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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: Dumfries |
| Start date: June 1852 |
| End date: June 1852 |
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| Notes: |
| This result comes from two accounts by Donaldson, which, however, differ from each other. The earlier account, in the Illustrated London News of 24 Jan. 1880 (p.95) gives +6-4=5 for Staunton (though saying the odds were 'Pawn and Queen', which is ridiculous and must be a transcription error for 'Pawn and 2 moves'); the second, from the British Chess Magazine of 1891 (quoted by Sergeant, and by Sarah's Chess Journal) gives +6-6=5. Perhaps the earlier account should be given more weight? The second account makes it clear that they were played when Staunton visited Donaldson, so I presume where he lived in Dumfries, and both say June 1852. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 60 |
| Periodicals |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 578, 11 Sep. 1852, page 203 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 579, 18 Sep. 1852, page 219 |
| [ILN], vol. 76, no. 2121, 24 Jan. 1880, page 95 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [The Romance of Chess - A Perspective on the Art of Odds-giving] |
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