The chess games of Sydney Chess Club

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Sydney Chess Club

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1907 to 1918
Overall record: +5 -0 =0 (100.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C56 Two Knights (2 games)

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Sydney vs Bathurst Chess and Draughts Club	1-0	19	1907	corr	C56 Two Knights
2. Bathurst Chess and Draughts Club vs Sydney	0-1	19	1907	corr	C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
3. Sydney vs Melbourne	1-0	43	1912	corr	C56 Two Knights
4. Melbourne vs Sydney	0-1	22	1912	corr	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
5. Sydney vs Cremorne CC	1-0	51	1918	Correspondence	C54 Giuoco Piano

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Feb-04-14		optimal play: <<<CHESS CLUB. -- > We have much pleasure in announcing that a Chess Club has just been formed in Sydney, the members of which meet at Mrs. Butler's on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Captain Moriarty, the port master, is president; Mr. R Windeyer, M.C., vice-president; and Colonial Surgeon Richardson, treasurer. The number of members at present enrolled is twenty-seven. The rules are founded on those of the St George's Chess Club.> - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) issue Tuesday 18 March 1845>

Feb-06-14		mikepom: Going to attempt to post a Sydney vs Cremorne game from 1918. BCM Feb, 1919 Game #4540

Sep-24-14		optimal play: Hereunder are two correspondence games dated 1845 played between Sydney Chess Club and Hunter's River Chess Club. They are purportedly the two earliest recorded chess games played in Australia. Unfortunately, both game scores are incomplete, each ending abruptly at the 24th move. [Event "Inter-club correspondence match"] [Site "Australia"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Sydney Chess Club"] [Black "Hunter's River Chess Club"] [Result ""] [ECO "C01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf5 dxc4 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Nf5 Nd3 16. Qf3 Nxb2 17. Qg3 g6 18. Nd6 c3 19. Nxe8 Nxe8 20. Nb3 Qf6 21. Rac1 Nd6 22. Qe3 Nb5 23. h3 b6 24. Rfe1 Kg7 [Event "Inter-club correspondence match"] [Site "Australia"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Hunter's River Chess Club"] [Black "Sydney Chess Club"] [Result ""] [ECO "C21"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. bxc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 c6 10. a4 Be6 11. Na3 b6 12. Nd4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qf6 14. Ra2 Ne7 15. Rae2 O-O 16. f4 d5 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. g3 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg6 20. Qf3 Nf5 21. Nac2 Qd6 22. Kg2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Source: http://www.ozbase.com.au/games.html As the Sydney Chess Club was formed in 1845 this two game correspondence match may be the earliest official event in the club and also the country. The Hunter's River Chess Club presumably was in present-day Newcastle. Unfortunately, since neither game score is complete, they can't be submitted for uploading into the database. Nevertheless, they are an interesting historical record of chess in Australia 170 years ago.

Sep-24-14		optimal play: Game # 1 C01 French defence, exchange variation [Event "Inter-club correspondence match"] [Site "Australia"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Sydney Chess Club"] [Black "Hunter's River Chess Club"] [Result ""] [ECO "C01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bd3 click for larger view 5. Bd3 appears to be a TN for 1845 Florencio Campomanes next played that move against Dieter Bertholdt over 100 years later. F Campomanes vs D Bertholdt, 1958 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf5 dxc4 14. Bxc8 click for larger view 14... Qxd4 wins! e.g. 15. Bh3 Nd3 16. Qd1 Nf4 17. Nf3 Qxb2 18. Qb1 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qa3 or 15. Bxb7 Nd3 16. Qf3 Rad8 However was overlooked by Hunter's River Chess Club and the game continued as follows... 14... Rxc8 15. Nf5 Nd3 16. Qf3 Nxb2 17. Qg3 g6 18. Nd6 click for larger view 18... Nh5 would still give black a likely win e.g. 19. Qa3 c3 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. Qd6 cxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc4 But was also overlooked by Hunter's River Chess Club and the game continued as follows... 18... c3 19. Nxe8 Nxe8 20. Nb3 Qf6 21. Rac1 Nd6 22. Qe3 Nb5 23. h3 b6 24. Rfe1 Kg7 click for larger view Black has allowed a substantial advantage to slip away and is now only marginally ahead at this point. With the remaining moves seemingly lost, a theoretical continuation with optimal play by both sides might be as follows:- 25. Qe5 a6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Re4 a5 28. g4 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Rf4+ click for larger view And white can force a draw with correct play.

Sep-24-14		optimal play: Game # 2 C21 Centre game [Event "Inter-club correspondence match"] [Site "Australia"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Hunter's River Chess Club"] [Black "Sydney Chess Club"] [Result ""] [ECO "C21"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. bxc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. Qb3 click for larger view 7. Qb3 appears to be a TN for 1845 Frank James Marshall next played that move against Stasch Mlotkowski almost 60 years later Marshall vs S Mlotkowski, 1904 7... Qe7 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 c6 10. a4 Be6 11. Na3 b6 12. Nd4 Bxc4 click for larger view 13. Nxc4 at this point would give white a significant advantage e.g. 13... d5 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. a5 However was overlooked by Hunter's River Chess Club and the game continued as follows... 13. Qxc4 Qf6 14. Ra2 Ne7 15. Rae2 O-O 16. f4 d5 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. g3 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg6 20. Qf3 Nf5 21. Nac2 click for larger view 21... Nh4 would have now put black well in control e.g. 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Re5 Nd7 24. Re4 Rfd8 But that was overlooked by Sydney Chess Club and the game continued as follows... 21... Qd6 22. Kg2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 click for larger view The correct move is now 23...Qd5 or 23...Qg6 This at least maintains equality Instead, Sydney Chess Club blundered badly, losing the knight 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd4 It is at this point the game score ends ... perhaps black resigned? The continuation is likely as follows... 24...Qc7 25.Re7 Rad8 26.Qd1 c5 27.Rdxd7 Qc6+ 28.Kg1 Rxd7 29.Qxd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 1-0

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