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[Gerard Killoran]

Re Sultan Khan's opponent:

HUXLEY ST JOHN-BROOKS
(1880 - 1948)

https://durbanchessclub.co.za/brooks.html

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[pgn] [Event "GBR-ch 31st"] [Site "Brighton, Royal Pavilion"] [Date "1938.08.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Parr, Frank"] [Black "Golombek, Harry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Rac1 Nf4 14. Qe3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf6 16. Nce5 Qd5 17. Rfe1 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bf4 19. Rc2 Ng4 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. h3 Qh5 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Ree2 f6 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Qc4 Bb8 30. Qe2 Qd6 31. Nf1 a6 32. Qg4 b5 33. Re2 Bc8 34. Qh5 Ba7 35. Rd2 Qf4 36. Qd1 Bb7 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Kf7 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. Kf1 b4 41. f3 Bc6 42. Nc2 a5 43. Ke1 Bb8 44. Kf2 Bb5 45. Ne3 e5 46. Nc2 Bc6 47. Re2 Ba7 48. Rd2 g6 49. Ke1 e4 50. f4 Bb5 51. Kf2 f5 52. g5 Ke6 53. Ke3 h6 54. gxh6 Rh7 55. a3 bxa3 56. Nxa3 Bd3 57. Nc4 Rxh6 58. Nxa5 Rh1 59. Nc4 Bb8 60. Ne5 Bxe5 61. dxe5 g5 62. fxg5 Rf1 63. Rf2 Re1+ 64. Kd2 Rb1 65. Ke3 Re1+ 66. Kd2 Rb1 {Evening News (London) - Tuesday 23 August 1938 p.7} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[John Saunders]

Re Sultan Khan's opponent:

HUXLEY ST JOHN-BROOKS
(1880 - 1948)

https://durbanchessclub.co.za/brooks.html

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Many thanks for that, Gerard. I've added it to the collection...

1938 British Championship

I've been combing through the latest additions to the online newspaper archive and updated a number of other BritBase pages, e.g. the Varsity match pages for 1934 and 1935.

[Gerard Killoran]

Richmond 1912

Lady's Pictorial - Saturday 31 August 1912 p.18.png (1018.64 KiB) Viewed 3356 times

[Richard James]

An entertaining but inaccurate little game from the 1926 British Boys Championship.

Source: Linlithgowshire Gazette 11 June 1926

[Event "British Boys Championship Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "1926.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Darke, William Francis"] [Black "Organe, David Ellis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B34"] [PlyCount "31"] [GameId "2151316442021135"] [EventDate "1928.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bg5 Qxd5 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qa3+ 1-0

[John Saunders]

Richmond 1912
Lady's Pictorial - Saturday 31 August 1912 p.18.png

Many thanks for posting this, Gerard. I have added it to the 1912 British Championship page at BritBase.

[John Saunders]

An entertaining but inaccurate little game from the 1926 British Boys Championship.

Source: Linlithgowshire Gazette 11 June 1926

Yes, thanks, Richard. I already had this game which was also published in BCM. Your post inspired me to add a feature on the April 1926 British Boys' Championship to the 1926 British Championship page on BritBase, with 13 games from the boys' championship. Most of them came from Brian Denman, with the Hugh Alexander games coming from the Tinsley file which I was kindly lent by Tony Gillam. Many thanks to Richard, Brian and Tony.

[Gerard Killoran]

Cheltenham 1913

[Event "BCF-ch 10th First Class B"] [Site "Cheltenham"] [Date "1913.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Berryman, William John"] [Black "Rawlins, Francis Hooper (Major)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange variation"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 Qc7 9. Bg5 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Bh4 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Rd7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ng4 15. b4 h5 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. a3 h4 18. Nxh4 g5 19. Nhf3 Rh1+ {Oxford Times - Saturday 23 August 1913 p.7} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 10th Major Open"] [Site "Cheltenham"] [Date "1913.08.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Mackenzie, Arthur John"] [Black "West, Arthur George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange variation"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Ne8 11. Bc2 h6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. Nbd2 Ne4 15. Nf1 g5 16. Be3 Qg7 17. Re2 h5 18. Rae1 f4 19. Bc1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. N3h2 f3 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. Nxg4 fxg2 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Rh4 gxf1=Q+ 27. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 e4 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Qc4+ {Oxford Times - Saturday 30 August 1913 p.9} 1-0

[Event "BCF-chW 10th"] [Site "Cheltenham"] [Date "1913.08.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Houlding, Mary Mills"] [Black "Moseley, Amabel Nevill Gwyn"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian defence"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. b3 a6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Nce2 e5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 e4 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Ndf5 Be5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Ne3 a5 16. d4 exd3 17. Bxd3 Re8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qc2 Qg5 20. Bf5 Rad8 21. Bxd7 Nfxd7 22. Nef5 Nf6 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nc6 Ra8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxa5 Qe5 27. Rf1 Qc3 28. Qxc3 bxc3 29. Rc1 Nfe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf1 Nd3 32. f3 Re3 33. Nc6 Nxc1 34. b4 Nd3 {Oxford Times - Saturday 15 November 1913 p.13} 0-1

[John Saunders]

Cheltenham 1913

Many thanks, Gerard. I've added those three games to the BritBase collection.

1913 British Championship

[Gerard Killoran]

Does a consultation game count towards an individual's games collection?

[Event "Consultation Game"] [Site "Llandudno"] [Date "1899.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mrs. Fagan & Mr. Atkins"] [Black "Miss Finn & Mr. Burn"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Chigorin variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. g3 d5 4. d3 c5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bf1 Rb4 17. Qg2 d4 18. Bf2 Bb7 19. Rab1 Qa8 20. Bd3 axb3 21. axb3 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxf3 23. Qh3 g6 24. Ra1 Rxb3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qf1 Ra2 27. Rb1 Rba3 28. Re1 Rd2 29. Bb1 Nb6 30. g4 Bxg4 31. Be4 Bh3 32. Bg2 Bf5 33. Ra1 Rb3 34. Ra7 Bd8 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Rb8 Rb1 37. Rxd8 Rdd1 38. Bh4 g5 39. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Bd3 41. Bf6+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Rg5+ Ke4 44. f5 Nxc4 {Lady's Pictorial - Saturday 04 March 1899 p.50} 0-1

[John Saunders]

Does a consultation game count towards an individual's games collection?

Many thanks, Gerard. I've added the game to the HE Atkins collection at BritBase. It includes three more of his consultation games.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I was going to ask if that is Amos Burn, but I see John has annotated the Britbase record to say this already:

"Henry Ernest Atkins & Louise Matilda Fagan vs Amos Burn & Kate Belinda Finn".

I presume the original newspaper source confirms some of this? Is there an Amos Burn collection, or is this a new one for him?

How common was it for consultation games like this to be played (and published)?

Do we know what the four protagonists were doing in Llandudno?

Presumably taking the waters at the Craigside Hydro (spa) while taking part in the 1899 Llandudno chess tournament?

https://www.welshchessunion.uk/llandudn ... b-history/

In 1899 Burn won with no defeats and just two draws in ten games ahead of a strong field. In the Second-Class section that year, the Caernarvonshire born J. Ellis Parry came second with 6½ points behind N. Clissold and ahead of the two leading English lady players Miss Finn and Miss Fagan.

1899 January

Amos Burn 10/11, Henry Atkins 7.5/10, George Bellingham, George Schott, 6/10, Bernard Wilmot 6/11, William Gunston 5.5/10, Edward O. Jones 4.5/11, Climenson Dawbarn 4/10, Victor Wahltuch 3.5/10, Anthony Dod, William Thrift 2/10, John Owen 1/3

Note the Miss Fagan vs Mrs Fagan (not sure which is correct).

[Gerard Killoran]

From The British Chess Magazine February 1899

For some reason the table for Class 2 is incomplete.

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[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Note the Miss Fagan vs Mrs Fagan (not sure which is correct).

Almost certainly Louisa Matilda Fagan (nee Ballard): born 1850, died 1931. John Upham added a memorial for her on the Find a Grave website:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113 ... ilda-fagan

This is a very sparsely populated family tree for her:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pe ... s/P9J8-QKV

And much more about her and her family in a series of blog posts by Martin Smith, starting from here:
https://lostontime.blogspot.com/2016/05 ... tilda.html

[Geoff Chandler]

The report (page 73) states Miss Finn finished a point behind Mackenzie (6pts.) She is showing 3½ pts so it would appear Miss Finn beat both Mr Jones and Mr Lewis. If so the only the result missing is between Jones and Lewis.

1899 BCM https://archive.org/details/the-british ... 7/mode/2up

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The game itself is interesting. A temporary sacrifice on b3 on move 21 which led to immediately regaining the piece on f3 (I have not seen that sort of tactic before). Does anyone know if the queen sacrifice a few moves later was sound. It looks like it to me, but maybe there are saving lines?