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Percivale David Bolland

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C49		Four Knights (2 games)

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PERCIVALE DAVID BOLLAND (born 1888, died Mar-31-1950, 61 years old) United Kingdom [what is this?] Percivale Bolland was born in Worcestershire as the 7th of 8 children of clergyman William Ernest Bolland (1848-1919) from New Plymouth, New Zealand and Margaret Hill (1848-1922) from Madras, India. In 1911 he was a bank clerk in Beckenham, Kent. In 1916 he became second lieutenant, and 1917 captain in the UK Army Welsh Regiment. He was wounded in the war 1918, and became known as Capt. Bolland. He married in 1916 to Cicily Maud Butt (1889-1961) from USA, who came to England in 1892. They lived in Winscombe, Somerset, until his death at the Barrow Gurney Hospital* in 1950. Chess results: played in Bromley 1920, 5th in Margate C (?) 1923, 8th in Weston-super-Mare 1924 (+2 -5 =2), 5th in Hastings A 1924 (+2 -4 =1), 7th in Bromley C 1925 (+0 -4 =3), 3rd in Hastings B (?) 1925, 5th in Weston-super-Mare 1926 (+2 -3 =4), 1st in the West of England Championship 1948, and more in The British Chess Magazine. He wrote the book West of England Chess Championship 1947 (Burleigh Ltd, 1947). Main sources: online newspapers, church records and censuses, Gaige’s Index. *Wikipedia article: Barrow Hospital.

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Colle vs P D Bolland   0-1 30 1923 19th Kent CCA Congress - Section A D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 2. E Spencer vs P D Bolland   1-0 60 1924 Weston-super-Mare A04 Reti Opening 3. P D Bolland vs C Duffield   1-0 32 1924 Weston-super-Mare C55 Two Knights Defense 4. Znosko-Borovsky vs P D Bolland   1-0 40 1924 Weston-super-Mare C49 Four Knights 5. P D Bolland vs A J Mackenzie   ½-½ 77 1924 Weston-super-Mare C24 Bishop's Opening 6. P D Bolland vs J Drewitt   0-1 79 1924 Weston-super-Mare C42 Petrov Defense 7. G Thomas vs P D Bolland 1-0 54 1924 Weston-super-Mare C77 Ruy Lopez 8. J Blake vs P D Bolland   0-1 47 1924 Weston-super-Mare C26 Vienna 9. P D Bolland vs Euwe ½-½ 78 1924 Weston-super-Mare C49 Four Knights 10. P D Bolland vs G Wainwright   0-1 35 1924 Weston-super-Mare C55 Two Knights Defense 11. P D Bolland vs L Dewing 1-0 9 1924 Hastings 1924/25 C47 Four Knights 12. J A Seitz vs P D Bolland   ½-½ 66 1924 Hastings 1924/25 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 13. P D Bolland vs L Steiner   1-0 47 1924 Hastings 1924/25 C66 Ruy Lopez 14. Yates vs P D Bolland   1-0 44 1924 Hastings 1924/25 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. P D Bolland vs Maroczy   0-1 33 1924 Hastings 1924/25 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. R Michell vs P D Bolland   ½-½ 59 1925 Hastings 1924/25 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. P D Bolland vs H Price 0-1 72 1925 Hastings 1924/25 A07 King's Indian Attack 18. P D Bolland vs C Mansfield   1-0 29 1925 Weston-super-Mare - Bristol CC A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation 19. P D Bolland vs M E Goldstein   1-0 41 1926 Weston-super-Mare A38 English, Symmetrical 20. G Thomas vs P D Bolland   1-0 27 1926 Weston-super-Mare D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Colle vs P D Bolland   ½-½ 37 1926 Weston-super-Mare A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 22. P D Bolland vs Euwe 0-1 39 1926 Weston-super-Mare A16 English 23. P D Bolland vs J Blake   ½-½ 44 1926 Weston-super-Mare A12 English with b3 24. P D Bolland vs J Drewitt   ½-½ 46 1926 Weston-super-Mare C42 Petrov Defense 25. H Price vs P D Bolland   0-1 36 1926 Weston-super-Mare C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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Jan-23-24    stone free or die: The good Captain won a 33b simul game against Reti on April 3, 1923 - Reti's only loss (5 draws - Mrs. Holloway, J. Keeble, S. Hussain, H.O. Boger and H.S. Cox). Presumably this was one of the Margate extra events. Bolland's win involved an "ingenious swindle", though his was already winning. The Captain, Black, played 1...Rd7 <Reti (White) to move> click for larger view Reti fell into the trap after 2.Bxb6 then 2...Nd4 is crushing. <BCM v43 (1923) p158> Jan-23-24    stone free or die: I should mention that White has a drawing move in the diagram.

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