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   | Results |  |  |  
   | Crosstable scores |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: 2nd American Chess Congress - 2nd Class Tournament |  
   | Place: Cleveland |  
   | Start date: 4 Dec. 1871 |  
   | End date:   15 Dec. 1871 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Wilson got +1-1 against Stark, but then withdrew without playing the other opponents, so all games were scored against him in the official tally. I use the results of games actually played as always. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 81, 85, 87, 87 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BDE], vol. 31, no. 289, 9 Dec. 1871, page 4 |  
   | [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2 |  
   | [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1872, page 29 |  
   | [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51 |  
   | [SoT], 16 Dec. 1871 |  
   | [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871 |  
   | [TFF], 22 Dec. 1871 |  
   | [WP], vol. 4, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1872, page 172 |  |  |