The chess games of Arthur Ernest Tietjen

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D00		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
C11		French (3 games)
C82		Ruy Lopez, Open (2 games)

ARTHUR ERNEST TIETJEN
(born May-21-1866, died May-11-1938, 71 years old) United Kingdom

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Arthur Ernest Tietjen was born in Herts, Watford (NW of London) as the oldest of four children of coal agent George Tietjen (1841-1889) and Elizabeth Shireson Turner (1839-1917). He was baptized in 1868 in Camden Town (London) with his sister Beatrice. He had to work from an early age, as clerk in Manchester House (1881), clerk (1891), printers managing clerk (1901), printing accountant (1911), company accountant (1918) and Company Director (1925). He married in 1895 to dressmaker Sophia Adelaide Nicholson (1865-1935) from Portsmouth. They settled in Camberwell (London), and moved in 1914 to Lewisham (London), 1925 to Orpington (London), and 1932 to Springpark in Bromley, Kent (today: SE London). They had five children.

Arthur subscribed to the book Pierce Gambit (London 1888), and in 1894 he won the 6th English Mechanic* (London) correspondence chess tournament. The same year he held a simul versus team mates in the newly started Chess Bohemians club (Rose Tavern, Old Bailey), the normal positions of well-known gambits being selected as the starting point on each board (+7 -6 =4). In 1895 he was elected 2nd president of the Bohemians (after Camille Moriau). He was then given an ornamental inkstand and a couple of silver candlesticks, in celebration of his recent marriage.

In 1896 he lost a correspondence game to George Brunton Fraser of Dundee, Scotland. The same year he played for the City of London Chess Club (match win vs Antony Alfred Geoffrey Guest). In 1897 he drew with F. Ward in a cable match between London and Yorkshire. Three years later, he ended 10th in the London (1900) tournament (+3 -7 =2). Afterwards he played on board 11 for the Southern Counties Chess Union (SCCU) in their match# against NCCU (+2 -0 vs C. H. Wallwork). In 1900 and 1901 he also played for honours in the City of London Chess Club championships. He continued to play competitive chess until about 1914.

Main sources: online newspapers, British Chess Magazine (online versions only), UK church records, censuses, electoral registers and phone books. * http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit... #http://www.keverelchess.com/tag/pas...

Last updated: 2021-02-26 04:57:37

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Tietjen vs A Curnock	1-0	34	1891	London	C83 Ruy Lopez, Open
2. A Tietjen vs C J Lambert	1-0	23	1896	Correspondence game	C11 French
3. N van Lennep vs A Tietjen	1-0	25	1896	Ludgate Circus CC - Bohemians CC m	C41 Philidor Defense
4. A Tietjen vs A Guest	1-0	28	1896	City of London CC - Divan Chess Association m	C82 Ruy Lopez, Open
5. A Tietjen vs L Serraillier	1-0	33	1897	Casual game	C00 French Defense
6. S F Smith vs A Tietjen	0-1	42	1898	City of London CC ch	C11 French
7. F J Lee vs A Tietjen	½-½	45	1900	London	C13 French
8. A Tietjen vs R Loman	1-0	33	1900	London	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
9. E O Jones vs A Tietjen	1-0	44	1900	London	C11 French
10. A Tietjen vs Teichmann	0-1	37	1900	London	C78 Ruy Lopez
11. S Passmore vs A Tietjen	0-1	49	1900	London	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. A Tietjen vs T F Lawrence	0-1	43	1900	London	C82 Ruy Lopez, Open
13. L van Vliet vs A Tietjen	½-½	37	1900	London	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. A Tietjen vs Mason	0-1	62	1900	London	A80 Dutch
15. Gunsberg vs A Tietjen	1-0	41	1900	London	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
16. A Tietjen vs W Ward	0-1	97	1900	London	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Blackburne vs A Tietjen	1-0	31	1900	London	C01 French, Exchange
18. A Tietjen vs T Physick	1-0	12	1900	London	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
19. A Tietjen vs H Rosenbaum	0-1	14	1904	BCF-ch 1st First Class A	C30 King's Gambit Declined


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