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.[1]
The final results and standings:
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | ||
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1 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | r1 | 1 | 11 | ||
2 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | r1 | 1 | r1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
3 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | r | r1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | rr1 | rr1 | 7 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | r | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | r | - | - | - | r1 | 1 | 6 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | r0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | rr1 | 6 | ||
7 | 0 | r0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | x | r1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | r1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | r0 | x | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
9 | 0 | r0 | 1 | 0 | r | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | - | 0 | 0 | rr | 1 | 3 | ||
10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | x | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
12 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | r0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
13 | r0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | r0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | rr | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | 2 | ||
14 | 0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | 0 | rr0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 |