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[Gerard Killoran]

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

Christopher Barclay Heath was a completely different person - he played in the Major Open that year. The BCM (1923) p.333 gives H. N. Heath as being from London, so most likely not even related.

[Richard James]

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

Christopher Barclay Heath was a completely different person - he played in the Major Open that year. The BCM (1923) p.333 gives H. N. Heath as being from London, so most likely not even related.

John Saunders identifies him (Hastings 1951-52) as Herbert Norman Saffery Heath (1893-1968). He was a first cousin of Christopher Barclay Heath (1876-1961), who, although he spent time in Dundee, was born and died in London. I didn't realise until just now that CB Heath was a clergyman.

There was another HN Heath active in Derby chess circles in the 1890s, who was probably not related.

[Gerard Killoran]

From the Merchant Taylors' School Register, 1851-1920

Heath, Herbert Norman Saffery, b. 23 Aug. 1893, s. of Herbert (Minister of the Catholic Apostolic Church) and Bertha J., Clapton. Left 1910 ; adm. Solicitor 1910 ; G. H. Hubbard & Heath, 40, Chancery Lane, W.C.2.

[Richard James]

From the Merchant Taylors' School Register, 1851-1920

Heath, Herbert Norman Saffery, b. 23 Aug. 1893, s. of Herbert (Minister of the Catholic Apostolic Church) and Bertha J., Clapton. Left 1910 ; adm. Solicitor 1910 ; G. H. Hubbard & Heath, 40, Chancery Lane, W.C.2.

Interesting. CB Heath was also a minister of the Catholic Apostolic Church according to the 1939 Register.

[Gerard Killoran]

Edinburgh 1926

[Event "GBR-ch19 First Class"] [Site "Edinburgh"] [Date "1926.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Barnett, Richard Whieldon"] [Black "Dix, Francis Vaughan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov: classical attack, Berger variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh2 Bh4 14. g3 f4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Bxg3 18. Rf1 Qxh3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Bg5 Nd8 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qh4 26. Qg2 g6 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. Nf1 Be1 29. Be4 c6 30. Ne3 Bf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxe4 {Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 21 August 1926 p.5} 1/2-1/2


[Event "GBR-ch19 Third Class A"] [Site "Edinburgh"] [Date "1926.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sim, M. M. (Mrs.)"] [Black "Doran, Henry Edward"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "King's pawn opening"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 Re8 7. Ng5 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. a3 b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Ba4 e5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. Bg5 a6 17. Bb3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nxc3 {'...and wins.' Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 12 August 1926 p.5} 0-1

[John Saunders]

Edinburgh 1926

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

1926 British Championship, Edinburgh

[Geoff Chandler]

In the above Barnet - Dix game Black can win a piece with 20...Bg6.

r4r1k/ppp3p1/2n5/7b/3P4/2PB2bq/PPQ4N/R1B2RK1 b - - 2 20

Thought I was going crazy and then decided this site had gone wonky. I had the correct position in the game and clicked on b8 to get the fen to post here but it kept displaying wrongly. Twice I did it before I realised I was using PGN instead of POS.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

That is a really nice find, Geoff.

After 20...Bg6 21.Bxg6 Bxh2+ 22.Qxh2 Rxf1#

r6k/ppp3p1/2n3B1/8/3P4/2P4q/PP5Q/R1B2rK1

After 20...Bg6 21.Nf3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rxf3 23.Qxf3 Qh2#

r6k/ppp3p1/2n5/8/3P4/2P2Qb1/PP5q/R1B2RK1

After 20...Bg6 21.Nf3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qe1#

r6k/ppp3p1/2n5/8/3P4/2PQ1Rb1/PP2K3/R1B1q3

Isn't chess amazing?

[Geoff Chandler]

Isn't chess amazing?

Hi Chris,

I did not see that last line, too busy trying to post the position. Better end it here, although we are discussing a game in Britbase John likes this thread clear for new games coming in or queries and corrections. (totally agree, ' chess is amazing.' )

[John Saunders]

Someone has notified me of the following defective score to be found on BritBase (it came originally from TWIC and presumably from the IoM website before that). Would anyone like to try and fix it so it makes sense? The first and most obvious fix is 55...Be6 for 55...Bc6 but that runs into various snags later in the game. So it looks like there must be two or more wrong moves.

[Event "PokerStars Masters 2nd"] [Site "Douglas IOM"] [Date "2015.10.08"] [Round "6.37"] [White "Kolbus, Dietmar"] [Black "Dragnev, Valentin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "179"] [EventDate "2015.10.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "twic1065-1099"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2015.12.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.12.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] {N.B. this score is defective, at least from move 55. Attempts at repair have so far failed to make sense of it.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ncb5 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Bf3 Qb8 18. h3 a5 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Bc3 axb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qxb4 25. Nf3 h6 26. Rb1 Qd6 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Qa5 Re8 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Rc5 Kh7 31. Qc3 g6 32. Qa5 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Rc5 Qf6 35. Qa7 Qd8 36. Rc1 Qc7 37. Qc5 Kg7 38. Kh1 Kg8 39. Kg1 Qe5 40. Qa7 Be8 41. Qc5 Qf6 42. Rc2 Kg7 43. Qa3 Bd7 44. Rc1 h5 45. Kf1 Rb8 46. Kg1 Rc8 47. Kf1 g5 48. Kg1 Kh6 49. Qc5 Ra8 50. Qc2 Kg7 51. Qb2 Kg8 52. Qc2 Rb8 53. Kf1 c5 54. Ne2 Rc8 55. Kg1 {From this point the score is defective...} Bc6 ({Almost certainly} 55... Be6 {was played here. However, if it were so, it causes a score problem later.}) 56. Qd2 Qe7 57. Nc3 Rd8 58. Na4 {This would have been a blunder with the bishop on c6. Further proof that the B was actually on e6.} c4 59. Nc3 f6 60. Rd1 Kf7 61. Kh2 Rd7 62. Kg1 Ke8 63. Qb2 Kf8 64. Rd4 Kg7 65. Qd2 g4 66. hxg4 hxg4 67. Qd1 Ra7 68. Qc1 Qe5 {The snag with 55...Be6 is that this move would not have been legal.} 69. g3 f5 70. Qb2 Rd7 71. Kf1 Kg6 72. Qb5 Kf6 73. Ke1 Rd8 74. Qb2 Rb8 75. Qd2 Rd8 76. Rxc4 d4 77. Rxd4 Rh8 78. e4 Rh1+ 79. Ke2 Kg6 80. Qe3 fxe4 {The score problem now is that, if the B were on e6, 80...fxe4 would have been a huge blunder losing the B.} 81. Rxe4 Qf5 82. Re6+ Kf7 83. Re7+ Kf6 84. Re4 Qc8 85. Qf4+ Kg7 86. Re7+ Kg6 87. Qf7+ Kg5 88. Qg7+ Kh5 89. Re5+ Qf5 90. Rxf5# {The fact that the game ends in a crude mate suggests that time trouble may have been a key factor regarding moves played and score-keeping. JS} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

I think the winner was Frederick Elford Gulley (tbc)

The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 28 November 1921 has a letter from F. ELFORD GULLEY, Architect. 30. Dragon View, Harrogate. Nov. 25. 1921.

[Event "Simul (19)"] [Site "Harrogate"] [Date "1934.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Menchik, Vera"] [Black "Elford Gulley, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Kh1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Nxe6 11. f5 Nc5 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Rd1 Nb7 16. Qe2 b5 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 O-O 20. Rd3 g5 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rdf3 g5 23. Be1 Nd8 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Qb6 Ne6 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Qxc7+ Nxc7 28. Ng3 Nce8 29. Bc3 Ra7 30. Kg1 Kg6 31. h3 Raf7 32. Ra1 h5 33. Re3 h4 34. Nf1 Nh5 35. Nd2 Nef6 36. Ra6 Ng3 37. Rxc6 Nfxe4 38. Bxe5 Rf1+ {Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors - Saturday 22 February 1936 p.12} 0-1

[John Saunders]

I think the winner was Frederick Elford Gulley (tbc)

The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 28 November 1921 has a letter from F. ELFORD GULLEY, Architect. 30. Dragon View, Harrogate. Nov. 25. 1921.

[Event "Simul (19)"] [Site "Harrogate"] [Date "1934.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Menchik, Vera"] [Black "Elford Gulley, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Kh1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Nxe6 11. f5 Nc5 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Rd1 Nb7 16. Qe2 b5 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 O-O 20. Rd3 g5 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rdf3 g5 23. Be1 Nd8 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Qb6 Ne6 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Qxc7+ Nxc7 28. Ng3 Nce8 29. Bc3 Ra7 30. Kg1 Kg6 31. h3 Raf7 32. Ra1 h5 33. Re3 h4 34. Nf1 Nh5 35. Nd2 Nef6 36. Ra6 Ng3 37. Rxc6 Nfxe4 38. Bxe5 Rf1+ {Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors - Saturday 22 February 1936 p.12} 0-1

Thanks, Gerard. I've added this to the Menchik file on BritBase.

[John Townsend]

The Chess Amateur, 1910 (page 384) contained a letter from Mr. F. Elford Gulley, of North Shields: presumably, the same man prior to his move to Harrogate.

[Gerard Killoran]

The Chess Amateur, 1910 (page 384) contained a letter from Mr. F. Elford Gulley, of North Shields: presumably, the same man prior to his move to Harrogate.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L ... -1872-1945

Gives

Frederick Elford Gulley (Male) 1878–1947
Annie Elizabeth Astley (Female) 1872–1945
Marriage 16 May 1900 Aldford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Annie Elizabeth Astley was born in 1872, in Broughton, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, [...]. She married Frederick Elford Gulley on 16 May 1900, in Aldford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in North Shields, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939.

[Gerard Killoran]

Gerald Bennett

also viewtopic.php?f=46&p=323500#p323500

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[Event "West Wales op 5th"] [Site "Swansea"] [Date "1971.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bennett Gerald H."] [Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B89"] [Opening "Sicilian: Sozin (7.Be3)"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rhg1 Qa5 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 b5 15. f5 b4 16. fxe6 Nxd4 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Bxd4 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qd8 20. fxe8=Q Bxe8 21. e5 Qb6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Kb1 Bb5 24. Qh5 Bf4 25. g6 h6 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxa4 Rc7 29. Qd5 Rb8 30. Bb3 Qf6 31. Rgf1 Qe5 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg4 Rf6 34. Rd5 Qe3 35. Rfd1 Re6 36. R5d3 Rxg6 37. Qf5 Qe5 38. Rd7+ Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ {Illustrated London News - Saturday 13 February 1971 p.35} 1-0

[Event "West Wales op 5th"] [Site "Swansea"] [Date "1971.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hutchings, Stuart James"] [Black "Bennett, Gerald H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B57"] [Opening "Sicilian: Sozin, Benko variation"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rae1 Be8 15. Qg3 a6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nb4 19. Ne4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Nf8 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qb5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf3 Rc2 26. h3 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Qd7 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Nce4 Ng6 31. Qd8 Nxe5 32. Rg3 Kf8 33. Ng5 g6 34. Nxe8 Qc1 35. Nxh7+ Kg8 36. Nef6+ Kg7 37. Qh8+ Kh6 38. Qf8# {Illustrated London News - Saturday 13 February 1971 p.35} 1-0