Topeka 1891




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Waterman, Charles    2082 (157) 9.5 / 10 
Willett, N.    2004 (181) 8.5 / 10 
Moise, Lionel    1882 (180) 8 / 10 
Garrettson, N.P.    1657 (183) 5 / 10 
Parker, J.J.    1648 (189) 5 / 10 
Porter, R.    1648 (189) 5 / 10 
Buek, Max    1609 (184) 4 / 10 
Voss, N.A.    1589 (190) 4 / 10 
Mathis, George    1534 (185) 3.5 / 10 
Leland, C.A.    1460 (187) 2 / 10 
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 2nd Kansas State Chess Tournament
Place: Topeka
Start date: 28 Dec. 1891
End date: 31 Dec. 1891
 
Notes:
The eleventh player was C.A. Buck, who fell ill and withdrew on day 2 of the tournament. He presumably drew his first game, since the total of the scores of the ten remaining players is 54.5, half a point short of the correct total for a full 11-player single-round all-play-all tournament, and all his other games seem to have been credited to his opponents, since their scores are out of 10. So, all players but one won from Buck by forfeit, and I should subtract one from each of their scores here for rating purposes, since I don't rate unplayed games. But one player actually did play a draw with Buck, and I don't know which of the remaining 10 players it was, so I will leave all scores as officially recorded (but I do not rate Buck with a score of 0.5 / 10, since that would not be representative of his actual strength). The Topeka Daily Capital of 3 Jan. 1892 (p.4) corrects the earlier report of 1 Jan. 1892 (p.4).
 
References
Periodicals
   [TDC], 29 Dec. 1891, page 4
   [TDC], vol. 14, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1892, page 4
   [TDC], vol. 14, no. 3, 3 Jan. 1892, page 4

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