New York 1883




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games    Class 
Simonson, Gustave    2281 (42) 13.5 / 17  3 
Baird, David    2415 (40) 11 / 16  2 
Mackenzie, George    2596 (29) 11.5 / 17  1 
Baird, John    2239 (41) 8 / 16  2 
Palmer, Solon    1793 (44) 6.5 / 16  6 
Vorrath, August    2185 (48) 6.5 / 16  2 
Fisher, Charles    1940 (44) 6 / 16  5 
Carpenter, George    1918 (48) 5.5 / 17  5 
Delmar, Eugene    2356 (37) 5.5 / 16  2 
Blackmar, Abel    2255 (90) 1 / 3  2 
 
  Odds for class difference of 1: pawn and move
  Odds for class difference of 2: pawn and two moves
  Odds for class difference of 3: a knight
  Odds for class difference of 4: a rook
  Odds for class difference of 5: rook, pawn and move
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 5th Manhattan Chess Club Handicap
Place: New York
Start date: 11 Nov. 1882
End date: Jan. 1883
 
Notes:
Blackmar is shown as having played only 3 games before withdrawing, losses to Simonson and Mackenzie, and a win over Carpenter. These games were not counted in the official results, but are counted here for rating purposes. The reports we have (cited at chessgames.com) specify odds given by some classes to others, but the others can be deduced with high probability in order to maintain consistency: third class (officially second class, since Mackenzie was before class 1, but here I count Mackenzie as the first class) must have given Pawn and Two Moves to fifth class, and Knight to sixth class; fifth class must have given Pawn and Move to sixth class.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 87
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 40
Web
   [5th Manhattan CC Handicap 1882/83]

Tournament information updated: 24 Oct. 2026