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| Oct-17-05 | | weary willy: <AlexanderMorphy: his win over Alekhine is pretty impressive!> Unfortunately it seems clear that this game is by another Michell - see the game and the comment in the Kibitzers' section |
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| Oct-17-05 | | weary willy: "R. P. Michell, was born in Penzance in 1873. His father and two brothers played chess and he was already an expert player when he joined the Penzance club at the age of 15. Two years later the whole family moved to London, where Reginald joined the Civil Service, working his way up to become Permanent Secretary in the Admiralty. In spite of having a full-time, 40 yr career and many other interests, his ability at chess was such that he represented England many times in international matches, even playing in the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone at the ripe old age of 60. Though, because of his many commitments, he could never hope to reach the heights of the professionals like Alekhine, Reti, Grunfeld, etc., he took the scalps of most of them from time to time. Also, perhaps because he died soon after retirement, in spite of having literary talents he never got round to compiling any record of his playing career, and his contribution to British chess is now largely forgotten, even in his native county." [From website of Cornwall Chess Association] |
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| Oct-17-05 | | AlexanderMorphy: yes sadly that game was played by another michelle! |
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| Apr-09-07 | | gambitfan: Player of the day (PLOD Mo 09/04/2007) |
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| Aug-26-08 | | myschkin: . . .
http://www.bidmonfa.com/michell_reg... °^,
Photographs:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Trivia:
The boy's name Reginald is of Latin origin (Reginaldus), and its meaning is "ruler's advisor". Variant of Reynold and Ronald. Popular in Britain in the 19th century. |
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| Apr-09-09 | | wordfunph: 30 years after he died then i was born.
Happy Birthday Reginald Michell.. |
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| Apr-09-09 | | JaneEyre: <Reginald Price Michell was born on the 9th of April 1873 in Penzance Cornwall, England. He was British Amateur Champion in 1902. He passed away in London in 1938.> Not much of a life, was it? |
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Nov-17-09
 | | Phony Benoni: <The Price is Wrong?> The normally reliable Jeremy Gaige (<Chess Personalia>, p. 281) gives Michell's middle nama as "Pryce". This is the form also used by Edward Winter in his Chess Notes no. 5061 (http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...). On the other hand, everybody else from Olimpbase to Wikipedia seems to accept "Price" as the middle name. Normally I'd trust Gaige, but in light of the near unanimity of opinion the other way I'm asking if anyone can absolutely confirm Michell's middle name. |
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| Mar-18-10 | | sdrumovic: Does someone have the final ranking of the 1922 London Major Open, won by Michell and played along with the famous 1922 London Chess Congress won by Capablanca? |
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| Mar-18-10 | | sneaky pete: <sdrumovic> From the tournament book edited by Watts: 1. R.P. Michell, London 8 -d111d101101
2/3. J.H. Blake, London 7,5 d-1d11001d11
2/3. A. Seitz, Munich 7,5 00-01111d111
4. K. Berndtsson, Gothenburg 7 0d1-10d11011
5/6. A. Steiner, Budapest 6 0000-1110111
5/6. Dr. Z. Vecsey, Czecko Slovakia 6 d0010-1d1dd1
7. Dr. F. Balogh, Roumania 5,5 010d00-1d11d
8/10. R.H.V. Scott, London 4,5 11000d0-0110
8/10. E.G. Sergeant, London 4,5 00d010d1-d01
8/10. Marquis del Turco, Florence 4,5 0d010d00d-11
11. G. Koltanowski, Antwerp 3 10000d0010-d
12. L. Singer, Trieste 2 000000d100d-
That Czecko Slovakia is the authentic Watts-spelling. |
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| Mar-19-10 | | sdrumovic: Wow sneaky pete! You've been so fast! And the cross-table too! Thank you very much.
Do you happen to have also the ranking/cross-table from the B tournament in Margate 1923? In that tournament there was an italian player too: Romih (sometimes spelled as Romi) who ranked as third. |
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| Mar-19-10 | | sneaky pete: <sdrumovic> Sorry, none whatever. The only thing I could find about Margate 1923 are the final standings of the main tournament, where Michell shared second place in the distinguished company of Alekhine and Bogoljubov, be it a full point behind Meister Gehirnfehlt. |
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| Mar-19-10 | | Calli: 19th Kent County Chess Association Ch
Margate 1923 (March 31 - April 7)
Section "B"
1. Dewing, Leslie Charles Gwyn *101111= 5.5
2. Snowden, H.J. 0*=1==11 4.5
3. Romi, Massimiliano 1=*01=01 4
4. DeSouza, Mendes, Joao 001*011= 3.5
5. Price, Edith Charlotte 0=01*==1 3.5
6. Key, G. 0==0=*=1 3
7. Louis, F.V. 0010==*0 2
8. Sullivan, P. =00=001* 2
source: Chess Results 1921-1930, Di Felice, page 57 |
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| Apr-09-10 | | wordfunph: he won against William Winter..
maybe he's an IM-caliber player.. |
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Feb-07-15
 | | Stonehenge: <Phony Benoni>
<On the other hand, everybody else from Olimpbase to Wikipedia seems to accept "Price" as the middle name.> See http://www.kwabc.org/index.php/ches...: "The headstone reads: «Here lies Reginald Pryce Michell. Born 1873. Died 1938»." |
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Feb-07-15
 | | Tabanus: England & Wales National Probate Calendar, UK and Ireland Find A Grave Index, Biography & Genealogy Master Index, England & Wales FreeBMD Birth Index 1837-1915, and family trees in Ancestry.com, they all have Reginald <Pryce> Michell. |
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Jul-07-16
 | | MissScarlett: The <Falkirk Herald> of May 25th 1938, notes that Michell's death followed upon a bout of influenza. |
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| Apr-09-21 | | Nosnibor: <Chessical> You state that Michell beat Atkins several times. I find this difficult to believe .According to the C.G. database he beat him once ,lost four times and drew twice in their head to head. |
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Apr-16-21
 | | Chessical: <Nosnibor> Unfortunately, I cannot remember how I concluded that Michell had defeated Henry Ernest Atkins on several occasions; nor can I substantiate it now. |
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| Apr-18-21 | | login:
'You state' ≆
'According to Britbase Chess Archive'
https://web.archive.org/web/2007112...
Maybe User: John Saunders could shine light on this
https://media.britishmuseum.org/med... ? |
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| Apr-18-21 | | Nosnibor: <Chessical> <login> Checking on the Britbase Chess Archive makes the statement even more in favour of Atkins with 5 wins ,2 draws and 1 loss. Therefore there is no justification for stating that Michell had beaten Atkins on several occasions. |
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| Mar-05-22 | | Sally Simpson: [Event "London Chess Club Ch."]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1920"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michell, Reginald, P"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph, H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Nf1 Rc8 16. Rg3 Ng6 17. f4 f6 18. Bc2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bh4 20. Rf3 Bg4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qd2 Qf7 23. g3 Rf8 24. Qe1 Bh3 25. Be3 Qf3 26. Qf2 Qg4 27. Qd2 Bxg3 28. Nxg3 Nh4 29. Qe2 Rf3 30. Kh1 Rxg3 31. Qxg4 Rxg4 32. Bb3 c6 33. Rc1 Rg6 34. Bf2 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Nf3# 0-1 Source. Game 2 'Learn from The Masters' by Fred Reinfeld (book was originally called 'Chess by Yourself.') |
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Mar-06-22
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Sally Simpson> Here is a post I made on the Joseph Henry Blake page about what you need to do in order to prepare a pgn for the game you want to submit: Joseph Henry Blake (kibitz #21) |
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| Mar-06-22 | | Sally Simpson: Thank you Jessica, have posted a reply in Joseph Henry Blake (kibitz #22) |
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Dec-23-22
 | | GrahamClayton: Michell had victories over Euwe, Reti, Bogolujubow, Atkins, Yates, Colle and Alexander - not bad for an "amateur" player. |
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