The chess games of Edward G Sergeant

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Edward G Sergeant

Number of games in database: 174
Years covered: 1896 to 1959

Overall record: +48 -73 =51 (42.7%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Ruy Lopez (34)
    C77 C84 C79 C72 C78
Sicilian (18)
    B45 B60 B43 B83 B29
Ruy Lopez, Closed (9)
    C84 C87 C91
Alekhine's Defense (6)
    B02 B03 B05
Caro-Kann (5)
    B18 B10 B15
French Defense (5)
    C14 C01 C11

With the Black pieces:

Orthodox Defense (31)
    D63 D60 D50 D61 D67
Ruy Lopez (17)
    C77 C84 C83 C71 C78
Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)
    C84 C86 C98
Vienna Opening (5)
    C29 C28 C26
Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    D04 D05 D00 D02
French Defense (4)
    C07 C17 C01 C14

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W C Palmer vs E G Sergeant, 1908 0-1
   J Mieses vs E G Sergeant, 1946 1/2-1/2
   J Mieses vs E G Sergeant, 1935 0-1
   A Gibaud vs E G Sergeant, 1919 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1929/30 (1929)
   Margate (1935)
   Hastings 1926/27 (1926)
   Hastings 1928/29 (1928)
   BCF-ch (1959)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1926/27 by suenteus po 147
   Margate 1935 by suenteus po 147
   Hastings 1929/30 by suenteus po 147

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EDWARD G SERGEANT (born Dec-03-1881, died Nov-16-1961, 79 years old) United Kingdom	[what is this?]
Edward Guthlac Sergeant was born in Crowland, England. He was London champion in 1951 and passed away in Kingston upon Thames in 1961. His cousin Philip W Sergeant also played chess. Wikipedia article: Edward Guthlac Sergeant

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Blackburne vs E G Sergeant	0-1	26	1896	Simul	C21 Center Game
2. Blackburne vs E G Sergeant	0-1	25	1899	Simul, 22b	C44 King's Pawn Game
3. A K Robinson vs E G Sergeant	½-½	49	1908	10th Anglo-American Cable Match	C77 Ruy Lopez
4. H E Atkins vs E G Sergeant	½-½	27	1908	BCF-ch 5th	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. E G Sergeant vs W Ward	0-1	45	1908	BCF-ch 5th	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
6. E G Sergeant vs Blackburne	0-1	25	1908	BCF-ch 5th	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
7. F Lee vs E G Sergeant	0-1	28	1908	BCF-ch 5th	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. A J Mackenzie vs E G Sergeant	0-1	42	1908	BCF-ch 5th	D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
9. E G Sergeant vs J H Blake	½-½	48	1908	BCF-ch 5th	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
10. E G Sergeant vs H Shoosmith	0-1	26	1908	BCF-ch 5th	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. W C Palmer vs E G Sergeant	0-1	28	1908	BCF-ch 5th	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
12. R Lean vs E G Sergeant	1-0	30	1908	BCF-ch 5th	B20 Sicilian
13. E G Sergeant vs Gunsberg	½-½	56	1908	BCF-ch 5th	C28 Vienna Game
14. R P Michell vs E G Sergeant	0-1	42	1908	BCF-ch 5th	D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
15. S Mlotkowski vs E G Sergeant	0-1	62	1909	11th Anglo-American Cable Match	C44 King's Pawn Game
16. H E Atkins vs E G Sergeant	1-0	35	1909	BCF-ch 6th	C66 Ruy Lopez
17. H Baudet vs E G Sergeant	½-½	19	1910	London CC - Dutch Chess Fed	C49 Four Knights
18. W Allnutt vs E G Sergeant	0-1	43	1912	City of London CC ch	C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
19. E G Sergeant vs L Gans	0-1	21	1912	ENG-NED m	C67 Ruy Lopez
20. L Gans vs E G Sergeant	1-0	35	1912	ENG-NED m	C78 Ruy Lopez
21. E G Sergeant vs T Germann	1-0	46	1918	28th City of London Club Ch playoff	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. T Germann vs E G Sergeant	0-1	37	1918	28th City of London Club Ch playoff	C29 Vienna Gambit
23. E G Sergeant vs A Speijer	½-½	21	1919	Hastings Minor	C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
24. H E Price vs E G Sergeant	0-1	13	1919	Hastings Minor	D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
25. A Gibaud vs E G Sergeant	0-1	19	1919	Hastings Minor	C77 Ruy Lopez


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Sep-13-08		myschkin: . . . According to Bill Wall he was a civil servant, like other chess masters e.g. Oldrich Duras , Wilhelm Hanstein or Philip Stuart Milner-Barry .

Dec-03-08		brankat: The Bio says he was London Champion in 1951. At the age of 70!? R.I.P. Mr.E.G.Sergeant.

Apr-15-10		morphyesque: Bruce Hayden wrote an appreciation of E G Sergeant in the March 1962 issue of the B.C.M. Edward Guthlac Sergeant had only retired three months (before his death) from his life's work at the Inland Revenue where he had been awarded the O.B.E. mainly for his textbook "Sergeant On Stamp Duties" which at the time had been a standard reference book.He was born on 3rd December 1881 at Gateshead, Co.Durham.His cousin P.W.Sergeant is most famously remembered for his books of collected games of Rudolph Charousek & Paul Morphy.He played in the British Championship held in London in 1907 where at the age of 25 he tied for second place with J.H.Blackburne, R.P.Michell and G.E.Wainwright.Sergeant apparantly never lost a single league match game during the seven years he played for the Metropolitan chess club.He was not quite up to the great H.E.Atkins standard for in the following year, 1908 at Tunbridge Wells, he could only finish in 7th position with 5 1/2 out of 11 (this was in the days before chess professionals predominated.)Hayden finished his obituary quoting a lovely game EGS played as black against the Rev.W.C.Palmer.It is a Q.G.D.(Pillsbury Attack)in which EGS gives up a pawn for the initiative and ends up with a Q.sac at move 26 mating white at move 28 with a rook.A truly splendid game!

Aug-31-10		Dredge Rivers: Any relation to Sgt. Rock?

Jan-07-12		timhortons: no, sgt pepper.

Nov-17-13		RedShield: Good luck correctly pronouncing his middle name.

Nov-19-13		JonDSouzaEva: St. Guthlac came from Crowland, where Sergeant was born (he was not born in Gateshead). See http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/... As for the pronunciation - I would go for something like "goothlark", but without much emphasis on the "r".

Jul-28-15		morfishine: One thing I like about E G Sergeant is he seemed to never stop getting better. In his early days, he lost a number of "shorties" to admittedly, upper-tier players. But as the years went on, the short losses dropped in frequency and wins became more common as well as draws against the very best

Jul-28-15		zanzibar: He is pictured in a 1925 club group photograph here: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/arc... (Scroll down to 2nd picture - Middlesex County Team - English Champions 1925)

Jul-29-15		morfishine: <zanzibar> Great Photo(s)! The 1st photo is priceless

Jul-29-15		zanzibar: Of course, thx to John Saunders for everything on his site.

Dec-03-16		TheFocus: Happy birthday, Edward Sergeant.

Aug-07-18		Nosnibor: He also competed in the 1960 British Championship at almost 79 years of age and after 6 rounds stood with 1 win and five draws.Tiredness then seems to have set in has he lost his next four games and had a draw in the final round.

Sep-20-19		Jean Defuse: ... see - English Chess Forum: https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi... ...

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