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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Saint Petersburg Tournament |  
   | Place: Saint Petersburg |  
   | Start date: 1859 |  
   | End date:   22 Dec. 1859 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Only partial results available. This was a knockout tournament and only the final matches have exact results given in Shakhmatniy Listok. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  |  |  |