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Horace Curzon Plunkett

Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1874 to 1925
Overall record: +4 -4 =2 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HORACE CURZON PLUNKETT
(born Oct-24-1854, died Mar-26-1932, 77 years old) Ireland (federation/nationality United Kingdom)

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T May vs H C Plunkett ½-½4318742nd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. H C Plunkett vs Steinitz 1-0411875Simul, 13bC57 Two Knights
3. J Keynes vs H C Plunkett 1-01518753rd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
4. H C Plunkett vs J Keynes  0-14518753rd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC11 French
5. Steinitz vs H C Plunkett 0-1271876Casual gameC48 Four Knights
6. H C Plunkett vs J Keynes  1-03418764th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC25 Vienna
7. J Keynes vs H C Plunkett  ½-½2018775th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mC23 Bishop's Opening
8. H C Plunkett vs Zukertort 0-1181879First blindfold simulC49 Four Knights
9. H C Plunkett vs R Pearson  1-0161897Inter-Parliamentary cable mC33 King's Gambit Accepted
10. H C Plunkett vs R Barnett  0-1181925House of Commons vs Athenaeum Club matchC33 King's Gambit Accepted
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Aug-22-06  EmperorAtahualpa: Wow, who is this Plunkett? Only two of his games in this database and both are wins against no other than Steinitz himself! This shows that he didn't just make a lucky win the first time. This guy must have been quite a good player, but still these are his only games in the database and nobody else has kibitzed over here about him, so I guess he must be a very unknown player.

Interesting!

Dec-12-07  parmetd: I too was wondering especially since the wins are gorgeous.
Dec-13-07  pawn to QB4: Must be this chap: http://www.plunkett.co.uk/html/hist..., clearly wasting his time on politics, agriculture and so on instead of chess. I've been trying to find out what relation he was to Lord Dunsany the famous writer, who was once champion of Ireland.
Dec-13-07  parmetd: awesome find, thanks QB4
Dec-13-07  Calli: <pawn to QB4> Horace Curzon Plunkett,1854-1932 was the third son of the 16th Lord Dunsany. The writer/ chess player, Edward Plunkett, 1878-1957 was the 18th Lord Dunsany. Therefore, he was his uncle.
Dec-14-07  pawn to QB4: Thanks Calli. I see the biographies mention Capablanca vs Lord Dunsany, 1929, usually without mentioning that it was a simul. I'd be proud of a draw like that, but we now know he'd fallen short of the family's traditional standards against world champions.
Dec-14-07  whiteshark: Edward Winter wrote a special on "Lord Dunsany and Chess" last year: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Apr-30-13  thomastonk: Since <pawn to QB4>'s old link has moved to http://www.plunkett.co.uk/aboutus/h... (and is probably not that stable), I also add http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace....

For all who admire Sir Plunkett for his chess playing skills, I have small bad news: according to Bachmann's Steinitz biography (game no. 356) the game H C Plunkett vs Steinitz, 1874 was played in February 1874, in a simultaneous exhibition with 13 games

Apr-30-13  thomastonk: And Steinitz vs H C Plunkett, 1876 is probably from one of the following occasions: "Herr Steinitz paid the University a visit during the early part of February, and on the second of that month played a simultaneous blindfold match against 7 members of the University Chess Club. This contest took place at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall by the courteous consent of the Mayor of Oxford. Herr Steinitz won 4, lost 1, and the remaining 2 games were left unfinished; one of these would most probably have ended in favour of the blindfold player, while in the other he had the advantage of a Pawn ahead, and would have expected to draw at least. On the 3rd of February Herr Steinitz played simultaneously against all comers. He lost one game, drew another, and scored the rest. The single victor on both occasions was the Hon. Mr. Plunkett, a double event which says much for his skill."

Source: "The City of London Chess Magazine", Vol II, 1876, p 36.

Oct-24-16  TheFocus: You didn't just beat Steinitz twice unless you were good.

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