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Oxoniensis

Number of games in database: 1
Years covered: 1883

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. W Wayte vs Oxoniensis		1-0	33	1883	London (5)	C29 Vienna Gambit

Oct-30-07		sambo: My nominee for coolest name in the database.

Feb-27-08		wolfmaster: Is this a disease cows get?

Dec-05-08		realbrob: Oxoniensis is a Latin adjective meaning "from Oxford". Maybe Oxoniensis was an Oxford student or teacher. Not a chess student for sure.

Dec-05-08		whiteshark: Maybe the solution who "Oxoniensis" was can be found here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit...

Dec-06-08		realbrob: So maybe I was right. Oxoniensis homo quidam cum ignominia perdidit.

Mar-30-14		perfidious: Oxoniensis got sent to perdition in his only game here, right enough.

Jun-27-15		SBC: There's no doubt that Oxoniensis is Rob't B. Brien. Another pseudonyn, Delta (Rev. John Donaldson), mentioned that fact in the OCt. 1891 issue of the BCM.

Jul-08-15		zanzibar: Yes, I agree with <SBC>, and here's the ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=C... and see also Dr. Harding's book <Eminent Victorian Chess Players> https://books.google.com/books?id=C...

Jul-08-15		zanzibar: See also this: Robert Barnett Brien (kibitz #2) Now, if we can just figure out who <Delta> is!

Jul-08-15		zanzibar: I mean what's the source for Delta's identity (since Delta = Rev. John Donalson according to <SBC> (whose track record is pretty good))

Jul-08-15		zanzibar: OK, not so hard to find is this from Tim Harding: <When a leading Scottish player, the Rev. John Donaldson (known as “Delta”) wrote his chess memoirs in British Chess Magazine, (October 1891, pages 450-9) [...]> Of course, it would be nice to have another upstream ref (since his BCM ref is the same one I've been using for Staunton/Oxoniensis quotes).

Jul-08-15		zanzibar: OK, here's a definitive ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=5... Perhaps a submission of this game is in order?

Jul-09-15		zanzibar: A little more on Delta (aka Rev. John Donaldson): http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jul-09-15		zanzibar: A couple of games from the BCM source transcribed by yours truly: < [Event "casual"] [Site "Scotland"] [Date "1854.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Delta (Rev. John Donaldson)"] [Black "Gamma (Rev. T. Gordon)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [EventDate "1854.??.??"] [Source "Chess Player's Chronicle v2 1854 p161"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 fxg3 7.Kg2 Qh6 8.hxg3 Qg6 9.d4 d6 10.Nf3 h6 11.Qe2 c6 12.e5 d5 13.Bd3 Qe6 14.Na4 b6 15.c4 Ba6 16.cxd5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 cxd5 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qh7 Ng6 22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Nxg5 Qe8 24.Qh7 Nc6 25.e6+ Kc8 26.exf7 Qf8 27.Qxg6 Kb7 28. Nxd5 Nxd4 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Qe4 Kb8 32.Qe8 1-0 [Event "casual"] [Site "Scotland"] [Date "1854.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Delta (Rev. John Donaldson)"] [Black "Gamma (Rev. T. Gordon)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40m"] [EventDate "1854.??.??"] [Source "Chess Player's Chronicle v2 1854 p162"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Kh1 f5 9.f4 fxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf5 11.g4 Nh4 12.Qd3 h6 13.Qh3 d5 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Bd2 e5 16.Be1 g5 17.Bxh4 gxh4 18.f5 e4 19.Be2 Qg5 20.N1d2 Ne5 21.Qg2 Bd7 22.h3 Bc6 23.Qh2 Rae8 24.Qf4 Be3 25.Qxg5+ hxg5 26.Rad1 d4 27.Bc4+ Kh7 28.Be2 Bxd2 29.Nxd2 e3+ 30.Nf3 Nxf3 31.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 32.Bxf3 e2 33.Re1 Re3 34.Kg2 Rc8 0-1 > After White's 21 move (21.Qg2) is this annotation: (b) One of the weak points of Delta's play is, that he seems to lose heart and self-possession under the pressure of attack. Of what avail can this poor effort prove? Why not have thrown up the Pawn to Q.B. fourth, forcing an outlet of some kind? Engine analysis suggests 21.Qc3 as best, but gives 21.Qg2 as 2nd best (Stockfish 5 at 24-ply). The move 21.c4 gets punished by 21...h5 and Black can simplify with connected passers in the center similar to the game.

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