Havana 1886




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games    Class 
Golmayo y Zúpide, Celso    2421 (39) 19 / 22  1 
Cervantes, Ignacio    1938 (74) 16 / 22  5 
Carvajal, Vicente    2333 (44) 14 / 22  1 
Ponce, Alberto    2142 (61) 14 / 22  3 
Medina, Aureliano    2206 (72) 14 / 22  2 
Gavilan, Antonio    2097 (63) 14 / 22  3 
Vázquez, Andrés    2355 (37) 11 / 22  1 
Echevarría, J.    1820 (73) 10 / 22  4 
Hidalgo, Emilio    1827 (76) 7 / 22  3 
Moliner, Alfredo    1800 (79) 6 / 22  3 
Toscano, Gabriel    1705 (86) 4 / 22  3 
Carricarte, Francisco    1650 (92) 3 / 22  3 
 
  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
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Havana Club Handicap Tournament
Place: Havana
Start date: 17 Oct. 1886
End date: 11 Nov. 1886
 
Notes:
This was a handicap tournament, probably a 12-player, double-round all-play-all, judging by the scores. El Sport of 16 Dec. 1886 gives the player categories. There were 4 categories but the first was divided into two classes, Golmayo, Vazquez, and Carvajal in the first class, and Medina in the second class of the first category. Then it gives the odds sequence as Pawn and Move, Pawn and Two Moves, Knight, and Rook. It seems clear that category 1a must have given category 4 odds of the Rook since they are essentially 4 categories apart, if we interpret the two classes of category 1 to be separate categories. I am guessing that we can make this assumption throughout, so that Medina would have given category 4 odds of a Knight, etc. Sánchez gives a slightly different account of the odds and gives the date as 1887, but I prefer to follow the primary sources.
 
References
Books
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 37
Periodicals
   [BCC], vol. 5, no. 3, 15 Dec. 1886, page 39
   [ElSp], vol. 2, no. 3, 21 Oct. 1886, page 2
   [ElSp], vol. 2, no. 7, 18 Nov. 1886, page 2
   [ElSp], vol. 2, no. 9, 2 Dec. 1886, page 2
   [ElSp], vol. 2, no. 11, 16 Dec. 1886, page 2

Tournament information updated: 12 Nov. 2024