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Frank Clayton

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Years covered: 1908 to 1938


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FRANK CLAYTON
(died 1952) United Kingdom

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Last updated: 2019-05-17 16:04:26

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Clayton vs Lasker  ½-½331908Simul, 14bC66 Ruy Lopez
2. F Clayton vs A J Mackenzie  ½-½431933Shropshire & Herefordshire v Warwickshire County MatchC77 Ruy Lopez
3. D E McNab vs F Clayton  1-0321938Shropshire ChampionshipA80 Dutch
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<Frank Clayton>

Six Times Shropshire County Champion 1931-1937

Purely on the playing side the pre-war era was dominated by Frank Clayton, a Wellington schoolmaster whose record of six championship wins achieved over seven seasons was very impressive.

He also knew how to cope with his top board opponents in county matches as you will see, for example, from the following game in which he gives the master strength MacKenzie, a former Scottish Champion, a horrible fright.

F Clayton vs A J Mackenzie, 1933

He seemed quite unaffected by the occasionally bizarre conditions of play in the county championships of those days. The event used to run on a knockout basis with each round decided by the best of three games. Incredibly it seems from Lacy-Hulbert's column that it was quite usual to complete all three games at one session or even to finish games by correspondence! No doubt the very limited car ownership of those days was a major influence and the press reports make frequent reference to fast time limits being agreed upon beacause of bus times etc.

Illness curtailed Frank Clayton's chess in his later years and he was president of the Shropshire Association when he died in 1952.

Source: https://www.shropshirechess.org/His...

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