The chess games of William Viner

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William Viner

Number of games in database: 25
Years covered: 1897 to 1932
Overall record: +16 -7 =2 (68.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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WILLIAM VINER
(born Dec-05-1881, died Mar-27-1933, 51 years old) Australia
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William Samuel Viner won the Australian Championship in 1906, 1912, 1913 and 1924 and the New Zealand Championship in 1907. He was the father of Phillip Viner.
Wikipedia article: William Samuel Viner

Last updated: 2019-05-22 15:53:16

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J Stevenson vs W Viner		0-1	31	1897	Bathurst versus Broken Hill telegraph match	B20 Sicilian
2. W H Jonas vs W Viner		1-0	32	1899	Sydney School of Arts Club Championship	B32 Sicilian
3. W Viner vs J Hilton		1-0	21	1900	WA-ch	C49 Four Knights
4. W W Farrington vs W Viner		0-1	18	1900	WA-ch	C45 Scotch Game
5. W Viner vs W Siebenhaar		0-1	32	1900	WA-ch	C59 Two Knights
6. W Viner vs J Hilton		1-0	20	1900	WA-ch	C49 Four Knights
7. W McArthur vs W Viner		0-1	34	1902	S. Australia - W. Australia telegraph m	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
8. L Younkman vs W Viner		0-1	26	1903	WA-ch	D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. W Viner vs Martin		1-0	19	1904	Simul	C30 King's Gambit Declined
10. W Siebenhaar vs W Viner		0-1	35	1905	WA-ch	C25 Vienna
11. W Viner vs W McGill		1-0	40	1905	Casual game	C50 Giuoco Piano
12. W Viner vs A Benjamin Parker		1-0	31	1905	WA-ch	B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
13. W Viner vs R J Barnes		1-0	29	1907	NZL-ch 1906/07	C29 Vienna Gambit
14. W Viner vs J Jacobsen		1-0	34	1914	Living chess game	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
15. W Viner vs W Sparkes		½-½	47	1914	British Championship	C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
16. Blackburne vs W Viner		1-0	36	1914	British Championship	C45 Scotch Game
17. W Viner vs J Parry		1-0	37	1914	British Championship	B32 Sicilian
18. W Viner vs J Schumer		0-1	49	1914	British Championship	C22 Center Game
19. Gunsberg vs W Viner		½-½	28	1914	British Championship	C49 Four Knights
20. W Viner vs G Wilkes		1-0	31	1914	British Championship	C11 French
21. Yates vs W Viner		1-0	68	1914	British Championship	C42 Petrov Defense
22. W Viner vs R Lean		1-0	32	1914	British Championship	C58 Two Knights
23. Kostic vs W Viner		1-0	46	1924	Exhibition Game	A15 English
24. W Viner vs C Purdy		0-1	44	1926	AUS-ch	C00 French Defense
25. F L Vaughan vs W Viner		0-1	14	1932	Match - Game 1	A15 English


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Jun-03-11		GrahamClayton: A description of Viner when he won the New Zealand championship: "Physically he has an elongated appearance, and seems weak chested, but a glance at his close-set eyebrows shows that he faculty of concentration abnormally developed. His play in the contest just concluded has been marked by cool calculation, rare penetration, and unerring accuracy. His strategy is said to be reminiscent of that displayed by Mr FV Seideberg, who held the championship of New Zealand in 1891 and 1892, but it may be more aptly compared to the mathematical precision characteristic of the play of Dr Emanuel Lasker, chess champion of the world." [Event "New Zealand Championship"] [Site "Christchurch"] [Date "1907.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Viner, William"] [Black "Barnes, RJ"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 0-0 12.0-0 c5 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qf4 Be6 15.Ng5 cxd4 16.Qh4 Re8 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Qxg6 Qd7 19.Nh7+ Ke7 20.Qg5+ f6 21.Nxf6 Qc6 22.Ncxd5+ Bxd5 23.Nxd5+ Kd7 24.Rf7+ Ke6 25.Nxb4 Qe4 26.Qxg7 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rg8 28.Rf6+ Kxe5 29.Re1# Source: "Otago Daily Times", dated 11 January 1907.

Dec-18-11		Phony Benoni: Photograph (lower left corner): http://books.google.com/books?id=3C...

Oct-13-13		redwhitechess: more games for William Samuel Viner, from The SUnday Times Perth : [Event "Simultaneous"] [Site "Perth"] [Date "1904.08.10"] [Round "?"] [White "William Viner"] [Black "Martin"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O h6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 a6 8.Be3 b5 9. Bb3 Ng4 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Nd5 f5 12.h3 Nf6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.Qf7+ Kd6 18.Qd5+ Ke7 19.Bb4+ 1-0 http://ageofchess.blogspot.com/2013... [Event "British Championship"] [Site "London"] [Date "1914.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"] [Black "William Samuel Viner"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2 Bb6 8. Nba3 Bxe3 9.Nxe3 a6 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Bd7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qc2 Qh6 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.g4 Nd8 16.Qg2 Qh4 17.Nac2 Ng6 18.Rf3 Ne6 19.Ref1 Nc5 20.Nf5 Qd8 21.Qe2 Nh4 22.Re3 Nxf5 23.gxf5 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Qf6 25.Rg3 Bb5 26.c4 Bc6 27.Re1 Qxb2 28.Nd4 Qxa2 29.Qc3 f6 30.Ra1 Qxa1+ 31.Qxa1 Rxe4 32.Ne6 Rf7 33.Qc1 b5 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35.Rc3 c6 36.Rxc6 1-0 http://ageofchess.blogspot.com/2013...

Nov-10-13		Karpova: Australian Championship, August 1924, Brisbane 1-2. W S Viner 8.0 1-2. C G Watson 8.0 3. A E N Wallace 7.0 4. G Gundersen 4.5 5-6. C L R Boyce 3.5 5-6. E A Coleman 3.5 7. A J Ansaldo 3.0 8. F Robinson 2.5 9. E A Ingledew 1.0 Viner and Watson scored +8 -1 =0 both (Viner losing to Watson; Watson losing to Wallace). Viner became Champion of Australia after play-off against Watson. Watson entered the tournament as Champion of New South Wales, while Boyce as Champion of Queensland. From page 325 of the November 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

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