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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Philadelphia |  
   | Start date: Mar. 1884 |  
   | End date:   Mar. 1884 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The May 1884 issue of the Chess Monthly gives the result +16-2=2. The May 1884 issue of British Chess Magazine gives what appears to be a partial result of +4-2=1. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1884, page 214 |  
   | [CML], vol. 5, no. 9, May 1884, page 266 |  |  |