Joseph Henry Blake
Number of games in database: 35
Years covered: 1891 to 1926
Overall record: +11 -18 =6 (40.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Vienna Opening (10)      C28 C26 C27 C29 C25  Sicilian (4)      B83 B38 B41	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A46 D05 D02 E00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Blake vs Hooke, 1891 1-0
   Courel vs J Blake, 1904 0-1

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JOSEPH HENRY BLAKE (born Feb-03-1859, died Dec-11-1951) United Kingdom [what is this?] Joseph Henry Blake was born on the 3rd of February 1859 in Farnborough, England. He was British Correspondence Champion in 1922 and also finished 1st= in the British Championship of 1909 but lost the play-off. He passed away in Kingston-Upon-Thames in 1951.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Blake vs Hooke 1-0 12 1891 London - C41 Philidor Defense 2. J Blake vs J N Berger   0-1 49 1891 corr C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. A Skipworth vs J Blake   0-1 41 1892 Great Britain C26 Vienna 4. W Wayte vs J Blake   ½-½ 29 1893 Great Britain C26 Vienna 5. Deighton vs J Blake   1-0 16 1894 Cambridge C51 Evans Gambit 6. J Blake vs C Ranken   1-0 53 1894 Great Britain C26 Vienna 7. Courel vs J Blake 0-1 12 1904 ENG C33 King's Gambit Accepted 8. Lasker vs J Blake   1-0 26 1908 GBR tour sim C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 9. Blackburne vs J Blake   1-0 51 1909 Scarborough A00 Uncommon Opening 10. J Blake vs H Holmes   ½-½ 52 1909 Scarborough C27 Vienna Game 11. J Blake vs G Wainwright 1-0 18 1910 London (m/7) C25 Vienna 12. J Blake vs H E Atkins 0-1 16 1910 Bradford (m/2) C29 Vienna Gambit 13. J Blake vs Yates   0-1 39 1911 Glasgow C28 Vienna Game 14. B Leussen vs J Blake 1-0 19 1912 ENG-NED D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. J Blake vs B Leussen   1-0 24 1912 ENG-NED B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 16. C Schroeder vs J Blake 1-0 7 1912 Brooklyn A06 Reti Opening 17. B Siegheim vs J Blake   1-0 45 1922 Hastings 2223 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Rubinstein vs J Blake   1-0 42 1922 Hastings 2223 A56 Benoni Defense 19. J Blake vs G Tregaskis   1-0 20 1922 Weston C27 Vienna Game 20. J Blake vs Yates   1-0 37 1922 Hastings 2223 C28 Vienna Game 21. J Blake vs J Drewitt   ½-½ 36 1922 Hastings 2223 C26 Vienna 22. J A Seitz vs J Blake   0-1 38 1922 Major Open E00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. A G Conde vs J Blake   1-0 65 1922 Hastings 2223 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 24. J Blake vs G Norman   ½-½ 57 1922 Hastings 2223 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 25. J Blake vs Colle   1-0 38 1923 Hastings 2324 B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35

Dec-22-04    Benzol: Joesph Henry Blake Born 3rd February 1859 in Farnborough Died 11th December 1951 in Kingston-upon-Thames British correspondence champion in 1922 he also finished 1st= in the 1909 British championship but lost the playoff. Aug-01-05    WMD: Won the West of England Congress in 1922, ahead of Maroczy and Kostic. Feb-04-06    chessmaster pro: This guy makes me think of Joseph Henry Blackburne and might have even gotten the chance to play him. Feb-04-06    chessmaster pro: Yes, he did actually play Blackburne and a pretty good game at that 2 bad he lost though. Feb-03-07    BIDMONFA: Joseph Henry Blake Blake, Joseph H. http://www.bidmonfa.com/blake_josep... _ Aug-31-08    GrahamClayton: WMD, Blake also finished ahead of Thomas and Yates - not bad for a 63 year old! Sep-02-08    GrahamClayton: Source: Andy Soltis "Chess Lists", 2nd edition, McFarland Publishing, 2002

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