tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post8100030948425669241..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: County Counting: 2. More IsidorTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30844645243333416142014-10-26T13:50:39.661+00:002014-10-26T13:50:39.661+00:00Thanks Mike.Thanks Mike.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-87757403728508849612014-10-26T13:08:42.468+00:002014-10-26T13:08:42.468+00:00R.H.S. Stevenson features large in the history of ...R.H.S. Stevenson features large in the history of the S.C.C.U. being the secretary from 1911 to to 1938/9, a reasonable stint in anybody's book. He was around for so long that there is more than one trophy named after him, one (strictly its relacement) is currently awarded to the runner up in the Open section of the counties competetion (the Union stage). (More details on the SCCU website)Mike Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237794157491746812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-45946999800791705212014-10-25T22:10:56.768+01:002014-10-25T22:10:56.768+01:00I misquoted the BCM: "...the latter losing a ...I misquoted the BCM: "...the latter losing a piece by an oversight".<br />Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-68373281647493457852014-10-25T20:25:29.574+01:002014-10-25T20:25:29.574+01:00Thanks Richard. That's cleared up the "wo...Thanks Richard. That's cleared up the "won game/drawn game" point. <br /><br />Board 12: P.J.Allingham 1 - 0 J.du Mont - according to the Match Book.<br /><br />Dr. Steadman was a member of Brixton Chess Club.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-86301600779954722652014-10-25T19:06:42.398+01:002014-10-25T19:06:42.398+01:00"Gunsberg lost through trying to win a drawn ..."Gunsberg lost through trying to win a drawn game" according to BCM Feb 1921.<br /><br />"Allingham, with the consent of the Surrey match captain, played DuMont in Hospital, after an operation on his foot, damaged as a result of an accident, and did not suffer for his courtesy, losing a piece by an oversight."<br /><br />My 1921 BCM Bound Volume was presented to the Jeudwine Library at Highgate School by Mrs H.M. Silvanus, widow of H.M. Silvanus Esq., O.C., Snr. Maths Master, 1915-1939, and H.M. of Cordell.<br /><br />Harold Miles Silvanus had played in 1920 Bromley Congress although the BCM misspelled his name as Sylvanus. Another competitor was the chessing dentist F. St. J. Steadman, who has recently been mentioned in Another Place. My 1920 BCM bound volume comes from the Birmingham Chess Club.Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-24971123011596628652014-10-25T13:09:22.899+01:002014-10-25T13:09:22.899+01:00Skulduggery, Richard. Looks like some side bets we...Skulduggery, Richard. Looks like some side bets were placed...<br /><br />John: "...lost through trying to win a won game": well, it's the story of my life (tho' seldom even a won game); and it's what it says in my notes from one slow afternoon in the British Library - but in cold the light of blog it does look a bit implausible. Does any one out there have BCM Feb 1921 to hand, and could look it up on page 59, please?Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-51730292441003182792014-10-25T11:48:30.944+01:002014-10-25T11:48:30.944+01:00I like the phrase 'lost through trying to win ...I like the phrase 'lost through trying to win a won game', although it doesn't really seem to correspond with the facts.<br /><br />Also 'in these days of Ruy Lopezes and Queen's Pawns'. Nothing much changes there.<br /><br />Those were the days - 100 board county matches and copperplate hand-written records.John Coxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-69405450485448323572014-10-25T11:42:39.813+01:002014-10-25T11:42:39.813+01:00Excellent stuff as always, Martin. I'm interes...Excellent stuff as always, Martin. I'm interested in the Fool's Mate game from the Bromley Congress. W.H. Watts was a well known chess publisher, author and player of the time. I checked the contemporary report of the tournament in the BCM which reports that both Kemp and Watts scored no points in Section D. Watts was a pretty strong player who wouldn't have lost to Fool's Mate. So what actually happened? Did he have some reason for losing deliberately? Was the game declared void?Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.com