| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: 2nd American Chess Congress - 1st Class Tournament |
| Place: Cleveland |
| Start date: 5 Dec. 1871 |
| End date: 15 Dec. 1871 |
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| Notes: |
| This was a 9-player, double-round all-play-all, with draws not counting and replayed. Gilberg, van Winsen, and Di Felice indicate that several games were defaulted: Smith defaulted one game to Ware, and Houghton defaulted both games to Ware, Smith and Harding. Gaige and Cree give the same scores but do not indicate any defaults. Staunton in the Illustrated London News indicates Houghton's defaulted games but not the one by Smith. La Grande Storia degli Scacchi only gives official results, not indicating defaults or draws. Feenstra Kuiper only gives official total scores for each player. I have used the version of Gilberg, van Winsen, and Di Felice. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 21 Dec. 1871 (p.2) gives Mackenzie's score as +14-2=2, but the table here shows an odd count of draws, which can't be right, and Gilberg and other sources show 3 draws for Mackenzie. The Illustrated London News, the Era, and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give starting date as Dec. 5, 1871. Gaige, Di Felice and Cree give starting date as Dec. 4, 1871. Gilberg makes it clear that although the formal proceedings began on Dec. 4, play did not start until Dec. 5, 1871. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 53 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 24 |
| Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 12 |
| Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 81 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 142 |
| van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 21 |
| Periodicals |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 289, 9 Dec. 1871, page 4 |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 293, 14 Dec. 1871, page 3 |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 294, 15 Dec. 1871, page 3 |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14 |
| [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 10, Oct. 1871, page 289 |
| [SoT], 16 Dec. 1871 |
| [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871 |
| [TFF], 6 Oct. 1871 |
| [TFF], 15 Dec. 1871 |
| [TFF], 22 Dec. 1871 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1872, page 172 |
| Web |
| Cree, Graeme. [2nd American Chess Congress] (broken) |
| Sericano, C. [Cleveland 1871] |
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