Birmingham, England (30 July-4 August 1883)
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Round 1
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MacDonnell │
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Thorold │ │ ————————————┐
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Wildman │ │ ————————————┘ │
+1=0-0 ├——┘ │ Round 3
Spens │ │ ————————————┐
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Shorthouse │ │ ————————————┘ │
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Skipworth │ │ ————————————┐ │ │
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Player7 │ │ ————————————┘ │
+1=0-0 ├——┘ │ Round 4
Player8 │ │ ————————————┐
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Lee │ │ ————————————┘ │
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Leather │ │ ————————————┐ ————————————┐ │ │
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├── +1=0-0 ├───── (Bye) ├──┘ │
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Player11 │ │ ————————————┘ ————————————┘ │
+1=0-0 ├——┘ │ Round 5 Place/Prizes
Player12 │ │ —————————————————————————
————————————┘ │ MacDonnell 1st £5 5s
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Mills │ │ —————————————————————————
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Jacobs │ │ ————————————┐ │
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Player15 │ │ ————————————┘ │ │
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Player16 │ │ ————————————┐ │
————————————┘ │ Mills │ │
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Player17 │ │ ————————————┘ │ │
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Player18 │ │ ————————————┐ │ │ │
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Player19 │ │ ————————————┘ │ │
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Player20 │ │ ————————————┐ │
————————————┘ │ Mills │ │
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Fedden │ Fedden │ │ ————————————┘
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Huntsman │ │ │ ————————————┐ │
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Player23 │ │ ————————————┘
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Player24 │ │ ————————————┐ │
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Player25 │ │ ————————————┘
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Player26 │
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Round 2
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Jacobs │
+1=0-0 ├——┐ Round 3
Player2 │ │ ————————————┐
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Player3 │ │ ————————————┘ │
+1=0-0 ├——┘ │
Player4 │ │
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Thorold │ │
+1=0-0 ├——┐ │ Round 4 Place/Prizes
Player6 │ │ ————————————┐ │ ———————————————————————
————————————┘ │ Thorold │ │ Jacobs 1st-2nd £1 1
├── +1=0-0 ├──┼── Thorold 1st-2nd £1 1
————————————┐ │ Player7 │ │ Walton 1st-2nd £1 1
Player7 │ │ ————————————┘ │ ———————————————————————
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Player8 │ │
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Walton │ │
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Player10 │ │ ————————————┐ │
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Player11 │ │ ————————————┘
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Player12 │
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Games
13th CCA Congress, Handicap, Birmingham (1883)
Introduction
The Handicap Tourney had 25 combatants with the usual odds and the losers in the first round were privileged to take part in a consolation tourney, whereas this privilege was denied to the losers in the ensuing rounds, to whom certainly more credit seems due for making a longer stand. We know that this practice generally prevails in handicap tourneys, but surely the rule is one which needs altering, as it is based on no sound principle. We have no space for the issue of each round, and can only record the fact that Mr. MacDonnell won the first prize and Mr. D. Y. Mills the second. The first prize consisted of the £5 5s. kindly contributed by F. H. Lewis, Esq. in the Losers, or Consolation Handicap, Messrs. Jacobs, Thorold, and Walton divided equally the two prizes. (1)
Synopsis
The Handicap tournament attracted twenty-five competitors. A very liberal donation of £5 5s. being forwarded to the Association by F. H. Lewis, Esq., (London) for amateur competition, the Committee offered that sum as the first prize in this Class. After the first round the score stood as follows.
Winners:—Pilkington, Burn, Lee, Coker, MacDonnell, Fisher, Wildman, Mills, Blake, Shorthouse, Wilkinson, Fedden, Templar (a bye).
Losers:—Walton, Ranken, Leather, Collins, Thorold, Newham, Spens, Jacobs, Marriot (by default through illness), Skipworth, Lambert (by default), Huntsman.
The play proceeded as follows:
Winners.—2nd Round. Shorthouse, Lee, Mills, MacDonnell, Pilkington, Burn, Feddon (a bye) won their games.
3rd Round. MacDonnell, Mills, Fedden, Lee (a bye) won.
4th Round. Mills and MacDonnell won.
5th Round. MacDonnell won and thus secured first prize £5 5s.; second prize, value £3 3s. falling to D. J (sic; Y). Mills.
Losers.—2nd Round. Newham, Jacobs, Blake, Thorold, Spens, Walton, won.
3rd Round. Walton, Jacobs, Thorold won and agreed to divide equally the two prizes, viz. £2 2s. and £1 1s. respectively. (2)
Sources
(1) British Chess Magazine, v3 n8/9, August/September 1883, p300
(2) Chess Player's Chronicle, v7 n163, 15 August 1883, p82
Kibitzing
