Oxford 1891 (1)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Blake, Joseph    2424 (45) 7.5 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2264 (44) 7.5 /
Jones-Bateman, Ernest    2335 (53) 4.5 /
Lambert, Charles    2231 (45) 4.5 /
Owen, John    2305 (44) 4.5 /
Trenchard, Herbert    2292 (42) 4.5 /
Thorold, Edmund    2281 (45) 4 /
Hunt, Joseph    2139 (79) 3.5 /
Peachey, Henry    2122 (58) 2.5 /
Schott, George    2122 (49) 2 /
 
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blake, Joseph    2424 (45) 3 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2264 (44) 2 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Counties Chess Association - Class I, Division I
Place: Oxford
Start date: 3 Aug. 1891
End date: 8 Aug. 1891
 
Notes:
The International Chess Magazine (Nov. 1891, p.322) and the American Chess Monthly (June 1892, p.77) give the result of the Play-off match as +2-1=1 for Blake (played in Oct. 1891). The Chess Monthly of Jan. 1892 (from Alan Smith, via Tim Harding) gives +2-1=2. Sergeant, Gaige and Di Felice give +2-1 for Blake.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 130
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 76
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 215
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 11, no. 7, July 1891, page 341
   [BCM], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1891, page 403
   [CML], Jan. 1892
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 425, 27 June 1891, page 97
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 435, 24 Oct. 1891, page 178

Tournament information updated: 22 Feb. 2014