London 1922 Cartoons
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London 1922 Cartoons
I haven't seen these before, have you?
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
These are most excellent and thanks for sharing.
There are juicy items at http://www.chesslund.com/ if you are into that sort of thing.
There are juicy items at http://www.chesslund.com/ if you are into that sort of thing.
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Yes, really nice, thanks for those.
I wonder whether there really was an end-of-tournament party/music/event?
Note the misspelling of Atkins as Aitken in the final cartoon.
I wonder if some of these cartoons are among the only representation of some of the more obscure players.
Who was 'Watson' from Australia?
Feel a bit sorry for Signor Marotti: "whose score is at present zero, learns a little from Miss Price of London"!
Going on the cross-table at John Saunders' BritBase:
https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/1 ... iewer.html
Charles Gilbert Watson was the Australian, who managed to beat Reti and Atkins, but ended up with 4.5/15.
Another relatively unknown tailender was Victor L. Wahltuch (England) who beat Reti.
[You wonder if Reti's losses were maybe due to time trouble?]
Signor Marotti was Davide Marotti (Italy) and did get lots of zeros (1.5/15), but did beat Znosko-Borovsky and drew with Wahltuch.
There are Wikipedia articles on these players:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._M._Watson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morr ... ss_player)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davide_Marotti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wahltuch
I should maybe not downplay the strength of the tailenders, as I have no idea what their true playing strength was.
I wonder whether there really was an end-of-tournament party/music/event?
Note the misspelling of Atkins as Aitken in the final cartoon.
I wonder if some of these cartoons are among the only representation of some of the more obscure players.
Who was 'Watson' from Australia?
Feel a bit sorry for Signor Marotti: "whose score is at present zero, learns a little from Miss Price of London"!
Going on the cross-table at John Saunders' BritBase:
https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/1 ... iewer.html
Charles Gilbert Watson was the Australian, who managed to beat Reti and Atkins, but ended up with 4.5/15.
Another relatively unknown tailender was Victor L. Wahltuch (England) who beat Reti.
[You wonder if Reti's losses were maybe due to time trouble?]
Signor Marotti was Davide Marotti (Italy) and did get lots of zeros (1.5/15), but did beat Znosko-Borovsky and drew with Wahltuch.
There are Wikipedia articles on these players:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._M._Watson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morr ... ss_player)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davide_Marotti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wahltuch
I should maybe not downplay the strength of the tailenders, as I have no idea what their true playing strength was.
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Victor L. Wahltuch was President of the Manchester & District Chess Association (now the MCF) in 1911/12; his father Adolphe was President for 1898/99 and 1899/1900, having been Treasurer from 1895 to 1898
The Wahltuch Trophy was inaugurated in 1908 and the postponed 2019/20 final will be played on the 27th of this month
The Wahltuch Trophy was inaugurated in 1908 and the postponed 2019/20 final will be played on the 27th of this month
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Here is an accomplished line dancer (Roger FT Abayasekera) grappling with the (Lady) Wahltuch Trophy at a Surrey Border League AGM:
The hyper close inspector of the trophy is H. Trevor Jones.
The trophy has been property of Surrey County Chess Association and was transferred to the Surrey Border League close to its formation in 1962 or thereabouts. It is the trophy for the Division One winner and is usually won by Guildford Chess Club.
The hyper close inspector of the trophy is H. Trevor Jones.
The trophy has been property of Surrey County Chess Association and was transferred to the Surrey Border League close to its formation in 1962 or thereabouts. It is the trophy for the Division One winner and is usually won by Guildford Chess Club.
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
If it's the Wahltuch Trophy why does the SBL call it the Waechter Shield?John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:15 pmHere is an accomplished line dancer (Roger FT Abayasekera) grappling with the (Lady) Wahltuch Trophy at a Surrey Border League AGM
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Thanks for posting, not seen them before.
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
That is an excellent question Ian and well worth spending some time on.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:48 pmIf it's the Wahltuch Trophy why does the SBL call it the Waechter Shield?John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:15 pmHere is an accomplished line dancer (Roger FT Abayasekera) grappling with the (Lady) Wahltuch Trophy at a Surrey Border League AGM
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
I think the implication is that you got the name of the trophy in the photograph wrong, John?
You talked about this trophy in this thread here in 2015 (where you called it the Waechter Shield):
viewtopic.php?p=161755
Maybe there is a physical Wahltuch trophy somewhere, but this appears not to be it.
You talked about this trophy in this thread here in 2015 (where you called it the Waechter Shield):
viewtopic.php?p=161755
Maybe there is a physical Wahltuch trophy somewhere, but this appears not to be it.
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
This is the MCF's Wahltuch Trophy
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Thanks Reg, I couldn't find a photo
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Re: London 1922 Cartoons
Please also note these items about cartoons in Edward Winter's Chess Notes:
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... ml#CN_8982 and
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/cartoons.html
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... ml#CN_8982 and
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/cartoons.html