British Championship Chester 1914

[John Saunders]

Nice work, Gerard. I've added these two games to the BritBase.info collection for the 1914 British Championship. Thankfully, when copying and pasting the PGN, I managed to spot your deliberate error just in time - Cox-Stuchbery was 0-1.

[Gerard Killoran]

Nice work, Gerard. I've added these two games to the BritBase.info collection for the 1914 British Championship. Thankfully, when copying and pasting the PGN, I managed to spot your deliberate error just in time - Cox-Stuchbery was 0-1.

In the words of the great, and now free, Britney Spears, 'Oops I did it again!'

[Tim Harding]

The best source (apart from The Field) that I found for Chester 1914 was Jacob Schumer's column in the Saturday Westminster Gazette, one of the few that didn't end when war broke out. He was a competitor in Chester of course.

One of the Chester papers I read in the old British Newspaper Library (I forget which now) had absolutely zero on the chess congress. War dominated its pages.

[Gerard Killoran]

Another bumper crop from The Cork Weekly News

[Event "BCF-ch 11th First Class"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1914.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Norman, George Marshall"] [Black "Beamish, Ferdinand Uniacke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C29"] [Opening "Vienna gambit: Kaufmann variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bc5 8. Bf4 c6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Qe1 Na6 12. Qg3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 f5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc7 18. Rh3 g6 19. e6 h5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qf6 Kh7 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Be3 Qg7 24. Qg5 Nc7 25. Rh3 Rh8 26. Rf1 Nxe6 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qxf5 Re8 30. Rf3 Rxh2 31. a3 Rxg2 32. Qh3 Qg6 33. Rf6 Qxc2+ {Cork Weekly News - Saturday 12 September 1914 p.8} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 11th First Class"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1914.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stevenson, Rufus Henry Streatfield"] [Black "Beamish, Ferdinand Uniacke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Danish gambit"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 c6 12. f5 Bc8 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rf3 Re8 16. Qc2 f6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be6 Nb6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Raf1 Rac8 21. Qb3 cxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. Rh3 Bxe6 24. dxe6 d5 25. Rc3 Rec8 26. Rfc1 g6 27. g4 Kg7 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Rxc7+ Rxc7 30. Rxc7+ Qxc7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Na4 33. c4 dxc4 34. Nxc4 Kf8 35. Nd6 Nc5 36. Kf3 a6 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 {Cork Weekly News - Saturday 26 September 1914 p.8} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 11th Major Open"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1914.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Palmer, Edward Davidson"] [Black "Addey, Ronald George Dixon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann defence"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h5 Bxf4 13. hxg6 h6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Qe2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bf5 Qd6 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qh3 Nxg6 20. Qh5 Kf7 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Rh3 Qf6 23. Bxg6+ Qxg6 24. Qxe5 Qxg4 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Qxg7+ Ke6 27. Rg6+ Kf5 28. Qf7+ Ke5 29. Qe6# {Cork Weekly News - Saturday 03 October 1914 p.8} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 11th Major Open"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1914.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Addey, Ronald George Dixon"] [Black "O'Hanlon, John James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66/02"] [Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence (Bd3 line)"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 Qb6 14. Qc2 g6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. e4 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qa7 20. e5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxg5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f4 Bh6 25. Ne7+ {Cork Weekly News - Saturday 10 October 1914 p.3} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 11th Major Open"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1914.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Addey, Ronald George Dixon"] [Black "Watts, William Henry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence (5.e3)"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O c5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. f4 cxd4 18. exd4 Rfd8 19. f5 Qb6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxf7 Bxf5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Kh1 Bb8 24. d5 Bg4 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. g3 Bxd1 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qxf6+ Ke8 30. dxe6 Qc6+ 31. Kg1 Ba7+ 32. Kf1 Qh1# {Cork Weekly News - Saturday 24 October 1914 p.9} 0-1

[Gerard Killoran]

There is an interesting biography of R. G. Dixon Addey here

https://jenjen999.wordpress.com/ronald- ... 1882-1956/

[John Saunders]

Thanks, Gerard. I've added the games to the 1914 British Championship page at BritBase and put in a link to the Addey biographical info.