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Harold Cole

Number of games in database: 30
Years covered: 1910 to 1919
Overall record: +13 -13 =4 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HAROLD COLE
(born 1879, died Jan-27-1922, 42 years old) United Kingdom

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Harold Godfrey Cole

Last updated: 2025-01-29 13:58:11

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H G Cole vs P Gibbs  1-0261910Essex County chB32 Sicilian
2. L B Meyer vs H G Cole  1-062191113th Anglo-American Cable MatchC77 Ruy Lopez
3. H Erskine vs H G Cole 1-0211912British Chess Magazine corr tD05 Queen's Pawn Game
4. H G Cole vs H Baudet  1-0351912ENG-NED mC87 Ruy Lopez
5. H Baudet vs H G Cole  ½-½371912ENG-NED mC29 Vienna Gambit
6. H B Uber vs H G Cole 1-0441912British ChampionshipD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
7. H G Cole vs A West  1-0301912British ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
8. W Gibson vs H G Cole  0-1241912British ChampionshipD05 Queen's Pawn Game
9. H G Cole vs R Griffith  1-0311912British ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
10. R Griffith vs H G Cole  1-0351912Middlesex - Essex m; SCU chD00 Queen's Pawn Game
11. H G Cole vs Ed Lasker  ½-½361913City of London CC chC77 Ruy Lopez
12. H G Cole vs W Ward  1-0411913City of London CC chC41 Philidor Defense
13. G Thomas vs H G Cole  1-0551913City of London CC chC49 Four Knights
14. R Walker vs H G Cole  0-1381913City of London CC chC54 Giuoco Piano
15. R Loman vs H G Cole  0-1271913City of London CC chC88 Ruy Lopez
16. H G Cole vs Ed Lasker  ½-½601913Cole - Lasker mC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. Ed Lasker vs H G Cole  0-1551913Cole - Lasker mD02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. H G Cole vs Ed Lasker  ½-½331913Cole - Lasker mC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
19. Ed Lasker vs H G Cole  0-1321913Cole - Lasker mC48 Four Knights
20. Capablanca vs H G Cole 0-1451913Simul, 28bC60 Ruy Lopez
21. H G Cole vs Ed Lasker  1-0601913Cole - Lasker mB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
22. M Marchand vs H G Cole 1-0521919HastingsC48 Four Knights
23. H G Cole vs A G Conde 0-1571919HastingsC77 Ruy Lopez
24. H G Cole vs Capablanca 0-1321919HastingsC66 Ruy Lopez
25. Kostic vs H G Cole  1-0351919HastingsA46 Queen's Pawn Game
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Aug-26-08  myschkin: . . .

English player <Harold Godfrey Cole> (1879 - 1922)

Bio + < H. G. Cole vs. John O'Hanlon > (1907), annotated Δ

http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/tim...

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstra... *

* maybe this is related/can't open the archive

Aug-09-15
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  MissScarlett: <We regret exceedingly to have to announce the death, on February 2nd, of Mr. H. G. Cole, at one time one of the most promising players in this country. As a boy he showed remarkably good form and he soon made a mark in London chess. In 1907 he went over to Ostend, to compete in the Amateur Tournament, and carried off fifth prize with a score of 12J out of 18, losing only one game, to G. Shories, the winner of the tournament. In 1911 Cole was selected to play for England in the cable match, losing to L. B. Meyer on the tenth board. In 1912 he competed in the British Championship at Richmond, tieing for second and third places with F. D. Yates, R. C. Griffith being first. Cole beat Griffith and drew with Yates, losing but one game, to H. B. Uber. Of recent years he did not quite maintain this form, being obviously handicapped by indifferent health. He died after an operation, but so unexpectedly that he had been listed to play for the Metropolitan in a League match on the very day of his death.>

BCM obituary, 1922, p.??

Aug-11-15  zanzibar: <BCM v42 N3 (March 1922) p85>
Feb-23-23  Nosnibor: I intend to submit one of the very last games Cole played in the next day or so.
Feb-24-23  Nosnibor: The following game was played in a friendly match between the Hastings Chess Club and the Leicestershire Chess Club on the 25th May 1921. It was hosted by the Leicestershire Club and a dinner was provided for all players paid for by Doctor H. Mason the President of the Leicestershire Club. The match was won by the host club 6-4.Atkins on top board beating R.C.Griffith. On board 2 H.G.Cole was White against V.H.Lovell Ruy Lopez C63 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Qg3 Qd6 11.d3 0-0 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Rae1 Rf6 15.Re2 Qf8 16.Nd1 Rg6 17.Qa4 Qf3 0-1
Jan-29-25  DataFly: It is unlikely that the date of death given by the BCM, 2nd February, 1922, is correct, as he was buried on the 1st February. His probate gives a date of 27th January, 1922. See: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/p...

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