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Chess Gathering
Red Lion Inn, Plough Hill / Market Place, Caistor
Wednesday and Thursday 25th & 26th October 1854
In the following transcriptions of report texts, for clarity, the lists
of people attending has been spaced out, and names of villages and towns have
been put into bold italics.
Caistor’s Red
Lion Inn has also been known as the Red Lion Hotel, but there’s no good
reason for the reports to omit the “Red”, as they do.
The Lincoln,
Rutland, and Stamford Mercury of Friday 3rd November 1854
carried the following report.
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CAISTOR.-
The North Lincolnshire Chess Gathering.- On Wednesday and Thursday
the 25th and 26th ult. a numerous and brilliant assemblage of ladies and
gentlemen was held in the concert-room of the Lion Hotel, Caistor, to do
honour to the noble game of chess. Several consultation games were
played, and intellectual skill was exhibited. On Wednesday Mr.
Staunton gave the P. and two moves to Messrs. Oldham, A. B. Skipworth, P.
Marris, and F. M. Young, in consultation, and after a severe contest the
allies surrendered. Herr Löwenthal gave the Q. Kt. to Messrs.
Doughty, Howlett, and Walker and was beaten. On the following day Mr.
Staunton gave the P. and two moves to Messrs. Oldham and Skipworth in
consultation; Messrs. O. and S. winning the game. Herr Löwenthal
gave the Q. Kt. to Messrs. Doughty, Newman, and Howlett, and beat his
opponents. Mr. Skipworth afterwards played two games with Mr.
Staunton, winning one and drawing the other, the latter giving Q. Kt.
Some of the ladies proved themselves formidable opponents even to those who
were well skilled in the game. Amongst the company present were -
The Rev. H.,
Mrs., Miss, and Miss M. Maclean, Caistor;
Dr. and Mrs.
Macintosh, Caistor;
Miss Grey,
and
Mr. G. W.
Palmer of Hull;
Mr. H. W.,
Miss F., Miss M., and Miss A., Iles, Binbrooke Hill;
Mr. F. M.
Young, Leeds,
Mr. C.
Doughty, Lincoln;
Mr. H. G.,
Mr. A. B., Mrs. and Miss Skipworth, Rothwell House;
Miss
Parkinson, Stallingboro’;
Mr. T.
Marris, Ulceby;
Mr. J. H.
Daubney, of Caistor;
the Rev. L. and
Mrs. Parkin, South Kelsey;
Mrs. and Miss
Richardson,
Miss
Häupfner, and
the Rev. J.
Pooley, Great Limber House;
the Rev. H.
R. and Mrs. Lloyd, Owersby;
Mr. Staunton,
Miss
Macgregor,
Mr. T. C.
Oldham,
the Rev. J.
T. and Miss Bell, Caistor;
Mrs. Wright,
Herr Löwenthal, Miss Skipworth, Moorton House;
the Rev. S.,
Mrs., and Mr. S. W. Turner, Nettleton;
Miss Wright, Wold
Newton;
the Rev. J.
G. Overton, Rothwell;
Mr. M.
Middleton, Hull;
Mr. Howlett, Hull;
Mrs. and Miss
Young, Thoresay;
Miss Andrews,
Lincoln;
Mr. Walker, Hull;
Mr. Newman,
of Hull;
Miss Smith, Caistor;
Mr. and Mrs.
Young, Claxby House;
&c.
On Wednesday
evening a party of gentlemen (most of whom had been engaged in chess during
the day) sat down to a splendid dinner, served up in admirable style by
Mrs. Quickfall, of the Lion hotel. H. G. Skipworth, Esq., presided,
in the absence of the Rev. Sir Chas. Macgregor, Bart., who had promised to
take the chair, but was unable to attend the meeting in consequence of the
death of a relative. A. B. Skipworth, Esq., the honorary secretary
and treasurer of the North Lincolnshire Chess Association, occupied the
vice-chair.
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Saying people “promised” to do something seems a hallmark
of Arthur Skipworth writing.
The Chess Player’s Chronicle, New Vol. II, 1854, page 391,
reported on this event as follows.
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MEETING AT CAISTOR
About three
years ago, a meeting of Chess-players was held at Caistor, in
Lincolnshire. The experiment was then so successful that it was resolved
this year to convene another of these pleasant reunions. Invitations
were forwarded to several influential Chess-players, and upon the days
appointed for the meeting – Wednesday and Thursday, the 25th and 26th
of October – Mr. STAUNTON and
Herr LÖWENTHAL, two of the
ablest players in Europe, were found at the post which, for the
gratification of others, they are so well pleased to occupy. On this,
as on the previous occasion, an interesting feature of the assemblage was
the presence of several ladies, some of whom, indeed, displayed a
proficiency in Chess that would have astonished many ambitious amateurs of
the other sex. Visitors from the district and its surrounding towns
were of course numerous. Among the company were
the Rev. H.,
Mrs., Miss, and Miss M., Maclean,
the Rev. J. T.
and Miss Bell,
Dr. and Mrs.
Macintosh,
Miss Smith,
Mr. J. H.
Daubney, of Caistor;
Messrs. T. W.
Palmer,
Walker,
Howlett,
Middleton,
and Newman, of Hull;
Mr. H. W., Miss
F., Miss M., and Miss A., Iles, Binbrooke Hill;
Mr. F. M. Young,
Leeds,
Mr. C. Doughty,
Miss Andrews, Lincoln;
Mr. H. G., Mr.
A. B., Mrs. and Miss Skipworth, Rothwell House;
Miss Parkinson, Stallingborough;
Mr. T. Marris, Ulceby;
the Rev. L. and
Mrs. Parkin, South Kelsey;
Mrs. and Miss
Richardson,
Miss
Häupfner, and
the Rev. J.
Pooley, Great Limber House;
the Rev. H. R.
and Mrs. Lloyd, Owersby;
Miss Skipworth, Moorton
House;
the Rev. S.,
Mrs., and Mr. S. W. Turner, Nettleton;
Miss Wright, Wold
Newton;
the Rev. J. G.
Overton, Rothwell;
Mrs. and Miss
Young, Thoresay;
Mr. and Mrs.
Young, Claxby House;
Miss Grey,
Mrs. Wright,
Mr. Oldham, of
the St. George’s Chess Club,
&c.
At six
o’clock on Wednesday evening a party of gentlemen, most of whom had
been engaged in Chess during the day, sat down to an excellent dinner at
the Lion Hotel. H. G. Skipworth, Esq., presided, in the absence of the Rev. Sir
Charles Macgregor, Bart.,
who was precluded from taking the chair by the death of a relative; and the
vice-chair was occupied by his brother, A.B. Skipworth, Esq., the honorary secretary of
the North Lincolnshire Chess Association, and one of the best Chess-players
in the University of Cambridge. In our present number, as our readers
will perceive, we have given one of the games played by Herr Löwenthal at
this capital meeting. In the opening number of next year we shall
reprint Mr. Staunton’s
games, which have already appeared in the columns of a weekly contemporary.
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There was also coverage in The Era 12/11/1854.
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