Manchester, England (3-5 August 1882)
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Round 1
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Mills │
+1=0-0 ├——┐ Round 2
Mitchell │ │ ————————————┐
————————————┘ │ Mills │
├── +1=0-0 ├──┐
————————————┐ │ Riddell │ │
Riddell │ │ ————————————┘ │
+1=0-0 ├——┘ │ Round 3 Place/Prizes
Pilkington │ │ —————————————————————————
————————————┘ │ Mills 1st
├── +1=0-0
————————————┐ │ Wainwright 2nd
Wainwright │ │ —————————————————————————
+1=0-0 ├——┐ │
Simon │ │ ————————————┐ │
————————————┘ │ Wainwright │ │
├── +1=0-0 ├──┘
————————————┐ │ Hooke │
Hooke │ │ ————————————┘
+1=0-0 ├——┘
Hewitt │
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Introduction
For the second handicap tourney where were eight entries, and after the first round there were left in Messrs. Mills, Wainwright, Hooke, and Riddell. In the second round Mr. Wainwright beat Mr. Hooke and Mr. Mills beat Mr. Riddell. (1)
Class 1 gave P and move to Class 2, P and 2 moves to Class 3, Kt to Class 4, and R to Class 5, the other classes in the same ratio. (4)
Participants:
Class 1—Mills.
Class 2—Hooke, Mitchell, Riddell, Simon, and Wainwright.
Class 3—Pilkington.
Class 4—Hewitt.
Synopsis
In the second handicap Mr. Simon, Mr. Mitchell, Dr. Hewitt, and Mr. Pilkington were thrown out in the first round, and in the second round Mr. Wainwright beat Mr. Hooke, and Mr. Mills beat Mr. Riddell. In the concluding round Mr. Mills beat Mr. Wainwright, and these two gentlemen will take first and second prizes respectively. (2)
Conclusion
In the second handicap Mr. Mills won the first prize, and Mr. Wainwright the second. (3)
Sources
(1) British Chess Magazine, v2 n9, September 1882, p288
(2) Manchester Courier, 1882.08.05, p3
(3) Manchester Evening News, 1882.08.05, p2
(4) Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette, 1882.08.12, p7 (round match-ups)
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