January 08, 1898 Chess, The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post

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Chess 08 Jan 1898, Sat The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser (Bristol, Bristol, England) Newspapers.com

Games from the telephone match between the City of London Chess Club and the Yorkshire County Chess Association.
Played at Board 2:—

William Atkinson (white) vs. Herbert Jacobs (black)
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q4 2. PxP N-KB3 3. B-N5ch B-Q2 4. BxBch QxB 5. P-QB4 P-B3 6. PxP NxP 7. P-QN3 P-K4 8. B-N2 N-QN5 9. P-Q4 PxP 10. P-QR3 N-B3 11. N-KB3 B-K2 12. O-O O-O 13. R-K P-QR4 14. Q-Q3 B-B4 15. QN-Q2 QR-K 16. N-B Q-Q3 17. RxR RxR 18. N-N3 N-K4 19. NxN QxN 20. P-N4 PxP 21. PxP BxP 22. QxQP QxQ 23. BxQ N-Q2 24. N-B5 P-B3 25. N-K3 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Nb4 9. d4 exd4 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Re1 a5 14. Qd3 Bc5 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nf1 Qd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Nd7 24. Nf5 f6 25. Ne3 1/2-1/2

Played at Board No. 4:—

Frank Preston Wildman vs Herbert Trenchard
City of London CC - Yorkshire telephone m (1897), London / Leeds ENG, Dec-18
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation (C26) 1/2-1/2

Played at Board No. 5—

Henry Holwell Cole vs Percy Rosomond Clifford
City of London CC - Yorkshire telephone m (1897), London / Leeds ENG, Dec-18
French Defense: Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0