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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1938-39: Inter-County Matches |
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1) Northern Counties Chess Union
Five counties entered the competition for the NCCU team championship, Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland and Yorkshire.
In the first round, to reduce the teams to four, Lancashire met Yorkshire at Manchester on 19/11/1938, over 16 boards. Lancashire won by 9 points to 7, as follows:
In the semi-final round, Northumberland met Cheshire at Darlington on 21/01/1939, over 16 boards. The teams tied on game points, but Northumberland won on board elimination.
Also in the semi-final round, Lancashire met Durham at York on 21/01/1939, over 16 boards. Lancashire won by 11½ points to 4½: Lancashire should then have competed with Leicestershire and Surrey for the English Counties Championship, but these matches were postponed until after the war. Then in 1944 it was decided to abandon the suspended competition due to difficulties in complying with eligibility rules etc after the long delay.
2) British Chess Federation, County & District Correspondence Championship, 1939
Yorkshire managed to win, for a second time in succession, this competition, which is run on the “jamboree” system, one game being played per board. Final scores and placings of the twenty-six participating teams were as follows;
Individual Yorkshire players’ result were as follows:
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Created 18/08/2013 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 18/08/2013 |