London, England 1851 (1)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Anderssen, Adolf    2642 (39) 2.5 /
Kieseritzky, Lionel    2562 (33) 0.5 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2475 (55) 2 /
Löwe, Edward    2289 (53) 0 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2515 (39) 2 /
Löwenthal, Johann    2504 (36) 1 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2604 (40) 2 /
Brodie, Alfred    0 /
 
Szén, József    2535 (41) 2 /
Newham, Samuel    2219 (128) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2403 (53) 2 /
Mayet, Carl    2429 (42) 0 /
 
Horwitz, Bernhard    2478 (42) 2.5 /
Bird, Henry    2405 (41) 1.5 /
 
Mucklow, James    1729 (171) 2 /
Kennedy, E.S.    0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2642 (39) 4 /
Szén, József    2535 (41) 2 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2475 (55) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2403 (53) 3.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2515 (39) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1729 (171) 0 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2604 (40) 4.5 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2478 (42) 2.5 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2642 (39) 4 /
Staunton, Howard    2604 (40) 1 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2475 (55) 4 /
Williams, Elijah    2515 (39) 3 /
 
Szén, József    2535 (41) 4 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2478 (42) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2403 (53) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1729 (171) 0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2642 (39) 4.5 /
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2475 (55) 2.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2515 (39) 4.5 /
Staunton, Howard    2604 (40) 3.5 /
 
Szén, József    2535 (41) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2403 (53) 0.5 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: The International Chess Tournament
Place: London, England
Start date: 27 May 1851
End date: 15 July 1851
 
Notes:
Sergeant has Andessen-Kieseritzky +2-0=0, Horwitz-Bird +2-0=1 and Williams-Mucklow +4-3, but these do not agree with Staunton's account.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 94
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 11
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 17, 201
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page xxi
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 1
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 185
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 54, 114
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 79
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 141
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 73, 311
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page 174
Periodicals
   [BLL], 10 Aug. 1851, page 5
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 6, June 1851, page 181
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 7, July 1851, page 218
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 247
   [DFP], 2 July 1859
   [Era], vol. 13, no. 650, 9 Mar. 1851, page 6
   [Era], vol. 13, no. 664, 15 June 1851, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 489, 31 May 1851, page 481
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 493, 14 June 1851, page 553
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 495, 21 June 1851, page 585
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 497, 28 June 1851, page 617
   [LiM], vol. 41, no. 2298, 3 June 1851, page 433
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1851, page 163
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 195
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 251
   [Sis], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1852, page 236
   [Sis], vol. 6, 1852, page 271, 322, 352
   [Sis], vol. 7, no. 5, May 1853, page 148
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 5, May 1851, page 163
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 168, 232
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 274
   [SZ], vol. 7, no. 5, May 1852, page 129, 194, 202
   [SZ], vol. 7, no. 7, July 1852, page 233, 267
Web
   Sericano, C.  [I campionati del mondo fino al 1885]
   Sericano, C.  [London Torneo Internazionale, 1851]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament information updated: 22 Aug. 2023