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   | Results |  |  |  
   | Crosstable scores |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Mercantile Library Chess Association Championship |  
   | Place: Philadelphia |  
   | Start date: May 1901 |  
   | End date:   May 1901 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Only partial results available. Hilbert gives only the results of the top three scorers. I assume Smythe did not play one game as his total is given as 6-2, where he should have played 9 games like Stout, who scored 8-1. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 481 |  |  |