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🏆 5th CCA Congress, Class 2, Birmingham (1874)

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Mary Rudge, William Berry, John Burt, John de Soyres

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5th CCA Congress, Class 2, Birmingham (1874)

Birmingham, England (3-7 August 1874) 

                                  1 1 1 1 
                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3  Score  Place/Prize
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
 1 Burt         • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 +   10½   1st        £7
 2 Rudge        ½ • 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 + +    9½   2nd        £4
 3 Ryder        0 0 • ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 + +    8½   3rd        £2
 5 Coates       ½ 1 0 1 • 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 + +    8    4th*       £1
 4 Best         ½ 0 ½ • 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 + +    8    
 6 Syndercombe  0 0 0 1 0 • 1 1 1 1 1 + +    8    
 7 Newham       0 ½ 0 0 1 0 • 0 1 1 1 + ½    6
 8 Madders      0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 • 0 0 1 + +    5½
 9 Berry        0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 • … 1 + +    4½
10 Kempson      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 … • 1 + +    4
11 Badhams      0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 • + +    3
12 Price        0 - - - - - - - - - - • +    1
13 De Soyres    - - - - - - ½ - - - - - •    ½
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
* Coates won the playoff for 4th place.

Introduction
The prizes in Class 2 will be open to members not strong enough for Class 1. If twelve entries, there will be four prizes, £7, £4, £2, and £1. (1)

Conclusion
Final Standings.(2)(3)(4) 

                      Won  Lost  Drawn
 1. Mr. W. Coates      7     3     2
 2. Miss Rudge         8     1     3
 3. Mr. S. Kempson     4     7     0
 4. Mr. J. De Soyres   0    11     1
 5. Mr. J. Burt        9     0     3
 6. Mr. J. Madders     5     6     1
 7. Mr. Syndercombe    8     4     0
 8. Mr. F. Badhams     3     9     0
 9. Rev. W. Newham     5     5     2
10. Mr. W. Berry       4     6     1
11. Mr. J. F. Ryder    8     3     1
12. Mr. J. Price       1    11     0
13. Mr. T. F. Best     7     3     2

Prizes
Mr. Burt, therefore wins the 1st Prize; Miss Rudge, 2nd Prize; Mr. Best, Mr. Coates, Mr. Syndercombe (equal), for the two remaining Prizes. (5)

Mr. Burt therefore won the 1st Prize, Miss Rudge the 2nd, Mr. Ryder the 3rd, and Mr. Coates, after playing off the tie, the 4th. (6)

Sources
(1) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.03, p5
(2) Birmingham Morning News, 1874.08.08, p5
(3) Birmingham Daily Post, 1874.08.08, p5
(4) Birmingham Daily Mail, 1874.08.08, p3
(5) Chess Players' Chronicle, Supplement, v4 n4, August 1874, p1
(6) Chess Players' Chronicle, v4 n5, October 1874, p156

 page 1 of 1; 2 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Berry vs M Rudge 0-14018745th CCA Congress, Class 2, BirminghamC48 Four Knights
2. J de Soyres vs J N Burt  0-12118745th CCA Congress, Class 2, BirminghamC51 Evans Gambit
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