| Results |
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Match scores
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Lowson, H. |
1816 | (95) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of a rook |
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| Swyer, S. |
2146 | (127) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Coombe, E.A. |
2166 | (143) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Coombe, E.A. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Potter, William |
2584 | (53) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Baxter, Alexander |
1874 | (96) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Potter, William gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Gossip, George |
2223 | (51) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Henderson (1) |
1538 | (145) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Gossip, George gave odds of a rook |
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| Mundell, William |
2003 | (115) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Mellison |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Mundell, William gave odds of a knight |
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| Down, Henry |
2031 | (68) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Zappert |
1980 | (83) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Down, Henry gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Manning, Julius |
1601 | (101) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Humphreys, E.E. |
2042 | (77) |
1 | / | 1 |
| McLeod, B. |
1747 | (89) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Humphreys, E.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Hoon, Charles |
2043 | (129) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Clarke, John |
1886 | (113) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Hoon, Charles gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Gamman, E. |
2016 | (102) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Blunt, Robert |
1940 | (92) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Gamman, E. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Sothers |
2075 | (81) |
3 | / | 4 |
| Shedlock, James |
1513 | (135) |
1 | / | 4 |
| Sothers gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Hooper (2) |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Pannell, J. |
1578 | (145) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Hooper (2) gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Argall, Henry |
2270 | (74) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Swyer, J. |
1877 | (113) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Argall, Henry gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
2.5 | / | 3 |
| Whomes |
2171 | (88) |
0.5 | / | 3 |
| Thomson, R. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Frankenstein, Edward |
2194 | (78) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Watts, G. |
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0 | / | 1 |
| Frankenstein, Edward gave odds of a knight |
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| Chappell, William |
2248 | (73) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Percival (1) |
1909 | (133) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Chappell, William gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| de Vere, Cecil |
2540 | (43) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Marks, M. |
2175 | (134) |
0 | / | 1 |
| de Vere, Cecil gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Ormsby, H.M. |
1999 | (100) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Parr, G. |
1987 | (99) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
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| Watts, John |
2047 | (68) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Mellor, W. (2) |
1823 | (102) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
| Watts, John gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Cole, Alfred |
2231 | (86) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Godfrey |
1819 | (100) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Cole, Alfred gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Mayow |
2106 | (88) |
2.5 | / | 4 |
| Vyse, W. Elliot |
2139 | (67) |
1.5 | / | 4 |
| Mayow gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Lord, John |
2322 | (64) |
0.5 | / | 1 |
| Knight, W.J.J. |
2115 | (135) |
0.5 | / | 1 |
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| Nash, T. |
1465 | (148) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Pizzi, P. |
1583 | (114) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Nash, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Fenton, Richard |
2277 | (57) |
0.5 | / | 2 |
| Watson (2) |
2284 | (94) |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| Fenton, Richard gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Swyer, S. |
2146 | (127) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of a knight |
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| Potter, William |
2584 | (53) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Gossip, George |
2223 | (51) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Mundell, William |
2003 | (115) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Down, Henry |
2031 | (68) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Mundell, William gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Humphreys, E.E. |
2042 | (77) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Humphreys, E.E. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Gamman, E. |
2016 | (102) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Clarke, John |
1886 | (113) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Gamman, E. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Sothers |
2075 | (81) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Pannell, J. |
1578 | (145) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Argall, Henry |
2270 | (74) |
1 | / | 3 |
| Thomson, R. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Chappell, William |
2248 | (73) |
2 | / | 3 |
| Frankenstein, Edward |
2194 | (78) |
1 | / | 3 |
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| de Vere, Cecil |
2540 | (43) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Ormsby, H.M. |
1999 | (100) |
1 | / | 1 |
| de Vere, Cecil gave odds of a knight |
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| Cole, Alfred |
2231 | (86) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Watts, John |
2047 | (68) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Cole, Alfred gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Watson (2) |
2284 | (94) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Pizzi, P. |
1583 | (114) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Watson (2) gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Watson (2) |
2284 | (94) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Potter, William |
2584 | (53) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Down, Henry |
2031 | (68) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Potter, William gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Gamman, E. |
2016 | (102) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Gamman, E. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Chappell, William |
2248 | (73) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Cole, Alfred |
2231 | (86) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Ormsby, H.M. |
1999 | (100) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Cole, Alfred gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Potter, William |
2584 | (53) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Sothers |
2075 | (81) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Keates gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Cole, Alfred |
2231 | (86) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Steinitz, Wilhelm |
2785 | (41) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
0 | / | 2 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Thomson, R. |
2419 | (78) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Keates |
2289 | (68) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Thomson, R. gave odds of pawn and move |
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| Percival (1) |
1909 | (133) |
1 | / | 1 |
| McLeod, B. |
1747 | (89) |
0 | / | 1 |
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| Marks, M. |
2175 | (134) |
1 | / | 1 |
| Vyse, W. Elliot |
2139 | (67) |
0 | / | 1 |
| Marks, M. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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| Swyer, J. |
1877 | (113) |
1 | / | 2 |
| Mellor, W. (2) |
1823 | (102) |
1 | / | 2 |
| Swyer, J. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: City of London Club Handicap |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: Dec. 1871 |
| End date: May 1872 |
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| Notes: |
| Only partial results available. This was a 48-player knockout handicap, in which the 24 losers in the first round competed in a separate sequence for third and fourth prizes. Many of the exact results have not yet been found, though in most cases we know who beat who, at least in the main knockout sequence for first and second prizes. I have information on the first and second rounds from the Westminster Papers of 1 Jan. 1872 (p.153); other information I have from Tim Harding. In each pairing, the first player to win two games was supposed to go on. Where the result of a pairing is not known exactly, I use the information I have, sometimes a partial result, but usually knowing who won the pairing in the end. So in some cases, draws have been counted where we knew they occurred. When we only know who beat who, I record the result as 1-0. The Era of 21 Jan. 1872 (p.14) has de Vere playing 'Thompson' in the second round, when this should be Ormsby. I am guessing that it was W.T. Chappell, rather than H. Chappell who participated in this event, and that the 'Clark' here was 'J. Clarke', who participated in the City of London handicap the year before (as did 'R. Clarke', but he was in a higher section, and this time round we are looking for a class 4 player). Harding, in Steinitz in London (p.198) has '(F.W.?) Lord' here, but I have guessed that it was J. Lord. Forster gives the year as 1871. The Field of 9 Dec. 1871 gives the initial pairings (information from Tim Harding) so the event apparently began in Dec. 1871. Steinitz' games against Potter were played in Feb. 1872, according to the Field of 9 Mar. 1872 (information from Tim Harding). The final pool was between Steinitz, Keates and Thompson, and we know that Steinitz beat Thomson (Harding gives a 2-0 result here, but we don't actually have the score, so I use 1-0), Steinitz beat Keates 2-0, and then Keates beat Thomson (by what score is not clear, so again I use 1-0). Fenton won 3rd prize and Baxter 4th from the secondary knockout sequence (Field 25 May 1872, p.476). From the Westminster Papers (1 Jan. 1872, p.153) we have 3 results (one partial) from the secondary sequence, listed last here. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 82 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 170, 370 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 198, 348 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1872, page 58 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 4, Aug. 1872, page 110 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1730, 19 Nov. 1871, page 2 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1734, 17 Dec. 1871, page 3 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1738, 14 Jan. 1872, page 4 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1756, 19 May 1872, page 5 |
| [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1687, 6 Jan. 1872, page 15 |
| [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1691, 3 Feb. 1872, page 115 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1871, page 132 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153 |
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