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''Black and White'', London (1893) London, England (27 February-3 March 1893) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score Place/Prize ————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Blackburne • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 3½ 1st £30 2 Mason ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 3 2nd-4th £10 3 Teichmann ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 3 2nd-4th £10 4 Tinsley 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 3 2nd-4th £10 5 Van Vliet ½ ½ 0 0 • 1 2 6 Bird 0 ½ 0 0 0 • ½ ————————————————————————————————————————————— Introduction "Black and White, a comparatively new journal of the highest artistic merit, decided to start a chess column; this, from our point of view, is a capital move, and one that other periodicals, which never mention the game, might well adopt. They decided to give £60 in prizes for a Tournament between some selected leading players; this was also an admirable move, and it is hoped the example set will be contagious. Another good move was to secure the assistance of Mr. L. Hoffer, whose name affords a guarentee of good management. The next move was a meeting at Simpson's, on Friday, February 11th, at which the following six signed the conditions of agreement after some discussion: H. E. Bird, J. H. Blackburne, I. Gunsberg, James Mason, S. Tinsley, L. Van Vliet. We were not informed at the time of the source of the prize money. It is important to notice that Mr. Gunsberg, who acted informally as president, offered no objection and spoke of no difficulties, and the reasons of his withdrawl later were not apparent. His place was taken on the morning of play by Herr Teichmann, a steady solid player from the Fatherland, whose depth and occasional brilliancy had attracted the attention of experts at the Divan. All the other players are well known, and have more or less distinguished themselves in International contests by coming out among the prize-winners; Mr. Blacburne being admittedly at their head. The conditions were: (1) a one-round tourney, that is, each to contest one game with each; (2) every player to complete forty moves in the first two hours by his clock, instead of twenty moves in one hour as usual; (3) one round to be played daily; (4) rules as understood at Divan, as suggested at 1883 Tournament; (5) any dispute to be voted upon by competitors, &c."(1) Source (1) British Chess Magazine, v13 n4, April 1893, p169. Credit Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.  page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tinsley vs Bird 1-0 52 1893 ''Black and White'', London A84 Dutch 2. Blackburne vs Mason ½-½ 22 1893 ''Black and White'', London C47 Four Knights 3. L van Vliet vs Teichmann 0-1 63 1893 ''Black and White'', London C77 Ruy Lopez 4. Bird vs L van Vliet 0-1 27 1893 ''Black and White'', London A03 Bird's Opening 5. Blackburne vs Tinsley 1-0 50 1893 ''Black and White'', London C30 King's Gambit Declined 6. Teichmann vs Mason 0-1 24 1893 ''Black and White'', London C48 Four Knights 7. Bird vs Blackburne 0-1 39 1893 ''Black and White'', London C50 Giuoco Piano 8. Tinsley vs Teichmann   ½-½ 62 1893 ''Black and White'', London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Mason vs L van Vliet   ½-½ 42 1893 ''Black and White'', London A13 English 10. Teichmann vs Bird 1-0 60 1893 ''Black and White'', London B25 Sicilian, Closed 11. Blackburne vs L van Vliet ½-½ 28 1893 ''Black and White'', London C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 12. Tinsley vs Mason   ½-½ 24 1893 ''Black and White'', London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Mason vs Bird ½-½ 60 1893 ''Black and White'', London C25 Vienna 14. Teichmann vs Blackburne   ½-½ 22 1893 ''Black and White'', London C11 French 15. L van Vliet vs Tinsley   0-1 57 1893 ''Black and White'', London B01 Scandinavian   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-27-13    offramp: What is black & white and red all over? Nov-27-13    RedShield: That's easy - a penguin with a suntan, perusing a newspaper. Mar-21-24    Marcelo Bruno: Bird was not in a good form: he did only 10% of the total possible points. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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