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[John Saunders]

I think we might have one more half-move in the game Barden-Mieses, Hastings, 30 December 1948(!)

The earlier photo is exhibit A and I stumbled on exhibit B online (having googled "1948 hastings chess photos" and switched to images)...

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The snapshot/image comes from a comment someone has added it to a thread about chess sets on chess.com. I don't know what publication the original image comes from (anyone know?) but I'm pretty sure the caption showing that it comes from the 1945/46 Hastings is wrong. Compare it to the earlier photo showing Mieses playing the unseen Leonard Barden on 30 December 1948 and it is clear that the photos were taken at the same time. Observe the e6 pawn slightly off centre in both photos and, more convincingly still, Dr Schenk's pen at exactly the same angle on the scoresheet. Further evidence: expert witness Olimpiu Urcan (now calling himself Olimpiu Di Luppi) used a better version of this photo for a tweet on 5 December 2020 and he correctly attributed it to the 1948/49 Hastings.

So we now know that Barden-Mieses, 30 December 1948, began 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 g3...

[Gerard Killoran]

Here begins the Hulbert-Lacy saga, plus a couple of extras.

Part 1

[Event "BCF-ch 14th First Class B"] [Site "Malvern College"] [Date "1921.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Watts, William Henry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Nf3"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Nf8 7. Qc2 Ng6 8. Bd3 c6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qh4 Qb4 17. Bb3 c5 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f3 c4 20. Bd1 Nd5 21. Ne4 f6 22. a3 Qe7 23. Re2 a5 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Qg3 Rfd8 26. Nd2 Rh8 27. Bxg6+ Kf8 28. Nxc4 b5 29. Nd6 Rh6 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Rc1 Ra6 32. Nxb5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. Rec2 Ra8 35. Rc7 Bd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Rc7 Qxc7 38. Qxc7 Rh8 39. Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. Qxe6 Rhc8 42. Qe4+ Kf7 43. Kf2 Rab8 44. b3 Rc3 45. Qd5+ Kg6 46. g4 Kh7 47. Qxa5 Rbxb3 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. a4 Rb2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3 52. d5 Rba2 53. d6 Rxa4 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. d7 Ra8 56. d8=Q {Kington Times - Saturday 20 January 1940 p.4} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 14th First Class B"] [Site "Malvern College"] [Date "1921.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [Opening "Queen's Indian: 4.Nc3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 a6 15. Rad1 b5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd5 Qe8 19. Be4 c4 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. Rd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rb8 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. Rc6 Qd7 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Qc2 Rxd6 30. exd6 Qf6 31. h3 Rd8 32. Qd2 Nc8 33. Bb7 Nxd6 34. Bxa6 Nb7 35. Qc3 Qxa6 {Kington Times - Saturday 03 February 1940 p.6} 0-1

[Event "BCF 23rd First Class B"] [Site "Scarborough"] [Date "1930.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Barker, W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's gambit declined"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Rc1 f6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Qxf7 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. O-O {Kington Times - Saturday 20 July 1940 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF 23rd First Class B"] [Site "Scarborough"] [Date "1930.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Barton-Eckett, Bernard John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's gambit declined"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd7 14. Bb1 Nf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rc3 Kh8 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Nxg6+ Kg7 19. Nxe7 Be8 20. f4 Nh5 21. f5 Kf6 22. Ng6 Bxg6 23. fxg6+ Kg7 24. Rc5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Nf6 26. h3 Nd5 27. Ke2 Re8 28. h4 e5 29. Kf3 exd4 30. exd4 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 Re8 32. Rc1 Re2 33. b3 Rd2 34. Rf1 Rxd4 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rxb7 Nc3 37. Bf5 Rd6 38. Rxa7 Nb5 39. Rd7 Rf6 40. Bd3 Nd6 41. Kg4 c5 42. Kh5 c4 43. bxc4 Nf5 44. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 45. Kxh6 Rf8 46. c5 Rc8 47. c6 {Kington Times - Saturday 20 July 1940 p.6} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

Part 2
[Event "BCF 24th 1st Class B"] [Site "Worcester"] [Date "1931.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Shepherd, Ernest Edward"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defence"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Ne5 c6 10. Ndf3 Be6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. e3 Nh5 13. Bh2 g5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. f5 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bc8 22. g4 e6 23. Bg3 exf5 24. gxf5 Qd7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. O-O-O a5 27. e4 b6 28. exd5 Ba6 29. c4 O-O-O 30. d6 Qd7 31. Qe4 Kb7 32. Rfe1 Rhe8 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Qg7 35. Be5 Qg8 36. Bf6 Ra8 37. d7 Rf8 38. e7 Rxf6 39. d8=Q {Kington Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF 24th 1st Class A"] [Site "Worcester"] [Date "1931.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bassalvi, Partap Singh (Dr.)"] [Black "Clarke, Duncan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qc2 c6 11. h3 Re8 12. Rad1 e5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Qa4 Ne4 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd5 18. c4 Be4 19. cxd5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Qg4 Rxe5 22. f4 Qxg4+ 23. hxg4 Re4 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. Rd3 g5 28. Kf3 Rec4 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. d6 Re8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb5 g4+ 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Rg5 Rd8 35. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ke6 37. Kf4 Rxd6 38. Rxd6+ Kxd6 39. Ke4 a5 40. Kd4 b5 41. Kc3 Ke5 42. f3 Kd5 43. Kd3 b4 44. e4+ Kc5 45. f4 a4 46. f5 b3 47. axb3 {Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 22 August 1931 p.8} 1-0


[Event "BCF 25th Major Open Reserves"] [Site "Whiteleys, London"] [Date "1932.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Wreford Brown, Charles"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defence"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. f4 c6 4. Nf3 e5 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O exd4 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Ke8 10. Nf7 Qb6 11. Nxh8 Ngf6 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. h3 Be6 14. Rxf6 Bxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Qxh7 d3+ 17. Kh1 Qf2 18. Nf3 Nxf3 19. Bf4 Nh4 20. Rg1 Qxf4 21. cxd3 Qg3 {Kington Times - Saturday 31 August 1940 p.6} 0-1

[Event "1933 BCF Premier Reserves"] [Site "Folkestone"] [Date "1933.06.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Heath, Christopher Barclay"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B24"] [Opening "Sicilian: closed"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. f4 Ne8 9. h3 e6 10. g4 f5 11. Ng3 Qh4 12. Nh1 fxg4 13. hxg4 Bd4+ 14. Nf2 Ne5 15. fxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qg3 19. Qe2 Qxe5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Rd1 Qg7 22. Qd2 Rf7 23. g5 e5 24. Nd5 a5 25. Bf2 Bg4 26. Re1 Qf8 27. Bh4 Kg7 28. Kh2 Be6 29. Ne3 b5 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Kxh3 Rf3+ 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Qe2 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Nc7 36. c3 Ne6 37. Kg3 Rf8 38. Re2 Rf1 39. Rd2 Rf4 40. a3 Kf7 41. d4 cxd4 42. cxd4 exd4 43. Re2 Ke7 44. e5 d3 45. exd6+ Kxd6 46. Rd2 Rd4 47. Kh3 Kd5 48. Kg3 Nc5 49. Kh3 Ne4 50. Rd1 d2 51. Kg2 Kc4 52. Kf1 Kd3 53. Bf2 Rd5 54. Bh4 Rf5+ {Kington Times - Saturday 14 September 1940 p.4} 0-1

I have no explanation for Lacy-Hulbert giving back the exchange and then exchanging Queens rather than picking up the Bishop on moves 33 to 34.

[Gerard Killoran]

Part 3

[Event "BCF-ch 27th Major Open Reserves"] [Site "Chester, Town Hall"] [Date "1934.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Lenton, Alfred"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A51"] [Opening "Budapest: Fajarowicz variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bf4 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Qc1 O-O 11. e3 g5 12. Nxg5 Nxg5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. O-O-O Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Ne6 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Rd5 a5 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 a4 21. Bh4 Qf7 22. Rh3 Ne5 23. f4 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 b5 25. Be1 bxc4 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Bc3 Qf5 28. Bxe5+ Qxe5 29. g4 Rxf4 {Kington Times - Saturday 28 September 1940 p.4} 0-1


[Event "BCF-ch 28th First Class B"] [Site "Great Yarmouth"] [Date "1935.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Fletcher, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 fxe5 15. fxe5 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 g5 20. Qh5 Qg7 21. Qxe8+ Kxh7 22. Rh3+ {Kington Times - Saturday 10 August 1935 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 29th Major Open, Section B"] [Site "Nottingham"] [Date "1936.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reynolds, Arthur"] [Black "Coggan, Sidney Sprague"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Nf3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. axb5 Bb7 10. bxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 O-O 12. Bxc4 Rfc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc4 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Qxc4 Qxe4 17. f3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Nb5 Bb8 20. Rfd1 Qg5 21. Nc7 Bd5 22. Nxd5 {Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 29 August 1936 p.3} 1-0

[Event "1936 BCF First Class, Section B"] [Site "Nottingham"] [Date "1936.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Craddock, George James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Rh4 g6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxf7 Bxh4 14. Nxd8 Bxd8 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. c3 Nf8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Re1 Bg7 19. Bf4 c6 20. Re3 e5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. f4 Kg7 28. g4 Re7 29. Kf2 g5 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. f5 Rd5 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qxg5+ {Kington Times - Saturday 01 March 1941 p.6} 1-0

[Gerard Killoran]

Part 4

[Event "BCF-ch 30th First Class C"] [Site "Blackpool, Imperial Hotel"] [Date "1937.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Schachter, Leisar (Lazar)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Yusupov-Rubinstein system"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qh5 f5 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qh3 Bd6 17. f4 Ne4 18. g4 Qe7 19. Re2 g6 20. Bd2 Rc7 21. Be1 Qe8 22. Bh4 Be7 23. Rg2 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 Rg7 25. g5 c4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. h4 Rc8 29. Kf2 Qf8 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rh1 Re7 32. Qxh5 Qf5 33. Qh4 Rg7 34. g6 Kh8 35. Rgh2 Rf8 36. Qxh7+ Rxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. R1h7+ Kf6 40. Rxf8# {Kington Times - Saturday 17 July 1937 p.5} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 30th Major Open"] [Site "Blackpool, Imperial Hotel"] [Date "1937.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mallison, Harold Vincent"] [Black "O'Donovan, John Francis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Rxe4 d6 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Re1 h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe5 O-O-O 17. Qg4+ {Kington Times - Saturday 24 July 1937 p.5} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 30th First Class C"] [Site "Blackpool, Imperial Hotel"] [Date "1937.07.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Richardson, John Stanley"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe4 Qf5 11. Qxa8 Qc2 12. Qxb8 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Qc2+ 15. Kf3 O-O 16. Qxb5 Bb7+ 17. Qxb7 Qf5+ 18. Ke2 Qc2+ 19. Ke1 Qc3+ 20. Kd1 Qxa1+ 21. Kc2 Qxf1 22. Qf3 Qd3+ 23. Kc1 Rb8 {Moves 22 missing. Kington Times - Saturday 31 July 1937 p.8} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 31st Second Class B"] [Site "Brighton, Royal Pavilion"] [Date "1938.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goble, James Blackley"] [Black "Aston, W. A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall defence"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. e4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Nf8 13. Rac1 N6h7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e5 f6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bxf5 Rxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Bxh7 Kxh7 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. f4 Bd7 25. Rf3 Be8 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Ng4 Qxf4 28. Rf1 Qd6 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Bxf7 31. Rxf7 g6 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Rff3 c5 34. dxc5 Qd1+ 35. Rf1 {Sydenham, Forest Hill & Penge Gazette - Friday 12 August 1938 p.7} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 31st First Class C"] [Site "Brighton, Royal Pavilion"] [Date "1938.08.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Birch, Leonard Charles"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [Opening "Dutch defence: Blackburne variation"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Qe8 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 Na4 15. f4 Ng4 16. dxe6 Bf6 17. e3 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxa1 19. Bd5 Kh8 20. Nxf8 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 c6 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Qf7 {Kington Times - Saturday 03 September 1938 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF Bournemouth First Class C"] [Site "Bournemouth"] [Date "1939.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Clissold, Newman"] [Black "Hooper, William A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird: From gambit"] 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 dxe5 5. c3 e4 6. Nh4 Be7 7. Ng2 Bg4 8. d4 Qd7 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nce3 Nf6 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. e3 a6 14. Be2 h5 15. h4 g5 16. hxg5 Bxg5 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Kf7 19. a4 Qd5 20. axb5 e3 21. Rg1 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bf3 Qc4 24. d5 Ne7 25. d6 Rd8 26. Be2 Qe6 27. Bxb5 Rxd6 28. Qa4 Rd8 29. Bc4 Nd5 30. Qc2 Kg6 31. b3 Qd6 32. Be2 Ndf6 33. Bf3 Qc5 34. Rg2 Nf2 35. Ke2 N6g4 36. c4 c6 37. Rg1 Rd3 38. b4 Qd4 39. Bxc6 Rc3 40. Be8+ Kf6 41. Qb2 Qd3+ 42. Kf3 e2+ 43. Kg2 Qxg3# {Kington Times - Saturday 26 August 1939 p.7} 0-1

[Event "BCF Bournemouth First Class C"] [Site "Bournemouth"] [Date "1939.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Hooper, William A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Yusupov-Rubinstein system"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Nbd2 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Ng3 Be7 11. O-O Bd5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15. N5e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 g5 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Be5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 g4 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. f4 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Rd8 26. Rd2 Bxf3 27. Rxd8 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxd8 29. Re2 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 Rg1 31. Kh4 Be7+ 32. Kh3 Bg5 33. b3 Ra1 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Ba4 Rc1 36. Rc2 Re1 37. Rb2 Rxe5 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rb6 Re3+ 40. Kg2 Rxc3 41. Rxa6 Ra3 42. Bb5 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 c3 44. Bd3 e5 45. Kf1 e4 46. Bc2 Bf4 47. h3 Kg5 48. a4 Bc7 {Kington Times - Saturday 02 September 1939 p.7} 0-1

The last one is on Britbase, but was White's last move correct?

[Event "GBR-ch 35th First Class B"] [Site "London, Bishopsgate"] [Date "1948.08.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Wilkinson, Bernard Landon"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A18"] [Opening "English: Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bc3 Bxa4 14. Qe2 Nb3+ {Q-K2 was given but Q-Q2 was probably the move provoking such a sudden resignation. Kington Times - Saturday 11 September 1948 p.4} 0-1

[Gerard Killoran]

Part 5. (I hope the last)

[Event "BCF-ch 38th First Class B"] [Site "Swansea"] [Date "1951.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Minty, W. D."] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D51"] [Opening "QGD: 5...c6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Rxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng3 f5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Bd5 22. Nh5 g5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Nb6 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rd4 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ke6 29. a4 Rc5 30. g3 Ke5 31. Rb4 Kd6 32. Kf1 Kc6 33. Ke2 Nc4 34. Rcb1 b6 35. Rb5 Ne5 36. Rxc5+ Kxc5 37. Rb5+ Kc4 38. Kd2 Nd3 39. Rb1 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. exf4 Nxf4 42. h4 Nd3 43. Kc2 Nxf2 44. Rg1 d4 45. cxd4 Kxd4 46. Kd2 Nd3 47. Rf1 Nc5 48. Rf6 e3+ 49. Ke2 h5 50. Rf5 Ne6 51. Rf7 a5 52. Rb7 Nc5 53. Re7 Nxa4 54. Rxe3 Nc3+ 55. Kf3 a4 56. Re7 a3 57. Ra7 a2 58. Kf4 b5 59. Kg5 b4 60. Kxh5 b3 61. Rd7+ Ke3 {Kington Times - Saturday 08 September 1951 p.5} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch39 First Class B"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1952.08.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Rushton, R. H."] [Black "Starling, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov: three knights game"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qxd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nd4 15. Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne1+ 17. Kg3 Qg2+ 18. Kh4 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Rae1 g5+ 21. Kxg5 Qf4+ {Kington Times - Saturday 30 August 1952 p.6} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch39 First Class B"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Starling, Peter"]
[Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bb5 Bg7 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. e5 Rc8
15. exd6 e6 16. g4 O-O 17. h4 Qa6 18. Kb1 b5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. h5 f5 21. Ng3 Bc6
22. Rhg1 Bf3 23. Ne2 {Kington Times - Saturday 11 October 1952 p.6} 0-1

Here the game text became so confusing I could not reconstruct it. can anyone do better?

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[Event "GBR-ch39 First Class B"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1952.08.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Brackett, Henry Middleton (Rev.)"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [Opening "QGD: 5...c6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nh2 Re7 19. f3 Nd6 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Qf2 Qg5 22. f4 Qf6 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ne5 Bc8 26. Nh5 Qd6 27. g4 Rf8 28. Nxg6 Qxg6 29. Qg2 Qh6 30. Ng3 g6 31. b4 Qg7 32. Qb2 a6 33. Re2 h5 34. gxh5 Qh6 35. Kh2 g5 36. Rg2 Rg7 37. f5 g4 38. hxg4 Rxg4 39. Qe2 Rh4+ 40. Kg1 Kh7 41. Rf1 Qf6 42. Kf2 Rg8 43. Ke1 Rhg4 44. Qf2 R8g5 45. Rfg1 Bxf5 46. Nxe4 dxe4 47. Rxg4 Rxh5 48. Rf4 Qe6 {'Black resigned on his 63rd move.' Kington Times - Saturday 30 August 1952 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th Minor Open"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1953.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Watson, A. T."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/4b2p/nBP2pp1/4p3/2N5/8/5PPP/5K2 b - - 0 39"] 39... Bd8 {Sealed} 40. Ke2 Bxb6 41. Nxb6 Kd8 42. Nd5 f5 43. Kd3 Nc7 44. Nf6 h5 45. Nd7 e4+ 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Ke5 Ne8 48. h4 Nd6 49. Nb6 Nf7+ 50. Kd5 Kd8 51. g3 Kc7 52. Nd7 Nd8 53. Ne5 Kc8 54. Nxg6 Nf7 55. Nf4 Nh6 56. Kd6 Ng4 57. Nd5 Nxf2 58. Ne7+ {Kington Times - Friday 28 August 1953 p.7} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 42nd First Class"] [Site "Aberystwyth"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Walton, John Charles (Sir)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bc2 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Bd6 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Rf3 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rh3+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Be4 20. Qh8# {Kington Times - Friday 02 September 1955 p.6} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 42nd First Class"] [Site "Aberystwyth"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "N. N."] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...d6 3.Bc4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb5 d4 11. Ne4 dxe3 12. fxe3 Nxe4 {'..and White resigned on his 46th move.' Kington Times - Friday 09 September 1955 p.7} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd First Class"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1956.08.31"] [Round "11"] [White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Black "Matthews, W. J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc-Queen's pawn-KID-East Indian"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c3 e5 7. d5 O-O 8. Nf1 Nc5 9. Ng3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 b6 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5 a5 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Nxh5 Qb5 17. O-O-O Ba6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. h5 Qe2 20. h6+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Qg7# {Kington Times - Friday 07 September 1956 p.7} 1-0

[John Saunders]

The last one is on Britbase, but was White's last move correct?

[Event "GBR-ch 35th First Class B"] [Site "London, Bishopsgate"] [Date "1948.08.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Wilkinson, Bernard Landon"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A18"] [Opening "English: Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bc3 Bxa4 14. Qe2 Nb3+ {Q-K2 was given but Q-Q2 was probably the move provoking such a sudden resignation. Kington Times - Saturday 11 September 1948 p.4} 0-1

Thanks for all the games, Gerard: I've just finished loading them up on BritBase.

As regards the Wilkinson v Lacy-Hulbert game: B L Wilkinson was a strong player and I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. He was a good enough player to see that, after 15 Kb1 Bxc3 16 bxc3 he is positionally busted as well as being a pawn down. So I'm sticking with the move as recorded.

EDIT: I see another batch has arrived. Thanks again.

[Gerard Killoran]

I hope never to see another Lacy Hulbert game again. By the way whatever happened to Peter Starling. At Ilkley, we had the late, and sadly missed, Jonathan Swallow. A pity they never played each other.

[John Saunders]

Thanks, Gerard, and also apologies for making you look at another Lacy-Hulbert game. Actually it is the same game you've just been struggling with.

I think I have the solution. I struggled with it too until I looked harder at the improbable move 25...R-K5. How on earth does it manage to get there? Then it occurred to me - if 20...P-B5 was in fact 20...R-B5. And then it all hangs together...

[Event "GBR-ch39 First Class B"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1952.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Starling, Peter"] [Black "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B70"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1952.08.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bb5 Bg7 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. e5 Rc8 15. exd6 e6 16. g4 O-O 17. h4 Qa6 18. Kb1 b5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. h5 Rc4 21. Ng3 Bc6 22. Rhg1 Bf3 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. f5 Re4 26. Rge1 Bxg4 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. Nf4 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bf7 30. d7 Qf6 31. Rd4 Rxd7 32. Ne2 Bxb3 33. axb3 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Source: Kington Times - Saturday 11 October 1952 p.6. Contributed by Gerard Killoran, 27 April 2022} 0-1

[Gerard Killoran]

Well done John, and as your prize:

[Event "BCF-chW 7th"] [Site "Oxford"] [Date "1910.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Cuninghame, Anne Dick Smith"] [Black "Houlding, Mary Mills"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: English defence"] 1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. d5 c6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 cxd5 9. Ba4+ Bc6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. exd5 Ne5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Re1 g6 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Nxd6+ exd6 16. f4 Nd7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 O-O 19. c3 Nc4 20. Qf3 Nxb2 21. Bxd6 Rd8 22. Be7 Bxc3 23. Rf1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f6 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Nf4 Be5 27. Ne6 Qd6 28. Rac1 Qe7 29. Rc2 Rb8 30. Rfc1 Re8 31. Rc8 Kf7 32. Qb3 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 g5 34. Qh3 Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kf7 36. Qxh7# {Musselburgh News - Friday 02 September 1910 p.7} 1-0

[David McAlister]

The then reigning Irish Champion beats a former Scottish champion:
https://www.irlchess.com/2022/05/08/wen ... gs-1945-46

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves C"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1946.01.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Wenman, Francis Percival"] [Black "O'Hanlon, John James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1945.12.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. e5 O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne2 h5 16. Qa4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Nf5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 Be7 20. hxg4 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rfc1 Rab8 23. Qxc6 Rxb2 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Nh1 Bh4 26. Rxc7 Bxf2+ 27. Nxf2 Rfxf2 28. Rxd7 Rg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Kg1 Rbg2+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Rf4 {Sources: (Dublin) Evening Herald, 26th January 1946, page 4 and Irish Independent, 9th January 1946, page 6.} 0-1