Potter, W.N. – Heywood, G.C. 1879 (1)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Potter, William    2588 (41) 4/10 
Heywood, George    2209 (52) 6/10 
  Potter, William gave odds of pawn and two moves
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: London, England
Start date: 1878
End date: Jan. 1879
 
Notes:
Part of a match in which Potter gave odds alternately of Knight and of Pawn and Two Moves. The report in Land and Water (information from Tim Harding) says that the total score was +7-4=9 for Potter, but that at Pawn and Two Move odds, Heywood won 3 and lost only 1. If the 20 games were evenly split between the two species of odds, we can conclude from this that Potter's score at Pawn and Two Move odds was +1-3=6, and then at Knight odds must have been +6-1=3. It seems strange that Potter did much worse when giving the lesser odds, but the same occurred in their similar 1878 match, and in their match ending in Jan. 1880.
 
References
Books
   Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 155
Periodicals
   [LW], vol. 27, no. 685, 15 Mar. 1879, page 226

Match information updated: 20 Sept. 2025