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London (1900) London, England (5 April-5 May 1900) 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 Score Place/Prize ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Teichmann • ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 1st £20 2 Mason ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 2nd-3rd £12 3 Gunsberg 0 0 • 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 2nd-3rd £12 4 Ward 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 4th £8 5 Van Vliet ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8 5th £6 6 Blackburne 1 0 ½ 0 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 6th £4 7 Lawrence 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 7th £2 8 Lee 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 0 ½ 1 1 1 5 9 Loman ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 0 1 1 1 4½ 10 Tietjen 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • 0 1 1 4 11 Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 • 1 ½ 3½ 12 Physick 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 1 2 13 Passmore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 • 1½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Introduction City Club Masters/Amateurs Tournament. They don't make clubs like that any more. The City Club of London was used to holding tournaments, and in 1900 came up with the idea of inviting several leading British masters and prominent amateur players to see how the lesser lights would hold up. The Masters: Joseph Henry Blackburne, Isidor Gunsberg, Francis Joseph Lee, James Mason, Richard Teichmann, Louis van Vliet. The Amateurs: Edward Owen Jones, Thomas Lawrence, Rudolf Loman, Samuel Passmore, Thomas Physick, Arthur Ernest Tietjen, William Ward. Blackburne started well by winning his first four games, but stumbled badly with only two draws in his next five. Teichmann then took a comfortable lead, but Mason made up ground until he was only a half-point behind going into their last round game. However, this turned into a relatively short draw, while Gunsberg closed fast to catch Mason for a share of second place. An excellent showing for Ward, while Blackburne had to be somewhat disappointed with his result. Sources (1) http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... (2) The New York Times dates available from daily reports Credit Original collection: Game Collection: City Club Invitational (London, 1900), by User: Phony Benoni.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E O Jones vs W Ward   0-1 44 1900 London B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 2. T F Lawrence vs L van Vliet   ½-½ 43 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. F J Lee vs A Tietjen   ½-½ 45 1900 London C13 French 4. R Loman vs Blackburne 0-1 40 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 5. S Passmore vs Mason   1-0 25 1900 London C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 6. Teichmann vs Gunsberg 1-0 16 1900 London C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Blackburne vs E O Jones 1-0 31 1900 London C00 French Defense 8. W Ward vs Teichmann 0-1 35 1900 London D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Gunsberg vs S Passmore   1-0 42 1900 London C01 French, Exchange 10. Mason vs T F Lawrence   1-0 81 1900 London C77 Ruy Lopez 11. T Physick vs F J Lee   0-1 52 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. A Tietjen vs R Loman   1-0 33 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. E O Jones vs A Tietjen   1-0 44 1900 London C11 French 14. R Loman vs T Physick 1-0 24 1900 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 15. S Passmore vs W Ward   0-1 39 1900 London B30 Sicilian 16. Teichmann vs Blackburne 0-1 83 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 17. T F Lawrence vs Gunsberg   0-1 39 1900 London C60 Ruy Lopez 18. L van Vliet vs Mason 1-0 66 1900 London C42 Petrov Defense 19. F J Lee vs R Loman   0-1 51 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. T Physick vs E O Jones   0-1 64 1900 London B32 Sicilian 21. W Ward vs T F Lawrence   1-0 36 1900 London D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. A Tietjen vs Teichmann   0-1 37 1900 London C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Gunsberg vs L van Vliet 1-0 31 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Blackburne vs S Passmore 1-0 25 1900 London A13 English 25. Mason vs Gunsberg   1-0 58 1900 London C67 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-05-23    Baxer: There is a chess book for sale that I assume to be of this specific event. However, there is little information on it and was wondering if anyone could provide insight into this matter. https://www.houseofstaunton.com/che... The book appears to be quite rare, limited to only 700. And made by the prestigious Caissa Editions, however, it is an old book made in 1972 and even predates the now customary red Caissa edition covers. The main concern for me is that it says the book is only 46 Pages long. This makes me highly doubt its readable value - I assume it only contains the game scores of this event which again would make the entire book redundant considering the great website I presently am commenting on. Mar-05-23    vonKrolock: <Preface: "For this second volume of the 'Caissa Limited Editions' we have chosen <a facsimile edition of the tournament book for the City of London Chess Club Tournament in 1900>. Though this tournament is not of the very first rank, the tournament book itself is scarce and the games little known; yet with an entry of Teichmann, Gunsberg, Mason, and England's greatest player, Blackburne, it was certainly not an insignificant event.> From a 'Russian Chess House' online http://chessm.com/catalog/show/7588 Mar-12-23    Baxer: Seems like the book is pretty much only for absolute collectors. Thank's for the additional info. Mar-12-23    MissScarlett: I changed the closing date of this event from May 5th to the 3rd, the date of the final round, only to discover that the adjourned twelth round game E O Jones vs J Mason, 1900 took two extra sessions to finish. The main reason the tournament took so long is there was a week's break around the Easter holidays, from Thursday, April 12th to Wednesday, April 18th, inclusive. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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