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1882, September: Blackburne in Leeds

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Joseph Henry Blackburne gave a simultaneous display over 18 boards at Leeds Chess Club on Wednesday 13/09/1882. Play started 7.00 p.m. and ended at 10.15 p.m. Blackburne won 15 games and lost three.

His opponents and their results were as follows:

Name as Reported	Result	Inferred Identity
D. Y. Mills	win	Daniel Yarnton Mills
Bilbrough	loss	Alfred Bilbrough
Bennett	loss	Charles George Bennett
T. R. Clarke	loss	Thomas Robert Clarke
Chas. Clarke	loss	Chas. Clarke
G. E. Wainwright	win	George Edward Wainwright
Eddison	loss	Thomas Eddison
Shaw	win	J. S. Shaw
Henry	loss
Pemberton	loss	C. Pemberton
M Wright jun.	loss	Murrell Wright jun.
Jas. Rayner	loss	James Rayner
Stringer	loss	John William Stringer
Moorhouse	loss	James Moorhouse
Spinks	loss
Birdsall	loss	James A. Birdsall
Harland	loss	James Walter Harland
G. V. Rose	loss	G. V. Rose

The win by Mills was given in the BCM 1882, p.366:

Blackburne Simul, Leeds, 13/09/1882

White: Joseph Henry Blackburne,

Black: David Yarnton Mills;

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bb6 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 f5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Bd5 Ne5 17. Ne1 c6 18. Bb3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Nd3 Bf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Rae1 Raf8 24. Re2 h6 25. g3 g5 26. Bc2 Rf3 27. Bb1 h5 28. Rd2 h4 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. a4 Bc7 31. Ne1 Nxh2 32. Rd4 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Rh3 34. Bf5 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Ne5+ 37. Ke2 Rf8 38. Rf4 Ng6 39. Rf3 Nf4+ 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Nf3 Rxf5 42. Nxh2 Bxh2 43. Rh1 Be5 44. Rxh4+ Kg7 and Black wins.

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Two of the games, from the Chess Player’s Chronicle, 27/09/1882, page 468:

Blackburne Simul, Leeds, 13/09/1882

White: Joseph Henry Blackburne,

Black: J S Shaw;

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 h6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Qf7 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 g5 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. g3 Nh7 21. b6 Ng5 22. f4 gxf3 ep 23. Rxa7 f2+ 24. Rxf2 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxh3 Raf8 27. bxc7 Qe2 28. Nf3 Qxf3 White resigned, 0-1

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Blackburne Simul, Leeds, 13/09/1882

White: Joseph Henry Blackburne,

Black: James Raynor;

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 h5 7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 fxg5 9. Bxg5 Be7 10. Qd2 d6 11. Bc4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Na5 13. Bxg8 Rxg8 14. Rxh5 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Rh1 Bd7 18. a4 O-O-O 19. a5 Na8 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Nb6+ axb6 23. Qxe6+ Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rh8 Rdg7 26. Rxg8+ Rxg8 27. g6 Kd7 28. d5 Ke7 29. Rh7+ Kf6 30. axb6 cxb6 31. Rxb7 Kxg6 32. Rd7 Re8 33. Rxd6+ Kg5 34. Rc6 Kf4 35. d6 Rxe4 36. d7 Rd4 37. Rc4 Black resigned, 1-0

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