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| May-06-14 | | ljfyffe: References:Last of the nineteenth century champions of Saint John by Larry Fyffe, En Passant, no.144,1997
Un pasteur au bout du monde des echecs par Larry Fyffe, Au Nom du Roi, p.198.
Also see Tim Harding.
By the way, Rev. DeSoyres, who ministered in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, escaped an asassination atempt there. |
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| May-06-14 | | ljfyffe: In DeSoyres - Pollock, Montreal, 1895, the reverend sacrificed his Q on move 24, and went on to lose in38, but Canadian master Jonathan MacDonald has shown he wins in all variations with correct play. MacDonald owns the DeSoyres Cup, donated by the reverend in1888 to the Saint John Chess Club . The analysis in the St. John Globe errs. |
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| May-09-14 | | ljfyffe: As well as Harding on Oxford-Cambridge, see Stephen Mann's Yorkshire Chess History re
Desoyres. |
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| May-09-14 | | ljfyffe: Re:Stephen Wright's "there is some evidence that a forerunner in the city (of a chess club in Montreal) some ten years before (1844) ") -
Canada's Ninetenth Century Chess Visitors - see
chess diagrams presented by club in Montreal Gazette, Dec 10, 17, 31, 1836, and Jan. 2, 1837,
with solutions following. Also, Les debuts de la promotion des Echecs au Canada par Larry Fyffe, AU NOM DU ROI, pp. 163-164. |
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| May-09-14 | | ljfyffe: DeSoyres-Pollock 1895: 1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 exd4 4Bc4 Bc5 5o-o d6 6Ng5 Nh6 7h3 Qe7 8c3 Bd7 9Bf4 o-o-o 10Nd2 f6 11Ngf3 g5 12Bh2 dxc3 13bxc3 g4 14Nd4 Nxd4 15cxd4 Bxd4 16Rb1 gxh3 17Qb3 Bb6 18Bd5 hxg2 19Rfc1 Ng4 20Bg3 Ne5 21Nc4 Kb8 22a4 Nc6 23a5 Nd4 24axb6 Nxb3 , and white missed the win. |
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| May-09-14 | | ljfyffe: Re Harding's article-"When a Canadian amateur(DeSoyres) has to go far afield as Holland for a little tournament practice, it seems to us that some action is necessary" CHECKMATE, 1903. Quoted in Last of the Nineteenth Chess Champions of Saint John, ENPASSANT, NO. 144. 1997, by Larry J. Fyffe.
I.e. it was indeed the same John DeSoyres. |
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| May-09-14 | | ljfyffe: That sould be "so far afield" |
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| May-13-14 | | ljfyffe: Above game continued 25bxc7+ Kxc7 26Rxb3 Bc6 27Na5 Rb8 28Nxc6 bxc6 29Rxc6+ Kd7 30Ra3 Rb7 31Rc1 Rhb8 32Bc6 + Kd8 33Rd3 Rb1 34Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35Kxg2 Kc7 36Bd5 Rb4 37Rc3+ Kb8 38Rc6 Rb6 0-1. |
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| Jun-06-14 | | ljfyffe: History of chess buffs who visit Saint John will find a photo of DeSoyres and a stained-glass widow dedicated to him at the Anglican (Stone) church in the uptown; he's buried in a cemetary in the eastern part of the City. Saint John was incorporated in 1785 after the arrival of the loyal Americans who did not feel welcome in the US after the cival war between them and the Americans who gained independence from the Crown. Benedict Arnold, who had renounced his betrayal of the Crown, lived in Saint John for a time. Known as the Loyalist City, another chessplayer of note who lived in Saint John was James Narraway. |
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| Jun-06-14 | | ljfyffe: That is civil war....known as the Revolutionary War, the loyal Americans were called "Tories" by the "Patriots". |
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| Jun-07-14 | | ljfyffe: DeSoyres played Zukertort in 1874; Burn in 1875;in 1873, he played C. Lambert at Bristol; 1874, A.K. Murray and W.L. Newham at Birmingham. |
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| Jun-07-14 | | ljfyffe: Re history of Saint John NB and the loyalists, see James Martin's Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero. |
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| Jun-08-14 | | ljfyffe: Jonathan Melt's "White to mate himself in five" chess problem(reconstruction) from Quebec Mercury (Feb. 1842): White: B on c1, B on d1, K on h1, N on e2, P's on g2 and h2, R on d8. Black: N on c3, K on g4, P'd on f5 and h5. Of some replies, Melt was to say " this is not what is demanded; I repeat: White forces Black to mate(the White King) in five moves(The Mercury, Feb. 17, 1842). |
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| Jun-08-14 | | ljfyffe: White to mate in how many moves? Problem posted by chess club in Montreal (Gazette, Dec 10, 1836): White: K on c1, N on d2; Black: K on a1, P on a3. An "amateur" sent in the correct solution, a six-mover. |
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| Jun-27-14 | | ljfyffe: For deSoyres-Robert Short, see Au Nom Du Roi, p.198: Un pasteur au bout du monde des echecs by Larry Fyffe. For Prof. Salmon- deSoyres, see p.199. For Pollock-deSoyres, deSoyres-Pollock(both Saint John), see Last of the Nineteenth Century Champions of Saint John, by Larry Fyffe, En Passant, no. 144. Also, annotated deSoyres-Leussen, deSoyres-Loman. |
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| Jun-30-14 | | ljfyffe: DeSoyres played Walter Parratt in the aforementioned Oxford-Cambridge match; years later, knighted, Parratt beat Bonar Law in a game.
Law, who became Prime Minister of Britain, was born in New Brunswick (now part of Canada), and learned chess in Scotland. See E. Winter. |
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| Aug-15-14 | | ljfyffe: De Soyres' father married the sister of Edward FitzGerald, the gentleman who translated "Omar Khayyam". Wrote Edward in a letter of 1882, concerning possible Easter visitors: <Perhaps also a learned nephew of mine -John De Soyres-now Professor of some History at Queen's College, London, may look in.> -from Project Gutenberg. |
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| Oct-03-14 | | ljfyffe: Rocky, the Flying Squirrel, calls the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam, the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam! |
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| Oct-11-14 | | ljfyffe: Of course, that would be Bullwinkle, the Canadian moose, that said that; not his pal Rocky. |
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| Jan-06-15 | | ljfyffe: John De Soyres' uncle wrote these famous lines:
<But helpless pieces in the game He plays/Upon his chequer-board of night and days/He hither and thither moves and checks...and slays/Then, one by one, back in the closet lays.> Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. |
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| Mar-06-20 | | Larryfyffe: John De Soyres 1847-1905 |
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| Mar-07-20 | | Larryfyffe: Changed from previous 1849 - well done |
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| Dec-16-20 | | Larryfyffe: Charles Stubbs wrote a chess column for the St. John Globe newspaper as well as publishing the book "Canadian Chess Problems" - problem 15 by William Atkinson therein appears in the movie series "The Queen Gambit ". (See: Chess games of William Atkinson) |
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| Sep-13-22 | | Fyffe123: "The Chess Problems of Adolf Bayersdorfer"
edited by Johannes Kohtz and Carl Kockelkorn-(1902)-features a couple of over-the- board games between De Soyres and Bayersdorfer |
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| Oct-16-22 | | Fyffe123: On Oct. 15, 2022, a revival of the Saint John Desoyres Challenge Cup took place at the Stone Church.
Games with 1 hour time limit.
John Torre won the new "Desoyres" trophy with a 5-0 score; awarded a plaque to keep. |
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