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This tournament, incorporating
the first round of the 1895 Yorkshire Championship, was held on Saturday 27th
January 1895, at West Ward Liberal Club, Hanson Lane, Halifax. There
were 48 entries as compared with 73 the previous year at Sheffield, divided
into sections A, B, C and D, according to playing strength.
The Leeds
Mercury Weekly Supplement of Saturday 19th January 1895 conveniently
explained the format of the tournament as follows:
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This
tournament will be held at the West Ward Liberal Club, Halifax, this afternoon,
play beginning at 7.30 p.m. Players in Class A contest for the
Championship of the County, and first and second prizes of the respective
values of 5 guineas and 3 guineas. This contest will be played in
rounds. In Classes B, C, D, the arrangements are similar to those
made in the W. Y. C. A. Tournament, in which the competitors are arranged
in sets of four players, and two prizes given in each set. Class A
will not be decided for some time; but the other classes will conclude
their competitions to-day. The tournament will probably arouse
interest in Halifax chess circles. From the report of the “West
and Pellon Wards Liberal Club,” just to hand, we find Halifax chess
alluded to in the following favourable terms: - “This season’s
record of the chess club is the most notable since its formation. In
addition to the ordinary series of matches and tournaments, the chess
section, with our co-operation, has invited the Yorkshire County Chess Club
to hold its annual tournament in our rooms, which will be held on the 19th
inst., when the most eminent players in the county will compete for the
gold medal and championship. Mr. H. H. Waight, our chess president,
is the present holder, whilst another member, J. B. Allison, is secretary
to the Yorkshire County Chess Club.
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Class A, the
competition for the county championship, contained sixteen players who would
compete in a knock-out, the first two rounds of which would be held at this
event, with subsequent rounds to be played at intervals thereafter. In
the other Classes, players were grouped into sets of four-player two-round
knock-outs, with the winner of each set winning a prize. The Leeds
Mercury Weekly Supplement of Saturday 26th January 1895 contained the
results of the day’s play:
Class A (Yorkshire Championship)
First Round
d = by default, one player being
absent
t = on time
Class A (Yorkshire Championship)
Second Round
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T. A. Guy
(Bradford)
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*
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F. H. Wright (Wakefield)
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Seth Ward
(Dewsbury)
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½‑½
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F. Elson (Bradford)
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A. W. Common (Halifax)
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1‑0
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C. Croft (Burley‑in‑W’dale)
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J. E. Hall
(Bradford)
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½‑½
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F. E. Foster (Sheffield)
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* = unfinished; position to be
referred to an expert.
Final results from
round 2 and from subsequent rounds are not currently to hand.
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