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🏆 7th BCA Congress, London (1892)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Emanuel Lasker, Henry Bird, Francis Lee, Nicolai Jasnogrodsky, James Mortimer, James Mason, Rudolf Loman, Louis van Vliet, Richard Fenton, Alfred Rumboll, Charles Locock

7th BCA Congress, London (1892) London, England (7-18 March 1892) 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Score Place/Prizes ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Lasker • 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9 1st £30 2 Mason 0 • 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 7½ 2nd £20 3 Loman 0 0 • 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 3rd £10 4 Bird 1 0 0 • 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 6½ 4th £2 10s 5 Locock ½ ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 4th £2 10s 6 Fenton 0 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 7 Lee 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ • 0 1 1 0 0 5½ 8 Jasnogrodsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 • 1 0 1 1 5 9 van Vliet 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 • 1 1 ½ 4½ 10 Mortimer ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 • 0 ½ 3½ 11 Rumboll 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 • 1 3½ 12 Gossip 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 • 2½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Introduction The seventh annual congress of the B.C.A. commenced on Monday, at the British Chess Club. The programme consisted of a masters' and an amateur tournament. The competitors in the former are: Bird, Fenton, Gossip, Jasnogrodsky, Lasker, Lee, Locock, Loman, Mason, Mortimer, Rumboll, and Van Vliet. The duration of the congress having been fixed to extend over a fortnight, the masters play one round daily, and finish adjourned games in the evening; so that they will get through their arduous task without any unfinished games in eleven days, and have a margin for ties, if any, to be played off. (1) Additional Prizes The entrance fees, amounting to £24, have been divided amongst the non-prize winners after the Sonnerborn-Berger system as follows, the fourth prize winners being included in the division: Bird, £4 6s; Loccock, £4 3s 3d; Lee, £3 9s 11d; Fenton, £3 2s 5d; Jasnogrodsky, £2 13s 10d.; Van Vliet, £2 6s 7d.; Mortimer, £1 14s 7d.; Rumboll, £1 3s 4d; Gossip, £1, 0s 1d. (2) Sources (1) London Field, 1892.03.12, p372 (2) London Field, 1892.03.26, p461 References Game Collection: BCA National (1892)  page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Jasnogrodsky vs Mason   0-1 42 1892 7th BCA Congress, London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 2. L van Vliet vs Bird   1-0 38 1892 7th BCA Congress, London A81 Dutch 3. C Locock vs F Lee   ½-½ 19 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C11 French 4. Bird vs Lasker 1-0 102 1892 7th BCA Congress, London A03 Bird's Opening 5. J Mortimer vs N Jasnogrodsky 1-0 36 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C51 Evans Gambit 6. Lasker vs Mason 1-0 51 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C42 Petrov Defense 7. A Rumboll vs L van Vliet 0-1 26 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C46 Three Knights 8. Lasker vs F Lee 1-0 40 1892 7th BCA Congress, London A07 King's Indian Attack 9. L van Vliet vs Lasker 0-1 37 1892 7th BCA Congress, London D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. N Jasnogrodsky vs F Lee   1-0 35 1892 7th BCA Congress, London B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 11. R Fenton vs C Locock 0-1 36 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C60 Ruy Lopez 12. Lasker vs J Mortimer ½-½ 38 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 13. Lasker vs A Rumboll 1-0 39 1892 7th BCA Congress, London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 14. C Locock vs Mason   ½-½ 40 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Bird vs F Lee 0-1 49 1892 7th BCA Congress, London A03 Bird's Opening 16. R Loman vs A Rumboll   1-0 29 1892 7th BCA Congress, London B01 Scandinavian 17. Bird vs N Jasnogrodsky 1-0 32 1892 7th BCA Congress, London A03 Bird's Opening 18. R Fenton vs Lasker 0-1 39 1892 7th BCA Congress, London C67 Ruy Lopez 19. Mason vs R Loman   1-0 30 1892 7th BCA Congress, London D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. F Lee vs A Rumboll   0-1 46 1892 7th BCA Congress, London D05 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 1; 20 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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