| Results |
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Match scores
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Blake, Joseph |
2422 | (50) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Tiffany |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Blake, Joseph gave odds of a knight |
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| Mills, Daniel |
2323 | (34) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Chambers, John |
1988 | (46) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Mills, Daniel gave odds of the move |
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| MacDonnell, George |
2313 | (51) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Newham, William |
1963 | (51) |
1 | / | 1 |
| MacDonnell, George gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Pollock, William |
2381 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Jacobs, Herbert |
2315 | (48) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Pollock, William gave odds of the move |
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| Collins, William |
1813 | (51) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Wilmot, Bernard |
1937 | (50) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Bird, Henry |
2452 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Wilson, Joseph |
2026 | (51) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Bird, Henry gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Williamson, T. |
1852 | (67) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Ludovici, Sarah |
1766 | (62) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Williamson, T. gave odds of the move |
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| Thorold, Eliza |
1860 | (47) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Hall, John |
2052 | (51) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Slack, Samuel |
1998 | (77) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Dust, Charles |
2105 | (140) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Newham, William |
1963 | (51) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Collins, William |
1813 | (51) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Blake, Joseph |
2422 | (50) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Slack, Samuel |
1998 | (77) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Blake, Joseph gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Bird, Henry |
2452 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Thorold, Eliza |
1860 | (47) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Bird, Henry gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Pollock, William |
2381 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Williamson, T. |
1852 | (67) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Pollock, William gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Pollock, William |
2381 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Blake, Joseph |
2422 | (50) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Bird, Henry |
2452 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Mills, Daniel |
2323 | (34) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Bird, Henry gave odds of the move |
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| Bird, Henry |
2452 | (33) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Pollock, William |
2381 | (33) |
0 | / | 1 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament |
| Place: Stamford |
| Start date: 1 Aug. 1887 |
| End date: 6 Aug. 1887 |
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| Notes: |
| This was an 18-player knock-out handicap tournament. The scores of each encounter I have not found, so I record each as 1-0. In the second round there were nine players, so four pairs and Mills got a bye. That should have put 5 players into round 3, but in the Book of the Counties Chess Association, only 4 are listed at this stage (perhaps Newham had a bye). Then in the fourth round Bird beat Pollock to win the tournament. According to the Times of 9 Aug. 1887 (p.10), Newham was third and Blake was fourth. Why Mills was relegated to fifth behind Newham and Blake is not indicated. However, the Illustrated London News of 20 Aug. 1887 (p.229) says that there was another competition for the losers (in the first round?) and others, won by MacDonnell, Chambers and Wilmot playing for second. No further details of this second event have been yet found. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Rowland, Pollock Memories, page 49 |
| Skipworth, Counties' Chess Association, page 95 |
| Periodicals |
| [ILN], vol. 91, no. 2522, 20 Aug. 1887, page 229 |
| [LeM], vol. 124, no. 15390, 5 Aug. 1887, page 7 |
| [LeM], vol. 124, no. 15391, 6 Aug. 1887, page 7 |
| [MP], no. 35921, 5 Aug. 1887, page 3 |
| [Tim], no. 32146, 9 Aug. 1887, page 10 |
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