New Orleans 1885




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Wilcox, Clarence    2250 (62) 14.5 / 16 
Labatt, Leon    2165 (57) 11 / 16 
Barton, H.E.    1943 (59) 9 / 16 
Factum, M.F.    2093 (69) 9.5 / 14 
Tennison, Otto    1890 (56) 7 / 16 
Kaczoroski, F.C.    1836 (59) 6.5 / 16 
Hamilton, E.J.    1916 (64) 6 / 16 
Blanchard, James    1937 (56) 4.5 / 16 
Blanchard, E.J.    1899 (68) 5.5 / 13 
Lyons, Lucien    1639 (112) 1.5 / 11 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 6th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament
Place: New Orleans
Start date: 1885
End date: 22 Aug. 1885
 
Notes:
The report in the Daily Picayune of 30 Aug. 1885 (p.11) gives a full crosstable and says that Factum withdrew and forfeited 3 games, but it also notes 5 forfeits for E.J. Blanchard, and 7 for L.E. Lyons. The Brooklyn Chess Chronicle of 15 Sept. 1885 (p.180) garbles this information. It is not clear who the forfeited games were against, so I am making a guess, spreading around the recipients of the forfeits. This may cause some errors, but these should not be great. The Nashville Union of 7 June 1885 gives a game between Labatt and Factum dated 23 May which is said to be a second round game, though it is not entirely clear if this is the second round of the tournament. The Nashville Union of 26 July 1885 gives a game dated 12 July that is definitely from the tournament, so it must have started by 12 Jul. 1885.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 19
Periodicals
   [BCC], vol. 3, no. 10, 15 July 1885, page 148
   [BCC], vol. 3, no. 12, 15 Sep. 1885, page 180
   [CSN], 13 Sep. 1885
   [NODP], 30 Aug. 1885, page 11
   [NSC], 9 Aug. 1885
   [NSC], 13 Sep. 1885
   [NU], 7 June 1885
   [NU], 26 July 1885
   [NU], 9 Aug. 1885

Tournament information updated: 4 Mar. 2020