| May-19-22 | | optimal play: <<Chess in Sydney.> The chief event of the week has been the visit of Mr. V. Quiroga, of the Melbourne Chess Club, to the Sydney School of Arts. The visitor, who ranks well up in the second class amongst our southern chess friends, has contested a number of games with the Sydney players, with whom he has held his own. His following games possess points of interest and show the style of Mr. Quiroga's chess:-> [Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Sydney, Australia"]
[Date "1892.02.??"]
[EventDate "1892"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P M Scott"]
[Black "V Quiroga"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 20 February 1892"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Be7 4. Nf3 Bh4+ 5. g3 Bf6 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 f5 10. fxe5 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nf7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bc4 Nfe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. O-O-O b5 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Qd5 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21. Qa8+ Kf7 22. Qxh8 Qxb5 23. b3 Na3 24. Rh2 Qc6 25. Rdd2 Qxe4 26. Rde2 Rxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Bf6+ 29. Kxa3 Qa5# [Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Sydney, Australia"]
[Date "1892.02.??"]
[EventDate "1892"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "V Quiroga"]
[Black "William Crane"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 20 February 1892"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Qe7 10. Bc2 h6 11. a4 g5 12. Nh2 g4 13. h4 Nh5 14. g3 Nf6 15. Nc4 h5 16. b4 Nh7 17. Ne3 Rf8 18. b5 Nd8 19. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Sydney, Australia"]
[Date "1892.02.??"]
[EventDate "1892"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Crane"]
[Black "V Quiroga"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 20 February 1892"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Qd2 Qh4 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. h3 Nce5 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. Bxh5 Nxd1 14. Bxd1 a6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. e5 O-O 18. h4 h6 19. Nge4 d5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. h5 Bxf6 22. exf6 Kh7 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxh6+ 1-0 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/... <Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW), Saturday 20 February 1892> |
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May-19-22
 | | Stonehenge: <Senor Quiroqa, who was formerly
a member of the Melbourne Chess
Club, is now a resident of San
Francisco, where he has taken
part, as one of the competitors of
Class I., In a tourney at tbe Me-,
chanlcs' Institute, for which there
were 85 entries. The San Francisco Chronicle speaks in very high
terms of the brilliant qualities by
which Senor Quirogas play is characterised.>The Australasian, 23 Feb 1895, p. 45. |
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May-19-22
| | Stonehenge: See http://www.edochess.ca/players/p273.... |
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May-19-22
| | Stonehenge: I can find a Ventura Quiroga (born December 1856) at that time in SF. <A FOREIGN
SMUGGLER.
Buonaventura Quirogo is a stranger
to these shores. He arrived on Wednesday
last by the Oroya. His experi
cnces since have been a little exciting.
He was walking up Collins street the
other morning when lie was met by an
innocent-looking gentlemanly - spoken
man, with iron-grey hair, dark moustache,
and clean-shaven face. Good
morning," commenced the stranger,
accosting the Spanish new "arrival/
Buenos di—" but the Spaniard checked
himself and said, " Good Morning/
" Have you any jewellry for sale ?" queried
the interlocutor. " Yes," and the
dark Spanish eyes sparkled at the prosjpect
of a customer who did not seem
likely to drive a hard bargain, «'- I want
some : but the shop prices here are very
high. Will you sell me some ?" " I
will," " Then come with me to a
private house,'* and the innocent Melbourne
citizen led Senor Quiroga down
towards the river, and into a stately
building. " What place is this ?" asked
the dark-eyed stranger. " This is the
Custom-house.'" "And you?" "lam
Customs Detective Christie. Come with
me." And he went. In half an hour
iewellry to the Talue of £220 was transferred
from the Spaniard to the Customs
officer, mostly contained in a little hag
worn 3t his back, beneath the coat
lappets. It was by this tima 11 a.m.
By 2 o'clock Senor Bounaventura was
before Mr. Call, who fined him £25. and
confiscated all the iewellry seized, as it
transpired that no duty had been paid
on it.—Telegraph.>
The Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News, 7 May 1888 Page 4. |
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May-19-22
| | Stonehenge: His wife Clara Quiroga proceeded
against him for assault and separate
maintenance under Shiels's Divorce
Act to-day.
This can be found in several Australian newspapers. <I can find a Ventura Quiroga (born December 1856) at that time in SF.> His wife's name was Clara :) |
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May-19-22
 | | MissScarlett: <Shiels's Divorce Act> The <Sheilas' Divorce Act> as it was, no doubt, known. |
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May-19-22
| | Stonehenge: Very good :)
I'm surprised Quiroga didn't change his name to Matt or Bruce while in Oz. |
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May-19-22
| | Stonehenge: <Mr. Miller begins his match with V. Quiroga, and it will probably
continue for two nights.>
The Morning Call (San Francisco), December 11, 1892, Page 7. |
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| May-20-22 | | optimal play: A Senor V. Q. Quiroga competed in the 1894-1895 Mechanics Institute Chess Tournament in San Francisco, USA. Out of the twenty five entrants, V. Q. Quiroga was one of only two first class players, the other being Walter R Lovegrove As such, Quiroga and Lovegrove had to play forty-six of their forty-eight games with a material handicap. http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/... |
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