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David Brine Pritchard
D B Pritchard 
 

Number of games in database: 156
Years covered: 1957 to 1986
Overall record: +53 -65 =38 (46.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian Attack (14) 
    A07
 Sicilian (10) 
    B31 B27 B50 B30 B20
 English (6) 
    A15 A16 A10
 King's Indian (6) 
    E98 E67 E64 E82
 Vienna Opening (5) 
    C26 C25 C29
 Ruy Lopez (4) 
    C69 C64 C74
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (10) 
    C75 C73 C97 C63 C78
 Modern Benoni (9) 
    A65 A58 A56 A69 A77
 French Defense (6) 
    C09 C08 C16 C02 C17
 Petrov (5) 
    C43 C42
 Scandinavian (4) 
    B01
 Four Knights (4) 
    C47
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H I Woolverton vs D B Pritchard, 1959 0-1
   Miles vs D B Pritchard, 1973 0-1
   D B Pritchard vs D G Levens, 1963 1-0
   D B Pritchard vs M J Freeman, 1978 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Middlesex County Championship (1969)
   Churchill Memorial Open (1969)
   British Championship (1957)
   British Championship (1970)
   Castlebar (1969)
   British Championship (1963)
   British Championship (1959)
   British Championship (1971)
   British Championship (1972)
   British Championship (1967)
   British Championship (1965)
   British Championship (1973)
   British Championship (1976)
   Islington Open (1972)
   British Championship (1978)


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DAVID BRINE PRITCHARD
(born Oct-19-1919, died Dec-12-2005, 86 years old) United Kingdom

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David Pritchard was a popular writer about chess and other indoor games. His best known work was <The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants>, which described over 1400 alternative forms of chess; he also wrote <Popular Chess Variants>, which described 20 variants in more detail. He was married to Elaine Saunders Pritchard. Wanda Dakin is their daughter.

He played in the British Championship 14 times between 1957 and 1978, typically finishing around 50%. He won the Singapore Championship in 1954 and the Malaysian Championship in 1955.

Wikipedia article: David Pritchard (chess player) https://britishchessnews.com/2020/1...

Last updated: 2024-08-09 07:08:35

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 156  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D B Pritchard vs J B Goodman  1-0281957British ChampionshipC29 Vienna Gambit
2. R H Newman vs D B Pritchard  0-1271957British ChampionshipA15 English
3. D B Pritchard vs B Cafferty  0-1251957British ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
4. D Mardle vs D B Pritchard  1-0441957British ChampionshipC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
5. D B Pritchard vs J Jarvis  1-0451957British ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
6. H I Woolverton vs D B Pritchard 0-1201959LondonD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
7. F Parr vs D B Pritchard  0-1281959British ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
8. D B Pritchard vs J Littlewood  ½-½501959British ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
9. Golombek vs D B Pritchard  1-0361959British ChampionshipA17 English
10. D B Pritchard vs J W Naylor  1-0401959British ChampionshipC26 Vienna
11. C H Alexander vs D B Pritchard  1-0361959British ChampionshipC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
12. D B Pritchard vs B Cafferty  ½-½431959British ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
13. E G Sergeant vs D B Pritchard  1-0371959British ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
14. J H Beaty vs D B Pritchard  0-1561959British ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
15. D B Pritchard vs N L Freeman 1-0431959British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
16. J M Aitken vs D B Pritchard  1-0331959British ChampionshipC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
17. D B Pritchard vs K W Lloyd  1-0501959British ChampionshipA15 English
18. A R Thomas vs D B Pritchard  1-0261960British ChampionshipC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
19. O'Kelly vs D B Pritchard  1-0461961Stevenson MemorialC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
20. D G Wells vs D B Pritchard  0-1391963British ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
21. D B Pritchard vs J Penrose  0-1601963British ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
22. O M Hindle vs D B Pritchard  ½-½331963British ChampionshipC76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation
23. D B Pritchard vs Milner-Barry  0-1371963British ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
24. J A Lawrence vs D B Pritchard  1-0411963British ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
25. D B Pritchard vs H W Richardson  1-0451963British ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
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Oct-20-04  mack: YES! Finally this fine "aide memoir" gets the attention it deserves. Very nice addition then <tpstar>. My favourite one must by the knight I think...
Aug-02-05  Anatooly Homedepotov: David Brine Pritchard, former editor of Games and Puzzles magazine for 10 years and former games director of the Mind Sports Olympiad and president of the British Chess Variants Society. He lives in England with his wife Elaine, an "international chessmaster." Not sure of her exact title.
May-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  nasmichael: Pritchard recently passed on from this world (early 2006) and he will be missed. He was president of the British Chess Variants Society and the magazine continues.... There was some intent to do a second Encyclopedia of Chess Variants; I hope it is still released to the public.
Jul-19-06  biglo: According to the FIDE list Elaine Pritchard is a WIM
Mar-20-07  wolfmaster: Pretty creative,tpstar.

A special move with the king and rook is commonplace now, This rhyme will show you how.
The king moves two, the rook three, on the shorter side, the other option is a step longer ride.
Also no piece may intervene,
the rook and king, their path between.
Neither piece may have moved forward,
also moving the king would not have him gored.
If all these conditions have been met,
castle your king into a safety net.

Stretching it a bit, but it was the best I could come up with.

Mar-20-07  wolfmaster: Tell me what you think of this rhyme. I'd like to hear feedback.
Mar-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: You should learn how to CASTLE else you might remain a dunce

It's the only time in CHESS when two pieces move at once

But castling your King means your Kingdom is in clover

Just shuffle Him two squares, then you move that Rook 'round over

There are some CASTLING rules for which to learn it would behoove

For one may castle neither side if either piece has moved

Don't castle across CHECK lest your King be torn asunder

And trying to castle out of CHECK would be a social blunder

Apr-17-10  wordfunph: "I once carried out a private survey at a well-known chess restaurant where a large number of 'friendly games' are always in progress. In less than thirty percent of those observed was resignation made with a good grace. In two-thirds of the games the loser either knocked his king over, abruptly pushed the pieces into the centre of the board, started to set up the men for a fresh game, or got up and walked away without saying a word to his opponent. There is absolutely no excuse for this behaviour so long as chess remains a game." David Brine Pritchard

(source: The Right Way to Play Chess)

Apr-17-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Chess players are different. I once saw two people engrossed in a game, in the park. I walked over to get a better look, and I noticed the board was set up wrong; white didn't have a light square for h1. I mentioned this; and they both were annoyed.

I guess chess is chess, without too much regard for specifics. I didn't say anything about their using Capablanca's 'submarine' piece.

Apr-17-10  wordfunph: <HeMateMe> who couldn't forget your post..

<I can see the title of the next book: "How I Became a Grandmaster at Age Three".>

lol!

Jul-10-10  Once: I had the privilege of playing against David a few times. He used to play for my little club Godalming (a town in Surrey). He was without a doubt one of the kindliest, friendliest and most good humoured of all chess players.

And even in his 80s he was a formidable opponent. I think I only beat him once but lost several times. Every year, around Christmas, he and his wife Elaine would organise a five minute blitz tournament at their bungalow. And on only one occasion, in between the mince pies, I managed to swindle a win.

He was as gracious in defeat as he was in victory. We then set the pieces up again and he whipped me hollow.

When old age addles my brain and dims my sight, these are among the memories that I want to lose last of all.

Jul-20-10  zb2cr: Hi <Once>,

"And men will tell their grandchildren, though all other memory fade, how they one time won against a member of the Master's Brigade."

Aug-13-10  Cibator: He made some fine contributions too in the field of chess-related humour. "A Match at the Club", a broadcast piece from around 1963, is an all-time classic.
Oct-19-10  rapidcitychess: Has this guy ever just pritched a pawn?

:)

Apr-23-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: An excellent obituary can be found here:

http://www.bcvs.ukf.net/dbp.htm

Oct-19-13  Kikoman: <Player of the Day>

Rest In Peace Sir David Brine Pritchard.

Oct-19-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>: David Brine Pritchard.
Mar-02-15  zanzibar: He also wrote an introductory book on go:

<go: A Guide to the Game>

D.B. Pritchard (c) 1973
Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0-8117-0740-7

http://www.amazon.com/Go-guide-D-Br...

Sep-01-15  richieew: Hi,

I'm reading Pritchard's classic "The Right Way to Play Chess" and in the chapter 'The End Game'; 'Examples from Play: 2. Bishop and Pawns, line (D) for black, where the move '1' is black bishop to f8 (page 177 in the 2008, Constable and Robinson edition I have a query. Pritchard claims that the position after white's fifth move ensures a white victory however I contest this.

The problem I have is that since it is black to move, what's to stop 5. ...gxh2? This forces white into either a checking move (to stop black queening on a square of an opposite colour to the bishop) or 6. Bxh2. If the white player checks with the bishop, he moves the bishop off the crucial diagonal, so once the black king moves out of check, there is no white piece to take on h2 so the black pawn queens next move. Therefore the white player is forced to take the pawn: 6. Bxh2. Now, the black player can simply play 6. ...a6 threatening to take at b5, this is the critical thing, as it would leave white with only an a-pawn, therefore draw.

To stop black's next move 7. ...axb5, which would guarantee black at least a draw, the white player can play 7. bxa6, but this is no good because it leaves white doubled pawns on the a-file therefore still, draw. So white has to play a checking move, if he uses the pawn on a5 (playing 7. a6+ Kxb6 leaving white with only an a-pawn, so he must use the bishop (playing 7. g1+), black moves out of check onto the white squares (7. ...Kb7).

Now there is only one way of preventing black playing ... axb5, which is to play 8. b6 giving white a passed pawn, but since it is relying on the bishop for protection, which also needs to cover the h2 square to prevent queening, white cannot win. The black player simply plays 8. ...h2, demanding 9. Bxh2, pulling the bishop off the diagonal so the pawn can be taken by the king. This leaves white with king, a bishop and an a-pawn, against king; but the king can reach the promotion square (an opposite coloured square to the remaining bishop) therefore draw*. If the white player refuses 9. Bxh2, black queens. I can't see how Pritchard's claim that '5. Bxf4 and white wins easily by forcing home a queen's-side pawn' is true. To me it looks like this is a draw.

This book is a classic, so surely I must be wrong in thinking there is a mistake here. Can someone please enlighten me as to the correct line for white? The positions of the pieces on the board after white's move '5' (in the text as '5. Bxf4') is the following: White - king on b3; pawns on a4, b5 and h2; bishop on f4. Black - king on b6; pawns on a7, g3 and h3.

If you can help me with this, I would be really grateful. Thanks - Rich

* is there some way of getting the king out of the corner with this configuration of pieces?? I can't see how.

Sep-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  yiotta: <richieew>7.Kb4 is sufficient to win, eg. 7...axb 8.axb Kb7 9.Kc5 and Black can't take the opposition because of the White bishop; this will be true in all variations, try it yourself.
Mar-22-16  BIDMONFA: David Brine Pritchard

PRITCHARD, David B.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/pritchard_d...
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Oct-25-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Pritchard was also the author of "Begin Chess", a guide for beginners. The book had an interesting layout. There are individual chapters, but each paragraph from the first in chapter 1 is numbered sequentially to the end of the book. Pritchard served with the RAF, and in the early 1950's was transferred to Singapore, where he and his wife Elaine quickly established themselves as the club's strongest players.
Sep-24-19  Jackandollie84: Hello, I am searching for the text of David Pritchrd’s “A match at the Club”. Can anyone help please? Thanks in advance!
Sep-24-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: According to https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi... it was reprinted in <Chess Treasury Of The Air> by Terence Tiller.
Sep-08-20  login:

@User: Jackandollie84

Un match au club
http://gillesjobin.ca/echecs/wp-con...

from 'Matou', Issue June 1982, Canada


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