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🏆 5th BCA Congress, London (1862)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Adolf Anderssen, Louis Paulsen, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Wilhelm Steinitz, Thomas Barnes, Serafino Dubois, James Hannah, Valentine Green, George MacDonnell, Johann Jacob Loewenthal, John Owen, James Robey, Augustus Mongredien, Frederick Deacon

5th BCA Congress, London (1862) London, England; 16 June 1862—31 July 1862 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wins Place/Prizes —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Anderssen ••• 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 ½1 1 1 12 1st £100 2 Paulsen 0 ••• 1 1 0 1 ½1 1 + ½1 + 1 1 1 11 2nd £50 3 Owen 1 0 ••• 0 ½+ ½1 1 1 + 0 + ½½1 ½½1 1 10 3rd £30 4 MacDonnell 0 0 1 ••• + 1 0 0 + 1 1 1 1 1 9* 4th £15 5 Dubois 0 1 ½- - ••• 0 1 1 + ½+ + ½1 1 + 9 5th £10 6 Steinitz 0 0 ½0 0 1 ••• 1 1 + 0 + 1 ½½1 1 8 6th £5 7 Barnes 0 ½0 0 1 0 0 ••• ½1 0 1 ½1 1 1 1 7 8 Hannah 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½0 ••• + 1 + 1 1 + 7 9 Löwenthal - - - - - - 1 - ••• - - 1 1 + 4 10 Blackburne 0 ½0 1 0 ½- 1 0 0 + ••• 0 ½½- 1 0 4 11 Deacon 0 - - 0 - - ½0 - + 1 ••• 0 1 0 3 12 Mongredien ½0 0 ½½0 0 ½0 0 0 0 0 ½½+ 1 ••• 0 1 3 13 Green 0 0 ½½0 0 0 ½½0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ••• 1 2 14 Robey 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 1 1 0 0 ••• 2 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Unplayed games: + for a win, = for a draw, - for a loss. Format: Single round-robin, draws not counting. * MacDonnell won more games over the board and was adjudged the fourth place prize by the committee.(2) Final Standings (2) Games Won by Games Lost by Play. Forfeiture. Total. Play. Forfeiture. Total. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Anderssen 11 1 12 1 0 1 Paulsen 9 2 11 2 0 2 Owen 7 3 10 3 0 3 MacDonnell 7 2 9 4 0 4 Dubois 5* 4 9 2 2 4 Steinitz 6 2 8 5 0 5 Barnes 7 0 7 6 0 6 Hannah 4 2 7 6 0 6 Löwenthal 3 1 4 0 9 9 Blackburne 3 1 4 7 2 9 Deacon 2 1 3 10 0 10 Mongredien 2 1 3 10 0 10 V. Green 2 0 2 11 0 11 Robey 2 0 2 8 3 11 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— * Dubois is given as winning 6 by Play, and 3 by Forfeit, in the tournament book, but this appears to be a mistake as no corresponding loss by Play exists for any other player. Missing Games Hannah's win over Green (colors unknown) and MacDonnell's loss to Barnes (colors unknown). See Hannah vs V Green, 1862 and G MacDonnell vs T Barnes, 1862. Sources (1) Chess Tournament Crosstables, v1, Gaige, Philadelphia 1969, p6 (2) The Chess Congress of 1862, Löwenthal and Medley, London 1864, p(lxxiv) (3) The Chess Congress of 1862, Löwenthal and Medley, London 1864, p172  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 85  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Mongredien vs F Deacon 1-0 25 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C33 King's Gambit Accepted 2. V Green vs G MacDonnell 0-1 27 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C41 Philidor Defense 3. V Green vs J Robey 1-0 30 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C25 Vienna 4. Anderssen vs V Green 1-0 26 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C39 King's Gambit Accepted 5. Dubois vs A Mongredien 1-0 29 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C39 King's Gambit Accepted 6. G MacDonnell vs F Deacon 1-0 25 1862 5th BCA Congress, London B40 Sicilian 7. A Mongredien vs V Green 0-1 29 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C33 King's Gambit Accepted 8. A Mongredien vs Anderssen ½-½ 38 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C33 King's Gambit Accepted 9. G MacDonnell vs Anderssen 0-1 31 1862 5th BCA Congress, London B40 Sicilian 10. F Deacon vs T Barnes   0-1 65 1862 5th BCA Congress, London B27 Sicilian 11. Hannah vs Anderssen 0-1 25 1862 5th BCA Congress, London B40 Sicilian 12. Owen vs Hannah 1-0 38 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C00 French Defense 13. A Mongredien vs Hannah   0-1 48 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C00 French Defense 14. G MacDonnell vs Hannah 0-1 37 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C01 French, Exchange 15. Dubois vs Hannah 1-0 36 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C01 French, Exchange 16. V Green vs Loewenthal   0-1 23 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C20 King's Pawn Game 17. T Barnes vs F Deacon   ½-½ 43 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C01 French, Exchange 18. A Mongredien vs Dubois   ½-½ 25 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A84 Dutch 19. Owen vs A Mongredien   1-0 63 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A10 English 20. Owen vs V Green   ½-½ 48 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A13 English 21. Owen vs Dubois ½-½ 71 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A20 English 22. T Barnes vs Hannah   ½-½ 32 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A20 English 23. V Green vs Owen   ½-½ 28 1862 5th BCA Congress, London A02 Bird's Opening 24. Hannah vs T Barnes 0-1 45 1862 5th BCA Congress, London B27 Sicilian 25. Dubois vs V Green   1-0 39 1862 5th BCA Congress, London C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 85    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-04-22    MissScarlett: A legendary tournament, albeit somewhat chaotic, but imagine if instead of the four tailenders, you had Morphy, Staunton, von der Lasa and Mackenzie playing. Mackenzie took part in and won the Handicap event, but I don't know why he missed the main event. Not sure if Morphy could have slipped away during the Civil War. Apr-02-22    MissScarlett: Did you know that Dostoevsky visited London to watch this very tournament? If not, read on... https://www.openculture.com/2013/08... 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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