London, England 1877 (5)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Potter, William    2612 (47) 1 /
Hirschfeld, Philipp    2289 (100) 0 /
 
Potter, William    2612 (47) 1.5 /
Chappell, William    2176 (70) 0.5 /
  Potter, William gave odds of pawn and move
 
MacDonnell, George    2471 (55) 1 /
Philp, E.    0 /
  MacDonnell, George gave odds of pawn and two moves
 
Potter, William    2612 (47) 1 /
MacDonnell, George    2471 (55) 0 /
 
Potter, William    2612 (47) 1 /
Stevens, Samuel    2081 (67) 0 /
  Potter, William gave odds of pawn and two moves
 
Potter, William    2612 (47) 1 /
Block, Theodore    1934 (83) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: City of London Club Handicap
Place: London, England
Start date: Dec. 1876
End date: July 1877
 
Notes:
Only partial results available. Zavatarelli and Renette give some of the results for 24 players (though there may have been more?). Most of these cannot be used because the odds classes of many players are not given. Also, in many cases, we know only who won the encounter (and sometimes we have a single game), but we are not given the actual score. In such cases I use a soft result of 1-0, even though it seems that 2 games were played in each encounter. The Illustrated London News of 14 Jul. 1877 (p.47) says that the tournament 'ended last week' and that the three prize winners were Potter, Stevens, and Block, in that order. These three formed a final pool. If 24 players started, then after 3 rounds, there would be 3 players left for a final pool.
 
References
Books
   Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 134
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1983, 14 July 1877, page 47

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