Event table notes
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Event data |
Name: Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
Place: Liverpool |
Start date: 20 Feb. 1856 |
End date: 20 Feb. 1856 |
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Notes: |
The Manchester Weekly Examiner and Times of 23 Feb. 1856 (p.5) indicates a draw between Pindar and Smith for a score of +3-0=1 between them. Edgar (p.36) specifically indicates that there were no draws in this match. The Chess Player's Chronicle of 1856 (p.120), the Era of 2 Mar. 1856 (p.13) and the Illustrated London News of 1 Mar. 1856 (p.239) all give detailed scores but with no indication of any draws. Hindle (p.11) also says that the result of the Pindar-Smith pairing was 3-0. |
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References |
Books |
Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 36 |
Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 11 |
Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 95 |
Periodicals |
[CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1856, page 120 |
[Era], vol. 18, no. 910, 2 Mar. 1856, page 13 |
[ILN], vol. 28, no. 787, 1 Mar. 1856, page 239 |
[LiM], vol. 46, no. 2790, 22 Feb. 1856, page 8 |
[MWET], no. 727, 23 Feb. 1856, page 5 |
Web |
Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
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