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1884: Bradford Exchange v Cumberland CA |
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Played at Carlisle, on Saturday, 10/04/1884, over 15 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).
This was the 9th match undertaken by Hartwig Cassel’s Bradford Exchange Club, and was perhaps the most enterprising one yet. After winning this match the team had notched up 8 wins and 1 draw.
The Cumberland Chess Association drew its players for this match from the Carlisle, Whitehaven, Maryport, Workington, Cockermouth and St. Bees Chess Clubs. The fifteen Bradford players were accompanied by H. Price, honorary secretary of the club, and W. Clarkson, who went as a reserve player.
Play started at 3.15 p.m., continuing through to 6.30 p.m. Hartwig Cassel, Bradford Exchange Club president, and Mr. Bellman, of the Cumberland Chess Association, were to act as adjudicators, though there was no mention of which, if any, games remained unfinished at the calling of “time”.
The match was reported in the Leeds Mercury of 17/05/1884 and in Sheffield & Rotherham Independent of 24/05/1884, as follows:
The game on board 10 went as follows:
Cumberland CA v Bradford Exchange, Carlisle, 10/04/1884, board 10 White: Hussey, EB (Bradford Exchange), Black: Chicken, H (Cumberland) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qg4 g6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qf4 Ne7 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf5 15. Nd4 O-O 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd4 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qb5 22. Nd2 Qe2 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. a4 Qb2 25. Re1 Nxa4 26. Qe5 Re8 27. e4 Qxc3 28. exd5 Qxb4 29. Ng5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Nc5 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Qf6 Qc7 33. Nf7 Kf8 34. Nh6+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ mate, 1-0
The fuller identities of the Bradford players would seem to be as follows:
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Created 17/05/2014 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 17/05/2014 |