Showing posts with label 1913. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1913. Show all posts

Saturday, March 22, 2014

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








Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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