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Event table notes
 
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| Event data |  
   | Place: Philadelphia    | 
 
   | Start date: May 1889 | 
 
   | End date:   1890 | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | According to Hilbert, the first game was played in May 1889 and the tenth game at the beginning of Jan. 1890. The dates of the last 3 games are not given. | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 53, 60 | 
 
   |    Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 17 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [BCM], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1907, page 18 | 
 
 
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