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Olimpbase has details of four tours by the club in 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1923 with the results of the matches played. However it has nothing about this one:

THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE. 1911 p.240

The Hastings Chess Club is arranging for its biennial chess tour, a visit to Switzerland, with matches at Neuchatel, Berne, Davoz, Zurich and Paris. Players of other clubs wishing to join the tour, which starts on August 3rd or 4th, should write for further particulars to Mr. J. Chandler, Kingston Road, Lewes.

From http://www.crebarchive.be/ARCHIVES/CAHIERS/TOME04.pdf (also p.240)

La Stratégie, n°8, août 1911

"La délégation du Chess Club d'Hastings, de retour de sa brillante tournée en Suisse, a joué le 17 août un match contre l'Union Amicale des Amateurs de la Régence.

En l'absence des membres du comité de l'U.A.A.R. puis croyons-nous, à l'instigation de M Constant-Bernard, c'est notre ami et collaborateur M. Alphonse Goetz qui a été chargé de l'organisation de cette petite rencontre, et vu la saison des vacances nous ne pouvons que le féliciter d'avoir pu réunir une équipe aussi forte que celle qu'il a présentée à nos visiteurs anglais. Ceux-ci possèdent également un certain nombre de joueurs très forts et leurs succès nous surprennent moins, maintenant que nous les avons vus à l'oeuvre. Nous ne croyons pas qu'un autre club de la province anglaise puisse présenter une pareille équipe.

Le résultat a été un match nul dont voici le tableau :

Chess Club d'Hastings Union Amicale de la Régence
J. Chandler 1 Dr Raymond G 0
H.G. Cole 1/2 H. Weinstein 1/2
W.J.L. O'Connel 1 E. Chatard 0
J.J. O'Hanlon 0 A. Gibaud 1
H.J.F.S. Stephenson 0 A. Goetz 1
G.E. Wainwright 1 B. Soldatenkoff 0
W.D. Wight 0 M. Lee 1
3,5 3,5

La rencontre a été intéressante et agréable à tous points; elle s'est terminée par un toast à l'entente cordiale".

Translation via Google Translate

"The Delegation of the Hastings Chess Club, returning from their successful tour in Switzerland, played a match on August 17 against the Union Amicale des Amateurs de la Regence.

In the absence of members of the committee of the U.A.A.R. and we believe, at the instigation of Mr. Constant Bernard, it was our friend and colleague, Mr. Alphonse Goetz who was responsible for the organisation of this little meeting, and given the holiday season we can congratulate him on being able to gather a team as strong as the one he presented to our English visitors. They also have a number of strong players and their success surprises us less now that we have seen them at work. We do not believe that another club of the English provinces can produce such a team.

The meeting was interesting and enjoyable in every way; it ended with a toast to the 'entente cordiale'."

Perhaps less cordial if they knew how many of the team were 'ringers'. Are there any other records of the 1911 tour out there?

The Hastings Club did invite members from other clubs, to participate in their European Tour. Surprised to see the Irish Champion, JJ O'Hanlon, in the team; he may have travelled from Dublin. The Hampstead Chess Club also arranged European Tours in the 1920's, but the team was selected from the club membership.

Gordon Cadden wrote:The Hastings Club did invite members from other clubs, to participate in their European Tour. Surprised to see the Irish Champion, JJ O'Hanlon, in the team; he may have travelled from Dublin.

O'Hanlon did not move to Dublin until some time after the First World War. He was originally from Portadown in Ulster and I think still lived there in 1911.

David McAlister says he often travelled to England to get stronger practice than was available at home. See his page:

http://www.chessarch.com/archive/0022_o ... nlon.shtml

There seems to be an Irish connection as Cole was living and working in Ireland in the five years up to 1909 and played for the same team as O'Hanlon.

http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/timetra ... hgcole.htm

W.J.L. O'Connel (sic) appears to be the civil engineer William Joseph Leo O'Connell of Cork. Born: 1892/93 Died: 1966

http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4108/ ... MJOSEPHLEO

W.J.L. O'Connell is also recorded as representing Ireland at Bridge. Ironically - if he is the same person - because he also designed and built bridges.

Chandler, Stephenson and Wight were the only locals in the team.

"The following game was won by the Ulster champion in the match against Berne during the recent French and Swiss tour of the Hastings Chess Club" (Northern Whig, 2nd November 1911).

[Event "Hastings -v- Berne"] [Site "Berne"] [Date "1911.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "O'Hanlon, J.J."] [Black "Yeraggen, C."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1911.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Qxd4 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 Qxd5 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nc3 Qc6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb4 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Bd2 h5 18. Qd1 Nf6 19. a3 Bd6 20. h3 Rhg8 21. Bg5 e5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxd6+ Kb8 25. f3 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Ka7 28. Rd5 Qf2 29. Re2 Qg3 30. Qg1+ Ka8 31. Qh2 Qg5 32. Re1 e4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qc1+ 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 fxe4 37. Re5 1-0

The game can be found at the ICU database: http://www.icu.ie/games/display.php?id=13523. As I submitted it to that database, I reckon that entitles me to post it here too

Mrs Rowland's chess column in the Weekly Irish Times for 7th October 1911 (page 24) makes use of the La Strategie article, the original of which may have been longer, because she gives the results from the Swiss part of the tour: The article goes on to cover the match against l'Union Amicale des Amateurs de la Régence and Mrs Rowland alluded to the "ringer" issue: "Irish readers will be rather surprised at reading the names in the above Hastings Chess Club team. They are familiar enough to our clubs. Mr. H.G. Cole, long resident in Ireland, is a native of Kent, and a distinguished member of the City of London Chess Club. Mr. W.J.L. O'Connell is a resident of Cork, and tied with Mr. Archer in last season's contest for the Plunkett Trophy and Championship of Cork. Mr. J.J. O'Hanlon is a resident of Portadown, and Champion of Ulster. Mr. Wainwright belongs to the City of London C.C."

O'Connell had also supplied Mrs Rowland with some further details: "...the order of players in above score is merely alphabetical. Messrs. Cole and Wainwright played alternately on the two top boards. Messrs. O'Hanlon and Stephenson (last year's Hastings champion) came Nos. 3 and 4. Mr O'Connell, once 4, but usually 5 or 6, so that he did not play above Mr. O'Hanlon. Mr. Wainwright played extremely well. His draw at Zurich was against the Swiss champion, Naegeli."

The article goes on to tabulate the individual scores of the team on the tour, presumably supplied by O'Connell, but the table (too difficult for me to reproduce here) does not tally with the results as given in La Strategie. According to this version, there were 5 matches: The individual scores were:

I'll try to check the Club's Minute Books in the next few days and see what's recorded.

PB

The only reference I can find in the 1911 Minutes of the Hastings Club (28 April 1911) describes it as the 'biennial tour', to be organised by Mr Chandler, five matches in France/Switzerland, duration a fortnight, estimated cost £15 or £16, and Chandler was authorised to advertise in BCM for players.

Nothing at all in later Minutes in 1911, nor in the local press report of the Club's AGM in September. A leading member of the Club, Mr Womersley, was murdered in September 1911 (see Edward Winter's article) and I speculate that this may have distracted from accurate or complete minuting.

PB

Here's another report of one of the Hastings Club's tour matches not listed on Olimpbase. The translation is mainly Google Translate plus guesswork. Apologies to any Dutch readers.

http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collec ... /1923/0526

Utrechts Nieuwsblad (26-05-1923), pag. 3 van 14

SCHAKEN.

Utrecht-Hastings.

De Engelsche schaakspelers met hun dames en aanhangers van de Hastings and St. Leonards Chess club, die een rondreis maken door Nederland en Belgie, zijn de gasten geweest van de schaakclub Utrecht. Begunstigd door fraai weder, werd in den namiddag een groote autotocht met de gasten gemaakt en werden hun de fraaiste gedeelten van de provincie Utrecht getoond. Dat het dorpje Doorn en speciaal het landgoed van den ex-keiser het toppunt van aller belangstelling was, behoeft wel geen betoog.

Gesterkt door do frissche lucht en een geanimeerden gemeenschappelijken maaltijd begon 's avonds prompt om 8 uur de wedstrijd, waar de voorzitter der schaakclub Utrecht de Engelsche vrienden op de meest hartelijke wijze het welkom toeriep.

De opstelling en uitslag was als volgt:

"Hastings'. "Utrecht".

1. F. D. Yates - Dr. A. G. Olland 1/2X1/2
2. R. H. V. Scott - C. H. Piccardt 0-1
3. R. B. Griffith - J. H. Goud 1/2-1/2
4. H. E. Price - G. H. B. Hogewind 1-0
5. H. E. Dobell - G. de Bie 1/2-1/2
6. J. A. Watt - G. Ch. Smeekes 1-0
7. W. H. Whicker - J. Robijns 1/2-1/2
8. E. G. Taylor - A. Boer 0-1
9. W. D. Wight - A. H. v. Wijngaarden 0-1
10. E. E. Willett - C. Oudegeest 1/2X1/2
11. J. Chandler - H. L. Weurman 1/2X1/2

5-6

Utrecht had aan de oneven borden wit. De met een kruis gemerkte partijen die 's nachts om half een nog niet beeindigd waren, werden remise verklaard Vermoedelijk had dr. Olland op den duur wel kunnen winnen, omdat Yates in het midden een paar minder sterke pionnen had, doch de winstvoortzetting lag niet direct voor de hand. Daar de captain der Utrechtsche club wit had, koos hij natuurlijk de Spaansche variant, die hij zonder twijfel meesterlijk beheerscht. Het geheele spel door hield hij de leiding en bij het afbreken kon Zwart weinig anders doen dan met zijn kasteelen en raadsheeren heen en weer schuiven.

Ook de partij Willett—Oudegeest stond in het voordeel van Utrecht. Verlies van een pion kon de Engelschman niet meer voorkomen.

Een zeer interessante partij speelden de heeren Scott en Piccardt aan het tweede bord. Scott opende koninginne-gambiet en ontwikkelde een geweldigen aanval, die echter door Piccardt kranig werd weerlegd. De partij trok een groot aantal toeschouwers, want men was algemeen van oordeel, dat de Hollander zou worden verpletterd. Doch telkens als nieuwe strijdkrachten aanrukten, wist Piccardt weer een zet te vinden, die de plannen van den Engelschman verijdelde en zoo moest ten slotte Scott het bij den 34sten zet opgeven. Vermelding verdient daarbij, dat hij eerst op den 32sten zet rokkeerde. Waarschijnlijk een unicum.

Aan het derde bord speelden Goud en Griffith een Russische partij. Reeds na den 14den zet moest de Engelschman naar goede zetten zoeken, want hij kon bijna geen vin verroeren. Goud wilde echter te spoedig de winst forceeren, begon daarom een onstuimigen aanval, die feitelijk al te gewaagd bleek, zoodat de Engelschman ten slotte los wist te komen. Remise was het resultaat.

De bekende Price speelde, zoo besluit de N. R. Ct., aan het vierde bord tegen den Utrechtschen veteraan Hogewind de Rubinstein-variant van het koninginne-gambiet. Zwart was in dit gambiet minder goed thuis en verloor.

CHESS.

Utrecht Hastings.

The English chess players with their ladies and supporters of the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club, making a tour through the Netherlands and Belgium, have been the guests of the Utrecht chess club. Favoured by fine weather, in the afternoon was a great excursion by car with their guests and they were shown the most beautiful parts of the province of Utrecht. There no disputing that the most interesting sights were the village of Doorn and especially the estate of the former Kaiser.

Bolstered by fresh air and an animated? (geanimeerden) communal? (gemeenschappelijken) meal, the match began that evening promptly at 8 pm, where the president of the Utrecht chess club welcomed our English friends in the most cordial manner.

The setup and results were as follows:

"Hastings'. "Utrecht".

1. F. D. Yates - Dr. A. G. Olland 1/2X1/2
2. R. H. V. Scott - C. H. Piccardt 0-1
3. R. B. Griffith - J. H. Goud 1/2-1/2
4. H. E. Price - G. H. B. Hogewind 1-0
5. H. E. Dobell - G. de Bie 1/2-1/2
6. J. A. Watt - G. Ch. Smeekes 1-0
7. W. H. Whicker - J. Robijns 1/2-1/2
8. E. G. Taylor - A. Boer 0-1
9. W. D. Wight - A. H. v. Wijngaarden 0-1
10. E. E. Willett - C. Oudegeest 1/2X1/2
11. J. Chandler - H. L. Weurman 1/2X1/2

5-6

Utrecht had white on the odd boards. The crosses mark games that were not yet finished at half past one and were thus declared a draw. Presumably Dr. Olland would eventually be able to win because Yates had some weak pawns in the centre, but the winning continuation was not immediately obvious. As the captain of the Utrecht club had white, of course he chose the Spanish opening, which he masterfully undoubtedly dominated the whole game through and he held the lead at the break. Black could do little else than slide his rooks and bishops back and forth.

The game between Willett and Oudegeest went in favour of Utrecht, the Englishman could not avoid the loss of a pawn.

A very interesting game was played by Messrs. Scott and Piccardt on the second board. Scott opened with the Queen's Gambit and developed a violent attack, which, however, was refuted by the plucky Piccardt The game drew a crowd, as it was generally considered that the Dutchman would be crushed. But with each attack Piccardt found a move that foiled the plans of the Englishman, and so Scott had to finally resign on the 34th move. It should be mentioned that he castled on the 32nd move. Probably unique.

On the third board Goud and Griffith played the Russian game. Already after the 14th move was the Englishman in desperate straits, for he could hardly move. Goud, however, wanted to quickly press the advantage, and began an impetuous attack, which actually turned out to be too risky, so the Englishman finally managed to escape. Draw was the result.

The fourth board saw the famous Price decide on N. R. Ct. (?) and the Utrecht veteran Hogewind replied with the Rubinstein Variation of the Queen's Gambit. Black was less at home in this gambit and lost.

Gerard Killoran wrote:Here's another report of one of the Hastings Club's tour matches not listed on Olimpbase. The translation is mainly Google Translate plus guesswork. Apologies to any Dutch readers.

http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collec ... /1923/0526

Utrechts Nieuwsblad (26-05-1923), pag. 3 van 14

SCHAKEN.

Utrecht-Hastings.

De Engelsche schaakspelers met hun dames en aanhangers van de Hastings and St. Leonards Chess club, die een rondreis maken door Nederland en Belgie, zijn de gasten geweest van de schaakclub Utrecht. Begunstigd door fraai weder, werd in den namiddag een groote autotocht met de gasten gemaakt en werden hun de fraaiste gedeelten van de provincie Utrecht getoond. Dat het dorpje Doorn en speciaal het landgoed van den ex-keiser het toppunt van aller belangstelling was, behoeft wel geen betoog.
Gesterkt door do frissche lucht en een geanimeerden gemeenschappelijken maaltijd begon 's avonds prompt om 8 uur de wedstrijd, waar de voorzitter der schaakclub Utrecht de Engelsche vrienden op de meest hartelijke wijze het welkom toeriep.

De opstelling en uitslag was als volgt:

"Hastings'. "Utrecht".

1. F. D. Yates - Dr. A. G. Olland 1/2X1/2
2. R. H. V. Scott - C. H. Piccardt 0-1
3. R. B. Griffith - J. H. Goud 1/2-1/2
4. H. E. Price - G. H. B. Hogewind 1-0
5. H. E. Dobell - G. de Bie 1/2-1/2
6. J. A. Watt - G. Ch. Smeekes 1-0
7. W. H. Whicker - J. Robijns 1/2-1/2
8. E. G. Taylor - A. Boer 0-1
9. W. D. Wight - A. H. v. Wijngaarden 0-1
10. E. E. Willett - C. Oudegeest 1/2X1/2
11. J. Chandler - H. L. Weurman 1/2X1/2

5-6

Utrecht had aan de oneven borden wit. De met een kruis gemerkte partijen die 's nachts om half een nog niet beeindigd waren, werden remise verklaard Vermoedelijk had dr. Olland op den duur wel kunnen winnen, omdat Yates in het midden een paar minder sterke pionnen had, doch de winstvoortzetting lag niet direct voor de hand. Daar de captain der Utrechtsche club wit had, koos hij natuurlijk de Spaansche variant, die hij zonder twijfel meesterlijk beheerscht. Het geheele spel door hield hij de leiding en bij het afbreken kon Zwart weinig anders doen dan met zijn kasteelen en raadsheeren heen en weer schuiven.

Ook de partij Willett—Oudegeest stond in het voordeel van Utrecht. Verlies van een pion kon de Engelschman niet meer voorkomen.

Een zeer interessante partij speelden de heeren Scott en Piccardt aan het tweede bord. Scott opende koninginne-gambiet en ontwikkelde een geweldigen aanval, die echter door Piccardt kranig werd weerlegd. De partij trok een groot aantal toeschouwers, want men was algemeen van oordeel, dat de Hollander zou worden verpletterd. Doch telkens als nieuwe strijdkrachten aanrukten, wist Piccardt weer een zet te vinden, die de plannen van den Engelschman verijdelde en zoo moest ten slotte Scott het bij den 34sten zet opgeven. Vermelding verdient daarbij, dat hij eerst op den 32sten zet rokkeerde. Waarschijnlijk een unicum.

Aan het derde bord speelden Goud en Griffith een Russische partij. Reeds na den 14den zet moest de Engelschman naar goede zetten zoeken, want hij kon bijna geen vin verroeren. Goud wilde echter te spoedig de winst forceeren, begon daarom een onstuimigen aanval, die feitelijk al te gewaagd bleek, zoodat de Engelschman ten slotte los wist te komen. Remise was het resultaat.

De bekende Price speelde, zoo besluit de N. R. Ct., aan het vierde bord tegen den Utrechtschen veteraan Hogewind de Rubinstein-variant van het koninginne-gambiet. Zwart was in dit gambiet minder goed thuis en verloor.

CHESS.

Utrecht Hastings.

The English chess players with their ladies and supporters of the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club, making a tour through the Netherlands and Belgium, have been the guests of the Utrecht chess club. Favoured by fine weather, in the afternoon was a great excursion by car with their guests and they were shown the most beautiful parts of the province of Utrecht. There no disputing that the most interesting sights were the village of Doorn and especially the estate of the former Kaiser.

Bolstered by fresh air and an animated? (geanimeerden) communal? (gemeenschappelijken) meal, the match began that evening promptly at 8 pm, where the president of the Utrecht chess club welcomed our English friends in the most cordial manner.

The setup and results were as follows:

"Hastings'. "Utrecht".

1. F. D. Yates - Dr. A. G. Olland 1/2X1/2
2. R. H. V. Scott - C. H. Piccardt 0-1
3. R. B. Griffith - J. H. Goud 1/2-1/2
4. H. E. Price - G. H. B. Hogewind 1-0
5. H. E. Dobell - G. de Bie 1/2-1/2
6. J. A. Watt - G. Ch. Smeekes 1-0
7. W. H. Whicker - J. Robijns 1/2-1/2
8. E. G. Taylor - A. Boer 0-1
9. W. D. Wight - A. H. v. Wijngaarden 0-1
10. E. E. Willett - C. Oudegeest 1/2X1/2
11. J. Chandler - H. L. Weurman 1/2X1/2

5-6

Utrecht had white on the odd boards. The crosses mark games that were not yet finished at half past one and were thus declared a draw. Presumably Dr. Olland would eventually be able to win because Yates had some weak pawns in the centre, but the winning continuation was not immediately obvious. As the captain of the Utrecht club had white, of course he chose the Spanish opening, which he masterfully undoubtedly dominated the whole game through and he held the lead at the break. Black could do little else than slide his rooks and bishops back and forth.

The game between Willett and Oudegeest went in favour of Utrecht, the Englishman could not avoid the loss of a pawn.

A very interesting game was played by Messrs. Scott and Piccardt on the second board. Scott opened with the Queen's Gambit and developed a violent attack, which, however, was refuted by the plucky Piccardt The game drew a crowd, as it was generally considered that the Dutchman would be crushed. But with each attack Piccardt found a move that foiled the plans of the Englishman, and so Scott had to finally resign on the 34th move. It should be mentioned that he castled on the 32nd move. Probably unique.

On the third board Goud and Griffith played the Russian game. Already after the 14th move was the Englishman in desperate straits, for he could hardly move. Goud, however, wanted to quickly press the advantage, and began an impetuous attack, which actually turned out to be too risky, so the Englishman finally managed to escape. Draw was the result.

The fourth board saw the famous Price decide on N. R. Ct. (?) and the Utrecht veteran Hogewind replied with the Rubinstein Variation of the Queen's Gambit. Black was less at home in this gambit and lost.

Two members of the Hampstead Chess Club were representing Hastings CC, R.H.V. Scott, and that should read R.C. Griffith.

I meant to say the full match score was not on Olimpbase - they have the result of the match and top two boards only.

We can add another piece to the jigsaw with:

So the top two boards in the Zurich match were

H. G Cole 1/2-1/2 Dr Eugen Meyer
G. E. Wainwright 1/2-1/2 Oskar Naegeli

Meyer and Naegeli were respectively former and future chess champions of Switzerland. Wainwright's opponent in the second game below is a different Weinstein from Cole's opposite number in the Paris match. He is almost certainly Dr .W Weinstein who was director of the Sanatorium Kaiserhof in Davos Platz.

[Event "Hastings Club - Union Amicale des Amateurs de la Régence Match"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1911.08.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Wainwright, George Edward"] [Black "Soldatenkov, Vassily Alexeevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. h3 c4 13. Be2 a6 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bf3 b4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. O-O Re8 18. Ng3 c3 19. b3 Nf8 20. Nf5 Ne6 21. Bxh6 Bf8 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 g6 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. f5 Qg5 27. fxg6 f6 28. N5g4 Qxg6 29. Nc4 Rc7 30. Rfe1 Rg7 31. Nce3 Bd6 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. f3 Bf4 34. fxe4 Bd2 35. Re2 Qxf5 36. Nh6+ Bxh6 37. exf5 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Rc7 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Qd8 Re7 41. d5 c2 42. Rc1 Re2 43. Qxf6 Bc5+ 44. Kh2 Be3 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Rxc2 Rxc2 50. Qxc2 Bxd5 51. Qd3 {Essex Times - Saturday 26 August 1911 p.7} 1-0

[Event "Davos Platz vs Hastings Chess club"] [Site "Davos, Switzerland"] [Date "1911.08.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Weinstein, W. (Dr.)"] [Black "Wainwright, George Edward"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [Opening "KGD: classical, Soldatenkov variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Ne3 13. Nc4 Bb4+ 14. Nfd2 Qg5 15. g3 Bg4 16. Qf2 Ra6 17. c3 Rf6 18. Qg1 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Ra2 Rf3 22. d4 Re3+ 23. Kf2 Qf6+ 24. Kg2 Bxd2 {Essex Times - Saturday 26 August1911 p.7} 0-1

"He is almost certainly Dr .W Weinstein who was director of the Sanatorium Kaiserhof in Davos Platz."

Davos seems to have a number of sanitoria - must be the mountain air.

Great find.

The column in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer came to an end in 1910 and the 1911 tour was reported in various scattered British columns. There was probably limited local interest as a number of the players came from outside Sussex. Also the players were probably not accompanied by several local spectators as had happened for example in 1903. The European tours have been listed in OlimpBase as 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1923, but mention should also be made of the British tours in 1899, 1901, 1909 and 1920.

There is also a report of the Berne match in the Essex Times where the name of O'Hanlon's opponent is quite different from that given in the Northern Whig. So was it Yeraggen or Z'grogga?