The City of London Chess Club, which met at Moufflet's Hotel, boasted the strongest membership in Britain. There, in this game, George Alan Thomas and Edward Lasker played the Old Benoni. Sports enthusiast George Alan Thomas excelled at badminton, tennis, and chess; he would twice win the British Chess Championship. Edward Lasker, Emanuel Lasker's cousin, was also a notable chess author and a formidable chess player who would win the Western Chess Association's Championship (now called the U.S. Open) five times.
