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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Leipzig |  
   | Start date: 2 Feb. 1864 |  
   | End date:   Mar. 1864 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Schachzeitung of Mar. 1864 says that this match was played in the early part of Feb. 1864, and dates the first game to 2 Feb. 1864. According to Renette (p.161), the games were played in Feb. and Mar. 1864. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 40 |  
   | Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 17 |  
   | Renette, Louis Paulsen, page 161, 172, 177 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 120 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1864, page 183 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 38 |  
   | [Era], vol. 26, no. 1333, 10 Apr. 1864, page 5 |  
   | [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 112 |  
   | [PDEB], 30 Apr. 1864 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 19, no. 3, Mar. 1864, page 85 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 19, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 112 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1864, page 147 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 19, no. 11, Nov. 1864, page 374 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 25, no. 1, Jan. 1870, page 4 |  | Web |  
   | Sericano, C.  [I grandi matches 1850 - 1864] |  
   | Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863] |  |  |