Firstly, did an Ilkley player invent international ratings?
http://ilkleychess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... ional.html
and a game missed by Tim Harding
http://ilkleychess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... phone.html
when he wrote this about early games of chess by telephone
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz125.pdf