Bird, H.E. – Alberoni, E. 1875




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Bird, Henry    2520 (30) 20.5/40 
Alberoni, Edward    2454 (32) 19.5/40 
 
Status: casual

Event table notes

Event data
Place: New York
Start date: 17 Dec. 1875
End date: 25 Dec. 1875
 
Notes:
Renette gives dates 17 Dec. 1875 to 'around 25 December'. The Toronto Globe of 25 Dec. 1875 says that 3 games between them were played while Alberoni was in Buffalo, but Renette suggests that all were played in New York. Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give the location of the series as Philadelphia, but this is clearly an error.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 66
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 20
   Renette, H.E. Bird, page 183
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 107
Periodicals
   [BDE], 20 Dec. 1875
   [DCJ], no. 70, Jan. 1876, page 75
   [DFP], 26 Dec. 1875
   [TG], vol. 32, no. 308, 25 Dec. 1875, page 4
   [WP], vol. 8, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1876, page 189
   [WP], vol. 8, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1876, page 222

Match information updated: 30 Jul. 2023