Jackson, MI USA; 19 January 1869—23 January 1869
Participants competed in two knock-out rounds with the survivors competing in a final round-robin tournament.
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Round 1
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Michaelis │
+2=0-0 ├——┐ Round 2
Desenberg │ │ —————————————┐
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├── +2=0-0 ├──┐
—————————————┐ │ Nichols │ │
│ │ —————————————┘ │
Nichols bye ├——┘ │
│ │
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Smith │ │
+2=0-0 ├——┐ │ Championship 1 2 3 Wins Place/Prizes
Lilienfeld │ │ —————————─———┐ │ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
—————————————┘ │ Smith │ │ 1 Michaelis ••• 1 0 1½1 3 1st Gold Medal and Pin (valued $75)
├── +2=1-1 ├──┼── 2 Smith 0 1 ••• 0 1 2 2nd Set of Chess Men (valued $25)
—————————————┐ │ de Normandie │ │ 3 J. Swan 0½0 1 0 ••• 1
de Normandie │ │ ——————————─——┘ │ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
+2=2-1 ├——┘ │ Format: Two decisive games were required, draws did not count.
Penny │ │
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J. Swan │ │
+2=0-1 ├——┐ │
Harding │ │ —————————————┐ │
—————————————┘ │ J. Swan │ │
├── (forfeit) ├──┘
—————————————┐ │ H. Swan │
│ │ —————————————┘
H. Swan bye ├——┘
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Participants
William D. de Normandie (Battle Creek), Meyer H Desenberg, Sr (Kalamzoo), Henry Harding (East Saginaw), William P Lilienfeld (Kalamazoo), Otto Michaelis (Dearborn), Edwin Charles Nichols (Battle Creek), Charles Wilcox Penny (Jackson), Harsen Darwin Smith (Jackson), Henry Harrison Swan (Detroit), and John Paul Swan (Detroit).
Individiual Matches
Round 1 1 2 3 4 5 Wins
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Michaelis 1 1 2
Desenberg 0 0 0
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Smith 1 1 2
Lilienfeld 0 0 0
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J. Swan 1 0 1 2
Harding 0 1 0 1
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de Normandie ½ ½ 0 1 1 2
Penny ½ ½ 1 0 0 1
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Nichols and H. Swan had byes
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Format: First player to score two wins moved on.
Round 2 1 2 3 4 Wins
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Smith 0 1 ½ 1 2
de Normandie 1 0 ½ 0 1
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Michaelis 1 1 2
Nichols 0 0 0
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J. Swan +*
H. Swan -
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* H. Swan forfeited to J. Swan without play.
Format: First player to score two wins moved on.
Performance Standings
Won Lost Drawn Rank
Michaelis 7 1 1 1st
Smith 6 3 1 2nd
J. Swan 3 4 1 3rd
de Normandie 3 3 3 4th
Harding 1 2 0 5th
Penny 1 2 2 6th
Desenberg 0 2 0 7th-9th
Lilienfeld 0 2 0 7th-9th
Nichols 0 2 0 7th-9th
H. Swan 0 0 0 10th
Sources
Jackson Daily Citizen, 1869.01.20, p4
Jackson Daily Citizen, 1869.01.21, p4
Jackson Daily Citizen, 1869.01.22, p4
Jackson Daily Citizen, 1869.01.23, p4
Jackson Weekly Citizen, 1869.01.26, p5
Kibitzing
