| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
/ |
Games |
Class |
| Delmar, Eugene |
2318 | (34) |
4.5 | / | 5 |
1 |
| Koehler, Gustav |
2369 | (35) |
4.5 | / | 5 |
1 |
| Zirn, Harry |
2214 | (67) |
3 | / | 5 |
1 |
| Phillips, Harold |
2269 | (66) |
3 | / | 5 |
1 |
| Hanham, J. Moore |
2324 | (34) |
3 | / | 5 |
1 |
| Behr, Edward |
1685 | (135) |
2 | / | 5 |
4 |
| Stoehr, E.M. |
1987 | (105) |
2 | / | 4 |
2 |
| McRickard, F.J. |
| |
1 | / | 4 |
3 |
| Pratt, C.H. |
| |
0 | / | 4 |
2 |
| Bierwirth, A.H. |
1765 | (114) |
0 | / | 4 |
2 |
|
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| Odds for class difference of 1: pawn and move |
| Odds for class difference of 2: pawn and two moves |
| Odds for class difference of 3: a knight |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: Dobbs Ferry Handicap Tournament |
| Place: Dobbs Ferry |
| Start date: 2 July 1898 |
| End date: 4 July 1898 |
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| Notes: |
| This was announced in the July 1898 issue of the American Chess Magazine (p.33) as a handicap tournament with 3 classes, with odds of Pawn and Move given to players one class down, and odds of a Knight given to players two classes down. However, the report after the event in the Aug. 1898 issue (p.74) says that players were divided into 4 classes, with Edward Behr alone in the fourth class. It is clear from one of the games given that odds of Pawn and Move were in fact given to players one class down. I will guess that the odds for class differences of 2 and 3 were Pawn and Two Moves and Knight, respectively, though it is possible that they were Knight and Rook. Either version was common, the former more so. Each player played four opponents in the first four rounds, and then those with the highest 6 scores went on to the fifth round (Behr and Stoehr both had 2 points but Behr was picked as the sixth player to go through). In the fifth and final round, Zirn and Behr played again, as they had in the fourth round. |
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| References |
| Periodicals |
| [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 1, July 1898, page 33 |
| [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 2, Aug. 1898, page 74 |
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