London, England 1870 (3)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Wisker, John    2512 (44) 5 /
Burn, Amos    2447 (47) 6 /
Owen, John    2410 (45) 4 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2573 (39) 4.5 /
Gossip, George    2207 (61) 2.5 /
Green, Valentine    2242 (67) 2.5 /
Ide, E.G.    1681 (163) 0.5 /
 
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Wisker, John    2512 (44) 1.5 /
Burn, Amos    2447 (47) 0.5 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup
Place: London, England
Start date: 12 Oct. 1870
End date: 29 Oct. 1870
 
Notes:
7-player, single-round all-play-all, with draws not counting and being replayed. Gaige, Di Felice, La Grande Storia degli Scacchi, the Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle (Dec. 1870, p.184), the Schachzeitung (Jan. 1871, p.16), and the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung (Nov. 1870, p.321) all omit the draws, included by Forster. Staunton in the Illustrated London News gives numbers of wins, losses and draws for each player, but the numbers of draws given for Burn, Blackburne and Ide are short. Gaige says that Wisker won the play-off but doesn't give the play-off score. Forster says the two tie-break games took place on 26 and 29 Oct. 1870.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 51
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 138
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 31
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 12
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 79
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 152
Periodicals
   [Alb], 26 Nov. 1870
   [BLL], no. 2627, 5 Nov. 1870, page 12
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1870, page 184
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1671, 16 Oct. 1870, page 7
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1676, 6 Nov. 1870, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1621, 5 Nov. 1870, page 483
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1622, 12 Nov. 1870, page 507
   [NBSZ], vol. 7, no. 11, Nov. 1870, page 321
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 1871, page 16
   [TFF], 25 Nov. 1870
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 31, 1 Nov. 1870, page 106, 107
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 32, 1 Dec. 1870, page supp.1
Web
   Sericano, C.  [London BCA Challenge Cup 1870]

Tournament information updated: 6 Oct. 2024