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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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