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Landau Younkman

Number of games in database: 9
Years covered: 1903 to 1929
Overall record: +4 -2 =3 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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LANDAU YOUNKMAN
(born 1876, died Nov-11-1929, 53 years old) United Kingdom (federation/nationality Australia)

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Younkman vs W Viner 0-1261903WA-chD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. L Younkman vs E A Coleman 1-0411915corrC38 King's Gambit Accepted
3. L Younkman vs A E Morris  0-1291918SimulB15 Caro-Kann
4. L Younkman vs J Kinman  ½-½341928AUS-ch+C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
5. G Koshnitsky vs L Younkman  0-1481928Australian Championship 1928/29D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical
6. J O'Brien vs L Younkman  0-1511928Australian Championship 1928/29D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. B Hill vs L Younkman  ½-½341928Australian Championship 1928/29B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
8. G Gundersen vs L Younkman  ½-½261928Australian Championship 1928/29C02 French, Advance
9. L Younkman vs C Purdy  1-0411929Australian Championship 1928/29D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-30-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Isaac Landau Younkman was born in Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to Australia in the mid 1890's, originally settling in the Victorian country town of Rutherglen, where he worked as a teacher.

Younkman then moved to Melbourne, playing in the 1897 Victorian championship tournaments (5th, 12.5/18) and several interstate telegraph matches.

After a brief stint in Hobart, Younkman moved to Boulder City in Western Australia - his serious chess was limited to trips to Perth during the summer holiday break. He won the 1924 Western Australian title by defeating J Sayers in a match (+2, =4, -0), but did not play in any of the subsequent annual tournaments used to determine the State champion until 1928, when he won the title, scoring 10/12. Younkman had been posted to Fremantle to be headmaster of the boys school there, thus allowing him to play in the tournament.

The 1928/29 Australian championship tournament was held in Perth, so this gave Younkman a chance to test himself against the top players in the country. He acquitted himself very well, finishing 2nd behind Spencer Crakanthorp with a score of +6, =4, -0 (8/10). He was the only player not to lose a game. Younkman died suddenly in November 1929, with his death being a great shock to the Australian chess community.

Younkman's performance at Perth showed that he was in the top echelon of players - it was a shame that due to his teaching commitments he was unable to participate in more tournaments during his life.

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