| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
/ |
Games |
| Atkins, Henry |
2505 | (43) |
8 | / | 11 |
| Ward, William |
2382 | (34) |
6.5 | / | 11 |
| Blackburne, Joseph |
2409 | (38) |
6 | / | 11 |
| Gunsberg, Isidor |
2368 | (51) |
6 | / | 11 |
| Lee, Francis |
2343 | (43) |
6 | / | 11 |
| Palmer, Wilfred |
2319 | (42) |
6 | / | 11 |
| Michell, Reginald |
2354 | (39) |
5.5 | / | 11 |
| Sergeant, Edward |
2275 | (33) |
5.5 | / | 11 |
| Shoosmith, Hector |
2355 | (41) |
5 | / | 11 |
| Mackenzie, Arthur |
2258 | (39) |
4.5 | / | 11 |
| Blake, Joseph |
2322 | (36) |
4 | / | 11 |
| Lean, Richard |
2113 | (64) |
3 | / | 11 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: 5th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship |
| Place: Tunbridge Wells |
| Start date: 10 Aug. 1908 |
| End date: 22 Aug. 1908 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige and Di Felice say this was the 5th British Chess Federation Tournament; Feenstra Kuiper, in Hundert Jahre Schachturniere (p.73), says it was the 9th, but corrects it in Hundert Jahre Schachzweikämpfe (p.102) to the 5th. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 112 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 73 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 102 |
| Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 310 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 305 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 467 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 250, 326 |
| Periodicals |
| [BCM], vol. 28, no. 9, Sep. 1908, page 372 |
| Web |
| Saunders, John. [Tournament: 5th British Championship] |
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