Sydney 1869 (2)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games    Class 
Francis, Henry    2353 (86) 18 / 22 
Heydon, Charles    2174 (82) 16 / 22 
Pendrill, John    2195 (79) 15 / 22 
Slade, John    1951 (79) 15 / 22 
Smith, Robert    2193 (76) 14 / 22 
Lewis, T.    1926 (89) 13 / 22 
Hayden, Thomas    1965 (84) 12 / 22 
Walker, Phillip    1825 (81) 9 / 22 
Brown, Vincent    1686 (80) 7 / 22 
Dangar, F.H.    1675 (94) 6 / 22 
Wilson (6)    1420 (97) 5 / 22 
Newcombe, W.    1266 (112) 2 / 22 
 
  Odds for class difference of 1: pawn and move
  Odds for class difference of 2: pawn and two moves
  Odds for class difference of 3: a knight
  Odds for class difference of 4: a rook
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Pendrill, John    2195 (79) 1 /
Slade, John    1951 (79) 0 /
  Pendrill, John gave odds of pawn and two moves
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Darlinghurst Club Handicap Tournament
Place: Sydney
Start date: 31 July 1868
End date: 1869
 
Notes:
The 1 Aug. 1868 issue of the Sydney Mail (p.4) says that the tournament began 'last night'. The 7 Nov. issue gives almost complete scores with only three games remaining to be played. The 16 Jan. 1869 issue (p.5) says the tournament was not yet completed. Then, after a long hiatus, in which the usual chess column was did not appear, the final results are given in the 25 Dec. 1869 issue (p.2). The tournament must have finished sometime between 16 Jan. and 25 Dec., probably earlier in that period. The play-off for third was won by Pendrill, but no actual score is given. I assume 1-0. Although Newcombe is a class E player, he may have received even longer odds than the Rook from first class players, and so on. Thus, he should perhaps be placed effectively in a class F by himself, though I don't know exactly what odds were given, so I've left him in class E as if he were getting odds appropriate to that class. This may cause his rating to be somewhat elevated.
 
References
Periodicals
   [SyM], vol. 9, no. 422, 1 Aug. 1868, page 4
   [SyM], vol. 9, no. 424, 15 Aug. 1868, page 4
   [SyM], vol. 9, no. 425, 22 Aug. 1868, page 4
   [SyM], vol. 9, no. 436, 7 Nov. 1868, page 4
   [SyM], vol. 10, no. 446, 16 Jan. 1869, page 5
   [SyM], vol. 10, no. 495, 25 Dec. 1869, page 2

Tournament information updated: 6 Oct. 2024