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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1928-29: Inter-County Matches |
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NCCU County Team Championship
First Round
Both matches in the first round were played on Saturday 19/01/1929, at Leeds Chess Clubs rooms at the Gambit Café. Yorkshire had been drawn to play Lancashire at Leeds, while the other two teams, Durham and Cheshire were meeting at Leeds as an intermediate neutral venue.
1) Yorkshire v Lancashire
Both teams were understrength. Yorkshire lacked the British Champion, F. D. Yates, and two past county champions, C. R. Gurnhill (Sheffield) and G. Baron (Hull). Lancashire was missing the reigning Lancashire champion, E. Spencer, who had a cold, and P. R. England and A. R. B. Thomas (both Liverpool). V. L. Wahltuch, a past Lancashire and NCCU champion, had travelled from Paris specifically to play in the match. F. Schofield played on board one as Yorkshire Champion, while ex-British Champion H. E. Atkins was Yorkshire’s board 2. At close of place the score stood at 11½-11½, with 7 games for adjudication.
Adjudication results kept the game-scare tied, at 15-15, but Yorkshire won on the bottom-board elimination method.
Yorkshire had White on the odd-numbered boards
@ denotes adjudication
2) Durham v Cheshire
The Durham County Chess Association was formed in 1925, and this was only the fourth season in which Durham had entered the NCCU County Team Championship.
After the adjudication results came in, it transpired that Cheshire won the match.
At close of play the score stood at 7-5 in Durham’s favour, with three unfinished game, the results at that stage being as follows:
Final
The final between Yorkshire and Cheshire was played on Saturday 16/03/1929, at Manchester Chess Club’s rooms, over 15 boards. At the end of the 4-hour playing session Yorkshire has scored 4 wins and Cheshire 3, with 5 games having been drawn. The result depended on adjudication of the three unfinished games, in two of which Cheshire had a slight advantage, while Yorkshire had a distinct advantage in the other. Cheshire’s slight advantages didn’t result in more than draws, and Yorkshire won.
@ = adjudicated
[Yorkshire Post 21/01/1929] [Yorkshire Telegraph & Star 09/02/1929] [Yorkshire Post 18/03/1929] [Yorkshire Post 08/04/1929]
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Created 11/03/2015 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 06/01/2019 |