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Edmund Spencer

Number of games in database: 86
Years covered: 1900 to 1935
Overall record: +33 -34 =15 (49.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Reti System (7) 
    A04 A06
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C71 C63 C90 C83 C64
 Sicilian (4) 
    B40 B58
 Giuoco Piano (4) 
    C50
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (17) 
    C84 C72 C74 C67 C87
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (9) 
    C84 C87
 Orthodox Defense (4) 
    D63 D51
 Queen's Pawn Game (4) 
    E10 A46
 Old Indian (4) 
    A53 A55
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Spencer vs Menchik, 1930 1-0
   G Wainwright vs E Spencer, 1924 0-1
   Lasker vs E Spencer, 1901 0-1
   Sultan Khan vs E Spencer, 1931 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (1931)
   British Championship (1925)
   Weston-super-Mare (1924)
   British Championship (1928)
   British Championship (1924)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Weston 1924 by Tabanus


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EDMUND SPENCER
(born Jun-18-1876, died Jan-04-1936, 59 years old) United Kingdom

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Wikipedia article: Edmund Spencer (chess player)

Last updated: 2025-02-06 23:36:50

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 86  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Wahltuch vs E Spencer  1-0221900Lancashire County chC40 King's Knight Opening
2. Lasker vs E Spencer 0-1271901Simul, 22bC54 Giuoco Piano
3. H Atkins vs E Spencer  1-0441910Yorkshire - Lancashire mC49 Four Knights
4. E Spencer vs H Atkins  ½-½291913Lancashire - Yorkshire mC46 Three Knights
5. E Spencer vs H M Silvanus  0-1301920BromleyC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
6. J Raoux vs E Spencer  0-1411920BromleyC71 Ruy Lopez
7. E Spencer vs Kostic  ½-½431920BromleyC71 Ruy Lopez
8. Euwe vs E Spencer  ½-½281920BromleyC29 Vienna Gambit
9. A G Conde vs E Spencer  1-0621920BromleyC28 Vienna Game
10. Maroczy vs E Spencer  1-0441922Weston-super-MareA46 Queen's Pawn Game
11. E Spencer vs A J Mackenzie  1-0351922Weston-super-MareD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. E Spencer vs Kostic 0-1601922Weston-super-MareB40 Sicilian
13. Yates vs E Spencer  1-0241923NCCU PremierC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
14. G Thomas vs E Spencer  1-0381923NCCU PremierC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
15. E Spencer vs J Mieses  0-1291923NCCU PremierB40 Sicilian
16. E Spencer vs J Blake  1-0471923NCCU PremierC24 Bishop's Opening
17. Alekhine vs E Spencer 1-0491923Simul, 31bA55 Old Indian, Main line
18. E Spencer vs Holmes  1-0231924Lancashire chC42 Petrov Defense
19. E Spencer vs P D Bolland  1-0601924Weston-super-MareA04 Reti Opening
20. G Wainwright vs E Spencer 0-1231924Weston-super-MareA46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. E Spencer vs Znosko-Borovsky  0-1381924Weston-super-MareA04 Reti Opening
22. E Spencer vs A J Mackenzie  1-0481924Weston-super-MareA06 Reti Opening
23. E Spencer vs G Thomas  1-0391924Weston-super-MareA04 Reti Opening
24. C Duffield vs E Spencer  ½-½581924Weston-super-MareC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
25. J Drewitt vs E Spencer  1-0311924Weston-super-MareC47 Four Knights
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-18-12  LoveThatJoker: Edmund Spencer, winner of a game versus Master Rubinstein, today you are remembered!

LTJ

Jun-18-12  brankat: He also won against Amos Burn, Snosko-Borovsky, and had two draws with Dr.Euwe. Not shabby!

R.I.P. Mr.Spencer.

Apr-26-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Known to some as the fairy queen.
Apr-26-15  andrewjsacks: <offramp> Yes, he was a good player--but a great poet.
Apr-27-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  sakredkow: A gentle knight was pricking on the plaine...
Jun-25-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: The Times, January 11th, 1936, p.7:

<Our Chess Correspondent writes:- I regret to record the death of Mr. Edmund Spencer, which occurred at Liverpool on Tuesday from septic poisoning. He was hon. secretary and treasurer of the Northern Counties Chess Union and a regular player for Lancashire in their county matches. He was one of that large band of first-class players in this country who have done so much for the game in a quiet way, and one who justly earned the regard of all with whom he came into contact. He occasionally played in the British Championship Tournament with fair success, and was ohe of the members of the British Empire team in the Team Tournament at Westminster in 1927.>

Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: American Chess Bulletin, April 1919, p.128:

<Corporal Spencer, one of the strongest English players, and who before the war was honorary treasurer of the Liverpool Chess Club, is back from Germany, where he was a prisoner of war. He says he was rather badly treated at first, but when our last push began even the German officers began to salute prisoners, and soldiers passing in the trains would call out to them "Deutschland kaput" (Germany done for). - The Field.>

Sep-17-15  epistle: Wesley fast losing time. He knows he is cooked.
Feb-13-16  1 2 3 4: He won against Rubinstein and Burn with the same Nxg7 concept.
Nov-19-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  mifralu: This source gives < DOB June 19, 1876 - DOD January 4, 1936 >

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm...

Feb-14-24  stone free or die: From the same source as <mifralu>, in the images section comes this wonderful photograph:

https://media.iwm.org.uk/pdm/ciim-m...

I'm not sure where Catherine42750 got it from, but she seems to have discovered several other photographs - lending credibility to it's authenticity.

I'm supposing it falls under fair-use.

Feb-14-24  stone free or die: Oh - C42750 looks to have done her homework, indeed:

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm...

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