English Chess Forum

A home for discussions on the English Chess scene
It is currently Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:43 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » General » Chess History

All times are UTC [ DST ]



Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 7 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
raycollett
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:15 am 
Offline

Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:54 pm
Posts: 177
In the Worcestershire League in the match Headless Cross - Greenlands on 27 Feb this year, the combined ages of the protagonists was 175 years :cool:. One of Worcestershire's players asks whther this is a record. Do you know better?
Top
 Profile  
 
David Sedgwick
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:29 am 
Offline

Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:56 pm
Posts: 1587
Location: Croydon
This Forum knows better about everything.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2721
Top
 Profile  
 
Paul Bielby
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:03 am 
Offline

Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:14 pm
Posts: 108
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
On 13th May, 1979, a match was held in Alnwick Town Hall between Northumberland and Durham to celebrate the 100th birthday of former Northumberland President and three times Champion, George Sell. In this match he played on top board against another former Northumberland and Durham Champion, Harry Hunnam, then aged 82. We had hoped to play the match over 100 boards, but fell sadly short. Durham won by 41-36.
Top
 Profile  
 
raycollett
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:04 am 
Offline

Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:54 pm
Posts: 177
Hold on! Can't I claim the Durham-Northumberland match was a 'staged' event rather than one occurring as a result of captains' decisions on player selection in the course of normal competitive league play?
Top
 Profile  
 
Paul Bielby
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:30 am 
Offline

Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:14 pm
Posts: 108
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Agreed, Ray. You win.
Top
 Profile  
 
Christopher Kreuzer
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:32 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:34 am
Posts: 3337
Location: Whitton, London
Paul Bielby wrote:
On 13th May, 1979, a match was held in Alnwick Town Hall between Northumberland and Durham to celebrate the 100th birthday of former Northumberland President and three times Champion, George Sell. In this match he played on top board against another former Northumberland and Durham Champion, Harry Hunnam, then aged 82. We had hoped to play the match over 100 boards, but fell sadly short. Durham won by 41-36.


Was that top board clash (combined age of 182) a good game, short draw, something else?
Top
 Profile  
 
Paul Bielby
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:50 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:14 pm
Posts: 108
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
We had hoped that the top board game would be drawn, but no, the two veterans went at it, hammer and tongs. In the end youth (82) triumphed over age and experience.

Something that happens to me all too often these days.
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 7 posts ] 

Board index » General » Chess History

All times are UTC [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group