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London (1900) City Club Masters/Amateurs London, England April 5-May 5, 1900 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 Francis Lawrence, Rudolf Johannes 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 Pts 1 Teichmann * = 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2 Mason = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9.0 3 Gunsberg 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 4 Ward 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 5 Van Vliet = 1 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 6 Blackburne 1 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 7 Lawrence 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 8 Lee 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 9 Loman = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 10 Tietjen 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 11 Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 12 Physick 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 13 Passmore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 An excellent showing for Ward, while Blackburne had to be somewhat disappointed with his result. PRIZES 1st: Teichmann £20 2nd-3rd: Mason, Gunsberg £12 4th: Ward £ 8 5th: Van Vliet £ 6 6th: Blackburne £ 4 7th: Lawrence £ 2 Sources: games available at http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...; dates available from daily reports in The New York Times. 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. Loman vs Blackburne 0-1 40 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. T F Lawrence vs L Van Vliet   ½-½ 43 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. S Passmore vs J Mason   1-0 25 1900 London C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 4. Teichmann vs Gunsberg 1-0 16 1900 London C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. E O Jones vs W Ward   0-1 44 1900 London B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 6. F J Lee vs A Tietjen   ½-½ 45 1900 London C13 French 7. W Ward vs Teichmann   0-1 35 1900 London D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Blackburne vs E O Jones 1-0 31 1900 London C00 French Defense 9. Gunsberg vs S Passmore   1-0 42 1900 London C01 French, Exchange 10. J 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 Loman   1-0 33 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. T F Lawrence vs Gunsberg   0-1 39 1900 London C60 Ruy Lopez 14. Loman vs T Physick 1-0 24 1900 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 15. Teichmann vs Blackburne 0-1 83 1900 London B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 16. S Passmore vs W Ward   0-1 39 1900 London B30 Sicilian 17. E O Jones vs A Tietjen   1-0 44 1900 London C11 French 18. L Van Vliet vs J Mason   1-0 66 1900 London C42 Petrov Defense 19. Blackburne vs S Passmore 1-0 25 1900 London A13 English 20. W Ward vs T F Lawrence   1-0 36 1900 London D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Gunsberg vs L Van Vliet 1-0 31 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 22. F J Lee vs Loman   0-1 51 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. A Tietjen vs Teichmann   0-1 37 1900 London C78 Ruy Lopez 24. T Physick vs E O Jones   0-1 64 1900 London B32 Sicilian 25. J 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)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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