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In 1844, a leading
Leeds chess-player of the day, Robert Alexander Brown, more frequently
referred to as R. A. Brown, produced a book, “Chess Problems”, containing
a hundred “chess problems”, some of which would now be termed
“studies”, along with the moves of ten games. The book will
have been popular at the time for its interest and amusement value, but it is
of interest historically for at least two reasons: firstly, the ten games
include the four from the two Leeds-Liverpool correspondence matches played over
the period 1838 to 1841, along with match details not elsewhere available; secondly,
it included, like other books of the period, a list of subscribers which
provides names of players around at the time. Such lists often supply
forenames of initials not quoted in all sources.
The hundred problems,
not all of which are “problems” according to today’s
somewhat artificially restrictive use of the term by problemists, are by only
eight composers:
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35
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by R. A. Brown
himself (Leeds),
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23
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by E.J. Catlow
(London),
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10
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by T. Kling
(London),
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10
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by Silas Angas (Durham, later Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne),
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10
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by “J. McG____y”
(London – presumably McGahy),
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6
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by W. Bone
(London),
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5
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by C. Forth
(Carlow, Ireland), and
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by “T.W.W.”
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The eighty-seven subscribers were:
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As listed
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Fuller name
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W Ainley, Bingley
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Silas Angas, Durham
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- Atkinson, Leeds
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A St. John Baker, Tonbridge Wells
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W Barlow jun, Leeds
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R Barr, Leeds
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Robert Barr
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C Barthes, London
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J Bates, Leeds
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J Birkbeck jun, Settle
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R Cadman, Leeds
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Robert Cadman
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EJ Catlow, London
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J Cazenove, London
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- Chandler, New York
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Rev. T Chevallier, Durham
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JS Clark, Leeds
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J Clay, Huddersfield
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JE Coombs, London
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JW Cooper, Leeds
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E Cronhelm, Huddersfield
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Edward Cronhelm
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FW Cronhelm, Halifax
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Frederick William Cronhelm
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A Davis, Leeds
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R Davis, Leeds
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W Dewhirst, Huddersfield
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- Dodson, Nottingham
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T Emmett, Leeds
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W Fane, London
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T Fenteman, Leeds
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W Finley, Durham
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W Firth, Leeds
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CS Floyd, Holmfirth
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NM Forbes, Halifax
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Neil Macvicar Forbes
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C Forth, Carlow (Ireland)
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JM France, Leeds
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John Morrell France
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JG Francis, Albury (Surrey)
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MW Franks, London
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- Freeman, Huddersfield
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D G, Leeds
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W Garber, Leeds
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Rev. R Garvey, Wakefield
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Rev. Richard Garvey
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R Goedelt, Leeds
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EF Gomersal, Leeds
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General Sir JW Gordon Bart., London
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J Heselton, Bath
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A Hicks, Leeds
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RS Horsman, Leeds
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AB I., Leeds
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J Kling, London
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J Jopling, Newcastle
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WH Kaye, Huddersfield
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J Langford, Frome
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W Lewis, London
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JD Luccock, Leeds
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John Darnton Luccock
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H Ludolf, Leeds
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PD M, Leeds
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CW Manby, London
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J Mann, Leeds
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J McG___y, London
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J Mitchel, Leeds
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M Montefiore, London
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JA Moore, London
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L Moore, London
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J Muff, Leeds
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Joshua Muff
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S Newham, Nottingham
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SamuelNewham
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T Parrott, Huddersfield
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Thomas Parratt
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S Peacock, Chelsea
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J Porter, Leeds
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W Redstone, Guernsey
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A Reinherz, Leeds
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S Reunart, Leeds
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(Jerome Reunart?)
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J Rhodes, Leeds
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John Rhodes
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H Richardson, Leeds
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- Rimington Wilson, Sheffield
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James Wilson Rimington Wilson
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H Robinson, Leeds
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W Robinson, Wakefield
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William Ledgar Robinson
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R Schmitz, Leeds
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E Shepherd, Wakefield
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Edward Shepherd
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W Shepherd, Wakefield
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Walter Shepherd
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Howard Staunton, London
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H Stubbins, Leeds
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JW Tottie, Leeds
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Rev. EC Tyson, Wakefield
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Rev. Edwin Colman Tyson
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GB Wagner, Leeds
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G Walker, London
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George Walker
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H Wardman, Leeds
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W Watson, Leeds
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H Whitehead, Rochdale
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C Womack, Leeds
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