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Charles Wreford-Brown

Number of games in database: 16
Years covered: 1918 to 1932
Overall record: +4 -9 =3 (34.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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CHARLES WREFORD-BROWN
(born Oct-09-1866, died Nov-26-1951, 85 years old) United Kingdom

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Wreford-Brown vs Gibbs 1-0151918LondonC55 Two Knights Defense
2. C Wreford-Brown vs V Fernandez Coria 0-1281924Paris Unofficial OlympiadC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
3. C Wreford-Brown vs F Jonet 0-1231924Paris Unofficial OlympiadC30 King's Gambit Declined
4. I Gudju vs C Wreford-Brown  1-0351924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
5. Duchamp vs C Wreford-Brown 1-0291924Paris Unofficial OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
6. A Gibaud vs C Wreford-Brown  0-1361924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
7. L Miliani vs C Wreford-Brown  ½-½331924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
8. C Wreford-Brown vs E Lancel  0-1641924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB02 Alekhine's Defense
9. J Kleczynski Jr vs C Wreford-Brown  ½-½471924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
10. S F Smith vs C Wreford-Brown 1-0431924Paris Unofficial OlympiadD00 Queen's Pawn Game
11. J Schulz Sr vs C Wreford-Brown  1-0371924Paris Unofficial OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
12. C Wreford-Brown vs M Golmayo  0-1491924Paris Unofficial OlympiadC13 French
13. Alekhine vs C Wreford-Brown ½-½341928Simul, 6bB01 Scandinavian
14. Capablanca vs C Wreford-Brown 1-0301929Simul, 21bB01 Scandinavian
15. S Khan vs C Wreford-Brown 0-1291929Simul, 33bA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
16. A P Lacy-Hulbert vs C Wreford-Brown  0-1211932BCF-ch 25th Major Open ResA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
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Jun-06-09  myschkin: . . .

Charles Wreford-Brown (1866–1951) from England.

Captained the national football team and was a county cricketer during the Victorian age, and later acted as a sports legislator during the 20th century. Despite the apparent lack of supporting evidence, Wreford-Brown is <usually credited with inventing the term soccer> as an abbreviation for association football.

He was also a keen chess player. He took part in the 1933 British Chess Championship, though he had to drop out through illness after two rounds (he had won the first game and drawn the second).

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charle...

Jun-24-10  Gypsy: <[Charles Wreford-Brown] was also a keen chess player. He took part in the 1933 British Chess Championship, though he had to drop out through illness after two rounds (he had won the first game and drawn the second).>
Feb-09-15
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  MissScarlett: Wait, so he captained the England football team, dismissed WG Grace, and drew a game with Alekhine? Isn't this the greatest sporting career of all time?
Jan-07-18
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  MissScarlett: Picture here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Jan-07-18
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  MissScarlett: He had two brothers who died in WW1: https://bristol-cathedral.co.uk/we-...
May-10-18
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  Sally Simpson: John Saunders has more here 'Chess, Football and Cricket.

http://johnchess.blogspot.co.uk/201...

One of the brothers Miss S. mentions in the previous post, Oswald Wreford Brown captained a 'a representative England team' in November 1899 against Germany and trounced them 13-2!

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