New York, NY, United States (Ocotober 1880-22 January 1881)

                Class  Won  Lost  Place/Prizes
D. G. Baird       2    14½   3½   1st $50
J. W. Baird       2    14½   5½   2nd $25
C. B. Isaacson    3    13    6    3rd $15
H. Thompson       2    12½   9½   4th $10
Paterson, of class 4, and Delmar, of class 1, are next in order, but do not win prizes.

Introduction
The New York and Brooklyn Clubs are engaged in their annual Tourneys. The New York Chess Club has eighteen, and the Manhattan Club fourteen entrants. (1)

Synopsis
The following are the scores of the leading players in the Manhattan Chess Club Tourney: (2)

                 Class  Won  Lost
E. Delmar          1     4    3
N. Gedalia         1     2    3
D. G. Baird        2     5    1
J. W. Baird        2     2½   1½
H. Thompson        2     3    3
C. B. Isaacson     3     4    2
W. R. Parker       3     3½   2½
Pigon              3     4    4
C. Gedalia         4     3    3
W. S. Paterson     4     3    3
"Jorworth"         5     3    3
The others have lost more than they won.

The leading players in the Manhattan Chess Club Handicap Tourney now stand as below: (3)

                Class  Won  Lost
D. G. Baird       2    12½   2½
J. W. Baird       2    12½   3½
C. B. Isaacson    3    12    6
H. Thompson       2    10½   8½

Sources
(1) Cincinnati Commercial, 1880.10.30
(2) St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1880.11.14, p14
(3) St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1881.01.16, p16
(4) Hartford Weekly Times, 1881.02.03