| Results |
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Match scores
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Chinnery, Walter |
2112 | (95) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Ide, Edward |
1673 | (162) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Chinnery, Walter gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Franklin, William |
2102 | (119) |
1 | / | 1 |
| de Vere, Cecil |
2544 | (42) |
0 | / | 1 |
| de Vere, Cecil gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Green, S.J. |
2087 | (81) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Baxter, Alexander |
1911 | (85) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Haggard, H.D. |
2038 | (142) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Newham, William |
2030 | (60) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Newham, William gave odds of a knight |
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| Lord, John |
2324 | (58) |
1 | / | 1 |
| MacDonell, A.W. |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Lord, John gave odds of a knight |
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| Mongredien, Augustus (2) |
2069 | (73) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Harper, T. |
2180 | (97) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Harper, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Murphy, Joseph |
2241 | (83) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Green, Valentine |
2251 | (62) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| MacDonnell, George |
2554 | (47) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Franklin, Selim |
2019 | (89) |
0 | / | 1 |
| MacDonnell, George gave odds of pawn and move |
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| McComas, T. |
1879 | (176) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Löwe, Edward |
2011 | (109) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Löwe, Edward gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Selfe, Henry |
2191 | (134) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph |
2561 | (42) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2716 | (48) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Gossip, George |
2201 | (70) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of the move |
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| Wisker, John |
2482 | (43) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Bayliss, Wyke |
2037 | (105) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
| Wisker, John gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Green, S.J. |
2087 | (81) |
1 | / | 1 |
| MacDonnell, George |
2554 | (47) |
0 | / | 1 |
| MacDonnell, George gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Haggard, H.D. |
2038 | (142) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Selfe, Henry |
2191 | (134) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Selfe, Henry gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Mongredien, Augustus (2) |
2069 | (73) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Lord, John |
2324 | (58) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Lord, John gave odds of a knight |
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| Murphy, Joseph |
2241 | (83) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Chinnery, Walter |
2112 | (95) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2716 | (48) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Franklin, William |
2102 | (119) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Wisker, John |
2482 | (43) |
1 | / | 1 |
| McComas, T. |
1879 | (176) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Wisker, John gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Blackburne, Joseph |
2561 | (42) |
1 | / | 1 |
| de Vere, Cecil |
2544 | (42) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Bayliss, Wyke |
2037 | (105) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Harper, T. |
2180 | (97) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Harper, T. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Franklin, Selim |
2019 | (89) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Baxter, Alexander |
1911 | (85) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Franklin, Selim gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Green, Valentine |
2251 | (62) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Gossip, George |
2201 | (70) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Gossip, George gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Löwe, Edward |
2011 | (109) |
1 | / | 1 |
| MacDonell, A.W. |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Löwe, Edward gave odds of a knight |
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| Mongredien, Augustus (2) |
2069 | (73) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Green, S.J. |
2087 | (81) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Green, S.J. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2716 | (48) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Haggard, H.D. |
2038 | (142) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of a knight |
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| Wisker, John |
2482 | (43) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Murphy, Joseph |
2241 | (83) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Wisker, John gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Blackburne, Joseph |
2561 | (42) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Ide, Edward |
1673 | (162) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph gave odds of a knight |
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| Franklin, Selim |
2019 | (89) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Löwe, Edward |
2011 | (109) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Löwe, Edward gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Green, Valentine |
2251 | (62) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Bayliss, Wyke |
2037 | (105) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Green, Valentine gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2716 | (48) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Mongredien, Augustus (2) |
2069 | (73) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of a knight |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2716 | (48) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Wisker, John |
2482 | (43) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of the move |
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| Wisker, John |
2482 | (43) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Mongredien, Augustus (2) |
2069 | (73) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Wisker, John gave odds of a knight |
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| Blackburne, Joseph |
2561 | (42) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Franklin, Selim |
2019 | (89) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Blackburne, Joseph |
2561 | (42) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Green, Valentine |
2251 | (62) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Green, Valentine |
2251 | (62) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Franklin, Selim |
2019 | (89) |
0 | / | 1 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: British Chess Association Handicap Tournament |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 24 Nov. 1868 |
| End date: Jan. 1869 |
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| Notes: |
| Handicap knockout tournament, single game per pairing, 5 rounds, 24 players, though the Liverpool Mercury of 5 Dec. 1868 (p.6) says there were 26). |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 49 |
| Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4, 41 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 59, 511 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 175, 348 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 3, 8 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 154 |
| [CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344 |
| [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1513, 28 Nov. 1868, page 531 |
| [NYC], 26 Dec. 1868 |
| [SZ], vol. 23, no. 21, Nov. 1868, page 339 |
| [SZ], vol. 23, no. 23, Dec. 1868, page 360 |
| Web |
| Kingston, Taylor. [Don't Bet the Farm or Scholar's Concern Tempers Stat-Freak's Delight], page 12 |
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