Cheltenham 1876 (3)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Burn, Amos    2532 (41) 11 / 12 
Minchin, James    2310 (38) 9 / 12 
Owen, John    2409 (44) 9 / 12 
Wayte, William    2379 (41) 9 / 12 
Coker, John    2207 (43) 6.5 / 11 
Fisher, Bernard    2277 (42) 5 / 11 
Hodges, William    2249 (72) 6 / 12 
Skipworth, Arthur    2219 (44) 3.5 / 10 
Fraser, George    2279 (56) 4.5 / 12 
Ranken, Charles    2209 (44) 2 /
Thorold, Edmund    2362 (41) 3 /
Martin, William    2059 (39) 2.5 / 12 
Spens, Walter    2083 (44) 1 / 11 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Provincial Champion's Cup
Place: Cheltenham
Start date: 1 Aug. 1876
End date: 12 Aug. 1876
 
Notes:
Di Felice and Forster have 'Hodges, W.' at this event; La Grande Storia degli Scacchi has 'Hodges, Albert'. The meeting began on 31 July 1876, but according to the Westminster Papers (1 Sept. 1876, p.85), play did not start until 1 Aug. 1876. The meeting finished on 5 Aug. 1876, but the Illustrated London News of 2 Sep. 1876 (p.231) and Forster (p.94) explain that the game between Burn and Owen was not played at Cheltenham, but was played a week later on 12 Aug. 1876 at Hooton, Cheshire. The Illustrated London News of 26 Aug. 1876 (p.207) says that neither Ranken nor Thorold 'played the whole of their games'. Forster's crosstable indicates which games were unplayed.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 66
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 94
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 18
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 170
Periodicals
   [Fld], 12 Aug. 1876
   [Fld], 19 Aug. 1876
   [HCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Sep. 1876, page 285
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1934, 19 Aug. 1876, page 179
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1935, 26 Aug. 1876, page 207
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1936, 2 Sep. 1876, page 231
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 3, 1 July 1876, page 49
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1876, page 85
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Cheltenham 1876]

Tournament information updated: 5 Jan. 2023