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BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 11:01 am
by John Upham
Richard James has completed his investigation into
Alexander Spink Beaumont (of Beaumont Cup fame)
via
https://britishchessnews.com/2024/05/07 ... -beaumont/
Enjoy!
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 11:56 am
by Mike Gunn
Great stuff. It's actually the Beaumont Cup of course, not the Beaumont Trophy.
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 2:59 pm
by John Upham
Mike Gunn wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 11:56 am
Great stuff. It's actually the Beaumont
Cup of course, not the Beaumont Trophy.
Thanks for that. I was using "trophy" in the generic sense but am grateful for the correction.
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 4:01 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Really good, Richard. I knew he was "Captain", and that was about it. I'll keep an open mind on the accusations against him. On the dispute with Harmsworth, a newspaper magnate accused of dishonesty, shock horror!
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:22 pm
by Gerard Killoran
More background...
- England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892.png (784.37 KiB) Viewed 1882 times
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:20 am
by Geoff Chandler
Fascinating. A wee slip about halfway down.
Spink v Rossi, Casual game, Florence January 1898. We have the moves to see how the game ended but not the diagram.
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:31 am
by Richard James
Thanks, Geoff. Now added.
Thanks to all for reading and commenting.
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 11:14 am
by Geoff Chandler
Hi Richard,
They did not have a page for Beaumont at chessgames.com I have submitted his game v Edith Margaret Thomas to get his page set up. Whilst here, I'll ask on their behalf, can they use a credited picture of Beaumont from BCN.
Personally I'd use the one of him in the car with his chauffeur Walter Goldsack.
(what make is it, a Ford?)
Re: BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 11:20 am
by Richard James
Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:14 am
Hi Richard,
They did not have a page for Beaumont at chessgames.com I have submitted his game v Edith Margaret Thomas to get his page set up. Whilst here, I'll ask on their behalf, can they use a credited picture of Beaumont from BCN.
Personally I'd use the one of him in the car with his chauffeur Walter Goldsack.
(what make is it, a Ford?)
I asked John Upham about the car, as it's a subject outside my sphere of knowledge. He's sure it's American and was going to do some further research.
The car photograph is wonderful, isn't it? It was submitted to ancestry.co.uk by a descendant of his brother. Posting photos on public trees puts them in the public domain so I guess it would be OK to use, but otherwise you could use the BCM 1901 photo.