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Arthur Simons

Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1846 to 1854
Overall record: +2 -17 =1 (12.5%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ARTHUR SIMONS
(born Apr-02-1823, 202 years old) United Kingdom
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Arthur Joseph Simons, son of a silk mercer.

Last updated: 2020-09-21 15:20:41

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Simons vs A Mongredien		0-1	16	1846	Casual game	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. E Lowe vs A Simons		1-0	33	1849	Ries' Divan Tournament	A03 Bird's Opening
3. A Simons vs E Lowe		0-1	7	1849	Ries' Divan Tournament	B20 Sicilian
4. Bird vs A Simons		1-0	50	1850	Bird - Simons	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
5. A Simons vs Bird		0-1	28	1850	Bird - Simons	C60 Ruy Lopez
6. A Simons vs Bird		0-1	27	1850	Bird - Simons	C01 French, Exchange
7. A Simons vs Bird		0-1	45	1850	Bird - Simons	C60 Ruy Lopez
8. Anderssen vs A Simons		1-0	27	1851	Casual game	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
9. A Simons vs F Deacon		1-0	59	1852	Casual game	C41 Philidor Defense
10. Lowenthal vs A Simons		1-0	53	1853	Casual game	C50 Giuoco Piano
11. A Simons vs S Boden		0-1	28	1853	Casual game	C23 Bishop's Opening
12. S Boden vs A Simons		0-1	48	1853	Casual game	C23 Bishop's Opening
13. A Simons vs S Boden		0-1	22	1853	Casual game	C25 Vienna
14. A Simons vs Harrwitz		0-1	36	1853	Odds game (Pf7)	000 Chess variants
15. A Simons vs Harrwitz		0-1	17	1853	Odds game (Pf7)	000 Chess variants
16. A Simons vs S Boden		½-½	48	1853	Casual game	C41 Philidor Defense
17. A Simons vs S Boden		0-1	48	1853	Casual game	C23 Bishop's Opening
18. E Williams vs A Simons		1-0	27	1854	Casual game	C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
19. A Simons vs E Williams		0-1	30	1854	Casual game	C01 French, Exchange
20. A Simons vs E Williams		0-1	39	1854	Casual game	C51 Evans Gambit


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Dec-19-13		thomastonk: It can easily be verified that the 19th century player's forename is Arthur. I have seen also one source with the additional initial R, i.e. <Arthur R. Simons>. In 1853 his address was 10, Leicester Square (maybe this helps someone).

Sep-21-20		Tabanus: Based on 10 Leicester Square, the <R.> can't be right .. 1823: <Arthur Joseph> born Apr: 2, William & Elizabeth <Simons>, Leicester Square, Silk mercer (Church of England Births and Baptisms, St Anne Westminster Middlesex) 1841 census Leicester Sqre 10 & 11 (St Anne Soho Middlesex): Willm <Simons>, 53, Silk mercer, Elizth Simons, 45, Eliza 20, Maria 14, <Arthur J> 15, + a shopwoman, two milliners, etc. 1851 census <10 Leicester Sq>, Saint Anne, Westminster (Middlesex): Elizabeth <Simons>, Head, Widow, 57, Milliner employing 3 persons, <Arthur>, Son, 27, At home in Bas-----; Mary, Daughter, 29, Maria, Daughter, 24, and 3 servants/milliners assistants. 1853: Letters from <Arthur Simons, 10 Leicester Square>, in British Chess Review, Vol. I, pp. 251-254. 1854: <As no reply has been received from this man Simons; or, from what we can hear of him, is ever likely to be, ...> (Chess Player's Chronicle, Vol. 15, p. 89) 1854: <Arthur Joseph Simons>, Tobacconist in Murray Street, father's name William Simons (deceased) Silk Mercer, married 6 Dec 1854 in St John, Hoxton, Hackney to Catherine Mary Ann Wells (Church of England Marriages and Banns) 1859: <Deaths ... On the 25th Oct., at Port of Spain, Trinidad, Catherine Mary Anne, wife of Arthur Simons, and second daughter of the late Fredick. John Wells, of North Down, aged 27.> (Morning Advertiser, 2 December 1859, p. 8) 1866: <Deaths ... On the 26th April, at St. Vincent, West Indies, aged 36, Ann Frances, wife of Arthur Simons, and eldest daughter of the late Frederick John Wells, of Northdown, near Margate; alaso, on the same date, her infant son, aged 3 days.> (The Canterbury Journal and Farmers' Gazette, 16 June 1866, p. 4) After this, having lost two wives (which were sisters) and one child in 6 years, he disappears. (There are many Arthur Simons's.) He may have stayed in the West Indies, left for US or elsewhere, or (more likely) returned to England. In the latter case, here are two candidates: 1888 "Arthur J. Simmons", buried 9 June 1888 in Southwark, London. (UK Burial and Cremation Index) 1889 "Arthur J. Simons", buried 4 March 1889 in Southwark, London. (UK Burial and Cremation Index)*

Sep-21-20		MissScarlett: I've sort of forgotten now why I was interested in him. Pretty sure it had something, pro or contra, to do with Howard Staunton.

Sep-21-20		Tabanus: <Miss> Mr. Simons was trusted a sum of 25 pounds in connection with a 2nd match Staunton - Harrwitz. Not sure if he ever returned the money. I did not understand the details, which may deserve some scruriny.

Sep-21-20		MissScarlett: That's right - he was acting on Staunton's behalf in the match negotiations. But with regard to the £25, I believe he was the accuser not the accused. Although I note your 1854 <CPC> note.

Sep-21-20		Tabanus: <he was acting on Staunton's behalf in the match negotiations.> Hard to believe when you read his very negative comments about Staunton in Bell's Life 1852 & 1853.

Sep-21-20		MissScarlett: I may have confused him with Edgar Sheppard.

Sep-22-20		Tabanus: https://books.google.no/books?redir..., Chess Player's Chronicle, Vol. 15, p. 82: <That letter (a copy of it) I now inclose, together with one of a later date, in which Mr. Harrwitz announces that he has made a deposit of £25 in the hands of Mr. A. Simons, and an acknowledgment from the latter (to Mr. Brien) that he has received the said amount.> (letter from Edgar Sheppard dated 19 Nov. 1853)

Sep-22-20		Tabanus: If I understand it right (which I doubt), Staunton and Harrwitz would pay a depositum of £100 each to the referee Mr. Lewis. They first payed £25 each (to Mr. Brien and Mr. Simons, who would hand the money over to Mr. Lewis), with the condition that the one responsible for cancelling the match would not get the £25 back. Brien asked Simons to give the £25 to Lewis, but got no reply.

Apr-12-23		MissScarlett: Belated congratulations on your 200th birthday!

Jul-26-25		WilhelmThe2nd: Possibly this is him: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...

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