| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
/ |
Games |
| Thorold, Edmund |
2428 | (41) |
11.5 | / | 12 |
| Ranken, Charles |
2246 | (44) |
7.5 | / | 12 |
| Ensor, F. Sidney |
2331 | (53) |
7 | / | 12 |
| Jenkin, John |
2317 | (50) |
7 | / | 12 |
| Fisher, Bernard |
2238 | (45) |
6.5 | / | 12 |
| Minchin, James |
2261 | (38) |
6.5 | / | 12 |
| Wayte, William |
2367 | (40) |
6 | / | 11 |
| Barbier, Georges |
2142 | (67) |
5.5 | / | 12 |
| Coker, John |
2202 | (43) |
5.5 | / | 11 |
| Martin, William |
2076 | (44) |
5 | / | 11 |
| Minchin, Charles |
2122 | (45) |
2.5 | / | 11 |
| Beardsell, Thomas |
2071 | (51) |
2 | / | 11 |
| Earnshaw, Samuel |
1892 | (81) |
0.5 | / | 7 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: 9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 29 July 1878 |
| End date: 3 Aug. 1878 |
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| Notes: |
| According to Sergeant, there was also a handicap tournament, which was won by the automaton 'Mephisto' (directed by Gunsberg), ahead of Ensor, Col. Minchin and Maj. Martin, but no scores are given for that event. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 70 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 173 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 21, 1 Sep. 1878, page 210 |
| [HCM], vol. 6, no. 12, Sep. 1878, page 335 |
| [ILN], vol. 73, no. 2037, 13 July 1878, page 47 |
| [ILN], vol. 73, no. 2040, 3 Aug. 1878, page 119 |
| [ILN], vol. 73, no. 2041, 10 Aug. 1878, page 143 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [Chess Automatons] |
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