New York, NY, United States (October-December 1879)

No final standings found.

Introduction
The Manhattan Chess Club has commenced its annual tourney with sixteen entries. Messrs. Mackenzie and Delmar compose the first class, giving pawn and move to the second class, consisting of Mohle, Grundy, Baird, De Visser, Gedalia, Cohuledldt (sic; Cohenfeld), Grutter. The first class also gives the odds of pawn and two moves, knight and rook, to the other classes respectively. (1)

Synopsis
Captain Mackenzie has won 7 and lost 1, and Eugene Delmar won 10 and lost 4 in the Manhattan Chess Club Tourney. (2)

Our latest advices gave the score in the Manhattan club tourney as follows: (3)

                   Won.  Lost.
Captain Mackenzie  15      3
Charles Mohle      11      5
De Visser          11     10
Tompkins           13     11
Delmar             13      4
Grundy             12½     3½
N. Gedalia          9      7

The annual tourney of the Manhattan Cub is nearly finished, and the four winners can be named. Captain Mackenzie, of course, was expected to take first prize. Mr. Eugene Delmar was quite a favorite at the start, from his unsurpassed ability to give odds. Mr. James Grundy, a new addition to the chess talent of this country, is certain winner of the second prize, and (receiving P and move) will give Capt. Mackenzie great trouble to win first honors. The canny Scotchman (Mackenzie), however, will prove too good a "stayer" for him. The Captain's long experience in tournaments of all kinds will make him again the conquering hero. The Captain has lost only three games, two of them to a Hoboken player, but we hope it will be "salutatory" and not "exultatorty" to Hoboken. (4)

Charles Mohle won fourth prize in the club tournament of 1879. (5)

Sources
(1) St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1879.11.30, p11
(2) Cincinnati Commercial, 1879.12.06
(3) Hartford Weekly Times, 1879.12.11
(4) Cincinnati Commercial, 1879.12.20
(5) New-York Daily Tribune, 1880.01.27, p5