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][verify]
The final results and standings:
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |