Tournament Results
Sources:
Date | Location | Place | Score | Notes |
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1851 | London International Tournament | 4 | --- | A knockout tournament in which the contestants played mini-matches in each round, increasing from best-of-three in the first round to best-of-eight in the final. Staunton was eliminated in the semi-final (-4=0+1) by Adolf Anderssen, who won the tournament. Staunton was then beaten by Elijah Williams in the play-off for third place. |
1858 | Birmingham | --- | --- | A knockout tournament in which the contestants played three-game mini-matches in each round. Staunton was eliminated in the second round (-2=0+0) by the eventual runner-up, Johann Jacob Löwenthal. |
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