Web
   Sarah.  [der Schwarze Tod]
   Sarah.  [Joseph Henry Blackburne]
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1880/99]

Match information updated: 5 May 2020