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Barker and Marshall
In the previous post Malcolm Barker, Sean had queried Barker’s attribution of a photograph of him in play against Walter Marshall (and being watched by Sir George Thomas and W. Ritson Morry) to the 1949 Glorney Cup, because the contemporary newspaper reports had … Continue reading
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Malcolm Barker
In the previous post, I said I would have more to say about the English player Malcolm Neil Barker, who played in the 1949 Glorney Cup. He was British Boys’ Champion three times, starting in 1949, and also played in … Continue reading
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Littleton at the 1969 Praia da Rocha Zonal
In his post on the high quality photograph of Michael Littleton playing at the World Championship Zonal at The Hague in 1966, Sean pointed out the much improved result Littleton achieved in the following World Championship qualifying process at the 1969 Zonal at … Continue reading
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Michael Littleton
Attribution: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons A recent thread at the English Chess Forum pointed out that a large collection of high-quality chess photographs from the Dutch National Archive has recently been made available via Wikimedia Commons. … Continue reading
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Irish Championship 1949
Following up on the last two posts, a full report on the Irish Championship 1949 has been added to the tournament sections here, including all 7 of Paddy Kennedy’s games. These games and the two in the previous posts make … Continue reading
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Kennedy – Heelan, Sexton Cup 1948
As David remarked in the last post, very few of Paddy Kennedy’s games survive. I wasn’t aware of any other than his games from the 1949 Irish championship before seeing David’s discovery, but the post prompted me to check other … Continue reading
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Paddy Kennedy correspondence game
We have previously posted about Patrick Brendan Kennedy’s victory in the 1949 Irish Championship. As that article pointed out, all seven of his games from that event are in the ICU database, but beyond those very few others appear to … Continue reading
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Irish championship players, updated
The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to include the 2019 championship: see the full list in descending order of number of championships played, and the same in alphabetical order. All players from the first Irish championship in … Continue reading
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Horace Curzon Plunkett and the Oxford-Cambridge matches
Horace Curzon Plunkett played for Oxford University in four Oxford v. Cambridge ‘Varsity’ matches, in the years 1874 to 1877. The very first such match had been held in 1873, at the invitation and venue of the City of London … Continue reading
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Horace Plunkett and the Parliamentary Cable Match, 1897
In 1897, the British House of Commons played a challenge match by cable against the U.S. House of Representatives. The top two boards on the House of Commons side were filled by players from Irish constituencies: the then Hon. Horace … Continue reading
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