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English County Championship 1921 |
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This was when Yorkshire first won the English County Championship.
The match was played at the Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, Saturday, 10/12/1921, the arrangements having been made by the Sheffield & District Chess Association. The county match proper was over 16 boards, but a further 3 were contested without them counting for the purpose of the County Championship. After four hours’ play, Yorkshire had already reached the winning score of 8½-6. Three games remained unfinished and were adjudicated (marked “@” below)
* Goole-born Dr. (Robert) Lloyd Storr Best was headmaster of Firth Park Secondary School, Sheffield. He and two brothers were better-known later as chess-players in Kent and Sussex, where a hyphen was inserted to give “Storr-Best”.
Game on board 7: Arthur Francis Kallaway (Warks.) v Edward Dale (Sheffield) 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 10. e5 Re8 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Rxe5+ 13. Kf2 Qf6 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. Kxf3 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 b6 20. Qb5 d3 21. Bc3 d4 22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Re6 (diagram below) .23. … Rc5 (Black rightly avoided 23. … Ne5+ 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxd4.) 24. Qb3 dxc3 25. Rxf6 Nd4+ 26. Ke3 Nxb3 27. Kxd3 and White resigned.
Black to move.
The English County Championship Final 03/07/1982 was a “dream” final for Yorkshire, being a win over the “old enemy”: Yorkshire 11‑9 Lancashire. |