Battle of Britain Tournaments?

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Brian Denman
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Re: Battle of Britain Tournaments?

Post by Brian Denman » Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:17 pm

There was both a J B Hawson and a J B Howson.
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John Clarke
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Re: Battle of Britain Tournaments?

Post by John Clarke » Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:23 pm

Brian Denman wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:17 pm
 There was both a J B Hawson and a J B Howson.
They played each other at least once. You can find the score here, though it's hardly worth one's bother. (Howson won; no surprise there.)
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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Andy Stoker
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Re: Battle of Britain Tournaments?

Post by Andy Stoker » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:08 pm

Perkins doing well in an RAF tournament - nice to hear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YW4qKOAVM
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James Pratt
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Re: Battle of Britain Tournaments?

Post by James Pratt » Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:11 pm

The winners regularly appeared in the BCF Year Books of the time. Roland Payne, PC Girdlestone and even my friend Ken Wyld were amongst the prizes I think ..
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