Joseph Blackburne vs William C Smith (1911)

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Joseph Blackburne vs William C Smith
Simul, 17b (1911) (exhibition), Truro ENG, Dec-01
King's Gambit: Panteldakis Countergambit. Shirazi Line (C30) · 1-0

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Mar-29-24		Sally Simpson: This game is not the greatest game I've put forward on this site however we are more interested in where the score of it came from. Bob Jones in CHESS June 2018 mentions a colleague of his who had purchased a leather Dexter folding chess set (made between 1901 and 1910) in a 2nd hand shop. This a picture of one https://guylyonschess.co.uk/wp-cont... You will see there is a compartment for score sheets etc. When he got home he noticed inside there was a scoresheet (this game, Black was given as W.C. Smith) and a newspaper cutting. The cutting is 'probably' from the 'Western Morning News' who report Blackburne gave a two simultaneous displays in Cornwall, one in Redruth but the bad weather kept people away and only a handful turned up and one simultaneous in Truro. Bob then did a bit of research and the 1911 census reveals a likely candidate. William C. Smith, 73 years old and a retired farmer living in Budock, approx six miles south of Truro.

Mar-29-24		MissScarlett: Does the 1910 date come from the scoresheet, the cutting or both?

Mar-29-24		Sally Simpson: Hi, that is what I was looking for in the article. It does not say where the date came from. Bob give as the game header. Truro, (simul) C. 1910. (c for circa I assume). I checked before I submitted what I could find with my limited access to newspapers (my free credit ran out ages ago) and I did find (it took me ages to find it again.) ... ask Mr J H Blackburne visit Cornwall and and play Truro Redruth Published: Friday 10 November 1911 Newspaper: St. Ives Weekly Summary County: Cornwall, England That is all I could see. It says 1911 and the event could have taken place in 1912 as it dated November. but I went with Bob, as he had seen the score sheet and cutting though as I said, he mentions 'probably' is the 'Western Morning News.' (it could have been a 2nd visit to make up for the poor showing in the first one.) We have so little on Blackburne's simultaneous activity in 1909 - 1912. We know he was there, Be good if we could nail for sure when he was in Truro and Redruth which are 11 miles apart.

Mar-30-24		MissScarlett: Cornish Echo, Friday, December 8th 1911, p.8: <Mr. Blackburn [sic], the British chess master, gave an exhibition of simultaneous play at Redruth on Thursday, and at Truro on Friday. On the former occasion he encountered twelve players, defeating eleven, only Mr. Jenkin, the Cornish Cup holder, securing a draw. At Truro, seventeen players were met, the master scoring twelve wins, the Revs. W. E. Graves and A. Leakey, Messrs. H. Tresidder and C. R. Trethewey, and Capt. Marrack drawing.>

Mar-30-24		Sally Simpson: Excellent, that must be it, the low turn out at Redruth. so it was 1911. Mr Jenkin must be C. E. T. Jenkin who won the Cornish Cup in 1910 and 1911. https://www.cornwallchess.org.uk/ht... I see Mickey Adams won that a few times (it is now called 'The Emigrant Cup' ) The Rev. Leakey rang some kind of bell. Whilst fishing about for more details I found a Blackburne blindfold game not here from the 'The Cambrian' Swansea. October 9th 1896. v a Gilbert Varley very possibly this lad, the dates match. Gilbert Varley I'll submit it later today. I'm off to watch the football. (a foot and ball game played on grass.) 'The Cambrian' https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cym...

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