Birmingham, England (3-7 August 1874)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Score Place/Prize
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1 Burn • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1st £12
2 Archdall 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 + + 7½ 2nd £5
3 Ranken 0 0 • ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 + 6½ 3rd-4th £2 10s
4 Wayte 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 + 1 1 1 6½ 3rd-4th £2 10s
5 Thorold 0 0 1 ½ • ½ 0 + 1 1 1 6
6 Gossip 0 0 0 1 ½ • 0 1 1 1 + 5½
7 Fisher 0 0 0 0 1 1 • 1 0 1 1 5
8 Skipworth 0 1 0 - - 0 0 • 1 1 1 4
9 Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • + 1 3
10 Murray 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - • … 0
11 Halford 0 - - 0 0 - 0 0 0 … • 0
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12 Johnson … … … … … … … … … … … (absent)
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Unplayed games: (+) win, (=) draw, (-) loss, and (…) unscored.
Introduction
The prizes in Class 1 are open to provincial amateurs. The first prize will be of the value of £12, the second £5, the third £3, the fourth £2. A challenge prize will be given to the player who first wins three times the association's first prize in Class 1, the present guaranteed value—£30—to be raised to £40 (funds permitting). The winner (if the prize be of full value) to give the value of the annual class prize towards the fund for a new challenge prize. The meetings will be held in the Masonic Hall, and play will begin at six o'clock this evening. (1)
Synopsis
<August 3>
Skipworth beat Murray; Wayte drew Ranken. (2)
<August 4>
Ranken beat Gossip; Archdall beat Martin and drew with Wayte; Fisher beat Halford, Skipworth, and Murray; Burn beat Ranken, Murray, and Martin; Skipworth beat Halford and Martin; Gossip beat Thorold; Wayte beat Martin and Murray. (3)
<August 5>
Ranken beat Murray and Martin; Archdall beat Gossip and Thorold; Burn beat Fisher, Halford, Skipworth, Wayte; Skipworth beat Archdall; Gossip beat Murray and Martin; Martin beat Fisher and Halford; Thorold drew Wayte and beat Ranken, Halford, and Murray. (4)(5)
<August 6>
Halford withdrew forfeiting to Archdall, Ranken, and Gossip; Murray withdrew forfeiting to Archdall and Martin; Thorold beat Martin; Archdall beat Ranken and Fisher; Gossip beat Wayte and Skipworth; Wayte beat Fisher; Burn beat Thorold. (6)(7)
<August 7>
Skipworth withdrew forfeiting to Wayte and Thorold; Burn beat Archdall and Gossip; Fisher beat Thorold and Gossip. (8)(9)(10)
Conclusion
Mr. Burn, Liverpool, takes the 1st Prize, £12; Mr. Archdall 2nd Prize, £5; Mr. Ranken and Mr. Wayte equal, take the 3rd and 4th Prizes, £5. (11)
Sources
(1) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.03, p5
(2) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.04, p4
(3) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.05, p5
(4) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.06, p4
(5) Birmingham Daily Post, 1874.08.06, p8
(6) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.07, p5
(7) Birmingham Daily Post, 1874.08.07, p8
(8) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.08, p5
(9) Birmingham Daily Post, 1874.08.08, p5
(10) Birmingham Daily Post, 1874.08.10, p7
(11) Chess Players' Chronicle, Supplement, v4 n4, August 1874, p1 (cross table)
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