| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
/ |
Games |
Class |
| Gunsberg, Isidor |
2604 | (31) |
11 | / | 14 |
1 |
| Blackburne, Joseph |
2570 | (32) |
10.5 | / | 13 |
1 |
| Wainwright, George |
2331 | (39) |
10 | / | 14 |
2 |
| Bird, Henry |
2446 | (30) |
9.5 | / | 13 |
1 |
| Gattie, Walter |
2345 | (41) |
8 | / | 13 |
1 |
| Zukertort, Johannes |
2460 | (44) |
7 | / | 8 |
1 |
| Pollock, William |
2381 | (31) |
7 | / | 13 |
1 |
| Mortimer, James |
2278 | (33) |
6.5 | / | 14 |
1 |
| Michael, Abraham |
2220 | (67) |
5.5 | / | 12 |
2 |
| Jetley, V. |
1940 | (69) |
5.5 | / | 14 |
5 |
| Ingoldsby, William |
1987 | (48) |
4 | / | 11 |
5 |
| Wyman, H.G.H. |
1581 | (93) |
4 | / | 13 |
8 |
| Sellon, Ernest |
2048 | (51) |
3.5 | / | 11 |
4 |
| Alderson, F.H. |
1236 | (131) |
2 | / | 14 |
9 |
| Hirschfeld, A. |
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0 | / | 11 |
8 |
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| Odds for class difference of 1: two moves |
| Odds for class difference of 2: pawn and move |
| Odds for class difference of 3: pawn and two moves |
| Odds for class difference of 4: a knight |
| Odds for class difference of 5: knight and move |
| Odds for class difference of 6: a rook |
| Odds for class difference of 7: rook and move |
| Odds for class difference of 8: rook and pawn |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: British Chess Club Handicap |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 5 June 1888 |
| End date: July 1888 |
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| Notes: |
| The assignment of players to the nine handicap classes is given in the Chess Monthly, but the details of what odds were given between what class differences is not spelled out in full. Some of them are made clear, such as that first class gave second odds of Two Moves, while first class gave fourth Pawn and Two Moves. This suggests that the odds were similar to those used in the Simpson's Divan Handicap the same year, which went: Two Moves, Pawn and Move, Pawn and Two Moves, Knight, Knight and Move, and Rook for differences of 1 to 6 classes. This tournament had nine classes, so there were differences of up to eight classes between players. I am guessing that the odds given for class differences of 7 and 8 were Rook and Move, and Rook and Pawn, respectively, though I don't have firm evidence for these. Zukertort died part way through the tournament, and his unplayed games were counted as draws in the official scores, but are not counted here for rating purposes. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 294 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 259, 260, 550 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 209 |
| Periodicals |
| [CML], vol. 9, no. 10, June 1888, page 290 |
| [CML], vol. 9, no. 11, July 1888, page 327 |
| [CML], vol. 9, no. 12, Aug. 1888, page 354, 377 |
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