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1873: Bradford v Halifax |
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Played at Bradford, on Saturday, 08/03/1873, over 11 boards, 3 games per board (time permitting).
This was described as the fourth match contested between Bradford and Halifax. The three previous matches were 1870 Halifax v Bradford (after the recent revival of the club), a “return” match, 1870 Bradford v Halifax, and 1872 Bradford v Halifax. However, since the 1872 math was itself described as a “return” match, that would suggest there was an 1871/72 Halifax v Bradford match, and that this was in fact the fifth match between these clubs.
The target of 3 games per board was achieved on 8 of the 11 boards; only 2 games were played on 2 boards, and on board 3 only one game was managed.
Former Bradford player Maximillian Edward Werner, who had had a hand in the “revival” of Halifax Chess Club, was playing on board one for Halifax, and, perhaps a little pretentiously, gave his opponent odds of pawn and move.
Results reported in both the Bradford Observer of Tuesday, 11/03/1873, and the Halifax Guardian of 15/03/1873, were as follows:
Results as later reported in the Westminster Papers of 01/04/1873 were less precise, and had a different board order, as follows:
* No initial given, failing to distinguish between William and Thomas.
The lack of initials leaves some doubt as to some players’ identities, and some players are not familiar. Apparent identities are as follows:
(* “Pfau” and Pfan” of Bradford both crop up in reports, “Pfau” more commonly; both surnames existed; neither is easily identifiable in Bradford.)
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Created 03/05/2014 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 03/05/2014 |