Ward-Atkins at the 1908 Championship

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Ward-Atkins at the 1908 Championship

Post by JustinHorton » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:30 am

I was playing through their round seven game (number 42 here) and knowing already that Black had won, I was surprised to see the game score terminate at move 19 with White at least a little better. The suggestion in the annotations is that White lost on time - does anybody know if this is correct, and /or anything more about the circumstances in which the game ended?
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Re: Ward-Atkins at the 1908 Championship

Post by Gordon Cadden » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:30 am

William Ward played 19. b3 then discovered that his flag had fallen, end of game.

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Re: Ward-Atkins at the 1908 Championship

Post by JustinHorton » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:37 pm

Thanks very much! Do you know what the time limit was? Twenty moves in an hour?
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