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William Gunston
W Gunston 
Wikimedia: Cleveland Public Library.  

Number of games in database: 96
Years covered: 1879 to 1929
Overall record: +34 -45 =17 (44.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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WILLIAM GUNSTON
(born Sep-09-1856, died Jan-25-1941, 84 years old) United Kingdom

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William Hewison Gunston was born in London, England. He was British Correspondence Champion in 1924 and 1928. He passed away in King's Lynn in 1941.

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 96  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Gunston vs W M Gattie  1-04818797th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC77 Ruy Lopez
2. W M Gattie vs W Gunston 0-13818808th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
3. W Gunston vs W M Gattie  1-02618808th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC48 Four Knights
4. J Blake vs W Gunston  1-0481889Dublin Evening Mail corrC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
5. F Elson vs W Gunston 0-1141890corrC22 Center Game
6. W Gunston vs H W Trenchard ½-½301890Cambridge Univ - British CC mC67 Ruy Lopez
7. G Wainwright vs W Gunston  0-1421890Cambridge CCAC25 Vienna
8. J Blake vs W Gunston  0-1341890Cambridge CCAC77 Ruy Lopez
9. W Gunston vs H W Trenchard  ½-½611890Cambridge CCAC67 Ruy Lopez
10. W Gunston vs A B Skipworth  1-0321890Cambridge CCAC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
11. Mason vs W Gunston  1-04418906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC77 Ruy Lopez
12. Mackenzie vs W Gunston  1-05518906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC25 Vienna
13. W Gunston vs E Schallopp  ½-½3718906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC77 Ruy Lopez
14. W Gunston vs Tarrasch 0-12918906th BCA Congress, ManchesterD04 Queen's Pawn Game
15. Taubenhaus vs W Gunston  1-02918906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC25 Vienna
16. F J Lee vs W Gunston  ½-½5718906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC46 Three Knights
17. Tinsley vs W Gunston  1-04218906th BCA Congress, ManchesterD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. von Scheve vs W Gunston 1-02818906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
19. W Gunston vs O Mueller 1-03818906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC67 Ruy Lopez
20. Gunsberg vs W Gunston 0-13318906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC46 Three Knights
21. W Gunston vs C Locock  1-02418906th BCA Congress, ManchesterC45 Scotch Game
22. W Gunston vs H Atkins  ½-½311895Cambridge University CC Seniors - Juniors mC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
23. F Elwell vs W Gunston  1-0301896Southern Counties Chess Union chC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
24. H Atkins vs W Gunston  1-0251896Southern Counties Chess Union chC45 Scotch Game
25. H Atkins vs W Gunston 1-0191897Southern Counties Chess Union Class I tC49 Four Knights
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-02-05  Benzol: William Hewison Gunston
Born 9th September 1856 in London
Died 25th January 1941 in King's Lynn
He was British Correspondence champion in 1924 and 1928.
May-12-05  gothenburg: Does anyone have the game Gunston-Atkins from "The Leeds Mercury"? It starts 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7 3.d4 g6
Sep-09-09  Amarande: Black in R C Griffith vs W H Gunston, 1902 ?
Sep-09-09  WhiteRook48: happy birthday
Jan-09-10  gothenburg: The game Gunston-Atkins is still awaiting enlightenment! Any Gurus ?
Oct-01-10
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  GrahamClayton: Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
Sep-09-12  sfm: Ah! Correspondence chess in the good old days before computers and internet, so eagerly waiting for the postman to see if he brought a reply.

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