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🏆 BCA Grand International, London (1872)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Joseph Blackburne, Wilhelm Steinitz, Johannes Zukertort, George MacDonnell, Cecil de Vere, George Gossip, John Wisker

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
BCA Grand International, London (1872)

London, England (24 June-31 July 1872)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wins Place/Prize ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Steinitz •• 1 ½1 1 1 1 + 1 7 1st £30 2 Blackburne 0 •• 1 ½1 0 1 + ½1 5 2nd 3 Zukertort ½0 0 •• 0 ½1 1 1 1 4 3rd* 4 MacDonnell 0 ½0 1 •• ½0 1 1 1 4 5 De Vere 0 1 ½0 ½1 •• 0 1 1 4 6 Wisker 0 0 0 0 1 •• + 1 3 7 Gossip - - 0 0 0 - •• 1 1 8 Martin 0 ½0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Format: Single round-robin, draws replayed. Time Control: 30 moves every two hours. * Zukertort won the third place tie-break.


Third Place Play-Off, August 1872

1 2 3 Wins ————————————————————————— 1 Zukertort • 1 + 2 2 MacDonnell 0 • 1 1 3 De Vere - 0 • 0 —————————————————————————


Missing Games
Could De Vere vs G MacDonnell, 1872 be a misdated game from this event?

 page 1 of 1; 9 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Zukertort vs Gossip  1-0301872BCA Grand International, LondonC59 Two Knights
2. Zukertort vs J Wisker 1-0701872BCA Grand International, LondonC77 Ruy Lopez
3. Blackburne vs Zukertort 1-0401872BCA Grand International, LondonC39 King's Gambit Accepted
4. de Vere vs Blackburne 1-0351872BCA Grand International, LondonC01 French, Exchange
5. Zukertort vs de Vere 1-0171872BCA Grand International, LondonB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
6. Steinitz vs Zukertort 1-0521872BCA Grand International, LondonC25 Vienna
7. Steinitz vs G MacDonnell 1-0331872BCA Grand International, LondonC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
8. Steinitz vs de Vere 1-0181872BCA Grand International, LondonC30 King's Gambit Declined
9. Blackburne vs G MacDonnell  1-0411872BCA Grand International, LondonC41 Philidor Defense
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