The Chess Games of Crakanthorp - Forgotten Master from Australia

These are eight newspaper scans about chess player S. Crakanthorp. You can read the article on chessgames.com  and in Wikipedia.

"Spencer Crakanthorp (born Feb-17-1885, died Aug-01-1936) Australia, He was Australian Champion in 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926 and 1927. Son of Lawrence Spencer Crakanthorp, he was also the father-in-law of Cecil John Seddon Purdy and the grandfather of John Spencer Purdy. He passed away in Sydney in 1936." - chessgames.com

The article was a little bit confusion in which some did not tell which Crakanthorp it was. I left this for chess historian to examine.

Here's the articles:

The Sidney morning herald 1904-06-11 CG Watson vs L.S. Crakanthorp

Ruy Lopez

The Sidney morning herald 1913-08-08 W. Samuel Viner vs Spencer Crakanthorp Australia Championship Chess

the Sidney Morning Herald 1931-04-16 Crakanthorp vs Bunyan

Vienna

The Sidney Morning Herald 1935-05-09 Koshnitsky vs Spencer Crakanthorp new game

Dutch Defence

the Sidney morning herald 1935-09-02 S. Crakanthorp vs G. Koshnitsky

Queen's Indian Defence

the Sidney morning herald 1935-10-23 W.J. Greenfield vs S. Crakanthorp

Alekhine Defence

The Sidney Morning Herald 1951-03-25 Crakanthorp vs Hill

Vienna Game

William Samuel Viner Victorious Career - The Sidney Morning Herald 1913

The Sidney Morning Herald
16 August 1913
Chess Champion column was a regular in the Sidney Morning Herald, New South Wales Australia.

Article:
Mr. Viner's Victorious Career.
Article that address one of Australian champion in the 1910s era, William Samuel Viner. Still we lack the knowledge regarding his career, hope this little article added some information.

The Sidney Morning Herald Chess Champion column

16 August 1913

Viner vs Parry 1914 - The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald
31 October 1931
Every Saturday, The Sydney Morning Herald provided chess column, since early 1910s.

Game:
William Samuel Viner vs J. Ellis Parry 1-0, British Championship 1914
Sicilian Defence Maroczy Bind Accelerated Dragon
I couldn't find this game in online database, neither the 1914 British Championship. So I will label this as rare game of William Viner. The opponent was J. Ellis Parry, which name appeared on several records in British Chess Magazine.

The Sydney Morning Herald chess column

31 October 1914 -  NLA Newspapers

Game viewer: Viner vs Parry, new unrecorded chess games from Australian master?


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