| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Mosely, Louis |
2110 | (66) |
11.5 | / | 12 |
| Ryder, James |
2126 | (53) |
9 | / | 11 |
| Berry, William |
1973 | (51) |
7 | / | 11 |
| Tribe, Wilberforce |
2007 | (63) |
7 | / | 12 |
| Highfield, S. |
1945 | (71) |
5 | / | 11 |
| Perry, A.T. |
1916 | (61) |
5 | / | 11 |
| Breese, Edward |
1820 | (58) |
5 | / | 11 |
| Stoate, R.T. |
1874 | (68) |
4.5 | / | 11 |
| Tibbits, N. |
1887 | (68) |
4 | / | 11 |
| Banfield, E.M. |
1866 | (70) |
4 | / | 11 |
| Isaac, T.W.P. |
1891 | (63) |
4 | / | 12 |
| Kempson, Samuel |
1826 | (48) |
2 | / | 11 |
| May, Thomas |
2022 | (70) |
1 | / | 3 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: 4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II |
| Place: Bristol |
| Start date: 4 Aug. 1873 |
| End date: 9 Aug. 1873 |
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| Notes: |
| This was a 13-player single-round all-play-all tournament, but the report in the Chess Player's Chronicle of Aug. 1873 (supplement, p.4) says that the 13th player, T. May, 'lost his games by default'. Nevertheless, he is shown with a score of +1-11. The Bristol Times and Mirror of 8 Aug. 1873 (p.7) has a nearly complete crosstable, when most players had played at least nine games, except Perry (who had played 8), Berry and Tribe (who had each played 7) and May (who had played only 3). The Chess Player's Chronicle has almost final scores, giving numbers of wins, including draws, and numbers of losses, not including draws. However, the total number of wins comes to 77 instead of 78, as it should be for a 13-player single-round all-play-all tournament. Also, it is noted that 4th prize is 'Not decided yet', though the first three prizes went to Mosely with 11.5, Ryder with 10, and Berry with 8, respectively. The most likely explanation for the missing point is that the game between Tribe and Breese had not yet taken place. Tribe is shown with 6.5 wins and 4 losses, which accounts for only 11 games (unless there were 3 draws, which is not consistent with other results), and similarly, Breese is shown with a score of 5.5 wins and 5 losses, again only accounting for 11 games. While Stoate is also shown with 5.5 wins and 5 losses, the partial crosstable we have already shows three draws, so the scores account for all of his games. If the Tribe-Breese game had not yet been played, then it was possible for Breese to equal Tribe if he won. The Illustrated London News of 18 Oct. 1873 reports that Tribe did win 4th prize, and thus either won or drew that final game against Breese. I will (conservatively) guess that it was a draw. Since May 'lost his games by default', I assume that the three results given in the partial crosstable (a win against Isaac, and losses to Mosely and Tribe) were actually played, and that the rest were not. Thus, although Tribe, according to my deduction scored 7 (or possibly 7.5, if he won his final game against Breese), he is still in 4th place, since Berry officially scored 8, including a default win against May (and I don't include forfeits here for rating purposes). I am not sure whether it was H.M. Isaacs of Bristol or Lister Isaac of Worcester or T.W.P. Isaac of Bath at this event. Reports consistently have 'Isaac' rather than 'Isaacs'. I will guess that it was T.W.P. Isaac. |
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| References |
| Periodicals |
| [BTM], 8 Aug. 1973, page 7 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. supp.1, Aug. 1873, page 4 |
| [ILN], vol. 63, no. 1781, 18 Oct. 1873, page 375 |
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