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[MJMcCready]

Yes, looks convincing. I've added the details to the file. Many thanks, Gerard.

May I ask how its best to differentiate between the first class open, the second class open and the CCA Congress Championship placed in between them?

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

I think he was William Barber Dixon. Born 1st April, 1872, in Chepstow. Died 15th May, 1951, in Bromley.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pe ... s/P7N5-M6P
His middle name, Barber, was his mother's maiden name.

His grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/281 ... rber-dixon

One of Dixon's daughters was named Kathleen Cassia Dixon! And she died at the age of 100 - surely a good advertisment for giving your children chessic names.

[MJMcCready]

I think he was William Barber Dixon. Born 1st April, 1872, in Chepstow. Died 15th May, 1951, in Bromley.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pe ... s/P7N5-M6P
His middle name, Barber, was his mother's maiden name.

His grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/281 ... rber-dixon

One of Dixon's daughters was named Kathleen Cassia Dixon! And she died at the age of 100 - surely a good advertisment for giving your children chessic names.

That would be him. He played in a number of matches for Kent -one against Ireland in 1905- and is also described as the champion of Beds. and Bucks. Unfortunately I do not have much more info on him except some match reports of him playing board 1 for Beds.

[MJMcCready]

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[Matt Mackenzie]

I think he was William Barber Dixon. Born 1st April, 1872, in Chepstow. Died 15th May, 1951, in Bromley.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pe ... s/P7N5-M6P
His middle name, Barber, was his mother's maiden name.

His grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/281 ... rber-dixon

One of Dixon's daughters was named Kathleen Cassia Dixon! And she died at the age of 100 - surely a good advertisment for giving your children chessic names.

Though isn't the "chess name" actually Caissa rather than Cassia?

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Though isn't the "chess name" actually Caissa rather than Cassia?

Oh, you're right. How disappointing.

The name Cassia is a feminine name with origins in Greek and Latin, most commonly meaning "cinnamon" or referring to the aromatic cassia tree and spice.

[MJMcCready]

The effort made is commendable nonetheless.

[Gerard Killoran]

From Kent 1910

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


[Event "Kent First Class Open"] [Site "Bromley"] [Date "1910"] [Round "?"] [White "Dewing, Leslie Charles Gwyn"] [Black "Schories, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C79"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4 exd4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Bxe6+ Ke8 13. Bd5+ Be7 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxd4 Kf7 16. Rxe7+ Kxe7 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qxa5 Rd8 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Bg5 Rd4 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. f3 h5 24. Ne4+ Kg6 25. Qc3 Rd5 26. f4 c4 27. Qg3+ Kh6 28. Ng5 g6 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Ng3 Qxc2 32. f5+ Kh7 33. fxg6+ Qxg6 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Rf1 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Qd8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Nxh5 Rg5 39. Nf6 {The Field - Saturday 02 April 1910 p.49} 1-0

[Event "Kent First Class Open"] [Site "Bromley"] [Date "1910"] [Round "?"] [White "Schories, Georg"] [Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. a4 Ra7 14. Qe2 Rb7 15. Nf1 O-O 16. h3 Re8 17. g4 g6 18. Ng3 Kh8 19. Ng5 Bf8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qf1 h6 22. Nf3 Ng8 23. Nh2 Bg7 24. Be3 Qe7 25. b4 c4 26. Ra5 Bf6 27. Rea1 Bg5 28. Qc1 Qf6 29. Kg2 Bf4 30. Nf3 g5 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Qd8 33. Qd2 Nf6 34. Rh1 Bxe3 35. fxe3 e4 36. Nd4 Re5 37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. Nxb5 Rxd5 39. Nd4 Nc6 40. h4 Nxg4 41. Bxe4 Nxd4 42. exd4 Rb5 43. hxg5 Kg8 44. Rh4 h5 45. Rxh5 Qe8 46. Kf3 Rb6 47. Bc2 Ne5+ 48. dxe5 Qxe5 49. f6 d5 50. Kg4 Re6 51. Rh2 Re8 52. Qf2 {Nottingham Guardian - Tuesday 19 April 1910 p.15} 1-0

[Event "Kent First Class Open"] [Site "Bromley"] [Date "1910"] [Round "?"] [White "Dewing, Leslie Charles Gwyn"] [Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four knights: Spanish, classical defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. d4 Bb6 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. c3 d5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qh5 Kg8 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qh3 Bd3 20. Rfe1 f6 21. Ne6 Bf5 22. Nf4 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. Nxd5 Bf3 25. Ne3 Kf7 26. h3 Ne7 27. Kh2 c6 28. Kg3 Be4 29. Nc4 Nf5+ 30. Kg4 Bd3 31. Ne3 Nxe3+ 32. Bxe3 f5+ 33. Kg3 Bc7+ 34. Kg2 Re6 35. h4 Rae8 36. Rad1 Bc4 37. b3 Bd5+ 38. Kf1 Bf3 39. Rc1 f4 40. Bd2 Rh8 41. Rxe6 Rxh4 {Westminster Gazette - Saturday 02 April 1910 p.14} 0-1

[Event "Kent First Class Open"] [Site "Bromley"] [Date "1910"] [Round "?"] [White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"] [Black "Fisher, Bernard William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [Opening "French: classical, Alapin variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8. c3 a6 9. Na3 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nac2 Rc8 14. Be2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Na4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. O-O O-O 18. Rae1 Ne4 19. Qe3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 b5 23. f5 Qd6 24. fxe6 Rh6 25. exd7 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Rf8+ 27. Nf3 Re6 28. Rh1 {Morning Post - Monday 11 April 1910 p.9} 1-0

[Event "Kent First Class Open"] [Site "Bromley"] [Date "1910"] [Round "?"] [White "Louis, Allan William Edward"] [Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C29"] [Opening "Vienna gambit: Paulsen attack"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d4 Bb4 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Be6 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Be3 Rad8 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd1 Nc4 14. c3 Ba5 15. Bc1 Bb6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Kh8 18. Nf4 c6 19. Qe2 Rde8 20. Qh5 Qf7 21. Qf3 Bc8 22. Nd3 Bd8 23. Rae1 b6 24. Qd1 g5 25. Nf2 Qg6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Kh1 Be6 28. b3 Rg8 29. Qd2 b5 30. Rg1 h5 31. Bf1 Qh7 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 h4 34. Kg2 f4 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Qxf4 Rg4 37. Qe3 Bf5 38. Rh1 Bg5 39. Qc3 e3 40. Kf1 Qh5 41. Be2 Rf8 42. Qc5 Bh6 43. h3 Be4+ 44. Qxf8+ Bxf8 45. Bxg4 Qf7+ 46. Ke2 Qf2+ {The Field - Saturday 02 April 1910 p.49} 0-1

[Gerard Killoran]

And from Kent 1903

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

[Event "Kent CCA First Class 5th"] [Site "Canterbury"] [Date "1903.06.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schories, Georg"] [Black "Loman, Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 Qh3 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. d5 Nd8 16. Ra7 O-O 17. Rxc7 Bh4 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Nd2 Ne8 20. Ra7 g6 21. Kh1 Ng7 22. Bd3 f5 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxb5 Bg5 27. Nf1 Rxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Ng3 f4 31. f3 Qxf3 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Bh4 34. Ra1 Ng5 35. Ra4 Kf6 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Kg2 Nd2 38. Ng1 Nb3 39. Nf3 Bg5 40. h4 Bh6 41. Kf1 Nc5 42. Rc4 Bf8 43. b4 Nb3 44. Rc8 Be7 45. b5 h6 46. b6 Nc5 47. Nd2 g5 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Nc4 g4 50. Rxc5 {London Evening Standard - Monday 15 June 1903 p.8} 1-0

[John Saunders]

From Kent 1910

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

Many thanks for these games, Gerard. I've added them all to the BritBase collection.

[John Saunders]

And from Kent 1903

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

[Event "Kent CCA First Class 5th"] [Site "Canterbury"] [Date "1903.06.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schories, Georg"] [Black "Loman, Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 Qh3 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. d5 Nd8 16. Ra7 O-O 17. Rxc7 Bh4 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Nd2 Ne8 20. Ra7 g6 21. Kh1 Ng7 22. Bd3 f5 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxb5 Bg5 27. Nf1 Rxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Ng3 f4 31. f3 Qxf3 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Bh4 34. Ra1 Ng5 35. Ra4 Kf6 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Kg2 Nd2 38. Ng1 Nb3 39. Nf3 Bg5 40. h4 Bh6 41. Kf1 Nc5 42. Rc4 Bf8 43. b4 Nb3 44. Rc8 Be7 45. b5 h6 46. b6 Nc5 47. Nd2 g5 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Nc4 g4 50. Rxc5 {London Evening Standard - Monday 15 June 1903 p.8} 1-0

I've already got this game, Gerard, but it's Loman-Schories, not the other way round. The London Evening Standard published it with the wrong colours and the error was replicated by at least one other newspaper.

[Gerard Killoran]

The London Evening Standard published it with the wrong colours and the error was replicated by at least one other newspaper.

Not the first time this has happened to me!

[Gerard Killoran]

Southsea 1923

White is variously given as H. Heath, H. N. Heath, N. Heath and as here...

[Event "GBR-ch 16th General C"] [Site "Southsea"] [Date "1923.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Heath, H. N. S."] [Black "Taylor, C. H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [Opening "KGA: bishop's gambit, Boden defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. h4 h6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nb5 Kd8 9. d4 g5 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Qxh8 12. Nxg5 Qh1+ 13. Kf2 Qh4+ 14. Kf3 Qxg5 15. Bxf4 Qh5+ 16. Ke3 Qxd1 17. Bxc7+ Ke8 18. Nd6# {Grantham Journal - Saturday 17 November 1923 p.3} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

...and

[Event "GBR-ch 16th Premier Preliminary 5"] [Site "Southsea"] [Date "1923.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lawrence, Percival John"] [Black "Wilkinson, Frederick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53/10"] [Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence (4...c6)"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Rc1 Qa5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Kxe7 11. Qc2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qe4 f6 15. c4 b4 16. Qg4 Rag8 17. c5 h5 18. Qg6 Rh6 19. Qb1 a5 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Qb3 g5 22. Rb1 g4 23. Nh4 Rgh8 24. a3 f5 25. axb4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Bc8 27. Rb2 Ng6 28. Nxg6+ Rxg6 29. Ra1 Kf6 30. Rba2 f4 31. Ra7 Qd8 32. Qb8 Rg5 33. Qxf4+ Rf5 34. Qc7 Qf8 35. e4 Rg5 36. e5+ Kg6 37. Bd3+ Kh6 38. Qh7+ Rxh7 39. Rxh7# {Reading Observer - Friday 14 September 1923 p.7} 1-0

[John Townsend]

Sergeant (page 273) notes at that time at Dundee a new Scottish champion, C.B. Heath, a local player.