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1892-93: West Yorkshire Chess Association Individual Championship

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The first West Yorkshire Chess Association individual championship was that of 1929-93.

There were 15 entrants. These were divided into three sections: Section 1 based on Leeds (6 players), Section 2 based on Bradford (3 players), and Section 3 covering other locations (6 players). Games were to be played at recognised venues, those being the club rooms of Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield Chess Clubs, under a time limit of 25 moves per hour.

The top two players from sections 1 and 3, and the top player in section 2, were to progress to the final stage. The first prize would be 5 guineas and the second prize would be 2 guineas.

There was an entry fee of 2s 6d, and a deposit of 2s 6d which was refundable to players who completed their preliminary round games. Entries were to be sent to “Mr. [I.M.] Brown, 19, Bagby Street, Leeds” by 15/10/1892.

The entrants were listed in the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 03/12/1892 as follows, where the leftmost name is as reported by the Mercury, and the rightmost name is the present writer’s interpretation of the player’s identity:

Section 1 (all‑play‑all, top 2 to proceed to final pool)
1	James White	Leeds	James White
2	F. P. Wildman	Leeds	Frank Preston Wildman
3	Brown	Leeds	Isaac McIntyre Brown
4	West	Leeds	James Samuel West
5	Stokoe	Leeds	Thomas Young Stokoe
6	Howell	Leeds	Frederick Cecil Howell

Section 2 (all‑play‑all, top 1 to proceed to final pool)
1	J. A. Guy	Bradford	John Anthony Guy
2	T. A. Guy	Bradford	Thomas Arnaud Guy
3	J. E. Hall	Bradford	John Edmund Hall

Section 3 (all‑play‑all, top 2 to proceed to final pool)
1	Rea	Wakefield	William Rea
2	Elson	Heckmondwike	Franklin Elson
3	G.E.Ward	Dewsbury	George Ely Ward
4	Seth Ward jun.	Dewsbury	Seth Ward, junior
5	G. E. Staynes	Huddersfield	George Ellis Staynes
6	Keir	Huddersfield	Samuel Keir

The preliminary-round draw was as follows (with results collated to date):

	W		B
Round 1	Section 1
(to be	White		Howell
completed	Wildman		Brown
by	West		Stokoe
17/12/1892)	Section 2
	J. A. Guy		T. A. Guy
	Section 3
	G.E.Ward		Rea	at Wakefield
	Elson		Seth Ward jun.	at Dewsbury
	Keir		Staynes	at Huddersfield
Round 2	Section 1
(to be	White	1‑0	Wildman
completed	Brown		West
by	Stokoe	0‑1	Howell
31/12/1892)	Section 2
	T. A. Guy	0d1	J. E. Hall
	Section 3
	G.E.Ward		Elson	at Dewsbury
	Seth Ward jun.		Keir	at Huddersfield
	Staynes	0‑1	Rea	at Wakefield
Round 3	Section 1
(to be	White		West
completed	Howell		Wildman
by	Stokoe		Brown
21/01/1893)	Section 2
	J. E. Hall		J. A. Guy
	Section 3
	G.E.Ward	0‑1	Keir	at Dewsbury
	Staynes	½‑½	Seth Ward jun.	at Dewsbury
	Elson	1 * 0	Rea	at Wakefield(?)
Round 4	Section 1
(to be	Brown		White
completed	Howell		West
by	Wildman		Stokoe
11/02/1893)	Section 3
	Seth Ward jun.		G.E.Ward
	Rea		Keir	at Dewsbury
	Elson		Staynes	at Wakefield
Round 5	Section 1
(to be	Stokoe		White
completed	West		Wildman
by	Brown	0‑1	Howell
25/02/1893)	Section 3
	Staynes		G.E.Ward	at Huddersfield
	Keir		Elson	at Dewsbury
	Seth Ward jun.		Rea	at Wakefield

(* pairing omitted by Leeds Mercury, so colour & venue unknown.)

The final stage was to be contested at Leeds on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, 01/04/1893, 03/04/1893 and 04/04/1893.

Created

31/10/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

31/10/2013