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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1883: Under-35s v Over-35s |
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An unusual hybrid event took place in Bradford on 08/12/1883. Former Leeds player David Yarnton Mills gave a 6-board blindfold simultaneous display, while a 13-board match between players aged under 35 years of age against players aged over 35.
The players in this match were drawn from a wide range of West Yorkshire clubs: Bradford, Frizinghall, Halifax, Huddersfield, Ilkley Liberal, Keighley, Leeds, Manningham Liberal, Saltaire, Thornton, Wakefield, and Windhill Liberal. As far as time allowed, 2 games were played on each board, and on board 5 the players managed 3 games! The manner of reporting didn’t imply the order where more than one game was played, nor did it differentiate between a win each and two draws.
The Under-35s had 13 players while the Over-35s had 14 players, so, on board 13, two over-35s played. C. J. Bennett scored 2 points, H. Clay scored no points, and O. North scored 1 point. Thus C. J. Bennett’s opponent in one game is unclear.
The quoted clubs are those inferred by the present writer. “T. Spencer” was presumably Thomas Spencer of Shipley. “S. B. Slack” would seem to be an early reference to Samuel Benjamin Slack, who was soon to settle in Sheffield.
“J. Fieldsend” was perhaps Thomas Fieldsend of Bradford.
“T. Thornton” was probably the “J. Thornton” of the 1884 Leeds v Bradford Exchange match.
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Created 31/08/2013 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 14/03/2014 |