London, England 1851 (1)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Anderssen, Adolf    2647 (39) 2.5 /
Kieseritzky, Lionel    2567 (33) 0.5 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2479 (55) 2 /
Löwe, Edward    2294 (53) 0 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2519 (39) 2 /
Löwenthal, Johann    2509 (36) 1 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2608 (41) 2 /
Brodie, Alfred    0 /
 
Szén, József    2541 (41) 2 /
Newham, Samuel    2222 (128) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2407 (53) 2 /
Mayet, Carl    2434 (42) 0 /
 
Horwitz, Bernhard    2482 (42) 2.5 /
Bird, Henry    2410 (41) 1.5 /
 
Mucklow, James    1730 (171) 2 /
Kennedy, E.S.    0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2647 (39) 4 /
Szén, József    2541 (41) 2 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2479 (55) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2407 (53) 3.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2519 (39) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1730 (171) 0 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2608 (41) 4.5 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2482 (42) 2.5 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2647 (39) 4 /
Staunton, Howard    2608 (41) 1 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2479 (55) 4 /
Williams, Elijah    2519 (39) 3 /
 
Szén, József    2541 (41) 4 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2482 (42) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2407 (53) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1730 (171) 0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2647 (39) 4.5 /
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2479 (55) 2.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2519 (39) 4.5 /
Staunton, Howard    2608 (41) 3.5 /
 
Szén, József    2541 (41) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2407 (53) 0.5 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: The International Chess Tournament
Place: London, England
Start date: 27 May 1851
End date: 15 July 1851
 
Notes:
Sergeant has Andessen-Kieseritzky +2-0=0, Horwitz-Bird +2-0=1 and Williams-Mucklow +4-3, but these do not agree with Staunton's account.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 94
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 11
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 17, 201
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page xxi
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 1
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 185
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 54, 114
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 79
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 141
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 73, 311
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page 174
Periodicals
   [BLL], 10 Aug. 1851, page 5
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 6, June 1851, page 181
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 7, July 1851, page 218
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 247
   [DFP], 2 July 1859
   [Era], vol. 13, no. 650, 9 Mar. 1851, page 6
   [Era], vol. 13, no. 664, 15 June 1851, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 489, 31 May 1851, page 481
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 493, 14 June 1851, page 553
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 495, 21 June 1851, page 585
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 497, 28 June 1851, page 617
   [LiM], vol. 41, no. 2298, 3 June 1851, page 433
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1851, page 163
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 195
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 251
   [Sis], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1852, page 236
   [Sis], vol. 6, 1852, page 271, 322, 352
   [Sis], vol. 7, no. 5, May 1853, page 148
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 5, May 1851, page 163
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 168, 232
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 274
   [SZ], vol. 7, no. 5, May 1852, page 129, 194, 202
   [SZ], vol. 7, no. 7, July 1852, page 233, 267
Web
   Sericano, C.  [I campionati del mondo fino al 1885]
   Sericano, C.  [London Torneo Internazionale, 1851]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament information updated: 22 Aug. 2023