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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: 1st Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament A |  
   | Place: Newcastle |  
   | Start date: 1 Aug. 1870 |  
   | End date:   6 Aug. 1870 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 5, Oct. 1870, page 150 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 29, 1 Sep. 1870, page 71 |  |  |