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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1879: Doncaster v Rotherham |
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Played at the Young Men’s Christian Association’s rooms, Doncaster, on the evening of Wednesday 26/11/1879, over 8 boards, up to 3 games per board.
Play ran from 6.45 p.m. to 10.15, when the 5 unfinished games were counted as draws, and unstarted games were discounted.
The match was reported in the Leeds Mercury of 29/11/1879, which gave the results as follows:
(All the draws shown were unfinished games.)
A return match was planned for the new year.
The identities of players would seem to be as follows:
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Created 23/04/2014 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 23/04/2014 |