London, England 1851 (1)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Anderssen, Adolf    2639 (39) 2.5 /
Kieseritzky, Lionel    2559 (33) 0.5 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2471 (55) 2 /
Löwe, Edward    2287 (53) 0 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2511 (39) 2 /
Löwenthal, Johann    2501 (36) 1 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2600 (41) 2 /
Brodie, Alfred    0 /
 
Szén, József    2532 (41) 2 /
Newham, Samuel    2216 (128) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2400 (53) 2 /
Mayet, Carl    2425 (42) 0 /
 
Horwitz, Bernhard    2475 (42) 2.5 /
Bird, Henry    2402 (41) 1.5 /
 
Mucklow, James    1728 (171) 2 /
Kennedy, E.S.    0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2639 (39) 4 /
Szén, József    2532 (41) 2 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2471 (55) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2400 (53) 3.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2511 (39) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1728 (171) 0 /
 
Staunton, Howard    2600 (41) 4.5 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2475 (42) 2.5 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2639 (39) 4 /
Staunton, Howard    2600 (41) 1 /
 
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2471 (55) 4 /
Williams, Elijah    2511 (39) 3 /
 
Szén, József    2532 (41) 4 /
Horwitz, Bernhard    2475 (42) 0 /
 
Kennedy, Hugh    2400 (53) 4 /
Mucklow, James    1728 (171) 0 /
 
Anderssen, Adolf    2639 (39) 4.5 /
Wyvill, Marmaduke    2471 (55) 2.5 /
 
Williams, Elijah    2511 (39) 4.5 /
Staunton, Howard    2600 (41) 3.5 /
 
Szén, József    2532 (41) 4.5 /
Kennedy, Hugh    2400 (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