London 1862 chess tournament
{{Short description|none}}
An international chess tournament was held in London, during the second British world exhibition, in 1862.
The prizes were won by Adolf Anderssen (£100), Louis Paulsen (£50), John Owen (£30), George Alcock MacDonnell (£15), Serafino Dubois (£10) and Wilhelm Steinitz (£5) who was awarded the brilliancy prize for his win over Augustus Mongredien.{{cite web |url=http://www.endgame.nl/wfairs.htm |title=World exhibitions |accessdate=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619170844/http://www.endgame.nl/wfairs.htm |archivedate=2008-06-19 }}{{Verify quote|no brilliancy prize info on this link and also no indication of any brilliancy prizes in Löwenthal's book on the tournament|date=January 2021}}
The final results and standings:
:
| class="wikitable"
! # !! Player !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | {{flagathlete|Adolf Anderssen|Prussia|1803}} | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | r1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | {{flagathlete|Louis Paulsen|German Confederation}} | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | r1 | 1 | r1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | {{flagathlete|John Owen|United Kingdom}} | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | r | r1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | rr1 | rr1 | 7 |
| 4 | {{flagathlete|George Alcock MacDonnell|United Kingdom}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | {{flagathlete|Serafino Dubois|Kingdom of Italy}} | 0 | 1 | r | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | r | - | - | - | r1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | {{flagathlete|Wilhelm Steinitz|Austrian Empire}} | 0 | 0 | r0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | rr1 | 6 |
| 7 | {{flagathlete|Thomas Wilson Barnes|United Kingdom}} | 0 | r0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | x | r1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | r1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | {{flagathlete|James Hannah|United Kingdom}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | r0 | x | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | {{flagathlete|Joseph Henry Blackburne|United Kingdom}} | 0 | r0 | 1 | 0 | r | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | - | 0 | 0 | rr | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | {{flagathlete|Johann Jacob Löwenthal|Austrian Empire}} | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | x | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | {{flagathlete|James Robey|United Kingdom}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | {{flagathlete|Frederick Deacon|Belgium}} | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | r0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | {{flagathlete|Augustus Mongredien|United Kingdom}} | r0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | r0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | rr | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | {{flagathlete|Valentine Green|United Kingdom}} | 0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 |
References
{{reflist}}
Literature
- Löwenthal, Johann Jacob "[https://books.google.com/books?id=vO0IAAAAQAAJ The Chess Congress of 1862]", Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1864
Category:Invitational chess tournaments