Dundee 1867 (1)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Neumann, Gustav    2662 (36) 7.5 /
Steinitz, Wilhelm    2674 (38) 7 /
MacDonnell, George    2531 (50) 6.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2576 (40) 6.5 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2501 (53) 5 /
Robertson, James    2097 (65) 3 /
Fraser, James    2306 (64) 2.5 /
Fraser, George    2316 (52) 2.5 /
Hamel, Sigismund    2121 (77) 2 /
Spens, Walter    2037 (66) 0.5 /
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Dundee Tournament
Place: Dundee
Start date: 4 Sep. 1867
End date: 14 Sep. 1867
 
Notes:
La Grande Storia degli Scacchi has William Robertson at this event. Di Felice has James Alexander Robertson. Staunton has Col. Robertson in the Illustrated London News (Nov. 9, 1867), as does Sergeant. Harding confirms that it was Colonenl James Robertson. No mention of a play-off match for 3rd prize is made by Sergeant, Gaige, Feenstra Kuiper, Reichhelm, La Grande Storia degli Scacchi or any of the primary sources, but Di Felice has a 1-1 score for a play-off between MacDonnell and de Vere. Some of the primary sources indicate that 3rd and 4th prizes were split between the two, but that would be consistent with a tied play-off or no play-off. La Stratégie (p.241) and the Schachzeitung (15 Oct. 1867, cover) say that they split the prizes by agreement, which does not sound like a play-off was played. Renette and Zavatarelli explicitly say they split the prizes without a play-off. Without clearer evidence for a play-off, I will not include this result. La Grande Storia degli Scacchi has 3-12 Sep.; Di Felice has 3-14 Sep. Renette and Zavatarelli as well as Harding, say the first round started 4 Sep.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 45
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 21
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 7
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 165, 169, 348
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 142
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 287, 294
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 148, 317
Periodicals
   [Alb], 5 Oct. 1867
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 10, 1 Oct. 1867, page 306
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 8, Nov. 1867, page 308
   [Era], vol. 30, no. 1512, 15 Sep. 1867, page 7
   [Era], vol. 30, no. 1514, 29 Sep. 1867, page 5
   [GWT], 18 Oct. 1867
   [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1448, 5 Oct. 1867, page 369
   [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1454, 9 Nov. 1867, page 523
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 8, Aug. 1867, page 285
   [PDEB], 11 Oct. 1867
   [PDEB], 22 Nov. 1867
   [Sis], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1867, page 350
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 10, 15 Oct. 1867, page 241
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 14, 15 Oct. 1867, page cover
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 7, July 1870, page 193
   [TFF], 12 Oct. 1867
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Dundee 1867]

Tournament information updated: 8 Sept. 2024