| Sep-07-04 | | mjk: This is rather unkind, but do you suppose this guy is really N.N.? |
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| May-27-09 | | Sem: A meagre stub for a man who beat the great Lasker. Herbert Trenchard took some prizes in British tournaments, and participated in the famous Kaiser-Jubilaeumsturnier, Vienna 1898, won by Tarrsch and Pillsbury. Trenchard finished 19th. |
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| Jul-05-09 | | whiteshark: <Sem: <Trenchard finished 19th.>> i.e. last. Crosstable, pictures, games.--> http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa... |
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| Jul-18-09 | | Sem: <whiteshark> thanks. How I would have loved to bring up the rear, having beaten Lasker! |
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Jul-18-09
 | | keypusher: <Sem> Lasker didn't play at Vienna 1898. I assume this was a casual game? Lasker vs H W Trenchard, 1890 |
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Sep-02-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is a nice attacking game by Trenchard:
[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trenchard, Herbert William"]
[Black "Mocatta, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 ♘f6 5. dxe4 ♗c5 6. ♗b5+ c6 7. dxc6 ♕a5+ 8. ♘c3 bxc6 9. ♗d3 ♘g4 10. ♘h3 O-O 11. ♕e2 ♕b6 12. ♗d2 ♕xb2 13. ♖b1 ♕a3 14. ♖b3 ♕a5 15. f5 ♘e5 16. ♘f4 ♘a6 17. ♘cd5 ♕xa2 18. ♘f6+ gxf6 19. ♕h5 ♕a1+ 20. ♔e2 ♕xh1 21. ♗c4 ♕g1 22. ♖g3+ ♔h8 23. ♘g6+ fxg6 24. ♕xh7+ ♔xh7 25. ♖h3+ ♔g7 26. ♗h6+ 1-0 |
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| Sep-02-10 | | Nosnibor: Whiteshark. According to the official records Trenchard did not finish last.In 20th place was Schwarz on 0 points having lost his first 19 games ( not quite as bad as Colonel Moreau!).He defaulted all of his remaining 19 games on the second double round of the event. |
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| Sep-02-10 | | whiteshark: <Nosnibor> Thanks for pointing out. Indeed, Adolf Schwarz withdrew after playing 8 games. I think there is a rule or a habit that leaving a tournament in the first half leads to a cancellation of all results and a delisting in the crosstable.
So here 19th place seems to be the last place. |
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| Sep-02-10 | | Nosnibor: Whiteshark. I agree that those rules apply now but not in 1898.My score table is taken from Maroczy`s best games (German edition) |
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| Sep-02-10 | | whiteshark: <Nosnibor>
http://www.endgame.nl/wien.htm says "<The aging Schwarz left the tournament during round eight. His games were cancelled at the end of the first cycle.>" <cancelled> is the key word. I'd guess Maroczy's biographer was 'over-accurately' here. |
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Apr-09-17
 | | MissScarlett: The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, April 17th 1934, p.6: <CHESS STAR RECLUSE
Mr Herbert William Trenchard, formerly an international chess player - he once took part in a chess match played by cable between England and Australia [sic] - has died at the National Liberal Club, aged 76. Mr Trenchard, who had lived a secluded life at the club for 40 years, was managing director of John G, Webb and Company, Limited, mineral water manufacturers, of Bond Street, Vauxhall, London, and little is known of his history or relatives.> |
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| Jul-10-17 | | zanzibar: Winter has a nice photo of him, C.N. 9643, but it's unsourced. Does anybody know where the photo of him is from, or know of any other photos? . |
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Aug-22-20
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<Mr. Herbert William Trenchard, of The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London, S.W., barrister-at-law, a former well-known chess player, who represented England in international matches 30 years ago, and who died on April 15, leaving £38,633, with net personalty of £38,541, left:-<£500 to the National Liberal Club in trust for the purchase of books for the Gladstone Library, and desired the trustees not to expend the income in the purchase of novels or works of fiction within 10 years of their first publication and as far as possible to purchase second-hand books which have been slightly used.>> Dying with the modern-equivalent of over £2 million in assets, yet still concerned with value for money from beyond the grave. It's not clear if the <Yorkshire Post> published this titbit in mockery or else in sheer awe of the niggardliness. |
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