London, England 1887 (4)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Burn, Amos    2532 (30) 8 /
Gunsberg, Isidor    2581 (29) 8 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2591 (29) 6.5 /
Zukertort, Johannes    2495 (32) 6 /
Pollock, William    2377 (33) 4 /
Lee, Francis    2355 (46) 3.5 /
Bird, Henry    2448 (34) 3 /
Guest, Antony    2310 (45) 3 /
Mason, James    2493 (39) 3 /
Mortimer, James    2237 (39) 0 /
 
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Burn, Amos    2532 (30) 2.5 /
Gunsberg, Isidor    2581 (29) 2.5 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament
Place: London, England
Start date: 29 Nov. 1887
End date: 12 Dec. 1887
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper, in Hundert Jahre Schachturniere, gives the winning scores as 7 points each for Burn and Gunsberg, but corrects it to 8 points in Hundert Jahre Schachzweikämpfe. The play-off took place after 12 Dec. 1887.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 107
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 33
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 101
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 298
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 55
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 269, 294
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 255
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 204, 320
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Londra 1887]

Tournament information updated: 5 May 2020