Llandudno 1897 (2)




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games    Class 
Sherrard, Charles    2377 (42) 7 /
Gunston, William    2342 (37) 4.5 /
Lister, James    1898 (65) 4.5 /
Firth, Arthur    1799 (87) 3 /
Jones, Edward O.    2283 (37) 2.5 /
Dawbarn, Climenson    1958 (59) 2 /
Collins, William    1822 (68) 2 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2113 (57) 1.5 /
 
  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
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Gunston, William    2342 (37) 1 /
Lister, James    1898 (65) 0 /
  Gunston, William gave odds of a knight
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section A
Place: Llandudno
Start date: 4 Jan. 1897
End date: 12 Jan. 1897
 
Notes:
The total scores given by Forster add up to 27, instead of 28 as they should for a full 8-player single-round all-play-all tournament. One game was presumably not played, but we don't know which. I will guess (rather arbitrarily) that the unplayed game was between Collins and Skipworth, and if this is wrong, there will be a small inaccuracy. Forster says only that Gunston beat Lister in the tie-break. I presume that this was a single game and that Gunston gave Lister knight odds, as appropriate for the classes to which they were assigned in the tournament.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 504

Tournament information updated: 8 Jan. 2024