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And here's a better copy of a photo of the same scene above, previously available on Mr. Winter's site.

A couple of photographs not in either this or Daniel King's book.

An interesting photograph and news item.

Weston 1926 [Event "WECU First Class A"] [Site "Weston-super-Mare"] [Date "1926.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Finch, Francis Frederick"] [Black "Crothers, Alan Hamilton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Nc6 ...

Hastings 1904 [Event "BCF-ch 1st First Class B"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1904.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kirschner, Heinrich Arthur"] [Black "Flear, Frederick William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Qf3 c6...

John Townsend wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 20, 2026 6:38 pm

Edward Winter gave that photograph in C.N. 10222 (from page 5 of the Chess Amateur, October 1912):

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... l#CN_10222

My post was about the position on the board - not everything has to be about the Winter site.

A slightly different and perhaps better (?) version of the one at https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/191208bcf-viewer.html I'd just like to point out that this is the final position of Griffith - Billings in round 10, when Griffith clinched the title. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch - Saturday 24 Augu...

Has this been seen since?

From a school match which was adjudicated as a win for White after 31. Be6+ [Event "School Match"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Woodford, Robert"] [Black "Miles, Anthony John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Anderssen's opening"] 1. a3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. c...

An early Tony Miles game... [Event "Midland Open"] [Site "Edgbaston"] [Date "1970.03.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Miles, Anthony John"] [Black "Shephard, Christopher C. W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50/06"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano: four knights variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nd5 d6...

1st CHESS Festival • Cheltenham • 1953 From chessgames.com [Event "Cheltenham Open"] [Site "Cheltenham ENG"] [Date "1953.08.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Slade Milan"] [Black "Jan Hein Donner"] [ECO "C79"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 ...

Agree that no words may convey the insanity of the Americal electorate electing even once Donald Trump. Let alone twice. David Icke was a goalie... and a different take on the game can go hand in hand with unusualness - a different take on life. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle kept goal for Portsmouth Town...

My latest Minor Piece features Alexander Distler, a Viennese coffee-house player who fled the Nazis, ending up in London, where I played him in 1970. https://minorpieces.uk/2026/06/17/minor-pieces-107-alexander-distler/ The Chess Review piece in full https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/...

From Oxford 1910 [Event "BCF-ch07 First Class"] [Site "Oxford"] [Date "1910.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Adcock, Frank Raven"] [Black "Cliff, Alfred"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [Opening "QGD: 6.Nf3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. g4 Nf6 10. g5...

Long ago...