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[John Saunders]

Thanks very much, Gerard. I've uploaded all these games to BritBase...

1964 British Championship
1965 British Championship

[John Saunders]

Here's a garbled game score which had me stumped. I wonder if any forum member would like to see if they could come up with a better solution than mine.

The score is from the Western Daily Press for Wednesday 11 April 1928...

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Often the problem with online archives is legibility of the scan but here it is the moves. My attempt at ungarbling it is given below...

[Event "West of England Premier 4th"] [Site "Cheltenham"] [Date "1928.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Mansfield, Comins"] [Black "Watts, William Henry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1928.04.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2022.12.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Kh1 b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. c4 Qb7 13. f3 O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15. c5 f5 16. b4 Nc7 17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Nd4 Ba8 21. a3 Rf7 22. Ra1 g6 23. Rfb1 Bf8 24. a4 Bc6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 {(There is a major problem with the score here but I think it makes sense if this missing move is interpolated. Thereafter there is a passage of play with White's moves appearing in the right hand column and Black's in the left)} Ba8 27. Bc4 Bg7 28. f4 g5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 {(This recapture is missing but at least the score reverts to White on left and Black on right)} 30. Kg1 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Be4 32. Nb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Bxb1 34. Rxb1 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 {("QxQ")} 36. Qd3 f4 37. Rd1 Qg7 38. Kh1 Qg4 39. Qf3 Qg5 {From now on the score makes little sense: "Q-R4"} ( 39... Qh4 40. Rc1 h5) 40. Rc1 h5 41. Qd3 {("Q-Q5" obviously impossible)} Qg4 42. Rf1 Qf5 {(I don't really believe the reconstruction of the last few moves - JS) "Draw agreed after 6 moves". Source: Western Daily Press, 11 April 1928. No. of moves = 52 according to The Times, 11 April 1928} 1/2-1/2

Good luck!

[Gerard Killoran]

Here's a garbled game score which had me stumped. I wonder if any forum member would like to see if they could come up with a better solution than mine.

The score is from the Western Daily Press for Wednesday 11 April 1928...

Often the problem with online archives is legibility of the scan but here it is the moves. My attempt at ungarbling it is given below...

Good luck!

Agree 100%

[Gerard Killoran]

Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 4.

[Event "GBR-ch53 U16"] [Site "Sunderland"] [Date "1966.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Eales, Richard Geoffrey"] [Black "Corden, Martyn John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A91"] [Opening "Dutch defence"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 d6 7. Nh3 c6 8. Bf4 Qe8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 fxe4 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. Ne6 Qh5 14. h3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nc5 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. g4 Qh6 19. Nxe4 cxd4 20. exd4 exd4 21. Rd1 c5 22. Qb5 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 b6 24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Bxa8 Qe3 26. Bg2 d3 27. Qb3 Bxg4 28. Qxd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Be6 30. Bd5 Bxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Be7 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Rxa7 h6 34. Rb7 Bd8 35. Kg2 h5 36. Kf3 g5 37. Rh7 h4 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. Kg4 Kf8 40. Rb8 Ke7 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. Kxg5 {Nantwich Chronicle - Thursday 08 September 1966 p.22} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch54 U21"] [Site "Oxford"] [Date "1967.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Linton, William A."] [Black "Eales, Richard Geoffrey "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A56/02"] [Opening "Benoni (...c5/g6)"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Bc4 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Bf5 17. O-O-O b5 18. Bxb5 Nb4 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. Bc4 Nxa2+ 21. Bxa2 Rb4 22. Qxa7 Rf7 23. Qa3 Qb8 24. Nc4 Rfb7 25. Rd2 Ra7 26. Qe3 Rxc4+ {Nantwich Chronicle - Thursday 07 September 1967 p.7} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch54 Special 5-day, 2nd Week"] [Site "Oxford"] [Date "1967.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thomas, P. A."] [Black "Chesters, Graham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "QGD: exchange, positional line"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Nge2 Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be5 f6 14. g4 fxe5 15. gxh5 e4 16. Bc2 Bh4 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. Rf1 Kh8 19. Bd1 Ng5 20. Rc2 Bh3 21. Rg1 Rf7 22. Rd2 Raf8 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Qc1 Bg4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ngxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxg4 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Ke2 Nxc3+ 30. bxc3 Qe4 {Nantwich Chronicle - Thursday 07 September 1967 p.7} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch54 U21"] [Site "Oxford"] [Date "1967.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kirk-O'Grady, Julian Francis Thomas"] [Black "Hawley, Martin Harold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D95"] [Opening "Gruenfeld (with e3 & Qb3)"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qc5 Nbd7 10. Qa3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qb4 Qd7 16. Rad1 Nbd5 17. Qb3 Rfe8 18. a4 Rad8 19. a5 Qc7 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. g3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rde7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. a6 b6 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qc8+ Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Ke6 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Nxa7 Kd7 36. Nb5 Kc6 37. Nd6 {Cheshire Observer - Friday 01 September 1967 p.6} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch55 U16"] [Site "Bristol"] [Date "1968.08.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Bailey, Richard"] [Black "Cope, J. R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann defence"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 a6 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bc5 13. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 bxc6 15. Qc5 Bd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. b4 Qxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Ke7 19. Kf2 Ra7 20. Nb3 Rf8 21. Ke3 f6 22. Kd4 fxe5+ 23. fxe5 Rf5 24. g4 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Be8 26. Kc5 Rb7 27. Nd4 Rb8 28. a4 Rc8 29. c3 Rb8 30. g5 Bd7 31. Rf6 Rc8 32. Kb6 Rb8+ 33. Ka7 Rc8 34. Nb3 Rd8 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Rf4 Ke8 37. Kb6 Ke7 38. Kxc6 Rh8 39. Rh4 Bd7+ 40. Nxd7 Rc8+ 41. Kb7 {Cheshire Observer - Friday 30 August 1968 p.27} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch55 U21"] [Site "Bristol"] [Date "1968.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kendall, Paul S. N."] [Black "McFarland, Robert S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77/20"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy defence (5.d4)"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Ke8 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Qe7 11. Nf3 Qxe4+ 12. Kf1 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Qc6 14. Qe2+ Kd8 15. b3 Bd6 16. Bb2 Kc7 17. Rd1 Rae8 18. Qd3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Ne3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxe4 21. Qg5 Rf8 22. Ne5 Qb6 23. Qxg7 c4 24. Qxd7+ Kb8 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxd6 {Chester Chronicle - Friday 29 November 1968 p.38} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 5.

[Event "GBR-ch56 Major Open"] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Farrand, Julian Thomas"] [Black "Naylor, J. M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti: King's Indian attack"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c4 e5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. c4 Qa5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Na6 16. Qa4+ c6 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Na6 20. dxc6 O-O 21. Rab1 Qd4 22. cxb7 Qxc4 23. bxa8=Q {Chester Chronicle - Friday 29 August 1969 p.30} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch56 Major Open"] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Farrand, Julian Thomas"] [Black "Barnett, Douglas J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Reti (KIA plus English)"] 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. e4 g6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf6 Rh7 8. Nge2 Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Bd4 Bg4 16. f4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. O-O Bxe4 20. Qd4 Bxd5 21. Qxg7 Kd7 22. f5 g5 23. Rad1 Bc4 24. Rfe1 c6 25. Qd4 Qb6 26. b3 Bd5 27. c4 Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Bf3 29. f6 d5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Re7+ Kd6 32. Rf4 Rf8 33. Rxb7 Kc5 34. b4+ Kd6 35. c5+ Ke5 36. Re7# {Nantwich Chronicle - Thursday 11 September 1969 p.14} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch56 Major Open"] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kendall, Paul S. N."] [Black "Cullinane, Anthony"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Schliemann defence, Berger variation (4...fxe4)"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. b3 Bc5 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. O-O-O Bxf2 14. Rhf1 Bc5 15. Rfe1 Ne7 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Rh4 O-O-O 18. d4 g5 19. Rh6 Nxd4 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Re1 Nef5 22. Rf6 Nh4 23. Re5 b6 24. h3 Bh5 25. Rxg5 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 Be3+ 27. Kb1 Bxg5 28. Re6 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. g3 Nf3 31. h4 Be7 32. Kc1 Kd8 33. Be4 Nxh4 34. gxh4 Bxh4 {Crewe Chronicle - Thursday 09 October 1969 p.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch56 Major Open"] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Eustis, Ian"] [Black "Jaeck, Fridolin (Fred)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti opening"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 Qe7 11. Nc4 h5 12. h3 O-O-O 13. a4 Rdg8 14. a5 f5 15. a6 Ba8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Kh2 Nf6 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ra4 b5 24. Ra3 Rxg2+ 25. Nxg2 f3 26. Qc1 fxg2 27. Re1 Ne5 {Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 12 September 1969 p.8} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch56 U21 "] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Kirk-O'Grady, Julian Francis Thomas"] [Black "Scott, Stuart B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E77"] [Opening "King's Indian: four pawns attack"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. f5 Qe7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Qxh3 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. gxh3 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Bxb2 26. Bh5 Kh6 27. Bg4 Be5 28. Rf7 Rb8 29. Bf5 Bf4 30. Bc3 {Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 26 September 1969 p.9} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch56 U16 "] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Musson, Richard W."] [Black "Morley Andrew J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06/14"] [Opening "Robatsch defence"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Na6 9. Nbd2 Nc7 10. a4 b5 11. b4 Bb7 12. a5 a6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Ne6 16. c4 c5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Nbxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Qa2 Qc7 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 e6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bb7 Ra7 27. a6 Nd3 28. Rb1 Qb6 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. bxa5 Re7 31. Rfd1 Nc5 32. Rxd6 Rc7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rb6 Kf6 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Na4 37. Bb7 Nxb6 38. axb6 {Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 10 October 1969 p.10} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch56 5-Day, 2nd Week, Section “A”"] [Site "Rhyl"] [Date "1969.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tilley, Ronald Arthur"] [Black "Dixon, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D24"] [Opening "QGA: 4.Nc3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. e5 g6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qh4 Ng7 19. g4 Bf8 20. Bf6 Nc5 21. Ng5 h5 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Qxh5 {Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 05 September 1969 p.8} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 57th 5-day 1st Week"] [Site "Coventry"] [Date "1970.08.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Ennis, Harrry T."] [Black "Dixon, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: advance, Milner-Barry gambit"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Be2 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. Bf4 h5 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 O-O 19. Nh4 g6 20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Bxh4 22. gxh4 Ne7 23. Rce1 Nf5 24. Bg5 Rc4 25. Rf4 Rac8 26. Ref1 Qa4 27. g4 hxg4 28. Rxg4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Kg2 Rc2+ 32. Rf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nc6 34. Bf6 Na5 35. b4 Nc4 36. a4 Nb2 {Crewe Chronicle - Thursday 27 August 1970 p.9} 0-1

[John Saunders]

Many thanks for these games, Gerard. They've now all been uploaded to BritBase...

1966 British Championship
1967 British Championship
1968 British Championship
1969 British Championship
1970 British Championship

[Gerard Killoran]

A mixed bag, but with another Menchik game.

[Event "BCF-ch 28th Major Open"] [Site "Great Yarmouth"] [Date "1935.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Menchik, Vera"] [Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E85"] [Opening "King's Indian: Saemisch, orthodox variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bf2 Ng6 14. h4 h5 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. Nc1 b6 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Rh2 Ba6 21. Nc1 a4 22. Qh1 Qd7 23. Rg1 Ne7 24. Bf1 Rg8 25. Bh3 Qd8 26. Bxc5 {Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Tuesday 13 August 1935 p.12} 1-0

[Event "BCF-chW 3rd"] [Site "Shrewsbury"] [Date "1906.08.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Anderson, Gertrude Alison "] [Black "Roe, Annie Sophia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "KP: Nimzovich defence"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 h5 10. Nh2 Bg5 11. Ndf3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nh4 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. O-O-O Be4 16. c4 b6 17. Qa4 Kd7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 Nf5 20. Nf1 Nb4 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qa5 Nxa2+ 23. Kd2 Rb6 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Qxa2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 Rc6+ {Manchester Times - Saturday 25 August 1906 p.11} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 16th Premier B"] [Site "Southsea"] [Date "1923.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Church, William"] [Black "Barnett, Richard Whieldon (Major)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/Qb1q1k2/2p5/1pP2p2/1P2p3/4P1P1/5PB1/6K1 b - - 0 43"] 43... Ke6 44. Qa2+ Qd5 45. Qe2 Qb3 46. Qd2 Qd5 47. Qb2 Bc8 48. Qh8 Bd7 49. Qh6+ Kf7 50. Qh7+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Qb2 Be6 53. Qb1 Qe5 54. Bf1 Bd5 55. Be2 Qc3 56. Kg2 Ke6 57. Kg1 Qd2 58. Bh5 Qc3 59. g4 Qg7 60. Qd1 Ke7 61. Qd4 Qxd4 62. exd4 f4 63. g5 f3 64. Kf1 Be6 65. Ke1 Bf5 66. Kd2 Bh7 67. Ke3 Bf5 68. Kf4 Ke6 69. Ke3 Ke7 70. g6 Kf6 71. g7 Kxg7 72. Be8 {Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday 30 August 1923 p.3} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 9th Third Class B"] [Site "Richmond "] [Date "1912.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ough, James"] [Black "Henderson, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: closed (2...Nc6)"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Ba2 Qc7 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. f4 Qd8 12. Nf3 d6 13. c3 Qe8 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bh8 18. b3 Bd7 19. h3 Qd8 20. Nh2 Ng7 21. Ng3 Ngf5 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Rc8 24. Ba3 Re8 25. Bc5 Rc6 26. b4 b6 27. Bf2 Qc7 28. g3 Nfe7 29. Bb3 Rc8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rc5 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Nd6 Rb8 34. Bc4 Nc8 35. Nxc8 Qxc8 36. Qe2 Nc3 37. Qb2 Nxb5 38. Rfb1 Rb7 39. Ra5 Bg7 40. Qf2 Bf8 41. Bxb5 Qb8 42. Qf1 Bc6 43. Bd3 Rxb1 44. Bxb1 c4 45. Qxc4 Qxb1+ 46. Nf1 Qb6+ 47. Kh2 Qf2# {Western Daily Mercury - Friday 30 August 1912 p.8} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 9thW"] [Site "Richmond "] [Date "1912.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Houlding, Mary Mills"] [Black "Roe, Annie Sophia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French: Steinitz variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qd8 10. Be3 Bb4 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nf3 d4 17. b4 dxe3 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qxe3 Nd5 22. Qf2 Nd8 23. c4 Nc7 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Qa7 Rc8 26. Nxc8 Bxc8 27. Qb8 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Qxc8 f5 30. Rad1 Kg7 31. Rd7 {"...and wins." Western Daily Mercury - Friday 18 October 1912 p.8} 1-0

[John Saunders]

More excellent discoveries, which I have added to the BritBase collection. Many thanks, Gerard

Link to all the latest BritBase additions.

[John Saunders]

I've just uploaded a PGN file with 254 games (and two part-games) from the 1995/96 4NCL season.

https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/1 ... iewer.html

In all 728 were scheduled for that season of which ten were defaults. ChessBase's Mega/Big Database 2022 had 173 games (with stubs for all the remaining games), so I've found a further 81 plus 2 part-games.

Given that many of those who played in 1995/96 are still active, we might yet hope to add significant numbers of games from that season.

[Gerard Killoran]

Happy New Year, happy new game from Lacey-Hulbert, but thankfully not just him.

The selection ends with a rarity, a double under-promotion to a Knight. Is this the only example?

[Event "BCF-ch 17th First-Class B"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morrison, John Harold"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Rev. Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qd8 8. Be2 Nb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Nf6 14. b3 h5 15. c4 Be4 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. h3 e6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Be5 Be7 22. Rab1 O-O-O 23. d5 Ng4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Qxf7 Rh4 26. dxe6 Qc7 27. Bxc7 Rdh8 28. f3 Bc5+ 29. Rf2 Rh1# {Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 19 August 1924 p.3} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 17th First-Class A"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Barnett, Richard Whieldon (Major)"] [Black "Thoms, Henry James Macthom"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qg4 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Qe7 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bb3 d6 13. Bh6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Qe7 16. Qxf8+ Qxf8 17. Bxf8 {'...and White wins.' Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 19 August 1924 p.3} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 17th First-Class A"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thomas, William Rowland"] [Black "Abrahams, Gerald"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C29"] [Opening "Vienna gambit: Paulsen attack"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 f5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Ne2 Na5 11. O-O c5 12. Nf4 c4 13. Qxd5+ Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd8 15. Ne3 f4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Nd6 {'...and White won..' Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 19 August 1924 p.3} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 17th First-Class B"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Jackson, Joshua"] [Black "Parry, John Ellis"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Qf3 e5 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Qg3 dxc4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxa5 Nxg3 {;...and Black won in 26 moves.' Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 20 August 1924 p.12} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 17th First-Class B"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Barlow, Alfred Dudley"] [Black "Short, Frederick Charles"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 N5f6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rad1 e5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 e4 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qc2 Qe5 20. Ne2 Nf6 21. Bb3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Qb1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Ng4 25. g3 Nxh2 26. f4 exf3 27. Kxh2 fxe2 28. Rxf7 Kh8 29. Qg6 e1=Q {Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 20 August 1924 p.12} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 17th Major Open"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Heath, Christopher Barclay "] [Black "Schofield, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C39"] [Opening "KGA: Kieseritsky, long whip (Stockwhip, classical) defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. d4 Nh6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bxf4 d5 10. exd5 f6 11. d6 Qg7 12. Qe2 {Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 22 August 1924 p.12} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 17th Major Open"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Drewitt, John Arthur James"] [Black "Muller, Oscar Conrad"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/2PP4/4k3/8/8/8/4K3/3R2q1 w - - 0 12"] 12. d8=N+ Rxd8 13. cxd8=N+ {'...and wins.' Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 23 August 1924 p.7} 1-0

[Neil Blackburn]

Nice - O.C. Muller was an interesting character.

[John Saunders]

Happy New Year, happy new game from Lacey-Hulbert, but thankfully not just him.

The selection ends with a rarity, a double under-promotion to a Knight. Is this the only example?

[Event "BCF-ch 17th Major Open"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Drewitt, John Arthur James"] [Black "Muller, Oscar Conrad"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/2PP4/4k3/8/8/8/4K3/3R2q1 w - - 0 12"] 12. d8=N+ Rxd8 13. cxd8=N+ {'...and wins.' Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 23 August 1924 p.7} 1-0

Many thanks for this rich harvest of games, Gerard. Happy new year. I've added the games to the BritBase collection...

1924 British Championship, Southport

[John Saunders]

Small correction to the game Drewitt-Muller - there should be a black pawn on a6...

[Event "BCF-ch 17th Major Open"] [Site "Southport"] [Date "1924.08.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Drewitt, John Arthur James"] [Black "Muller, Oscar Conrad"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/2PP4/p3k3/8/8/8/4K3/3R2q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "3"] [EventDate "1924.08.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.01.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d8=N+ Rxd8 2. cxd8=N+ {king moves 3 Rxg1 "and wins." Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 23 August 1924. Contributed by Gerard Killoran, 3 January 2023.} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

Small correction to the game Drewitt-Muller - there should be a black pawn on a6...

Oops, I should have seen that.

Here's a poser. What does the computer suggest for Black on move 11 rather than allowing mate in one?

[Event "BCF-ch 18th Major Open"] [Site "Stratford-upon-Avon "] [Date "19245.08.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Watts, William Henry "] [Black "Short, Frederick Charles"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [Opening "Alekhine's defence"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nb4 8. Qe4 Qxd4 9. Qxb7 Nxc2+ 10. Ke2 Qc4+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Qc8# {Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 25 August 1925 p.7} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 18th First Class B"] [Site "Stratford-upon-Avon"] [Date "1925.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hooper, William A."] [Black "Wilkinson, Frederick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Dunst (Sleipner-Heinrichsen) opening"] 1. Nc3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O-O d6 7. e3 a6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Qh4 h6 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Bd3 Ng8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. g4 Be6 14. g5 Nf5 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. e4 b5 17. Qa3 b4 18. Qa4 bxc3 19. Qxc6+ Bd7 20. Qxc3 Ne7 21. Qxg7 Ng6 22. e5 Rf8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. exd6+ {Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 08 September 1925 p.3} 1-0

[IM Jack Rudd]

I would probably play 11...Nc6; don't know if it's best.