| Results |
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Match scores
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Deacon, Frederic |
2370 | (49) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Dawson, Richard |
1995 | (133) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Deacon, Frederic gave odds of the move |
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| Green, S.J. |
2028 | (76) |
3.5 | / | 5 |
| Lyttelton, George |
1808 | (80) |
1.5 | / | 5 |
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| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Young, Henry |
1949 | (76) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Hannah, James gave odds of the move |
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| Falkbeer, Ernst |
2354 | (50) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Stockil, W. |
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0 | / | 2 |
| Falkbeer, Ernst gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Mackenzie, George |
2459 | (43) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Medley, George |
2328 | (69) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Medley, George gave odds of the move |
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| Cole, Alfred |
2199 | (102) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Salter, David |
2092 | (80) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Solomons, S. |
2254 | (64) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Blackburne, Joseph |
2413 | (40) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Blackburne, Joseph gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Rimington Wilson, James |
2015 | (144) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Heathcote, John |
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0 | / | 2 |
| Rimington Wilson, James gave odds of the move |
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| Anderssen, Adolf |
2621 | (38) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Pearson, Charles |
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0 | / | 2 |
| Anderssen, Adolf gave odds of a knight |
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| Lamb, F.E. |
2086 | (101) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Schröder, A. (1) |
2117 | (70) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Schröder, A. (1) gave odds of the move |
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| Green, Valentine |
2272 | (36) |
2.5 | / | 4 |
| Chinnery, Walter |
2110 | (72) |
1.5 | / | 4 |
| Green, Valentine gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Harris, E. |
2115 | (109) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Puller, Arthur |
1921 | (73) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Puller, Arthur gave odds of the move |
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| Deacon, Frederic |
2370 | (49) |
3.5 | / | 5 |
| Green, S.J. |
2028 | (76) |
1.5 | / | 5 |
| Deacon, Frederic gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Falkbeer, Ernst |
2354 | (50) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Falkbeer, Ernst gave odds of the move |
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| Mackenzie, George |
2459 | (43) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Cole, Alfred |
2199 | (102) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Mackenzie, George gave odds of the move |
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| Solomons, S. |
2254 | (64) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Rimington Wilson, James |
2015 | (144) |
1 | / | 3 |
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| Anderssen, Adolf |
2621 | (38) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Lamb, F.E. |
2086 | (101) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Anderssen, Adolf gave odds of a knight |
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| Green, Valentine |
2272 | (36) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Harris, E. |
2115 | (109) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Green, Valentine gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Deacon, Frederic |
2370 | (49) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
| Deacon, Frederic gave odds of the move |
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| Deacon, Frederic |
2370 | (49) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
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| Mackenzie, George |
2459 | (43) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Solomons, S. |
2254 | (64) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Mackenzie, George gave odds of the move |
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| Anderssen, Adolf |
2621 | (38) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Green, Valentine |
2272 | (36) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Anderssen, Adolf gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Mackenzie, George |
2459 | (43) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Anderssen, Adolf |
2621 | (38) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Anderssen, Adolf gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Mackenzie, George |
2459 | (43) |
3 | / | 4 |
| Deacon, Frederic |
2370 | (49) |
1 | / | 4 |
| Deacon, Frederic gave odds of the move |
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| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Green, Valentine |
2272 | (36) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Green, Valentine |
2272 | (36) |
2.5 | / | 4 |
| Solomons, S. |
2254 | (64) |
1.5 | / | 4 |
| Green, Valentine gave odds of the move |
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| Hannah, James |
2355 | (50) |
3 | / | 5 |
| Solomons, S. |
2254 | (64) |
2 | / | 5 |
| Hannah, James gave odds of the move |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 16 June 1862 |
| End date: 2 Oct. 1862 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige, citing Löwenthal's book, omits Deacon-Cremorne from round 1. Di Felice follows Gaige but includes Deacon-Cremorne at +2-0=0. Löwenthal's book gives +2-1=0 for Deacon. Neither Gaige nor Di Felice give scores for rounds 2 and 3, only who beat who. The Era of 31 Aug. 1862 (p.5) gives the result of Mackenzie-Deacon as +2-1=2, but Löwenthal's book gives +2-0=2. The Era of 28 Sep. 1862 (p.14) gives the result of V. Green - Solomons as +2-1=1, but Löwenthal's book gives +2-1=2. The Era of 12 Oct. 1862 (p.14) gives the result of Hannah-Solomons as +2-1=2, but Löwenthal's book gives +2-1=1. I use Löwenthal's book of the Congress for definitive scores, including draws, with the exception of these last two results, which it seems more likely were inverted in the tournament book (a 1 and a 2 had only to be inverted in one place). There are also discrepancies in names of players: Gaige gives only surnames except to distinguish V. Green from S.J. Green; Spinrad is similar but also gives 'R Wilson' and 'Heathcote jr' as well as giving both 'Cremorne' and 'Cremmorne', both 'Anderssen' and 'Andersson', both 'Salter' and 'Seltzer'(!), and 'Lyttleton' instead of 'Lyttelton'. Di Felice gives some other initials and names, which I have used except for Cole, who he gives as 'Cole, Henry Holwell', but that Cole was not born until 1873 according to Chess Personalia, and 'Solomons, Moses', but Löwenthal's book of the Congress gives 'S. Solomons'. The Illustrated London News of June 21, 1862 says pairings were set on June 13 and both the Grand Tournament and Handicap Tournament were to start 'forthwith', though this may have been written a few days before it was published. Gaige says the Grand Tournament started 16 June. The Chess Player's Chronicle (1862, p.196) says that both the grand and the handicap tournament were to start on 16 June, so I take 16 June as the start date for the handicap tournament. The 19 July issue of the Illustrated London News gives 3rd round pairings for the Handicap Tournament, though not all 2nd round matches were finished. The 11 Oct. issue says the Handicap tourney was 'now on the point of concluding' (matches for 3rd prize were still being played despite the fact that 1st and 2nd prize winners were announced in the 30 Aug. issue). Löwenthal's book (p.lxxv) gives the date of the last game as 2 Oct. 1862. Although Deacon was to give Hannah odds of the move, he actually received the first move in their fourth game, so I record the first two as at odds of the move, and the last two as played even (each player getting the first move once). |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 36 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 106 |
| Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page lii |
| Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 4 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 212 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 33, 511 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 116 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1862, page 196, 203 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1238, 15 June 1862, page 13 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1239, 22 June 1862, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1240, 29 June 1862, page 12 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1241, 6 July 1862, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1245, 3 Aug. 1862, page 13 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1248, 24 Aug. 1862, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1249, 31 Aug. 1862, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 25, no. 1253, 28 Sep. 1862, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 25, no. 1255, 12 Oct. 1862, page 14 |
| [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1150, 21 June 1862, page 644 |
| [ILN], vol. 41, no. 1155, 19 July 1862, page 91 |
| [ILN], vol. 41, no. 1157, 2 Aug. 1862, page 119 |
| [ILN], vol. 41, no. 1162, 30 Aug. 1862, page 251 |
| [ILN], vol. 41, no. 1168, 11 Oct. 1862, page 395 |
| [NR], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1862, page 183 |
| [PDEB], 6 Aug. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 13 Aug. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 20 Aug. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 27 Aug. 1864 |
| [SZ], vol. 17, no. 7, July 1862, page 207 |
| Web |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
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