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[Gerard Killoran]

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

from The Morning Post, Monday 09 January 1899 - Page 3

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It makes sense that Finn scored 5½ points by beating both Lewis and Jones - and thus Lewis beat Jones leaving them both on 3½ points.

[Gerard Killoran]

...although it's possible that Finn drew with Lewis, which would have left her one point behind Mackenzie.

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[Gerard Killoran]

Mystery solved: From the Welsh Newspapers site: https://newspapers.library.wales/

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[Geoff Chandler]

Good. That is that one sorted. It was looking like one of them logic puzzles.
A simple four player single round robin event. Wilson beat everyone but Jones, Smith lost to everyone but Jones. Brown and Jones finished on the same points. There was one draw. Construct the final table.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Ah yes, I believe there was a 2018 World Cup group with that pattern. Wilson = Colombia, Smith = Poland, Brown = Senegal, Jones = Japan.

[John Saunders]

I've uploaded a file with games, crosstables and report for the 1899 Craigside Llandudno tournament...

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

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

I've uploaded a file with games, crosstables and report for the 1899 Craigside Llandudno tournament...
https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/1 ... iewer.html

One of the competitors in that tournament, Bernard Dinwoody Wilmot, was a silversmith. There is an example of his work for sale on eBay at the moment: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186372873632

I can't find him in the 1901 census, but in 1911 he was in prison. I wondered what that was for and found the following thread on RootsChat:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.p ... c=500247.9

Here is his family tree (he had at least nineteen siblings!): https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pe ... s/P9KD-B9Q

[Gerard Killoran]

George Aldolphus Schott was a brilliant academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adolphus_Schott who seems to have given up OTB chess after this tournament. Later he played a few correspondence games, then gave up altogether. Another lost talent.

Here he is playing top board for Yorkshire:

[Event "Yorkshire vs Kent"] [Site "Correspondence"] [Date "1902"] [Round "?"] [White "Schott, George Adolphus"] [Black "Müller, Oscar Conrad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Four knights: Italian variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Qe7 9. b4 Bg7 10. f5 g5 11. Bxg5 Nd8 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Rae1 d6 14. Nf3 Kf8 15. Bh4 c6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Nd4 d5 18. Be2 Bh6 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxh6+ Qg7 22. Qxf6+ Bf7 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Bf6 Re8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f6+ Kh6 27. Rf5 {Leeds Mercury - Saturday 15 February 1902 p.21} 1-0

...and from Llandudno

[Event "Craigside Class 1"] [Site "Llandudno"] [Date "1899.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schott, George Adolphus"] [Black "Dawbarn, Climenson Yelverton Charles"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French: Burn variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nxe4 Qh4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qh6 9. c3 Be7 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Nd8 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Ng3 f5 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. O-O f4 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. Qd1 fxg3 19. fxg3 Rf8 20. Ng4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qg5 22. h4 Bb3 23. axb3 Qd5 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. Qh5+ Ke7 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. Qe7# {Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 13 May 1899 p.11} 1-0

[John Saunders]

Re Wilmot's criminal record: I stumbled upon this some time ago and added some details to the 1904 British Championship page about it. I remember resisting making a joke about Fire on Board at the time, but, as you can seen, I've ultimately given in to the temptation.

Thanks for the game scores, Gerard. I shall add the Schott-Dawbarn game to the tournament page.

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Thanks John. I'll make sure I add "britbase" to my search terms next time I'm looking for something similar!

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Has anyone written about the other player with an eye-popping name?

Climenson Charles Yelverton Dawbarn (1859-1951).

I presume there is a connection to the village of Yelverton in Devon?

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Has anyone written about the other player with an eye-popping name?
Climenson Charles Yelverton Dawbarn (1859-1951).
I presume there is a connection to the village of Yelverton in Devon?

Yelverton was his mother's maiden name. I can't see any obvious connection with the village in Devon called Yelverton.

[Gerard Killoran]

Wilmot was awarded an extra prize at Glasgow 1911 but for what?

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[Gerard Killoran]

If John wants 'fire on board' from Wilmot...

[Event "Blindfold Simul"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "1900.10.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Black "Wilmot, Bernard Dinwoody"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch: Meitner variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 d6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. g3 d5 11. Bg2 d4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qe5+ 14. Kf1 Nxd5 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Qf5 17. g4 Ne3+ 18. Kg1 Nxg4 19. Rf1 Rhe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qa4 Re1 22. Qa6+ Kd7 23. Kg2 Ne3+ {Leader, Melbourne, Sat 19 Jan 1901 Page 31 via the "Birmingham Daily Gazette."} 0-1

[David McAlister]

Wilmot was awarded an extra prize at Glasgow 1911 but for what?

From the British Chess Magazine 1911 page 351: In the Major Open "each non-prize-winner received five shillings for each game he won". Wilmot won three games so his prize was 15 shillings. For those who never calculated in pounds, shillings and pence - there were 20 shillings in a pound.