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Yorkshire Chess Association
On Monday last,
the first meeting of the Chess players of Yorkshire was held at
Scarbro’s Hotel when nearly fifty members attended from the towns of
Sheffield, Wakefield, Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford.
A. Mongredien,
Esq., the president [of the Liverpool club], and G. C. Schwabe, Esq., the
secretary of the Liverpool Club, honoured the Meeting with their
company. The former gentleman was the subject of much interest, as it
was generally known that he had been many years a distinguished member of
the Westminster club, and had enjoyed the advantages of regular play with
Mc’Donald, the best player Great Britain has ever produced.
At eleven
o’clock the company assembled, and commenced playing, which was
continued until five, with the slight interruption of lunch, which was
provided at the expense of the Leeds club. It was a refreshing sight
to every lover of the noble game to see between twenty and thirty chess
boards in requisition, the picked players of the county matched against
each other, and each striving to support the reputation acquired in his own
locality. James Milnes Gaskell, Esq., M.P., kindly accepted the
invitation to preside, and the manner in which he handled the men and
checkmated his opponents, playing a drawn game with the Liverpool
secretary, and beating a strong player belonging to the Leeds club, proved
him to be a worthy chief of the chess players of Yorkshire. Mr.
Mongredien admirably sustained his great fame, by beating almost all his
competitors, his playing being first-rate. Amongst the best players
present, we noticed
J Milnes
Gaskell, Esq., M.P., Mr. Muff, president of the Leeds club, Robert Cadman,
Esq., treasurer, Mr. John Rhodes, secretary, Messrs. R. A. Brown, Robert
Barr, F. Boscovitz, J. D. Luccock, T. Powell, Robert Perring, Dr. Thomas
Smith, R. Slocombe, W. Firth, J. Mitchell, - Jackson, J. Cross, A. Titley,
jun., J. Bates, T. Hick, W. Garber, and others of the Leeds club;
Captain Elliott,
of the 1st Dragoon Guards, Messrs, Martin, Holloway, Willett, J.
Willett, Seilesinger, Pearson, of Bradford;
Messrs.
Cronhelm, Forbes, Emery, Craven, Holroyd, of Halifax;
Rev. T. Tyson,
M.A., - Calder B.A., Messrs. Shepherd, Robinson, and France, of Wakefield;
Messrs. Parrott
[means Parratt], Kilner, Brierley, Atkinson, of Huddersfield;
Messrs. Lewis,
Linley, Deakin, Greaves, of Sheffield.
At five
o’clock dinner was served, G. [sic, means J] Milnes Gaskell, Esq.,
taking the chair, and Robert Barr, Esq.’ acting as
Vice-president. At the conclusion of the dinner, it was resolved,
that the next meeting should be held at Wakefield, on the 8th of November
[1841]. Before the company separated, Captain Elliott proposed that a
subscription should be made for the widow of the late lamented Boudonnais
[sic, means Bourdonnais]; a plate was immediately sent round, and £8
was collected in addition to the subscriptions already raised in the
different clubs.
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