Tournament

Gouda 1880 — Eighth Netherlands Chess Federation Tournament

1880 · Gouda
Henry Edward Bird won with 9½/10 ahead of Christiaan Messemaker on 6½/10. Benima and Malta shared the third and fourth prizes without a playoff.
Incomplete record·29 of 30 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 29 of the 30 games played; 1 is missing. The original yearbook p.7 explicitly says that one game lost to Bird was omitted as too weak. Its p.27 table and 29 printed scores identify the missing Bird–Blank return game. Fourteen pairs retain both scores; Bird–Blank retains one. This is a played score, not a default. No playoff was played for third and fourth prizes (p.23).

Final standings

9½/10
Henry Edward Bird won with 9½/10 ahead of Christiaan Messemaker on 6½/10. Benima and Malta shared the third and fourth prizes without a playoff.

The standings below are the historical final result. Only 29 of the 30 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.

# Player Score Record Games
1 Bird, Henry Edward 9½/10 +9 -0 =1
2 Messemaker, Christiaan 6½/10 +6 -3 =1
=3 Benima, Levi 4/10 +3 -5 =2
=3 Malta, JF 4/10 +3 -5 =2
=5 Blank, J P 3/10 +3 -7 =0
=5 Van Woelderen, EHE 3/10 +3 -7 =0

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456
1 Bird, Henry Edward 11 1½ 11 1· 11
2 Messemaker, Christiaan 00 11 ½0 11 11
3 Benima, Levi 0½ 00 1½ 01 01
4 Malta, JF 00 ½1 0½ 01 10
5 Blank, J P 0· 00 10 10 10
6 Van Woelderen, EHE 00 00 10 01 01

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).