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1892: Blackburne in Sheffield

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Joseph Henry Blackburne paid a visit to Sheffield Athenaeum Chess Club in early February 1892.

On Friday, 05/02/1892, giving a simultaneous display (with sight of the boards) in which he took on 15 opponents, winning 11 games and drawing 3, with a final one being abandoned and effectively drawn.

On Saturday 06/02/1892 gave a blindfold simultaneous display in which he took on 8 opponents, winning 4 games, drawing three, with one unfinished game being left abandoned. Play ran from 5.15 p.m. to midnight, with only a single 15-minute break. Blackburne’s opponents, their results &c. were as follows:

Reported Name	Result		Fuller Name
G A Askham	loss	resigned at 9.30	George Albert Roberts Askham
R Snow	loss	resigned at 10.30	Robert Snow
T C Chapman	draw		Thomas Coulson Chapman
H F Hall	lost	mated at 11.00	Henry F Hall
S B Slack	loss	mate in 5 announced at 11.20	Samuel Benjamin Slack
S G Harrison	draw		Samuel G Harrison
H Mercer	draw	draw agreed at midnight	Henry Mercer
Col. T E Vickers	draw	abandoned after midnight	Col. Thomas Edward Vickers

S B Slack had seemed to be having somewhat the better of things in his game, but at 11.20 p.m. Blackburne announced mate in five. Neither his opponent nor any of the spectators could see the mate, and when it had unfolded, it was greeted with loud applause.

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31/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

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31/08/2013