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Isaac E Orchard
I E Orchard 
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Number of games in database: 31
Years covered: 1877 to 1898
Overall record: +16 -12 =3 (56.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ISAAC E ORCHARD
(born Dec-06-1853, died May-12-1908, 54 years old) United States of America

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Isaac Edward Orchard was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He first appeared on the national chess scene when he competed in the New York Clipper tournament of 1876. He finished 9th-10th out of 21 players. Notably, Orchard defeated the tournament winner James Mason. A man of varied interests in writing and music, Orchard was owner and editor of a musical magazine, "TONE", an editorial writer for the Atlanta Constitution, and took over as chess editor (previous chess editors of Orchard's column were: A. F. Wurm (1877-9), J. B. Redwine (1886-90) and S. M. Joseph (1890)) for the Atlanta Sunny South in 1891. He died suddenly in New York City at age 54.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  1-0271877Orchard - Wurm, 1st MatchC45 Scotch Game
2. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  0-1181877Orchard - WurmC59 Two Knights
3. I E Orchard vs A Wurm 0-1221877Orchard - WurmD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  ½-½301877Orchard - Wurm, 3rd MatchC01 French, Exchange
5. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  0-1291877Orchard - Wurm, 3rd MatchC45 Scotch Game
6. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  0-1481877Orchard - Wurm, 3rd MatchC45 Scotch Game
7. I E Orchard vs W J Berry  0-1321880Correspondence GameC51 Evans Gambit
8. I E Orchard vs J Thomson 1-0131881Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
9. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  0-1201883Wurm - OrchardC28 Vienna Game
10. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  0-1341883Wurm - OrchardC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
11. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  1-0351883Wurm - OrchardC14 French, Classical
12. I E Orchard vs A Wurm 1-0201883Living Chess ExhibitionC33 King's Gambit Accepted
13. I E Orchard vs R Proctor 1-0231885Casual gameC51 Evans Gambit
14. I E Orchard vs A Wurm 0-1241887Wurm - OrchardC54 Giuoco Piano
15. A Wurm vs I E Orchard 1-0271887Wurm - OrchardC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
16. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  ½-½371887Wurm - OrchardC45 Scotch Game
17. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  0-1391887Wurm - OrchardC70 Ruy Lopez
18. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  0-1481887Wurm - OrchardC48 Four Knights
19. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  ½-½571887Wurm - OrchardC70 Ruy Lopez
20. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  0-1611887Wurm - OrchardC30 King's Gambit Declined
21. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  1-0341887Wurm - OrchardC70 Ruy Lopez
22. I E Orchard vs C F Burille 1-0231888Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
23. I E Orchard vs A Wurm  1-0511888Wurm - OrchardB12 Caro-Kann Defense
24. A Wurm vs I E Orchard  1-0371888Wurm - OrchardC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
25. I E Orchard vs J M Hanham  1-0161890Casual gameC41 Philidor Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-07-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Just submitted this game, published in http://www.chessarch.com/excavation...

Isaac Edward Orchard - Richard A Proctor
Casual game Columbia, SC, 1885

<1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.b5 Na5 6.Nxe5 Qg5 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Ng4 h5 10.Ne3 Bxe3 11.dxe3 Qxg2 12.Rf1 Qxe4 13.Nc3 Qe5 14.Bb2 c6 15.Qd3 d5 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Qh7 Be6 18.Bxg7 Bf7 19.b6 axb6 20.f4 Nc4 21.Be5 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Raf8>


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And here the source ends with:

<23.Rxf7+ and wins>

Which is true. 23.Rxf7+ does win. It just doesn't win for White. After <23...Rxf7 24.Qxg8 Qxe5!>


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White is suddenly faced with the threats of 25...Qxe3+ followed by mate and 25...Qxa1+, and cannot parry them without losing material. One line: 25.0-0-0 Qa1+ 26.Kd2 Rf2+ 27.Ke1 Rf1+ 28.Kxf1 Qxd1+ followed by 29...Qxc2+ and 30...Qxa4. Oog!

A nice potential POTD spoiler. But the part I like is that <Richard A Proctor> was a noted astronomer of the time--but he lost this game because he didn't see far enough!

May-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Move 22 for black, presumably that's given as QR to KB1. Could be a transcription error.
May-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <offramp> I don't think that's the case here. After 22...Rgf8, White wouldn't have played 23.Rxf7+.

I checked the next few issues of the newspaper column and no correction was mentioned.

May-09-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: The remaining moves must have been of such childishly low quality that the editor groaned and sighed and whispered, "and white wins."

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