[Event "Return match, game 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Gibbons, Thomas Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1894.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bd2 Bg7
8. Bc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Bf3 Rad8 13. h3 Nd7 14.
Kb1 Ne5 15. Be2 g5 16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. b3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rh2 20. Rg1
Ng6 21. Nd1 Nf4 22. Bf1 Kd6 23. Ne3 Ke5 24. f3 Kd4 25. Nd1 g4 26. Kc1 gxf3 27.
gxf3 Bh3 28. a4 Bg2 29. c3+ Ke5 30. Nf2 Bxf3 31. Rg5+ Kd6 32. e5+ Ke6 33. Nd1
Bxd1 34. Kxd1 Rh1 35. Ke1 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nxe5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Rg8 Rh2+ 39. Bg2
Nd3+ 40. Kg3 Rh5 41. Bh3+ Ke5 42. Re8 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 Rg7 44. b4 f5 45. Rd8 Nf4
46. Bxf5 Kxf5 47. Rf8+ Ke6 48. Rxf4 Rf7 49. Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kd4 Kd6
52. c4 c5+ 53. bxc5+ Kc6 54. Ke5 Kxc5 {'and wins.' Source: Southern Counties'
Chess Journal of September 1894,} 0-1

[Event "County m Surrey-Sussex"]
[Site "Redhill"]
[Date "1894.01.13"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Cresswell, E"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1894.01.13"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qg3 Bc5 7. Nc3 c6 8.
d3 d6 9. O-O Nh6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Re1 Qe5 16. h3 Kh8 17. Qf2 Qh5 18. Ne2 b5 19. Bb3 f6 20. c3 Qg6 21. Rh4
Qe8 22. Nf4 Ng8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Ng6+ Qxg6 26. Qxf8 Bxh3 27. Qf3
Be6 28. Bc2 Rxa2 29. Qe2 Rxb2 30. Rh2 Qg3 31. Qe4 Bf5 32. Qe2 Rxc2 33. Rxh7+
Kxh7 34. Qh5+ Nh6 {Source: Southern Counties' Chess Journal of February 1894.}
0-1

[Event "McArthur Cup"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1894.03.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Crowley, E Aleister"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1894.03.31"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eastbourne"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O h6 6. d4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e5 d5
9. Bb3 c6 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. g3 g4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. c3
Nd7 16. Bc2 Nf8 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Bd2 Bg4 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. e6 Bxe6
22. Rae1 g5 23. Qg4 O-O-O 24. Rxe6 h5 25. Qe2 h4 26. Bxg5 Rdg8 27. Re7 Qh3 28.
g4 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Rxg5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kc7 32. Qe7+ {Source: Fox and
James' website 2004. Brian Denman's note (dated 20 Feb 2019): "The game
between Aleister Crowley and Shoosmith was originally published in the
Eastbourne Gazette of 4.4.1894. The column was discovered by Chris Ravilious
about twenty years ago. At that time Crowley was very young for a chess
columnist and he used the pseudonym of 'Ta Dhuibh'. Although he only wrote the
articles for about six months, he caused a disagreement within the Eastbourne
CC. If you look at the article, you will see that the names of the players are
not given. It was in fact Crowley's usual practice not to name the players
involved in games and some of these have definitely been traced back to
Crowley. I myself think it likely that this was the Crowley v Shoosmith game,
but there is no clear proof of this and I believe that, when the game is
quoted, a note should be added to say that there is an uncertainty about who
was playing the game."} 1-0

[Event "Blindfold Simul, 6 boards"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1894.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1894.06.20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 cxb5 11. Be3 Qg6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 f5
15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Bd2 Re6 18. Rf2 Qh5 19. Re1 Rg6 20. Ne3 Nh4 21.
Ng4 Nxg2 22. Rxg2 Bxf3 23. Rg3 Rxg4 {Sources: Southern Counties' Chess Journal
of August 1894 and the Hereford Times (Brian Denman)} 0-1

[Event "Sussex Championship play-off"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Emery, Alfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1895.03.30"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8.
Nxc6 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 bxc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. e5 Qg6 13. f4 f6 14. exf6
Nf5 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Nc2 Nd6 18. Rae1 Re7 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Ne3 Ne4
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. g3 Bh3 23. Ng2 Qe7 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Rf2 Bxg2 26. Rxg2 Qb1+
27. Kf2 Qxa2 28. h3 Qb1 29. Rg1 Qe4 30. Re1 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 a5 33.
Kd2 c5 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. b3 Kf6 36. g4 Ke6 37. Ke3 g6 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Ke3 c4 40.
bxc4 a4 41. Kd2 dxc4 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Kb2 Ke4 44. Ka3 Kxf4 45. Kxa4 h5 46. Kb4
hxg4 47. hxg4 Kxg4 48. Kxc4 Kf4 {'and wins'. Taken from the Southern Counties'
Chess Journal of April 1895. Also published in the West Sussex County Times
and Standard of 1.1.1898.} 0-1

[Event "Sussex Championship play-off"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Emery, Alfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1895.03.30"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O Qe7
9. Be3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Nd8 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. d4 Nd7 14. h3 f6 15. d5
Bf7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rae1 g6 18. c4 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b6 22.
g4 Be8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Rg1 Ra8 25. Rg2 Nf7 26. Reg1 Kg7 27. Nf1 Ng5 28. N3d2
Rh8 29. h4 Nf7 30. Qg3 Rag8 31. Nh2 Kf8 32. Qf3 Ke8 33. Ndf1 Kd8 34. Ne3 Rf8
35. Qe2 h5 36. gxh5 Rxh5 37. Rxg6 Rxh4 38. f3 Ng5 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. exf5 Rfh8
41. Rg2 Qh7 42. Kg1 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 Nf4 44. Qf2 Nxg2 45. Rxg2 Qxf5 46. Qf1 Qf4 {
Sources: The Daily News (London) of 15.4.1895, West Sussex County Times and
Standard of 20.4.1895, Southern Counties' Chess Journal of May 1895, and
Cheltenham Examiner of 29.5.1895. This game, which was completed on 6th April
after an adjournment, won Emery the county championship.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton v North London CC"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1895.05.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Biaggini, Charles Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1895.05.25"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brighton"]
[BlackTeam "North London"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18. Nf6 Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 {
Source: Brighton Society, 1 Jun 1895. Played at Brighton.} 1-0

[Event "Lewes v Brighton YMCA"]
[Site "Lewes"]
[Date "1896.03.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chandler, J"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1896.03.25"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lewes"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Ne1 $2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. f4 Bg4 9. Nf3 d5 $1 10. fxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 exf3 13. gxf3 Bh3
14. Re1 Qxf6 15. Be3 Rfe8 {Source: Brighton Society, 18 April 1896.
Contributed by Brian Denman.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton v Ludgate Circus"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1897.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Howell, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1897.03.20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brighton"]
[BlackTeam "Ludgate Circus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3
a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. Nf2 Rc8 13. O-O h6 14. f5 Ne7 15. fxe6
fxe6 16. c3 O-O 17. Bd2 Rf7 18. b4 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rcf8 20. Raf1 Nf5 21. g4 Ng3
22. hxg3 Rxf3 23. Bf4 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Qc7 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qh5 Rf5 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. e6 gxf4 {'White mates in two.' Sources: Sussex Daily News, 22 March 1897;
West Sussex Gazette, 1 April 1897; West Sussex County Times and Standard, 2
February 1907. Contributed by Brian Denman.} 1-0

[Event "County m Sussex-Hampshire"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1897.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Elwell, Francis Joseph H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1897.12.11"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Hampshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 b6 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bb1 a6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
Ng4 Ne4 16. f3 f5 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Nf2 Kh8 19. a3 Qh5 20. Nh3 g5 21. Qe2 Qh4
22. Qe1 Qh5 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Bd1 Qg6 25. Qe2 f4 26. exf4 gxf4 27. Bc2 f3 28.
Qf2 Rg8 29. Rfe1 Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 e3 32. d5 Rxh2 33. Bf5 e2+ 34.
Nxe2 fxe2+ {"and wins" Source: Isle of Wight Observer, 4 June 1898} 0-1

[Event "County m Sussex-Surrey"]
[Site "London, City of London CC"]
[Date "1899.02.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Curnock, Arthur John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1899.02.04"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. dxc5 e6 6. b4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 g5 13. e4 g4 14. exd5 gxf3 15.
dxc6 fxg2 16. Re1 bxc6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qg4+ {'and wins.' Sources: West Sussex Gazette, 2 March 1899; West
Sussex County Times and Standard, 18 December 1909. In both cases the score
does not tell us whether Black played 6..Nc6 and 7. .Nf6 or 6..Nf6 and 7..Nc6.
Contributed by Brian Denman.} 1-0

[Event "Sussex Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dobell, Herbert Edward"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1900.01.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hastings"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Nb6 13. Rc2 Qd7 14. Rd2 Rfd8
15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Ne1 h6 18. Bf4 c4 19. Qc2 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21. h3 g4
22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Bh4 Bd6 24. Rd4 Qe5 25. g3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Bxd8 Rxd8
28. Bxg4 f6 29. Qd2 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 20 Jan 1900}
1-0

[Event "Brighton Congress 1st Class Open "]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1904.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1904.02.10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bb1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qc2 g6
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 f5 17. f4 Rf6 18. Rf1 Re6 19. Rf3 Re8 20. Re1 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Rg3 Kf7 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Kf2 Nc4 26. Nxd5 Nxb2 27.
Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxc5 Re2+ 32. Kg3 R8e3+
33. Kh4 Rxg2 34. h3 Rgg3 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rg5+ Rxg5 38. fxg5
Re4+ {Source: The Field, 20 Feb 1904. Contributor: Brian Denman} 0-1

[Event "Brighton Congress 1st Class Open "]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1904.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1904.02.10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Nhf5 Qc8 16. Ne3 c6 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Nef1 g5 21. Ne2 Ng6
22. g3 d5 23. f4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Ng4 25. Qf3 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bc5+ 27. Be3 Nxe3 28.
Nxe3 Bg4 29. Qg3 Bxe2 30. f5 Rd2 31. Bb3 Kh7 32. Kh1 Nf4 33. Bxf7 Bxe3 34. Bg6+
Kh8 35. Qxe3 Rd3 36. Qc5 Bf3+ 37. Kg1 Qc7 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. Qxe3 Qa7 40. Kf2
Bxe4 41. Qxa7 Rxa7 42. Ke3 Bd5 {Source: Brian Denman (via Chess Games of GA
Thomas, Roger Paige, 2005)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mortimer, James"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Qe7 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Ba7
9. b4 Nf6 10. b5 axb5 11. Bxb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5
hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe6 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Nd2 Rg8 20. Kh1 Qg6 21. Rg1 Bg4
22. Qg3 Qh5 23. f3 Be6 24. Qf2 f6 25. g4 Qf7 26. Qh4 Rab8 27. Rg3 Rb2 28. Rh3
Qg6 29. a6 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 exd4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. Ra4 c5 33. a7 Ra8 34. Qe1 Qe8
35. Ra5 Kg8 36. Qh4 Qg6 37. Rb5 Rxa7 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ra1+ 40. Be1 Rxe1+
41. Qxe1 Qxe8 42. Qa5 Qb8 43. Qe1 Qb2 44. Rg3 Bf2 45. Rg2 Bxe1 46. Rxb2 c4 {
Sources: West Sussex Gazette of 15.9.1904, 'Chess Tournaments and Matches
1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999); American Chess Bulletin, 8/1904,
p. 63} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Muller, Oscar Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3
Bd7 15. Rd1 Rae8 16. Kh1 Re7 17. e4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. Rdf1 Rfe8 20. Bd3 g6
21. h3 Ba4 22. Qf2 Qxc3 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 $5 {In a slightly shaky
position, White decides to risk all on a kingside assault. It is not sound but
it works.} Qxd4 $1 ({Not} 24... gxf5 $2 25. Rxf5 {which soon leads to mate.})
25. Qg3 Qe5 26. Qh4 {Again White goes for broke, rather than limp along a pawn
down in an ending.} gxf5 27. Rxf5 Qc7 $2 (27... Qd6 $1 {would have won for
Black with best play, though he would still have had to find a few good moves.
He must have overlooked White's very neat finish.}) 28. Qh6 $1 Rg7 29. Qe6+ Rf7
30. Rg5+ {Sources: American Chess Bulletin of August 1904 (courtesy J S
Hilbert), 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - the Chess Player
(1999), and the Big Database 2003.} (30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
33. Rg7+ {and mate in a futher two moves.}) 1-0

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5
Ba5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O h6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bd2 c6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. b3
Bxd2 16. Nxd2 g5 17. Nb2 Kh7 18. Nbc4 Rg8 19. g4 h5 20. f3 Ne8 21. Rf2 f6 22.
Ne3 h4 23. c4 Rg7 24. Nb1 Qa5 25. Qd2 Qa6 26. Nc3 $2 Rxb3 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Ned1
Rgb7 29. Rc2 Nc7 30. Ne2 Rb1 31. Kg2 Bg8 32. Ndc3 R1b7 33. Rf1 Ne6 34. Nd1 Qa3
35. Ne3 Nd4 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Nf5 Be6 38. Rfc1 Bxf5 39. gxf5 c5 40. Kf2 Rb2 41.
Qe2 Qxa2 42. f4 Kh6 43. fxg5+ fxg5 44. Kg2 a5 45. Kf3 a4 46. Kg4 {Now Black is
careless:} a3 $2 (46... Rxc2 47. Rxc2 Qb1 {leads to an easy win - JS}) 47. Qd2
$1 Rg8 {Black thinks he has covered the threat but White has a further trick.}
48. f6 $1 Kh7 $2 ({After the correct} 48... Rxc2 {White has} 49. f7 $1 Rxd2 50.
fxg8=Q Rg2+ 51. Kf5 Qf2+ 52. Ke6 {and White has perpetual check. The move
played should actually lose, but White misses his chance of getting the full
point. (JS)}) 49. Kf5 $2 (49. f7 $1 Rf8 50. Qxg5 (50. Kh5 Rxf7 51. Qxg5 Rg7 52.
Qf5+ Kg8 53. Rf1 {comes to much the same thing}) 50... Rxc2 51. Kh5 Rxf7 52.
Rg1 {is game over - Stockfish}) 49... Qb3 50. f7 Rf8 51. Qxg5 Rxf7+ 52. Ke6 Qb7
53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Rg1+ Rg7 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qh5+ {Sources: West Sussex Gazette
of 22.9.1904, 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess
Player (1999); American Chess Bulletin, 8/1904, p. 65. Some comments on the
finish: London Daily News, 28 Jul 1904;} 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe1
Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rf1 f5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd4
15. exd4 Ne7 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Ne5 a6 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qc6 21.
Kh1 b5 22. Rbc1 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Rc2 Rfc8 26. Bc1 Rb7 27.
Ree2 a5 28. Kg1 a4 29. a3 h6 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Ke1 g5 32. Kd1 Kh7 33. Ke1 Rfb8
34. Kf2 Kg6 35. Kg1 Ne7 36. Kf2 Nc6 37. Ke1 h5 38. Kd1 h4 39. Bd2 Rxb2 40. Bc1
Rb1 41. Ke1 Ne7 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. h3 R8b3 44. Bb2 Nf4 45. Red2 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 R3xb2
47. g4 Re1+ 48. Re2 Rxe2+ 49. Rxe2 f4+ {Sources: American Chess Bulletin, 8/
1904, p. 66; 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess
Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Fred"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 O-O
9. O-O d5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. g3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rae8 15. d4
Bc8 16. dxe5 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 g6 18. Qe4 Rd8 19. Nb3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Be4 Nxe5
22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Bb7 c6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. Nh2 Kg7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
cxd4 Bb4 29. Qxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxb4 Be2 31. Rfe1 Ng4 32. Nxg4 Bf3 33. Bf8+ Kh8 34.
Bg7+ Kxg7 {Source: American Chess Bulletin, 9/1904, p. 82; West Sussex Gazette
of 20.10.1904, 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess
Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. a3 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rf3 Nf8 19. Be3 b6 20. Rg3 Be6 21. Bd3 Kh8
22. f5 Qxe5 23. Qg4 Ng6 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qh5 {Sources: London Daily News, 1 Aug
1904, p11; Leeds Mercury, 6 Aug 1904, p21; Illustrated London News, 20 Aug
1904, p266; American Chess Bulletin, 9/1904, p83; The Field, 6 Aug 1904; West
Sussex County Times and Standard, 13 Aug 1904; Brighton and Hove Society, 13
Aug 1904; Birmingham News, 13 Aug 1904} 1-0

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. d4 Be7 6. h3 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 Nd7
9. Nd5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Nd5 Be6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bd3 c5 17. Qc3 c4 18. Be2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Rfe1
Rfe8 22. Qa5 {[diag]} b5 23. axb5 Qb7 $5 {An enterprising idea which
ultimately pays off.} 24. Bf1 ({Engines find} 24. Qc3 $1 {when} Bxg2 {runs into
} 25. Bxh6 {and the silicon tell us the complications favour White. A human
would need nerves of steel to go down that line.}) 24... axb5 25. Qc3 Re6 26.
f3 ({Once again the silicon prescribes} 26. Bxh6 $1 {and this time it looks
not beyond human powers of calculation after, say,} b4 27. Qg3 Nh5 28. Qg5 {
, etc.}) 26... Bc6 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Qd4 Rg6 29. Re5 $2 (29. Kh1 {, breaking the
pin on the g-file, was called for here.}) 29... Nb4 $1 {Now both the f-pawn
and c-pawn are under threat.} 30. Qd2 $2 (30. Qh4 $1 {is a handy defence. If
now} Bxf3 $2 {White punishes Black with} 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Re8 {
and White's attack on the opposing king proves the more potent, e. g.} Rg5 34.
h4 $1 Rg4 35. h5 {and it's all over.}) 30... Bxf3 $1 31. Qxb4 Bxd1 32. Rxb5 Qc7
33. Rb7 Qe5 (33... Qf4 {is better.}) 34. Bxc4 ({Unsurprisingly, in a sharp
position the computer finds a lot of good chances that the players missed. Here
} 34. Rxf7 $1 {might well have saved White:} Be2 $5 (34... Kxf7 $2 35. Qb7+ Kf6
36. Qxa8 {is good for White}) 35. Qe7 {, etc.}) 34... Rf6 ({Here the computer
dishes up} 34... Bf3 $1 {which clinches the win for Black.}) 35. Bd3 $2 {[diag]
} (35. Bxf7+ $1 {again, when} Rxf7 36. Rxf7 {where White has what chances are
going.}) 35... Bxc2 $1 {Finally one of the players finds a decisive tactic.
The threat of Ra1+ is devastating.} 36. Bf1 Qf5 37. Qe1 Ra1 {Sources: London
Daily News, 4 Aug 1904; BCM Sept 1904, p353; The Daily News (London), 4 Aug
1904 and 13 Apr 1912; Times Literary Supplement, 26 Aug 1904; Illustrated
London News, 10 Sept 1904; American Chess Bulletin, Oct 1904, p98; 'Chess
Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999);
annotations by JS, CHESS, Aug 2017, p37} (37... Ra1 38. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 39. Kh2 Qxf1
{leaves Black a clear piece up.}) 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Van Vliet, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Qa4 $2 Bxc4 8.
a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Qd5 10. Qc2 d3 11. Qc3 dxe2 12. Bxe2 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 O-O-O 14.
Rhc1 f6 15. b4 fxe5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. a4 e4 18. Nd4 Qh5+ 19. Ke1 Nd5 20. Qc5
Ncxb4 21. Ra3 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Qa5 Qe5 24. Kd2 Rhe8 (24... Rhf8 {may be
given in some of the sources quoted below, but The Field (6 Aug 1904) at least
gives 24...KR-Ksq (JS)}) 25. Rc5 Nxe3 26. Qxa7 Nf1+ {Sources: The Scotsman, 4
Aug 1904, p10; London Evening Standard, 5 Aug 1904, p9; The Field, 6 Aug 1904;
Daily Telegraph and Courier, 6 Aug 1904, p6; Illustrated London News, 1 Oct
1904; To-day, 10 Aug 1904; Times Literary Supplement, 12 Aug 1904, Birmingham
Daily Post, 16 Aug 1904; American Chess Bulletin, Oct 1904, p99; West Sussex
CountyTimes and Standard, 12 Nov 1904; 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' -
A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8
15. c3 Be6 16. Bb1 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Nh5 Ne4 21.
Rd1 Be6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxe4 {"and wins" Sources: Sheffield Daily Telegraph,
6 Aug 1904, p13; American Chess Bulletin, Oct 1904, p100; Birmingham Daily
Post, 23 Aug 1904, 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The
Chess Player (1999). Gillam suggests that Black resigned after White's 23rd
move.} 1-0

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qe6 13. f4 Rad8 14. f5 Qc8
15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Qf3 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qh5 Nxe3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Rf3
Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxf5 22. Rxf5 Rxd4 23. Rxc7 Kg8 24. Nf3 Rb4 {(Source to here
only: Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 8 August 1904)} 25. b3 Bf6 26. Kf2 Re7 27.
Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Ke3 Rb6 29. Kd3 Bf6 30. Kc4 Re6 31. Rd5 Re2 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2
Kf7 34. Kd5 Ke7 35. Nc4 Kd7 36. b4 Bc3 37. b5 Kc7 38. a4 Kd7 39. a5 a6 40. b6
Ke7 41. h3 Kd7 42. g4 Ke7 43. h4 Kd7 44. h5 Ke7 45. g5 Kd7 {Source: London
Evening Standard, 8 Aug 1904, p8; American Chess Bulletin, 10/1904, p101 (up
to move 28); The Field, 13 Aug 1904. Also given up to Black's 24th move in
'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tattersall, Creassey Edw Cecil"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ne3 b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. O-O Rad8
15. Ne1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 e4 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. d4 Na5 19. Bg5 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Bf4
g5 22. Be3 Qe6 23. b4 h6 24. Ra3 Bg6 25. g3 Bh5 26. Kh1 Qh3 27. Rg1 Rd6 28. Qc1
Qe6 29. Qa1 Be2 30. Qa2 Bc4 31. b3 Bd5 32. Ng2 f5 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. Rb1 Rc6 35.
Qd2 Bf6 36. Kg1 Be7 37. Kf1 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. bxa5 Bxb3 40. d5 Bxd5 41. Ra1
Bc4+ 42. Kg1 Ra6 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Rd6 45. Qc1 Qg6 46. Kh1 Be2 47. Qg1 Bf3
48. Bf4 Ra6 49. Bxc7 Qg4 50. Kh2 Kh7 51. Bg3 Bxg2 52. Qxg2 Bxh4 53. Bc7 Qe2 54.
Bb6 Bg5 55. Qg3 Qh5+ 56. Kg1 Bd8 57. Qb8 Bxb6 58. Qb7+ Kg8 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60.
Qxa6 Qg4+ 61. Kf1 Qh3+ 62. Ke2 Qd3+ 63. Ke1 Qxc3+ 64. Kd1 Qxa1+ 65. Kc2 Qa4+
66. Kb1 Qd1+ 67. Kb2 Bd4+ {Sources: American Chess Bulletin, Dec 1904, p141 
(notes by Howell); West Sussex Gazette, 16 Feb 1905, 'Chess Tournaments and
Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Napier, William Ewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Na4 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
exd4 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bc2 11. Rd2 Bxa4 12. b3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nf6 14.
Bb5 Ne4 15. Rc2 Be7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. O-O O-O 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rc4 Rfb8 22. b4 Rb5 23. Nc1 Rab8 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. Nc1 Nc7 26. Bf4 Rd4
27. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Nd5 29. Re1 h6 30. Bd2 Nxb4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Re7 Nd5 33.
Rxa7 Rb1 34. Ra4 Bc3 {Sources: Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 10 Aug 1904; The
Field, 13 Aug 1904; The Weekly Mercury (Birmingham), 17 Sept 1904; American
Chess Bulletin, Jan 1905, p16; 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J
Gillam - The Chess Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lee, Francis Joseph"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bd3 f5 5. c4 c6 6. Nbd2 ({"We fancy} 6. Ne5 {
here. Experience in the tournament has shown that it is little use playing a
defensive game against Shoosmith." (London Daily News)}) 6... Qf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8.
b3 Nh6 9. Bb2 Nf7 10. Ng1 Qg6 11. g3 Nf6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Ngf3 Qh6 14. Bxe4 fxe4
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh3 17. Ba3 Bd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qc5 Qe6 20. h3 b6 21.
Qc2 a5 22. Bb2 h5 23. Nb1 Nh6 24. Nc3 Nf5 25. Qf2 b5 26. Ne2 c5 27. Rc1 Rc8 28.
Rg1 Nh6 29. Rh1 Nf5 30. Rg1 Nh6 31. Rh1 Rf8 32. Rc2 g6 33. Kd2 b4 34. Kc1 a4
35. Kb1 Bb5 36. Nc1 Bd3 37. Nxd3 exd3 38. Rd2 c4 39. Bd4 Qa6 40. Qf1 Ra8 41. g4
Rf7 42. gxh5 axb3 43. hxg6 bxa2+ 44. Ka1 Qxg6 45. Rg1 Qe6 46. Qg2 b3 47. Qg6
Qxg6 48. Rxg6 Nf5 49. e6 Rf8 50. e7 Nxd4 51. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 52. exd4 c3 53. Rgg2
Re8 54. Rd1 d2 55. Rgg1 Re2 56. h4 c2 57. Rc1 b2+ 58. Kxb2 d1=Q 59. Kc3 Qd2+
60. Kb2 a1=Q+ 61. Kxa1 Qc3+ {Sources: London Daily News, 11 Aug 1904, p11; The
Field, 13 Aug 1904; Times Literary Supplement, 2 Sept 1904; American Chess
Bulletin, Jan 1905, p18; 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam -
The Chess Player (1999)} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Curnock, Arthur John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rc7
15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Re6 17. Be1 Rh6 18. g3 Nb8 19. Qf1 Qc8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Nd2 Qe6 22. a3 Rd7 23. b4 Bf8 24. Nc4 f6 25. f3 exf3 26. Qxf3 Rd5 27. Rf2 c5
28. dxc5 bxc5 29. b5 Nd7 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Bb2 Nb6 32. Ne5 Rd5 33. Nc6 a6 34. e4
Rd6 35. e5 Rd5 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Bxf6 axb5 38. Bg5 Rf5 39. Qxf5 Qxf5 40. Rxf5
Rxc6 41. Rb1 b4 42. Rbf1 (42. Rb3 {is given in some sources}) 42... Bg7 43.
axb4 cxb4 44. Rb5 Bc3 45. Kg2 Nc4 46. Kh3 Kg7 47. Kh4 Nd6 48. Rb8 Ne4 49. Bf4
Nc5 50. Be3 Ne4 51. g4 Rc4 52. Rb7+ Kg6 53. Rb6+ Bf6+ 54. Bg5 Rc2 55. Rfxf6+
Nxf6 56. Bxf6 Rxh2+ 57. Kg3 Rh1 58. Bd4+ Kf7 59. Rxb4 {and White won. Sources:
American Chess Bulletin, Jan 1905, p. 19; 'Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904'
- Gillam (The Chess Player, 1999)} 1-0

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mackenzie, Arthur John"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Na4 Qb7 15.
Nd4 a5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. bxc5 d4 20. Bf3 dxe3 21.
Bxc6 exf2+ 22. Kh1 Qxc6 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Rxf2 f5 25. Qh4 Qxc5 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27.
Re2 Qc4 28. Ree1 Rac8 29. Qxh7 Qg4 30. h3 Qg5 31. Rab1 Kf8 32. Rb7 Qf6 33. Re3
f4 34. Rf3 e5 35. Rfb3 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. R7b5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rdd1 39. Rg3+
Kh7 {Sources: American Chess Bulletin, Jan 1905, p20; 'Chess Tournaments and
Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999); Mega Database 2016. Both
[Gillam and ChessBase] versions suggest that White won the game, though the
cross table for the tournament and the final position suggest that it was
Black who won.} 0-1

[Event "City of London (National)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1904.08.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Gunston, William Hewison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1904.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c6 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. e5 Ng4 17. Nc4 Bf5 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Nd4 Bxc4 20. Qxg4 Qxe5 21.
Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Qxc4 Rac8 23. Rab1 Rfe8 24. Rd7 Qf5 25. Rbd1 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd7
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qd4 Rd6 29. Qxa7 h5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. a3 h4 32. Qe8 hxg3 33.
hxg3 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Rd2 35. b4 Rd7 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke3 g5 39. Re4 b5
40. Rd4 Re7+ 41. Kd2 Ke5 42. Rd3 Ra7 43. f3 f5 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. gxf4+ gxf4+ 46.
Kd2 Ra6 47. Kc2 Rh6 48. Kb3 Rh1 49. a4 Rb1+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4 51. a5 Rc4 52. a6 Rc7
53. Ra3 Ra7 54. Kb3 Kd5 55. Kb4 Kc6 56. Ra5 Kb6 57. Rxb5+ Kxa6 58. Ra5+ Kb6 59.
Rxa7 {'and wins'. Sources: London Evening Standard, 15 Aug 1904, p7; American
Chess Bulletin, May 1905, p212; The Field, 20 Aug 1904. In another version of
the game viz. the Cheltenham Examiner of 24 Aug 1904, it is again suggested
that there was further play after White's 59th move. However, 'Chess
Tournaments and Matches 1904' - A J Gillam - The Chess Player (1999) and the
Big Database 2003 both indicate that Black resigned after White's 59th move 
(Brian Denman)} 1-0

[Event "Newnes Amateur ch m"]
[Site "City of London CC"]
[Date "1904.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Napier, William Ewart"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1904.11.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bf5 Ra8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb1 Re8 15.
Qc2 Nb4 16. Qf5 Bc8 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Ne5 h6 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. Qh5
Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Bc5 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Rd4 Bc5 27. Rf4 Bd6
28. h4 Qe7 29. Rxb4 Bxb4 30. Nxd5 Qd6 31. Rc6 Qf8 32. Rxh6 f5 33. Qh5 {Sources:
London Daily News, 3 Nov 1904; Illustrated London News, 19 Nov 1904;
Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal, 25 Nov 1904. Napier won the play-off for
the Newnes Cup 2-0 with two draws.} 1-0

[Event "City of London ch 0506"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Stephen Francis (Dr"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. Be2 Ng6
15. O-O f5 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. e4 Kh8 19. exf5 Rad8 20. Qh5 exf5 21.
Rce1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxf4+ {Source: London Daily
News, 16 Dec 1905} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qxd5 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Nd2 f5 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. Bxe6+ Qxe6 13. O-O Bc5+ 14. Kh1
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bd2 e3 19. Bc3 Qe4 20. Rad1
Rxf4 21. Rd7 Rf2 (21... Rxf1+ $1 22. Qxf1 Be7 $19) 22. Rxg7+ Kf8 23. Rg3 Re7
24. Rf3+ (24. Be1 Qxc2 25. Rf3+ Ke8 26. R3xf2 exf2 27. Qh5+ Rf7 $19) 24... Rf7
25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Ke6 27. Qe8+ Be7 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Ba5 Bd6
31. Qg7 Qf4 32. Qc3+ Bc5 33. Qd3 Qd4 34. Bc3 Qxd3 35. cxd3 e2 36. Rg1 Rf1 37.
d4 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Bxd4+ {Source: London Daily News, 20 April 1905} 0-1

[Event "London match"]
[Site "City of London CC"]
[Date "1905.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1905.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 f5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Bd2 e5 15.
Rad1 exf4 16. exf4 Be6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Nc5 Bf7 21. b4
a5 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nb3 Be3 25. g3 a4 26. Na1 Qa5 27. Qb2 Rd2 28.
Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Bxd2 30. Rd1 e3 31. Nc2 Rc8 32. c5 Bb3 {"Black wins, the
rest of the game being mere detail". Source: London Daily News, 30 March 1905}
33. Nxe3 Bxe3 34. Rd3 Bxc5 35. Bf3 b6 36. Bc6 Bxa3 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Kf3 Be6 39.
h3 a3 40. g4 a2 {Source: West Sussex Gazette, 30 Mar 1905} 0-1

[Event "London match"]
[Site "City of London CC"]
[Date "1905.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1905.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. f5 Na5 7. Qf3 Nxc4 8. dxc4
h6 9. g4 Bd7 10. h4 Bb4 11. Nge2 Bc6 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Qe7
15. Be3 b6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 O-O-O 18. Rd3 Kb7 19. a4 Nb8 20. a5 Rc8 {
The score just gives '20...R-B1'} 21. Rb3 c5 22. axb6 a6 23. Qe2 f6 24. Kd2 Nd7
25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rba3 Nb8 27. c3 Rc8 28. b4 c4 29. b5 Qd7 30. Ra5 Qe8 31. Ke1 {
Source: Morning Post, 27 Mar 1905. Contributor: Brian Denman} 1-0

[Event "London match"]
[Site "City of London CC"]
[Date "1905.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2Q5/6k1/2Pp1qp1/P2P1p2/1P2nP2/4N3/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1905.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Qd6+ Kh5 2. Nxf4+ gxf4 3. Qe5 Kh4 4. Qxf5 Nxf5 5. c6 Kg3 6. c7 Nd6 7. b4
Kxf3 8. b5 Ke3 9. b6 f3 10. c8=Q Nxc8 11. b7 f2 12. bxc8=Q f1=Q+ 13. Kb2 Qe2+
14. Qc2 Qxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Kxd4 {Source: London Daily News, 30 March 1905} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1905.03.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Be6 14. Rae1 Qd7
15. h3 b6 16. Ba3 Nd6 17. g4 Rfe8 18. Qg3 c5 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Rg2 Ne4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Be2 Qc7 24. c3 Bf6 25. g5 Be7 26. Bg4 Bf7 27. h4 Bd6 28. Rf1
Re7 29. h5 Rae8 30. Be2 Be6 31. Bb2 Rf8 32. g6 Rxf4 33. gxh7+ Kh8 34. Rfg1 Rf3
35. Bxf3 Bxg3 36. Rxg3 exf3 37. h6 f2 38. hxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxg7 Qxg7 {Sources:
Nottingham Guardian, 28 Mar 1905; West Sussex County Times and Standard, 15
Apr 1905} 0-1

[Event "Test tournament for GB v USA match "]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunston, William Hewison"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1905.03.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Na5 9. h3 O-O 10. Ne2 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Nh2 d5 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bd2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bb7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Ng4 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 Bc8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. Be3 Red8 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 g6 27.
Qf3 f6 28. g4 Be7 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Rh1 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Rc1 Qc6 33. Kg3 a5
34. h4 a4 35. h5 g5 36. Qf5 b4 37. c4 Rd3 38. c5 b3 39. Rc4 Kg7 40. Rb4 Bxc5
41. h6+ Kxh6 42. Rb7 {Source: The Daily News (London) of 19.5.1905. A test
tournament commenced on 25th March 1905 at the City of London CC to help
decide who should be in the Great Britain team for the cable match against U.S.
A to take place in the middle of April. Shoosmith was selected to play in the
cable match and Gunston was not in the team. However, because of a faulty
cable the match did not take place. Contributed by Brian Denman, Feb 2019.} 1-0

[Event "Consultation game in London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee FJ/Leonhardt PS"]
[Black "Shoosmith HW/Gunston WH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1905.04.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman, Brian"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. c3 d5 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. f4 Be6 14. Be3 g6 15.
Nd2 Kg7 16. Rac1 h6 17. Qd3 c6 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Rcf1 Rf7 20. a3 Rh8 21. Ba2 g5
22. g4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 fxg4 24. Bb1 Kg8 25. Bg3 Rg7 26. Bh4 Qe8 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28.
exf6 Rd7 29. Re1 Kf8 30. f7 Qe7 31. Qg6 Bf5 32. Rxe7 Bxg6 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Bxg6
Rf8 35. Bh5 Nc8 36. Rfe2 {Sources: The Field of 22.4.1905, Times Literary
Supplement of 12.5.1905, British Chess Magazine of June 1905 and the Big
Database 2003. The game was arranged when the proposed cable match, Great
Britain v U S A, fell through.} 1-0

[Event "Kent Congress 1st Class Open"]
[Site "London Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1905.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1905.06.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4
Be7 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. gxf5 Nd6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O Nxf5 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Re1 Bc5+
15. Kh1 $4 (15. Kf1 $15) 15... Qh6 {Sources: London Daily News, 13 July 1905;
Oxford Times, 24 December 1910; Cheltenham Examiner, 16 August 1905.} 0-1

[Event "Match - 1st to 3 wins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1905.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"The following game is one of a short match of three up won by Mr. Sherrard
from Mr. Shoosmith recently:"} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3
Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 c6 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18.
Rfd1 Qh6 19. Ne2 Ndf6 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Rf1 $4 (21. Rc2 $18) 21... Nd2 {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post, 12 September 1905. Contributed by Brian Denman, 2 May
2023, who comments "I take 'three up' to mean that the winner was the first
person to win three games rather than that only three games were played." Date
and venue unknown.} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Arthur John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. h3 g5 11. Bh2 Rf7 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxf5 Nf8
15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. O-O c6 20. f4 gxf4 21.
exf4 Nd7 22. f5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bc8 24. Rbe1 Bb7 25. f6 Qf8 26. Qf2 Kh8 27. e6
Rc7 28. Qg3 {Sources: The Field, 19 Aug 1905; BCM, Sept 1905, p348; Times
Literary Supplement, 1 Sept 1905} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d4 Qd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 Nb7 14. Nbd2 c4 15. Nf1
Nc5 16. Ng3 Qb7 17. h3 Bd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nh4 g6 21. f4 Nfxe4
22. Nxe4 Bxh4 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Rxe5 Ra1 25. Kh2 b4 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Re2 Qc7 28.
d6 Qa5 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Be4 c3 31. Qc2 b3 32. Qxb3 Rxc1 33. Bd5 cxb2 34. Bxf7+
Kg7 35. Bg8 b1=Q $4 (35... Kh6 {or 35...Kh8} 36. Qf7 Bg7 $19) 36. Qf7+ {
Sources: The Field, 19 Aug 1905; BCM, Sept 1905, p350. "A fine game on the
part of Shoosmith, who, however, lost it by "playing for the gallery" instead
of winning it easily." (The Field)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Palmer, Wilfred Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3
e5 15. Rd1 e4 16. Rff1 Be6 17. Na4 Rad8 18. c5 Bxa2 19. b3 b5 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Ra1 Bd2 22. Rxa2 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Rxd4 24. Qxc6 f4 25. Qxb6 Qf5 26. Nc5 Kh8 27.
Qc6 f3 28. gxf3 exf3 29. Bxf3 Qh3 30. Rg2 Rdf4 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. Be2 Rxf1+ 33.
Bxf1 Qf5 34. Bd3 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 Bxc5 36. Rg5 Be3 37. Rb5 Bh6 {'Drawn after a
few more moves.' Source: The Field, 19 Aug 1905.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3
b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Bf8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Re6 19. Qh3 Ne8 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Be2
Nd6 22. Bh5 Bc8 23. Qg3 Ra7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bh6 $6 Rxf6 $2 ({Curiously, White
isn't actually threatening anything here! So Black could continue} 25... Qxc2 {
, or something of that sort. Instead he allows a brilliant finish - JS}) 26.
Rxf6 Nxe4 27. Qxg7+ $1 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 18 Aug 1905; Yorkshire
Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 18 Aug 1905; The Scotsman, 18 Aug 1905; London
Daily News, 19 Aug 1905; Falkirk Herald, 23 Aug 1905; BCM, Sept 1905, p347;
BCM, Quotes and Queries, June 2000} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Ward, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Ne2 Nd6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Bxd3 17. Bxe7 Bxe2 18. Bxd8 Bxd1 19. Bxf6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bb5
21. Be5 a5 22. f3 a4 23. e4 Bc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Rc1 c5 26. Rxc4 cxd4 27. Bxd4
Rec8 28. Rb4 a3 29. Kh2 axb2 30. Rxb2 Rc4 31. Bg1 Rca4 32. Rb7 Rxa2 33. h4 h6
34. Kh3 Rc8 35. e5 Rcc2 36. g4 Rg2 37. Be3 Rge2 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb3 Rh2+ 40.
Kg3 Rag2+ 41. Kf4 Rxh4 42. Rb7 h5 43. Rxf7 hxg4 44. e6 Kg6 45. Ke5 Re2 46. Kf4
Rg2 47. Bd4 g3+ 48. Ke5 Rxd4 49. Kxd4 Rd2+ 50. Ke3 g2 51. Kxd2 g1=Q 52. Rf4 Qg5
53. Ke3 Kh6 54. Ke4 Qe7 55. Kd5 Qb7+ 56. Ke5 Qb5+ 57. Kd4 Qb4+ 58. Ke5 Qc5+ 59.
Ke4 Qd6 60. Rf5 Qxe6+ 61. Re5 Qc4+ 62. Ke3 g5 63. Re4 Qc2 64. Kd4 Qf2+ 65. Re3
Kg6 66. Ke4 Kf6 67. Rd3 Qe2+ 68. Kd4 Kf5 69. Re3 Qf2 70. Kd3 Kf4 71. Re4+ Kxf3
72. Rd4 Qxd4+ {Source: London Daily News, 24 Aug 1905, update 21 Oct 2015,
contributed by Gerard Killoran} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15.
Bb1 b5 16. Bh2 a5 17. f4 Ba3 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. f5 Qg5 20. Rf4 Bd6 21. Qf3 h5 22.
f6 g6 23. h4 Qh6 24. g4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Bc8 26. Rf4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. h5 Rxe5
29. hxg6 Rg5+ 30. Rg2 Qxg6 31. Rxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nxc3 34. Bc2
Ne4 35. Rh4 Ra6 36. Be5 Bf5 37. Bd4 b4 38. Rh5 Be6 39. Kf3 b3 40. Bxe4 dxe4+
41. Kxe4 a4 42. a3 Rc6 43. Bc3 Rb6 44. Rh2 Rd6 45. Rg2+ Kh7 46. Kf4 Rd1 47.
Rh2+ Kg8 48. Bb4 Rf1+ 49. Ke5 Bf5 50. e4 Bg6 51. Bc3 Rd1 52. Rg2 Rd3 53. Bb4 c3
54. Rxg6+ fxg6 55. Ke6 Rf3 56. Ke7 c2 {Source: Southport Visiter, 22 August
1905. Contributed by Brian Denman, 13 September 2023. "Shoosmith was on the
right road with an early king's side attack, whilst his opponent's forces were
still undeveloped. There were elements of success in the plan, which contained
some subtle threats in its execution; but there was just a link missing,
giving Wahltuch time to bring his reserve forces into play and to assume the
offensive successfully." (The Field, 26 Aug 1905)} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wainwright snr, George Edward"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. c3 Bg4 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Nc3 Rae8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Ng5 Bf5 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba2 h6 18. Nf3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bb3 a5 21. Be3 f6 22.
Bf4 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qe6 25. Bh2 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qg6 27. Kh1 c6 28.
Rd4 Kh8 29. f3 Qe6 30. g4 Bh7 31. f4 c5 32. Rd2 Qc6 33. Kg1 c4 34. Bd1 Be4 35.
Qe3 Nd7 36. Bc2 Nc5 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Rb2 Nxc3 39. Qxc3 Qc5+ 40. Rf2 d4 41. Qd2
d3 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Rc3 Qb4 44. f5 Qxa4 45. e6 Qc6 46. Be5 Kh7 47. Rc1 Qc5 48.
Bc3 b6 49. Re1 Qe7 50. Re3 Rc5 51. Ref3 Rb5 52. Kg2 Qb7 53. Qe3 Qd5 54. e7 Re8
55. Bxg7 Kxg7 56. f6+ Kf7 57. Qxh6 Qg5 58. Qh7+ Ke6 59. f7 Rxe7 60. f8=N+ {
Source: Manchester Guardian, Aug 24, 1905} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry Ernest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 c6 7. e4 Qa5 8. Qd2
e5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 Qd8 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. d5 c5 13. g4 Ne8 14. Rdg1 f6 15. h4
Nb6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qg7 18. Qe3 Kf7 19. g5 f5 20. h5 f4 21. Qd2 Rg8 22.
hxg6+ hxg6 23. Rh6 Nd7 24. Rgh1 Nf8 25. Nh4 Rh8 26. Nf3 Rg8 27. Qd1 Ke7 28.
R1h4 Qf7 29. Qh1 Bd7 30. Rh8 Rg7 31. Nd2 a6 32. a4 b6 33. b3 Nc7 34. Kb2 Rb8
35. Nf3 Ne8 36. R4h6 Kd8 37. Nh4 Kc7 38. Nf3 Kb7 39. Nh4 Kc7 40. Nf3 Kb7 41.
Qh4 Nc7 42. Nd2 Qe7 {Sources: The Scotsman, 23 Aug 1905; London Daily News, 24
Aug 1905; The Field, 26 Aug 1905; Northern Whig, 31 Aug 1905; Birmingham News,
2 Sept 1905; Cheltenham Examiner, 6 Sept 1905. Scotsman, London, Birmingham
and Cheltenham newspapers end the game after Black's 40th move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc. "One of the dry QP openings, which yielded, however, a pretty
ending, the only redeeming point in it. Legitimately it should have been a
draw, but Bellingham showed great skill in finding a possibility of winning in
a position which seemed perfectly even. The forces were R, N and 5Ps against
Shoosmith's R, B and 5Ps. But Bellingham, after forcing the exchange of rooks,
was able to win by bringing his K into better play, coupled with the
superiority of the N against the B." (The Field, 26 Aug 1905)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {... and then he accepted the gambit with d5xc4 (source:
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 25 Aug 1905)} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Southport"]
[Date "1905.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gunston, William Hewison"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {...etc. Not quite clear whether a draw was agreed
in this game. According to the Manchester Guardian, 26 Aug 1905, "the game
between the two last was left unfinished". The newspaper then gives the
players' scores as Gunston 2.5 and Shoosmith 2 (i.e. no score to either of
them). "The most determined fight of the day to avoid the draw took place
between Gunston and Shoosmith. After twenty-five moves not a single piece was
off the board. After another twenty moves one pawn had been exchanged, and the
doughty combatants were at a late hour in solo possession of the room, every
other game having been finished." However, The Field, 2 Sept 1905, shows the
result as a draw, with players' scores as Gunston 3, Shoosmith 2½.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of London v Metropolitan"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Greenwell, Hubert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1905.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "City of London"]
[BlackTeam "Metropolitan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
Be7 9. d4 Qc8 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Be3 Nd8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nh4 Nc6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf2 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne5 22. Bxh6 Nfg4 23. hxg4 gxh6 24. Nhf5 Nxg4 25. Qf3 h5 26. e5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
Qxe5 28. Be4 Bxf5 29. Rxd8 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Qd3 Qh1+ 33. Ke2
Qxg2+ 34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Qe2 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Qf4 38. Rd3 Be7 39. Rd2
Bh4+ 40. Kd1 Ne3+ 41. Kc1 Qxe4 42. Qh2 Bg5 43. Qxh5 Qf4 44. Rf2 {Source: The
Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, 18 November 1905 p.
654. Contributor: Gerard Killoran.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Lge Lud-Eagle v Bohemians"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1905.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anspach, Frederick Law"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1905.12.21"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bd6 6. Nh3 f5 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qe7
9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Qe2 c4 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Ne5 b5 13. O-O Ne4 14. b4 a5 15. Bxe4
fxe4 16. a3 Ra6 17. Rf2 axb4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. cxb4 Rfa8 20. Raf1 Rxa3 21. f5
Rf8 22. fxe6 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Qxe6 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. Nf7 Ra8 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf7+
Kh8 28. Be1 h6 29. Bh4 Be8 30. Qb7 Rb8 31. Be7 Rxb7 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Bxd6 c3
34. Rf2 Ra7 35. Rc2 Ra3 36. h3 Rb3 {Adjudicated a draw (N.B. a difficult
decision - Fritz 10 suggests that Black might have enough to win). Source:
Western Morning News, 28 Dec 1905. Played in the 'A' Division of the London
League. Contributed by Brian Denman, Feb 2019. Biographical note (by JS):
Frederick Law Anspach (b 25 Jan 1874, London) changed his name by deed poll to
Frederick Law Armstrong in May 1918 and died 24 Jul 1925. See Gerard Killoran
post on the English Chess Forum <https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.
php?t=8166#p174185>} 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of London CC Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamond, Francis Edward"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 c6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rxe8+
Qxe8 15. Re1 Qf8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Qa4 Ra8 19. b4 a6 20. Bg3 Qb8 21.
Qd1 Nh5 22. Kh2 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Bc7 24. Nh4 Nf6 25. Qf3 b5 26. Ne3 a5 27. Nef5
Qd8 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra4 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Bc2 Ra2 32. Bb3 Ra3 33. Qe3 g5 34.
Qc1 Ra7 35. Bc2 gxh4 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Qxh4 Kd7 38. Rf1 Ra8 39. Nd6 Bxd6 40.
cxd6 Ne8 41. Qf4 Nxd6 42. h4 (42. Qf6 Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Rh8 44. Bd1 Ne4 45. Rf4 Nc3
46. Bf3 Na2 47. h4 Nxb4 48. h5 Nc2 49. Rh4 Ne3 50. Be2 f5 51. Kg1 Ng4 {0-1 is
the end to the game as published in the Cheltenham Examiner, 22 May 1907 
(Brian Denman)}) 42... Qh8 43. Qf6 Qxf6 44. Rxf6 Rh8 45. Bd1 Ne4 46. Rf4 Nc3
47. Bf3 Na2 48. h5 Nxb4 {'And after a few more moves Whte resigns.' Source:
Illustrated London News, 1 Dec 1906} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Healey, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 f5 12. h3 Qe8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rc2 a5 15. a4
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Qa3 Rf6 18. Ne2 h6 19. Kh2 Ne4 20. g3 g5 21. Nfg1 Qf7 22.
f3 Nb6 23. Nc3 Nd6 24. b3 f4 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg7 28. Rg2 Rg6
29. Rxg6 Qxg6 30. Nce2 Nf7 31. Nxf4 Qg7 32. e5 Nd5 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Ne2 Nb4 35.
Rg1 Ng5 36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Nh4 Qd7 38. Qb2 $4 Qxh3# {Source: Times Literary
Supplement, 16 Feb 1906.} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Ward, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 8. c5
Re8 9. O-O c6 10. h3 Nf8 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 f6 14. Ng4 e5 15.
fxe5 fxe5 16. b4 e4 17. Be2 Qg5 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Rf2 h5 20. Nh2 Nf6 21. Kh1 Nh4
22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Nf1 Rf8 24. g3 Bd7 25. a4 Rf7 26. a5 Raf8 27. Nd1 h4 28. g4
Ng3+ 29. Nxg3 hxg3 30. Rfg2 Qh4 31. Rxg3 Nh5 32. Qe1 Nxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Qh6 34. Kg2
Rf3 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. Qh2 Qh4 37. Rh1 Bxg4 38. Qb8+ Rf8 39. hxg4 Qxh1+ 40. Kxh1
Rxb8 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Nc3 Rf3 43. Nd1 Kf7 {Sources: 'The Chess Amateur' of
January 1907 and West Sussex County Times and Standard of 7.12.1907. It is
uncertain whether the game was played in 1906 or 1907.} 0-1

[Event "Practice Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Na4 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Qf5 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. a3 Rfd8
15. Ne1 Bd5 16. Nd3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Kg1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qd5
21. Qa4 Ng6 22. Bd2 a6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 Qe4 25. Be3 Nh4 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27.
Kh1 Qe4+ {Source: Pall Mall Gazette, 20 Jan 1906} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kent Congress 1st Class Open"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1906.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allcock, James Frederick"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1906.04.16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 d5 2. f4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Nf1 Bd6 8. Ng3
e5 9. O-O exf4 10. exf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nh4 Re8 13. c3 Bd7 14. Ngf5 Bf8 15.
g3 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bf3 g6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Be3
Rxe3 22. Nxc6 Rxg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxc6+ {Source: Kent and Sussex Courier of 8.6.1906.
The Congress took place at Tunbridge Wells.} 0-1

[Event "Kent Congress 1st Class Open"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1906.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1906.04.16"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Ne2 d6 7. Ng3 O-O 8. O-O
Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nhf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qf8 14. Qf3 Nh7
15. Kh1 Re6 16. Qh3 Kh8 17. f4 Rae8 18. Rf3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bb6 20. Raf1 a6 21.
Bd2 d5 22. exd5 Re2 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rg3 g5 25. Nxh6 Rxc2 26. Rxg5 Qe7 27. Nf5
Rxc3 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Qc8+ {Sources: The Field, 21 Apr 1906; Hereford Times,
Lasker's Chess Magazine of April 1906; Times Literary Supplement, 4 May 1906}
1-0

[Event "Ostende Amateur A"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Middleton, Edward Empson jnr"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1906.06.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Rb1 f4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 f3 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nxf3 Rxf3
21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Bf5 23. Qc1 Bd3+ 24. Re2 Qf5 25. Rbb2 Qxf3 26. Ke1 Bxe2
27. Rxe2 Qxh3 28. Qe3 Qc8 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Qh5 h6 31. Re5 Rd8 32. Qe2 Qh3 33.
Kd2 Rc8 34. Re3 Qd7 35. Re7 Qa4 36. Qe5 Qxa2+ 37. Ke1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Kf1
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+ {Sources: Nottingham Guardian, 24 Jul 1906 and 'The Second
International Chess Tournament Ostende 1906' - A J Gillam - Caissa Editions,
Yorklyn DE (2005). Contributed by Brian Denman, Feb 2019.} 0-1

[Event "Ostende Amateur A"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Holmes, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1906.06.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Nh5
O-O-O 15. Qf3 Bd4 16. Ra2 Bc3+ 17. Kd1 f5 18. a4 Nh4 19. Qe3 Bd4 20. Qg5 Bxf2
21. Nf6 Qe7 22. Rf1 Rhg8 23. Qxg8 Rxg8 24. Nxg8 Qg5 25. Rxf2 Qxg8 26. c3 f4 27.
Rae2 Nf5 28. Bb3 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 Qg5 30. Ke1 Nf5 31. Kd1 Ng3 32. Re1 f5 33. Bc2 c6
34. dxc6 bxc6 35. a5 Kc7 36. Bb1 a6 37. Bc2 Qh4 38. Rf3 Qf6 39. Kd2 d5 40. Bb1
e4 41. Rxf4 Qg5 42. Ke3 Nh5 43. Ref1 Nxf4 44. Rxf4 Qg3+ {Sources: Wigan
Observer and District Advertiser of 31 Aug 1906 and 1 Sep 1906. Contributed by
Brian Denman, 2019.} 0-1

[Event "Ostende Amateur A"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1906.06.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nb4 9. Be2 Rc8 10. c4 Bd6 11. a3 Nc6 12. c5 Bb8 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. b4
a6 16. Re1 Nh5 17. g3 f5 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Ndf3 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Bxf5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Re3 Rf7 26. Rae1 Rcf8 27. R1e2 Qf5
28. a4 Qh3 29. Rxe4 Rf5 30. f4 Qg4 31. Bc1 g5 32. Rxe6 gxf4 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34.
h3 Qg6 35. g4 f3 36. Qb3+ R5f7 37. Re6 f2+ 38. Kf1 Qg7 39. Bb2 Qg5 40. Qd1 Qd5
{Brian Denman note (Feb 2019): "A game is quoted between Shoosmith and Dr R C
Macdonald for the 1906 Ostend Amateur 'A' event. The next BCF Yearbook stated
that Dr R C Macdonald was playing at the tournament, but this seems to have
been wrong. Tony Gillam in his book on the competition tells us that it was
Edmund Macdonald, who was competing, and my subsequent investigations into
newspapers of the time have suggested to me that he was right."} 0-1

[Event "Ostende Amateur A"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Schories, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1906.06.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Qc7 6. Bb2 c4 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 cxb3
9. cxb3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. O-O Rfd8 15.
f4 Be8 16. Rf3 g6 17. Rh3 Qb6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qb1 Rc8 21. Rf3
Bb4 22. Nf1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rf2 Bd5 25. Rc2 Rc6 26. Bc1 Ba5 27. Bd2 Bb4
28. Qb2 a5 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Qc2 Be7 31. Bc1 Bd5 32. Nd2 Qb4 33. Kf2 b5 34.
axb5 Qxb5 35. Bb2 f5 36. h3 h6 37. g3 g5 38. Ba1 gxf4 39. exf4 h5 40. h4 Qb4
41. Bb2 Qb7 42. Bc3 Qc7 43. Qb2 Bxh4 44. gxh4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kf1 e3 47.
Nc4 f4 48. Be1 Qf3+ 49. Bf2 Qg2+ 50. Ke1 Bxc4 51. bxc4 exf2+ 52. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 53.
Kxf2 a4 54. c5 Kf7 55. Kf3 a3 {Sources: Sheffield Weekly News of 13.10.1906
and 'The Second International Chess Tournament Ostende 1906' - A J Gillam -
Caissa Editions, Yorklyn DE (2005).} 0-1

[Event "Ostende Amateur A"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Palmer, Wilfred Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1906.06.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Nb3 Rc8 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. f5 b6 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. g4 gxf5 19. gxf5 Kh8 20. Kh2 Qc7 21.
Qh6 Rg8 22. Nd2 d5+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. Nxc4 e3 25. Nxe3 Bc6+ 26. Ned5 Nxd5 27.
Ne4 Nf6 28. Qh4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qe5 30. Rfe1 Qxf5 31. Kh2 Qf3 32. Rg4 Rxg4 {
Sources: The Field of 7.7.1906, Bradford Observer Budget of 14.7.1906, Glasgow
Weekly Herald of 14.7.1906, Cheltenham Examiner of 25.7.1906, Manchester
Weekly Times and Examiner of 4.8.1906 and 'The Second International Chess
Tournament Ostende 1906' - A J Gillam - Caissa Editions, Yorklyn DE (2005).}
0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry Ernest"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3r1pkp/4p1p1/4P3/2qP1Q2/1p6/1P1R2PP/3K4 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We know that the game opened with 1.d4 but we have no further moves until
this position after Black's 38th move, where White is under some pressure:} 39.
Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qf4 $4 ({A fatal repetition.} 40. Qf2 {was slightly better,
though, after} Ra7 41. Ke1 Ra1+ 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kxd1 {Black could try} Qd3+
44. Kc1 g5 {with good winning chances.}) (40. Qh4 {looks best, threatening a
perpetual on d8 and f6 should the black rook leave the d-file. Then} Qf1+ 41.
Qe1 Qf5 {maintains the pressure on White.}) 40... Ra7 $1 {and now the finish
seems to have been as follows:} 41. Ke1 Ra1+ 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kxd1 Qc2+ 44.
Ke1 Qxb2 45. Qh4 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 g5 {Sources: The Scotsman, 8 Aug 1906; London
Evening Standard, 8 Aug 1906; annotations by JS, CHESS, Aug 2017, p36} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4
15. Qb3 Bb7 16. a3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rd4 Qf5 19. Be5 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
h3 g5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qa4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Qc6 Kg7 27. e4
Qg6 28. Bc3 Kh6 29. Ne5 Qxe4 30. Nxf7+ Kh5 31. Nxd8 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qb8+ 33. g3
Qxd8 34. Qxe6 Kg6 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 a4 37. Qxf6+ Qxf6 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Kg3
Kf5 40. h4 h6 41. h5 Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. f5
Ke7 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. f6 Kf8 49. Ke6 Ke8 50. Kd5 Kf7 51. Kc4 Kxf6 52. Kb4 Kg5 53.
Kxa4 Kxh5 54. Kb5 Kg4 55. a4 h5 56. a5 h4 57. a6 Kg3 58. a7 Kh2 59. a8=Q h3 60.
Qf3 {Source: Westminster Gazette, 8 Sep 1906. Other sources are The Scotsman
of 8 Aug 1906, Sunday Times of 12 Aug 1906, Cheltenham Examiner of 5 Sep 1906,
but none of these versions gives the complete score and the Cheltenham
Examiner, which is the longest version, only takes the score to White's 39th
move. Contributed by Brian Denman, 2019.} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Rd8 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rf4 Kg7 18. Rcf1 Nc7 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Rf6 c4 21. Bb1
b5 22. Ng3 Qc7 23. Nf5+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Rf3 {Sources: Manchester Guardian,
9 Aug 1906; The Cornish Telegraph, 23 Aug 1906; Illustrated London News, 1
Sept 1906; Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 4 Sept 1906; Falkirk Herald, 26 Sept
1906; Year-Book of Chess 1907, p206; BCM 1906, p361} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Mercer, Arthur Emerson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. h3 Re8 13. O-O Nf8 14. Bb5 N8d7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qf5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxd5 c4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Qb5 Rec8 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Qb7 24. f3 a6 25. Qf5 b5 26. d5 Rc5 27. e4 Qe7
28. Be3 g6 29. Qf4 Nh5 30. Qxh6 c3 31. Bd4 Nf6 32. Qh4 cxb2 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Bxf6 {Source: BCM Sept 1906, p360} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 Qe7 7. O-O c6 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. f4 d6 13. f5 g6 14. g4 gxf5
15. gxf5 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. Rg1 Bd7 18. Bb3 b5 19. Raf1 Raf8 20. Qf3 Qe8 21.
Ne2 ({The text move is given in primary sources (The Scotsman, 11 August 1906
and Manchester Guardian, 13 August 1906) but secondary sources such as Big/
Mega Database and chessgames.com give} 21. Rxg8+ Rxg8 22. h3 Qf8 23. Ne2 Qh6
24. Bxf7 Rg7 25. Be6 Be8 26. Ng1 Rg5 27. Qe3 $4 Rxg1+ 28. Qxg1 Qxh3+ {0-1})
21... Rxg1+ 22. Nxg1 ({One reason why secondary sources may have given 21
Rxg8+ as the text move instead of 21 Ne2 is that White might have been
expected to play the more natural} 22. Rxg1 {at this point. The text move
looks odd, especially since he follows it up with 23 h3, leaving the knight to
return whence it came. The Manchester Guardian columnist questions the move:
"why not RxR?"}) 22... Rg8 23. h3 Qf8 24. Ne2 Qh6 25. Bxf7 Rg7 26. Be6 Be8 27.
Ng1 Rg5 28. Qe3 $4 Rxg1+ 29. Qxg1 Qxh3+ {(The Scotsman's score ends here: "and
wins")} 30. Qh2 Qxf1+ {"and Black won" according to the Manchester Guardian}
0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lee, Francis Joseph"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Hamond, Francis Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parry, John Ellis"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 {... 70(?)th move. Source: London Daily News, 15 August 1906}
0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Palmer, Wilfred Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. e3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qa4 Bg4
15. Nb5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qe5 17. f4 Qh5 18. f3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Nd5 21.
Rf2 Nxf4 22. Bf1 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Ne2 24. Bxe2 Qxc1+ {'...and Black eventually won.
' [in 38 moves, according to the Manchester Guardian] Sources: Manchester
Guardian, 16 Aug 1906; The Scotsman, 16 Aug 1906} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brown, Frank"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {... etc. 38 moves. Source: Morning Post - 17 August
1906.} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "1906.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Wainwright snr, George Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1906.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nfd5 14. Be3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Ne5 g6 18. Qf3 Bf8 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ng4 Rd8 21.
Bg5 Rxd4 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne8 Qd7 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Be5 Qd8 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27.
Nxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ {Sources: The Scotsman, 18 Aug 1906; Year-Book of Chess
1907, p207} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.10.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Howell, Clarence Seaman"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1906.10.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Metropolitan"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 Na5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne3 Nc7 18. Qg3 g6 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Qg7 21. h4 Rfd8
22. Rf1 gxf5 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ Kf7 25. Rf2 d5 26. Nh6+ Ke7 27. Raf1 dxe4
28. dxe4 Rf8 29. Ng4 Ne8 30. Nxe5 Nd6 31. Ng4 Nxe4 32. Re2 f5 33. Nf2 Kd6 34.
Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 h6 38. Rg4 {'White wins'.
Sources: Times Literary Supplement of 7.12.1906; Bridlington Free Press, 7 Dec
1906. Played on board 1. According to the Daily News (London) of 29.10.1906
White won on adjudication} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trenchard, Herbert William"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1906.10.08"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "North London"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. c3 d5 11. Be2 dxe4 12. dxe4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qe7 14. O-O O-O
15. Kh1 Nxe4 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21.
Bg5 Qe6 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bf4 Qxa2 25. Bxc7 Qxb2 26. Rf1 b5 27. Qf4
Qb3 28. Bd6 h6 29. Bc5 Qc4 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Bd4 Ng6 32. Qc1 e3 33. Re1 e2 34.
Qc2 Qe6 {Source: London Daily News, 18 Oct 1906. Played at The Grid, Cheapside,
London} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1906.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Emery, Alfred"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1906.10.15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "East London"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne2 a6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Ng3 c4 15.
Bb1 b5 16. f4 Bf8 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 f6 20. Ng4 Bd5 21. Nf2 Qd7
22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Rg1 a5 24. g4 b4 25. g5 f5 26. Rg3 a4 27. Rh3 g6 28. Nd1 Qa7
29. Rg3 a3 30. h4 axb2 31. Qxb2 b3 32. Qh2 Ba3 33. Rc3 Bb4 34. Rc1 Qa3 35. Nb2
c3 36. h5 Qxb2 {14.12/0 Sources: The Field of 27.10.1906 and the Times
Literary Supplement of} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allcock, James Frederick"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ne2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bc6 14. O-O Rad8
15. Bc2 g6 16. Re1 Qe7 17. h3 Qh4 18. b3 f5 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Qxh3 21. e4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 dxe4 24. Qg5 Rd5 25. Qg3 Qh6 26. f4 Rd2 27. Rac1 e3
28. f3 Bxf3 {Sources: Bridlington Free Press, 28 March 1907; Burnley Gazette,
30 March 1907} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgan, EA"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Bd6 5. Bg3 a6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be2 f6 12. Nf3 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe1 e5 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. fxe5 Ncxe5 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Rd7 22. Re2 Kh8 23. Rde1 Rde7 24. Nd1 Qg5 25. Rf1 Re5 26. Ref2 h6 27.
Qc3 Nd7 28. Qd3 R5e7 29. c3 Ne5 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4
Ng4 34. Qf3 Nxf2 35. Qxf2 Re2 36. Qf7+ Kh7 37. g3 c4 38. Qf3 Qd2 39. Qf5+ Kh8
40. Nf2 Qxb2 41. Ng4 Qxc3 42. Qc5 Re1 43. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+
46. Kh4 g5+ 47. Kh5 Qf7+ {Source: Illustrated London News, 19 Jan 1907. It is
uncertain whether the game was played in 1906 or 1907. Contributed by Brian
Denman, Feb 2019} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Healey, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3
c5 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rfb1 Rac8 17. a5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc3 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rxb6
Qc7 21. Rab1 Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 23. Ne1 Qc7 24. Rb4 Ba8 25. f3 e5 26. Qf2 Qe7
27. Nc2 Nh5 28. d5 Nf4 29. Ba6 h5 30. Rb6 Qc7 31. Ne1 Qc3 32. Kf1 Kh7 33. Qc2
Qd4 34. Qb1 h4 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Bxd3 Rc8 37. Ke2 Rc3 38. Rb4 Qc5 39. Rb5 Qd4
40. Qd1 Ra3 41. Rb1 Ra2+ 42. Bc2 Qc4+ 43. Kd2 Qd4+ 44. Ke2 Qc5 45. Rc1 Bb7 46.
Qd2 Ba6+ 47. Kd1 Bb5 48. d6 Ba4 49. d7 Qg1+ {Source: 'The Chess Amateur' of
May 1907. Contributed by Brian Denman, Feb 2019.} 0-1

[Event "City of London CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rad1 Re8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb5 Rf8 14. e4 d4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. Bc4 Ne5 21.
Bb3 Rac8 22. Be3 Qb7 23. f4 Ng6 24. f5 Ne5 25. Rf4 Rcd8 26. Rh4 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rf6
28. g4 Qd7 29. Rh3 h6 30. Re3 Rd8 31. h4 Nd3 32. g5 Nxc5 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Nd5
Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Kh7 36. Rg3 Qe7 37. b4 Nd7 38. Qg4 Qf8 39. Qh5 Ne5 40. a3 a5 41.
bxa5 Qc5+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 Qc1 44. Qe2 Rc8 45. Qg2 Rc3 46. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 47.
Qg3 Qc1 {Source: The Daily News (London), 27 June 1907. Contributed by Brian
Denman, Feb 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fagan, Louisa Matilda"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ladies"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. h3
Ne4 9. d3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nc6 11. a3 Bf6 12. d4 Qe7 13. b4 Rae8 14. Be2 d6 15.
O-O-O Nd8 16. Rdg1 e5 17. d5 e4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 c6 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Bc3
Ne5 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Qb3 d5 24. Kb1 dxc4 25. Qa2 Kh8 26. Bc3 Nd3 27. Bd1 f4 28.
Bd4 fxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe5 30. g4 a5 31. Bxb6 axb4 32. a4 Bd5 33. Rg3 c3 {Source:
BCM, August 1907, p382} 0-1

[Event "Metropolitan CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Howell, Clarence Seaman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 Nf4 13. g3 Ng6 14. O-O e5 15.
Be2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Kg2 a6 21. Na4
Nh5 22. Nb6 Qg5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. f4 Qh6 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. Bf3 {
"It is but fair to note that Mr. Shoosmith was much pressed for time from this
point to his 40th move, having to make thirteen moves in about thirteen
minutes." (Howell)} g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Ne2 Ng6 30. Kh1 Ne5 31. Ng1 Nxf3 32.
Nxf3 Qe3 33. Kg2 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. h3 Rce8 36. Kf2 {"Black’s 35th move
was played to induce this, and White had no time to see this trap." (Howell)}
Ra4 37. b3 Ne4+ 38. Kg2 Nxd2 39. bxa4 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Nxf3+ {"White has lost
through time pressure, owing to taking too much time on his 21st to 25 th
moves. The game emphasises the danger of not proportioning time more evenly
over one’s moves." (Howell) Source: BCM, June 1907, p285} 0-1

[Event "Metropolitan CC ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. c3 Kh8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Bxb6 axb6
15. Qe3 Nd8 16. Nd2 g5 17. d4 h5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Nc4 g4 21. Qg3
f6 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Ne3 Ra5 26. Raf1 Rg5 27. hxg4
Bxg4 28. Nxg4 hxg4 29. Rf5 Rf7 30. R1f4 Kg7 31. Rxg5 fxg5 32. Rxg4 Kh6 33. Qh2+
Qh5 34. Qxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rg3 g4 36. e5 Kg5 37. Re3 Re7 38. Kf2 Kf4 39. e6 c6 40.
c4 g3+ 41. Rxg3 Rxe6 42. Rd3 Re7 43. Rb3 Rd7 44. Rxb6 Rd2+ 45. Kg1 Rd7 46. a4 {
Source: Times Literary Supplement, 24 May 1907} 1-0

[Event "Ostende Amateur"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schosberger, Ernst"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1907.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. c3 d5 12. Bc2 f5 13. f4 Be6 14. Qd3 Nd7
15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Be7 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. g4 b5 21. b3
g6 22. g5 Rad8 23. Rad1 a5 24. h4 b4 25. h5 Qc6 26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Kg3 Rg8 28.
cxb4 axb4 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. Bb1 Bf8 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Rh7+ Ke8 35. Bd3 Ra5 36. Nd4 Be7 37. Bb5+ Bd7 38. Bxd7+ Kxd7 39. e6+ Kd8 40.
Qe5 Qb7 41. Rxe7 (41. Rxe7 {"At this stage the game was adjourned. Obviously
Black has no other reply than} Kxe7 {when White forces a win with} 42. Rh1 Ke8
43. Rh7 Qxh7 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke8 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qd7+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kg7
49. Qf6# {" (Source: The Field, 6 April 1907) It is not clear whether these
moves were played, or whether Black resigned without resuming - JS}) 1-0

[Event "Ostende Amateur"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Kulesza, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1907.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nd5 11. Bg3 N7f6 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nh5 14. e4
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nd3 Qg5 18. e5 Bc7 19. Nf4 Bb6 20. Kh1 Bd7
21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Nh5 Qg5 23. h4 Qe7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rf6 Qxf6 27.
exf6 Rg8 28. Qf4 Rg6 29. Bd3 {Source: London Daily News, 19 Apr 1907} 1-0

[Event "Ostende Amateur"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Kagan, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1907.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Nd7
15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Bc7 Qc5 20. Bd6 Qg5 21.
f4 Qh4 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. g3 Qh3 24. f5 e5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. b4 f6 28.
Be4 h5 29. Ne3 Bb6 30. c5 Nxc5 31. Bg2 {Source: The People, Sunday 28 April
1907, p14. Contributed by Gerard Killoran, 4 Feb 2019. "Shoosmith beat Kagan
by altogether outplaying him in first-class style. Kagan could not stand the
quiet, deliberate method of his opponent, and seemed quite surprised that his
vigorously played moves should not have altered his opponent's placid
countenance in the slightest degree. This was the first game finished." (The
Field, 6 Apr 1907)} 1-0

[Event "Ostende Amateur"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.04.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1907.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. d5
Ne8 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Rg1 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Ngxe4 Nd7
15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Rg3 a6 17. Bh6 Nf7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Be2 b5 20. Rdg1 Bg6 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Nf5 23. Ng5 Nxg3 24. Ne6 Qa5 25. Nxf8 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Kxf8 27.
Nc3 Rb8 28. a4 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 Qxa4 30. Na3 Ne5 31. Rg3 c4 32. Qd4 Kg8 33. Kd2
Qa5+ 34. Ke3 c3 35. Qxc3 Qxd5 36. f4 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 d5 39. Nb5 Kf7
40. Nd4 Be4 41. b3 Ng6 42. Nc6 e5 43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nb7 d4 45. Qb4+ Kf6 46. Qd6+
Kg7 47. Rxg6+ hxg6 48. Qe7+ Kh6 {Source: The Field, 20 Apr 1907} 0-1

[Event "Ostende Amateur"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.04.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1907.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Kh8 12. Nc3 f6 13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Bxe5
Bf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 d6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Ng5 c5 19. Qxd6 fxg5 20. Qxc5
Nd7 21. Qd5 Qb6 22. Re7 Bxc2 23. Qd4+ Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxb3 25. Rdxd7 Bg8 26. Rxb7
Rab8 27. a3 Rfd8 28. h3 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd3 31. f3 Rb3 32. Rxb3 Bxb3
33. g3 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke3 a4 37. Kd2 Bc4 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4
Kf5 {Sources: The Field, 20 Apr 1907; Illustrated London News, 3 Aug 1907} 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. b3 Ne5 10. Bc2 a6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. h3 Bf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qf3 c6 15.
Rae1 b5 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bb1 b4 19. Nd1 Bc8 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Nc5
22. g4 Ne6 23. Qg3 Bb7 24. h4 d5 25. e5 c5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Kg1 Rd2 28. Nfe3
Qc6 29. Rf3 Qxf3 {Source: BCM 1907, p336} 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schories, Georg"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 f6 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. f4 Ne7 11. fxe5 Ng6 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Kc8 14. Ne2
c5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Nf5 Rg8 17. h4 Kb7 18. Bb2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. Ne3 h5 21.
Nd5 Ng6 22. g3 Nf8 23. Rf2 c6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Kh2 Nd7 26. Ref1 Re7 27. Rd2 Kc7
28. Rd6 Rge8 29. c4 Bf7 30. Rfd1 Be6 31. R1d2 Nf8 32. Ng2 Bf7 33. Nf4 Ne6 34.
Kg2 Rg8 35. Rf2 Nd8 36. Nh3 Be6 37. Ng5 Bd7 38. Rff6 Be8 39. Kf3 a5 40. Kf4 Nb7
41. Rd3 Rd7 42. Ne6+ Kc8 43. Rxd7 Kxd7 44. Kg5 Nd8 45. Nxd8 Kxd8 46. e6 Ke7 47.
Be5 b5 48. Bc7 a4 49. Bb6 Kd6 50. Kf4 bxc4 51. bxc4 Ke7 52. Ke5 g5 53. Bxc5+
Kd8 54. Kd6 gxh4 55. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Bf3 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qb6
15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Rc4 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Be2 R4c6 20. f3 Qa5 21.
Be1 Nb6 22. Qe3 Na4 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
bxc3 Bf5 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rb8 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Kd3
a5 34. c4 dxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rb4+ 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. h4 f6 39. g4 Rc4 40.
g5 Rc3+ 41. Kf4 f5 42. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 43. Kg4 Re3 44. h5 g6 45. h6 Re4+ 46. Kf3
Rxd4 47. Re2 Kd6 48. Re8 Rd5 49. Kg4 Re5 50. Rh8 Re7 51. Ra8 c5 52. Rxa5 c4 53.
Ra3 Kd5 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Ra8 Kd3 56. Rd8+ Kc2 57. Rg8 c3 58. Rg7 Re8 59. Rxh7
Rc8 60. Rb7 Kd2 61. Rd7+ Ke1 62. Re7+ Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jacob, Franz"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Nh5 Ng6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. h3 Qe7 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nh2 Kh8 20. Nf1 Rg8 21. Ng3
Be6 22. Bc2 d5 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qh5 Nd6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. f4 Ng6
28. f5 Qg3 29. Re3 Qh4 30. Qxh4 Nxh4 31. fxe6 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 fxe6 33. Re2 Rg3
34. Be3 Rdg8 35. exd5 Rxh3 36. Be4 e5 37. Bf2 f5 38. Bxh4 Rxh4 39. Bg2 e4 40.
Ra4 Rd8 41. Rd4 Kg7 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Rb4 Rxd5 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. Rxc7
Re5 47. Ke3 Rd5 48. Bf1 a5 49. Rg2+ Kf6 50. Bc4 Rh3+ 51. Ke2 Rd6 52. Rf7+ Ke5
53. Rf2 Rd2+ 54. Kxd2 e3+ 55. Ke2 exf2 56. Ra7 Rh2 57. Rxa5+ Kf4 58. Rb5 h5 59.
Be6 Kg3 60. Rb8 Kf4 61. c4 Ke5 62. Bd5 f4 63. b4 Kd4 64. Rf8 f1=Q+ 65. Kxf1 Ke3
66. b5 Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Rb2 68. Re8+ Kd3 69. Rh8 Ke3 70. Rxh5 Kd4 71. Rf5 Kc5 72.
Rxf4 Kb6 73. Rf6+ Kc7 74. b6+ Kc8 75. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Suechting, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O b6 13. a3 Be7 14. f4 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. e4 fxe4 17. f5 e5 18. Nxe4 b5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. f6
Bf8 22. Rf5 Qc7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Re5+ {Source: London Daily News, 30 May 1907}
1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metger, Johannes"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nd4
Ne5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. Bf2 Bh6 15.
Bg3 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd2 18. exf6 Be3+ 19. Kh2 Qd7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21.
Qxb3 c6 22. Rae1 Bh6 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Rfe1 Be3 25. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "John, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. h3 Ne4
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 Kh8 11. Rad1 Bf6 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. Bh2 g6 14. Nf3 Qg7 15. Qb3
Rg8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne1 c5 18. Nc2 e5 19. d5 g5 20. f3 exf3 21. gxf3 Qh6 22.
Kg2 f4 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. Bg1 Ng6 25. e4 b6 26. Bf2 Nh4+ 27. Kf1 Bd7 28. Rh2 Nxf3
29. Bxf3 g4 30. Ke2 gxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Be8 32. Kd3 Bh5 33. Qh1 Bxd1 34. Qxd1 Bh4
0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. c4 Be6 12. Qxb7 dxc4 13. Be2 Bd5 14. Qb5
c6 15. Qa5 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rfc1 Rd6 18. Ne5 Rh6 19. Bf1 Qh4 20. h3 f6 21.
Ng4 Rg6 22. Rab1 h5 23. g3 Rxg4 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Kh2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Lee, Francis Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Ne2
Ng4 15. Rf1 Qb6 16. Qa4 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Kb1 Ngf6
21. Rfe1 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re2 Nd5 24. g3 Kb8 25. c3 Rc8 26. Ne1 Bd6 27.
Nd3 Rc7 28. Rde1 Rhc8 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Ka7 31. a3 Nb6 32. Bf4 Rc6 33. Ka2
Nd5 34. Bd2 Nb6 35. g4 Nc4 36. R5e2 Rd8 37. Bc1 Rd5 38. h5 a5 39. f4 Nb6 40.
Kb3 Nd7 41. g5 Kb6 {.../76/} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Mortimer, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Kh1 Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. f4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qe7 21.
Rde1 b5 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 g6 24. Rf3 Rac8 25. Ref1 Rc6 26. Qf2 Bg7 27. Rxf7
Qxe3 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 31. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Vliet, Louis"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5
Ba5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. O-O c6 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. Qe5 Rfd8 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Qd4 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Re4 Rxa3 25. Rh4 Qg7 26. Qg5 Rd7 27. Qf4
Ra8 28. Qg3 Rd4 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Qd4 31. Qd3 Qxb4 32. h3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Qb2
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 f5 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Bxe2 Rd8 39. c4 bxc4 40.
Bxc4 Kf6 41. Kg1 Rd7 42. Be2 Ke5 43. f4+ Kd6 44. Kf2 b5 45. Rb1 Kc5 46. Rd1 Re7
47. Bd3 b4 48. g4 b3 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Bxf5 Rf7 51. Bg4 Rxf4+ 52. Ke3 Re4+ 53.
Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Kc3 Rc4+ 55. Kxb3 Rxg4+ 56. Rxd5+ Kxd5 57. hxg4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.05.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. h3 Qc7
15. c4 c5 16. d5 h6 17. Rb3 N6h7 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Rg3 Qe7 20. Bd3 Qh4 21. Nf3
Qf6 22. Nh2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Kh8 24. Rb3 g5 25. g3 Ng6 26. Kh1 Qg7 27. Rf3 Rf8 28.
Qd3 Ne7 29. g4 Ng6 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Be2 Rh8 34. Rg3 f6
35. Reg1 Nhf8 36. Bd1 Nf4 37. Nf1 N8g6 38. Ne3 Kf7 39. Nf5 Qc7 40. Re1 b6 41.
Kh2 Bd7 42. Rh1 h5 43. Kg1 Rh7 44. Kf1 Rah8 45. Rhg1 hxg4 46. Bxg4 Nh4 47. Nxh4
Rxh4 48. Bxf4 exf4 49. R3g2 Rxh3 50. Bxh3 Bxh3 51. Ke1 Bxg2 52. Rxg2 Qe7 53. f3
Qe5 54. c3 Kg6 55. Qc2 f5 56. Re2 Kf6 57. Kf1 Rh3 58. exf5 Rxf3+ 59. Kg2 Rxc3
0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Billecard, Moritz"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Qf8 16. Nh2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh7 19. a3 f5 20. f4 Ne7 21. Ne2 Qf7
22. Rac1 Nf8 23. Bb3 Ne6 24. Nc3 c6 25. Rf1 Rab8 26. g4 Kh7 27. Kh1 Rg8 28. Ne2
Bf8 29. Ng3 Ng7 30. Bc2 Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Bd3 Kh8 33. Rg2 Nc8 34. Rcg1 c5 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. Qd1 Na7 37. Be2 Qd7 38. Nh5 Nxh5 39. Rxg8+ Bxg8 40. Bxh5 c4 41.
Bg6 Nc6 42. Bf2 Ne7 43. Bh4 Nxg6 44. Rxg6 Kh7 45. Rg3 Rc8 46. Bf6 Bf7 47. Qg1
Be6 48. Nf3 Qf7 49. Kh2 c3 50. bxc3 Rc7 51. Qg2 Qe8 52. Nh4 b5 53. Kh1 Rb7 54.
Nxf5 Bxf5 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 f5 11. f4 d5 12. Bb3 exf4 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxh4 16. Bb3 Re8 17. Qd2 Re3 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. Rxf4
Qf6 21. Re4 R3xe4 22. dxe4 Bc8 23. exf5 b6 24. Bc4 Re5 25. Bd3 c5 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Qxe1 Kf8 28. c4 Bxf5 29. Qe3 Bg6 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. h3 Qd6 33.
Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Ke2 h6 35. Qf3 Qe5+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Qd7 39. h4 Qd4
40. Qe3 Qg4+ 41. Kd2 Qe6 42. Qf4 Qe7 43. a3 Qe6 44. Qg5 Qd6 45. Ke2 Qf6 46. Qd5
Qe6+ 47. Kd2 Qf6 48. Ke2 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bh4 Nf8 12. O-O-O b5 13. e4 Bf4+ 14. Kb1 b4
15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Qxc3 Rec8 19. Re2 Rab8 20. g4 Rb6
21. g5 fxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Rg1 f6 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Ne5 Qf6 27.
Rg3 Rc7 28. Rf3 Qg7 29. Qc5 Nh7 30. Ka1 Bc8 31. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.06"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul Saladin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 f5 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxf4 14. g3
Qg5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Rae1 f6 19. Kh1 Nh3 20. c4 d4 21. Qg2
Qh5 22. Re4 Rg8 23. c5 Rg7 24. Qd2 Ng5 25. Rh4 Qe8 26. c3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rd8 28.
Ra4 Rgd7 29. Bc2 a6 30. Rb4 Qf7 31. Bb3 Qe7 32. Bc2 Rd4 33. h4 Nf7 34. Rfb1
R8d7 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qe1 Ne5 37. Qe4 Qxc5 38. Bb3 Rg7 39. Kg2 Qc3 40. Re1 h6
41. Qf4 Kh7 42. Rxe5 fxe5 43. Qxe5 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qe3 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Rg1
47. f6 Kg6 48. f7 Kg7 49. h5 b5 50. f5 a5 51. Be6 c5 52. a4 bxa4 53. Bc4 a3 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.07"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Cohn, Erich"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Be3 Kh7 15.
Nh2 g5 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qe7 18. Bb3 Rf8 19. h4 f6 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Nf3
Bf6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Nh2 Qg7 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 exd4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. e5
dxe5 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Qxb7 d3 31. Qxa6 Rd6 32. Qb5 Bd4 33. Re8
Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rd4 35. Rxd3 Rh4+ 36. Rh3 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Bc5 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Bd5
Qf5 40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Be6 Qf4 42. Bg4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.08"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Cohn, Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Bc2
Rad8 15. c4 Rd6 16. Qe1 Rh6 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Re3 f6 20. Nd2 Rd8 21.
Rae1 g5 22. Nf1 Kh8 23. Ng3 Rg8 24. Nf1 Rh4 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. Rge3 Qg7 27. g3 Rh3
28. f3 Rgh6 29. g4 R6h4 30. Bd1 h5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. R1e2 R5h4 33. Rg2 Qh6 34.
Qd2 Qf8 35. Rg3 Qd6 36. Re2 Nd7 37. Reg2 Qe7 38. Ne3 Nf8 39. d6 cxd6 40. Nd5
Qf7 41. Qb4 Qe6 42. Ne3 Rxg3 43. hxg3 Rh7 44. Nf5 Qf7 45. Nxd6 Qe7 46. c5 bxc5
47. Qxc5 Be6 48. Bb3 Qc7 49. Rc2 Qxc5+ 50. Rxc5 {.../60/} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shoosmith defaulted through illness (The Field, 15 June 1907)}  1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.12"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Qb6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Rad8 11. f4 Ne8 12. Rf3 f5 13. Rh3 Nf6 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15.
Rb1 Be8 16. Bd2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. Be1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Ng5 20. Rg3 Ne4 21. Rh3
Rc8 22. Qf1 Rc7 23. Rf3 Bh5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rf2 g5 26. g3 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bf3
28. Rd2 f4 29. Qf2 Qa6 30. a3 Qa4 31. h3 Qb3 32. exf4 gxf4 33. g4 Qd5 {This
game was due to be played on 11 June but Shoosmith was given an extra day to
recover from his illness and it was played on 12 June instead. (Info: The
Field, 15 June 1907)} 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.13"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Shoosmith played a very fine game against Duras, winning the exchange and
obtaining an overwhelming final attack" (The Field, 15 June 1907)} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O h6 9. Bb5
O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nde2 c6 14. f4 Bc4 15. Re1 d5 16.
e5 Nd7 17. b3 Ba6 18. Bf2 $2 (18. Na4 $11) 18... Ba5 $1 19. Kh1 Bxe2 20. Nxe2
Bxe1 21. Bxe1 Qe8 22. b4 f6 23. b5 fxe5 24. bxc6 Nb6 25. Ba5 Qxc6 26. fxe5 Nc4
27. Bd2 Rf2 28. Bc1 Raf8 29. Ng1 d4 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qg3 h4 32. Qh2 Rxc2 33. e6
Rff2 34. e7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.14"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Von Scheve, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb5 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Rab8 12. b3 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Nh7
15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Nc6 Rbe8 19. Qd2 a6 20. Rf4 Nf6 21.
Raf1 Kh7 22. Kh2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. c4 f5 26. Re1 Rf6 27. Re2
Qe8 28. a4 Qg6 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. a5 Re8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Qe1 h5 33. Nb4 Qe5+ 34.
Kg1 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 g5 36. Nxa6 g4 37. Nxc7 Rg8 38. Ne6 Qe5+ 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. h4
Kh8 41. a6 Qa1 42. a7 Qxa7 43. Qc3+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46. Rxe4 Qf2
47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Qg3 Qf1 49. Rxd6 Ra8 50. Re6 Ra7 51. Qe5 g3+ 52. Qxg3 Qf5 53.
Re3 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.15"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 {Mieses remained faithful to the romantic openings of the 19th
century, although ironically he outlived most of his hypermodern rivals. His
handling of the opening in this game does not impress.} exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5
c6 5. cxd4 (5. Nf3 {may be better. After the text the symmetrical position
doesn't seem to offer White much of an opening edge.}) 5... cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 {This, and Black's subsequent
handling of the kingside defence, looks a bit odd.} 11. Be3 g6 12. f4 Nxe5 13.
fxe5 Be6 14. Ne2 ({Losing time. A more direct approach such as} 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. Qf2 f6 17. Qe3 Rf7 {leads to an edge for White, though perhaps
Black can survive.}) 14... Ng7 15. Bh6 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. Rf2
$6 (18. Qf3 {, attacking the d-pawn and restraining the f6 push, looks better.}
) 18... f6 $1 19. Qb3 $6 ({The computer indicates something like} 19. Qe2 {
or 19.Qe1 to shore up the e5-pawn but White wants to mix things up a bit
against one of the tournament back-markers.}) 19... fxe5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Rxf8+ ({The immediate} 21. Qxd5 $5 {looks risky but may work out better after}
Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 23. Rf1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 exd4 26. g3 {, when
White should regain his sacrificed and get good value from his bishop on the
light squares.}) 21... Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Kg7 23. Qxb7+ Rc7 {[diag]} 24. Qxd5 $2 ({
A serious miscalculation. Instead} 24. Qa6 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 exd4 {leaves White
worse but not yet lost.}) 24... Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxd3 26. Qxe5+ Kh6 27. Re1 {
White must have relied on this move to save himself (or even to win) but there
is a fatal flaw.} Rf7 $1 ({The back rank mate threat enables Black to retain
his extra piece. Not} 27... Qc4 $2 28. b3 $1 {and White will be able to play
Qxe6 to draw the game.} (28. Qxe6 $4 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rc1+ {mates})) 28. h4 Rf1+
29. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Qxf4+ Nxf4 32. b4 Kg7 33. b5 Ne2 34. a4 Nxd4
35. g4 h6 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Ke3 h5 39. g5 Kd5 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Ke3
Nf5+ {Source: Mega/Big Database; annotations by JS, CHESS, Aug 2017, p36} 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Nb3 Qb8 14. Nd5 Rd8 15.
g4 Nc7 16. f4 Ne8 17. f5 e6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. b3 Bc6
22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. g5 Qd7 26. Bh5 Qe7 27. Rf2 fxg5 28. Bxg5
Nf6 29. Bxh4 Rf8 30. Qe2 Be8 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 32. Bxf6 Qg6+ 33. Rg2 Qxf6 34. Rf1
Qh6 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Nd1 Rf4 37. Nf2 Kf7 38. Qe3 a6 39. Kf1 Ng6 $2 40. Nxe6
$1 Kxe6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6 42. Qxf4 Ke7 43. Ng4 Qh5 44. Kg2 Be5 45. Qf5 Qh8 46. c5
Bb2 47. cxd6+ Kxd6 48. Qd5+ Kc7 49. e5 Kb8 50. Kg3 Ba3 51. Qf7 Qc8 52. e6 Qc5
53. Qf4+ Ka8 54. Qc4 Qf8 55. Qe4 Bd6+ 56. Kg2 Qg7 57. Kf3 Qa1 58. Ne3 Qxa2 59.
Qd3 Qh2 60. Nf5 Qf4+ 61. Ke2 Qe5+ 62. Kd1 Bc5 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. e7 Qa1+ 65. Kc2
Qa2+ 66. Kc3 Qa1+ 67. Kc4 Qc1+ 68. Kd5 Bxe7 69. Qxe7 Qd1+ 70. Nd4 Qh1+ 71. Kc4
Qc1+ 72. Kb4 Qd2+ 73. Kc4 Qc1+ 74. Kd5 Qh1+ 75. Kd6 Qh6+ 76. Kd7 Qh3+ 77. Kd8
$4 (77. Qe6 $16) 77... Qh8+ 78. Kc7 Qxd4 {... etc} 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.18"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 b6 15. Be3
a5 16. b3 Bg7 17. a3 Rf8 18. b4 Ne8 19. c5 f5 20. c6 Bc8 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Bd2
Ra8 23. N3h2 Kh7 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Ng3 g5 27. a4 Ng6 28. Ra3 Qe8 29.
Nh5 Nxh5 30. Qxh5 Nh4 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. a5 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Bxa5 Re7 35.
Bd3 h5 36. Rb1 g4 37. Rb8 Bf5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rb7 Bc8 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Bxc7
Bf8 42. Be2 g3 43. Nf1 Ng6 44. Nxg3 Nf4 45. Bb5 Kg6 46. Nf5 Nxd5 47. Bxd6 Bxd6
48. Nxd6 Nc7 49. Nxc8 Nxb5 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Nb6 Ke8 52. Nd5 Nd4 53. c7 Kd7 54.
Kg3 Kc8 55. Kg4 Kd7 56. Kg5 Nc6 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.21"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Ba7 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 axb4 13. cxb4 Nxb4 14. Rc1 b6
$2 15. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Bd5 Nbxd5 18. Rxc8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 Nxe4 20.
Rc1 Nc5 21. a5 Nb3 22. Rb1 Nxa5 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc7 25. Rxa8 Bxb6 26.
Rb8 Bc7 27. Rg8 Kf6 28. g4 Bb6 29. h4 h6 30. g5+ hxg5 31. Nxg5 Kg6 32. Rb8 Bc7
$2 (32... Nc4) 33. Rc8 Bb6 34. Rb8 Bc7 35. Rf8 f6 36. Ne6 Bb6 37. Rg8 Kf7 38.
Rxg7+ Kxe6 39. h5 d5 $2 (39... e4 $1 40. h6 e3 41. Kf1 exf2 $1 42. Rb7 (42. h7
Nc4 43. h8=Q Nd2+ 44. Ke2 f1=Q+ 45. Kxd2 $11) 42... Bd4 43. Rb4 Bc3 44. h7 f5
$11) 40. h6 d4 41. h7 d3 42. h8=Q {Source: Belfast Newsletter, 25 July 1907}
1-0

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Forgacs, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Bd3 Nf8
15. h3 Ng6 16. c4 h6 17. c3 a6 18. a4 d5 19. Qc2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 f5
22. Qc2 e4 23. c5 Be6 24. Nh2 Bc4 25. Rb4 Qf7 26. Qb2 Re7 27. f3 a5 28. Rb6
Rae8 29. f4 e3 30. g3 Bd5 31. Qe2 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qg6+ 33. Ng4 fxg4 34. Qxg4 Qe4
35. Kh2 h5 36. Qg3 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 h4 38. Qh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Ostende B"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1907.06.24"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O-O d6 9. Rhe1 Nc6 10. Qh4 Bf5 11. Rxe7 Nxe7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Re1 Ng6 14.
Qh6 c6 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Rg1 d5 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rxg6+ Kf7 20. Rg7+
Ke6 21. Qe3+ Be4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4+ Kd6 24. c4 f5 25. Qd4+ Ke6 26. Qe3+
Kf6 27. Qc3+ Ke6 28. Qe3+ Kf6 29. Qc3+ Ke6 30. f4 Qf6 31. Qe3+ Kd6 32. c5+ Kd5
33. Rd7+ Kc4 34. Qb3+ Kxc5 35. Qa3+ Kb6 36. Qb4+ Ka6 37. Qxb7+ Ka5 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc. "Michell and Shoosmith were both pressed for time, and were
guilty of omissions in consequence. In the end Shoosmith drew by perpetual
check, Michell having Q and B against Q." (The Field, 17 Aug 1907)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Arthur John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. h3 Nd8 11. Re1 c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Ne6
15. d4 g5 16. Bg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nh4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxh4 20. dxe5 d5 21.
Rb4 Rfe8 22. Qf3 Rxe5 23. Rxb7 h5 24. Rb4 Rf5 25. Ra4 Qf6 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rdd4
Ra7 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qg6 30. Rf6 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Qxh5 Qxb3 33. Qg5+
Kf8 34. Rxc6 Qb8+ 35. g3 a4 36. Rh6 f6 37. Qxf6+ {"and wins". Source: Burnley
Gazette, 7 Sept 1907} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kelly, Thomas J"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {... etc. Won in 24 moves. "Some excitement... was caused by
Kelly beating Shoosmith before the midday adjournment. The latter, having been
short of time, lost in a complicated skirmish the exchange, and remained with
an otherwise disorganised position." (The Field, 17 Aug 1907)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Ward, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc. "Shoosmith was two pawns ahead, and won a third, but queen and
two rooks each being on the board it required some time to make the advantage
available. He won, however, ultimately." (The Field, 17 Aug 1907)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blake, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. f5 Na5 7. Qf3 c6 8. Bg5 b5
9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Nh5 h6 14. Bh4 Rdg8 15.
Ne2 d5 16. Neg3 Bb6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Nh5 Rg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. O-O-O Kb8 21.
h4 Rg8 22. Ng3 g4 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. Qh6 Bd8 27. Kb1 d4
28. Qd2 a5 29. Ng3 c5 30. h5 a4 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. h6 Qe8 33. Ka2 Qb5 34. h7 Rh8
35. Qh6 c4 36. Qg7 Qe8 37. Nh5 cxd3 38. cxd3 a3 39. Nxf6 Bxf6 40. Qxf6 axb2 41.
Qd6+ Ka8 42. Qb4 f6 43. Kxb2 Qd7 44. Ra1+ Kb8 45. Qb6 g3 46. Rhc1 {Source: BCM,
Oct 1907, p474} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Palmer, Wilfred Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc. "Palmer was lured into a pawn capture, which got his queen in
difficulties. Shoosmith won the exchange and the rest was plain sailing." (The
Field, 24 1907)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Holmes, Harry"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nb5 Bxc5 8.
Bf4 Bb4+ 9. Kd1 Ba5 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. g3 f6 12. h4 Kf8 13. Bg2 Nge7 14. Nd2 Be6
15. Rc1 h6 $2 (15... Bd5) 16. Nd6 Qd7 17. N2c4 Bd8 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Ne4 Bxc4 20.
Qxc4 b5 21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Qe6 {Sources: London Daily News, 23 August 1907; The
Field, 24 Aug 1907; Illustrated London News, 26 Oct 1907; Yearbook of Chess
1908} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {... etc. "Shoosmith won the exchange and had a great attack
with queen and rook behind his opponent's pawns. By an oversight, however, he
allowed Sergeant to score a winning position." (The Field, 24 Aug 1907)} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wainwright snr, George Edward"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {... etc. "Wainwright, continuing to show indifferent form, lost pawns
on the queen's side, and endeavoured to work up an attack on the other side.
This was easily countered, and Wainwright, losing a piece, resigned." (The
Field, 24 Aug 1907)} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 $6 {The Manchester Guardian (23 Aug
1907) referred to "out of the way" defence in this game and they were perhaps
referring to this dubious move.} 5. Bd3 O-O 6. f4 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd2 h6 9.
Qe2 Ne4 10. O-O-O {[diag] Shoosmith's published reputation as a player was for
being an attacking player, and there is some evidence of it here. His plan is
direct: to castle queenside and then conduct an offensive against Black's king.
} a5 $6 ({Having already lost time with 4...Bd6, he cannot really afford this.
Perhaps} 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bb4 12. Rhg1 d6 {is some sort of a defensive
set-up.}) 11. Rhg1 Bb4 12. g4 {Black's position is already critical, arguably
beyond the point of no return since he has no viable counterplay.} Qe7 13. Bxe4
fxe4 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. g5 d6 {[diag]} 16. gxh6 $1 {Not a particularly difficult
sacrifice to calculate but as the culmination of some brisk play by White,
deserves an exclamation mark.} dxe5 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Qg4 Qf7 ({One wonders
why Blackburne prolongs his suffering. Perhaps he didn't want to see headlines
announcing how he had "lost in fewer than 20 moves".} 18... Rg8 19. Rg1 Nd7 20.
h7 {was crushing.}) 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Qg6 Re7 21. Qf6+ Kh7 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Rg7+
Kh8 24. Qg6 {Sources: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 Aug 1907;
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 23 Aug 1907 (mistitled as Shoosmith-Mackenzie);
Birmingham Daily Post, 23 Aug 1907; Belfast Newsletter, 23 Aug 1907; London
Daily News, 29 Aug 1907} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 4th"]
[Site "Crystal Palace"]
[Date "1907.08.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atkins, Henry Ernest"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1907.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {... etc. "Atkins and Shoosmith played through the
opening, and drew on the 22nd move in an equal position, with very little
remaining." (The Field, 31 Aug 1907)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
Rac1 Bb8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nd4 Rd5 20. g3 e5 21. Nf5
Qg5 22. g4 h5 23. h4 Qf6 24. Rc6 Qd8 25. Qf3 Kh7 26. gxh5 g6 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28.
Qg2 Rg8 29. Ne7 Qxe7 30. Qxd5 Qxh4 31. Qg2 e4 32. Rd1 Nd8 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Bf6
Qh2+ 35. Qxh2+ Bxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Nxc6 37. Rb7 Nb8 38. Kg3 g5 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Kg4
Rd8 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Kxg5 Re8 43. Kf5 Kg8 44. Rh6 Kf8 45. Rh8+ Ke7 46. Rxe8+
Kxe8 47. Kxe4 {Source: BCM 1908, p380} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palmer, Wilfred Charles"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rd1
c6 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rfe1 b6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7
15. e5 Nf4 16. Qd2 N4g6 17. Qe3 Red8 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Nd6 Rad8 20. Ng5 Nh8 21.
f4 Ba8 22. f5 h6 23. Nge4 exf5 24. Nxf5 Qb4 25. Qxh6 Ne6 26. Nxg7 Qxc4 27. Nf6+
{Source: BCM 1908, p384} (27. Nf6+ {Chess Amateur, Sept 1908 gives the
additional moves} Kf8 28. Qxh8+) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nh5 10. Be3 f4 11. Bf2 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. c5 g5 15. d6
cxd6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Bxb6 Qb8 19. Bf2 Nf6 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. a4 g4
22. Qa3 gxf3 23. gxf3 Rg8 24. Nxd6 Bf8+ 25. Kh1 Ng6 26. Bc5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxb2
28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Nc3 Qe6 30. Rb6 Qh3 31. Rg1 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Nh4 33. Qe2 Rxg1+ 34.
Bxg1 Nh5 {"and wins" Source: BCM 1908, p391; Shipley Times and Express, 16
October 1908} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atkins, Henry Ernest"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Bg3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qc3 f5 20. f3 Kh8 21.
Bf2 Qc7 22. Rad1 b6 23. Qb2 c5 24. c4 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qf4 26. Be2 Qg5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rd1 Re8 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Kg1 h6 31. Kf1 Kh7 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Be2 f4 34. Rc1
Kg8 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Qc2 Qg5 37. Bc3 Re6 38. Bd1 Rd6 39. Qe2 Nd7 40. Bc2 Re6 41.
Qf2 Qe7 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 44. Bxe1 Ne5 45. Bc3 Ke6 46. Kg1 h5 47. h3
g5 48. Kf1 h4 {Source: BCM 1908, p393} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. b3 Rc8 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bf1 d5 14. Rc1 Bf6 15.
c5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Be7 17. Rc2 Qb6 18. g3 Ng6 19. b4 Nb8 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Qc1 Bd7
22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Qd2 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. a4 Qb6 26. Rec1 Rfd8 27. Ba3 Nc6 28.
b5 Na5 29. Bb4 Nc4 30. Qe1 Qb8 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Bxd2 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rxc5 e5 35. Ba5 Re8 36. Bc7 exd4 37. Qd1 Qc8 38. Qxd4 Qh3 39. Rc1 $2 ({Having
thoroughly outplayed his illustrious opponent to here, Shoosmith starts to
waver:} 39. Ba5 $1 {defends against the mate in one and also gets ready to
threaten a mate of his own with Bc3, plus occupying the seventh rank with Rc7.
Black has no good reply.}) 39... Qe6 $2 ({Blackburne misses a cheapo chance.
Instead,} 39... Qd7 $1 {, hoping for} 40. Qxa7 $2 Nf4 $1 {when White has
nothing better than to allow the perpetual check after} 41. gxf4 Qg4+ {, etc.})
40. Kg2 $2 ({After Black's poor last move, there seems to be no good reason
why White shouldn't now play} 40. Qxa7 {. Putting his king on g2 makes little
sense - JS}) 40... h5 41. h4 Qf5 42. Rc5 Re2 43. Rxd5 $2 ({Black has a
comfortable draw after this. At first sight the plan of} 43. Bb8 Ne7 44. Bxa7 {
seems good but in fact} Re1 $1 {, followed by Qb1, should be enough to draw
for Black.}) ({However, White could instead play} 43. Bd6 {, keeping up the
pressure.}) 43... Rxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Qxd5+ 45. Kh2 Qc4 46. Qxa7 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+
48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qc3+ 51. Ke2 Qc2+ 52. Ke3 Qc3+ 53. Ke2 Qc2+ {
Source: BCM 1908, p446} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mackenzie, Arthur John"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. dxc5 e6 4. c4 Bxc5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Bb8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Nb1 Nh6 18. Nbd2 Nf5 19. Bb1 Nd6 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Nc5
N6e5 22. Nxe5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxg2 25. f4 Ba8 26. c6 Ba7 27. Qe2
Qxa3 28. Kf2 Qe7 29. Qg4 Qa3 30. Qg3 Qb2+ 31. Rc2 Qb3 32. Rcd2 Bb6 33. Nd7 Ba5
34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ {Source: BCM 1908, p452} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bf6 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nc4 Bxd5 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Bd2 Bxb2 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Bd4 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Ne4 Qxe4 {
Sources: The Scotsman, 18 Aug 1908; BCM 1908, p455} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Lean, Richard Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
c3 Nc6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Nf1 Ne4 11. N3d2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bg5
Qc7 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Nh2 Nd8 19. f3 Nf6 20. g4 Nd7 21.
Qf2 f6 22. Re2 Re8 23. Rae1 Nf8 24. Nf1 Rc6 25. Bh2 Nf7 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. f4 e5
28. dxe5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Nf5 Nxg4 31. Qf4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rf6 33. Qxg4
Rxf5 34. Qd4 Qf7 35. Re1 b6 36. Qe3 Ne6 37. Bd6 Rf6 38. Qe5 Nc5 39. Bxc5 bxc5
40. Qb8+ Qf8 41. Re8 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. Rxf8+ Rxf8 45. Qd6 {
Source: BCM 1908, p501} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Qh3 Rad8 14. Bg5 g6 15.
Qh4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne4 h5 19. Qxe7 Rxd3 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
Nd7 Rxd7 22. Qxd7 Rd8 23. Qe7 {"and wins" Source: BCM 1908, p501} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Ward, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 N7b6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7
15. O-O Nd7 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rf8 19. Rf2 Qg5 20. Qe2 g6 21. Bf3
Kg7 22. Rdf1 Nb6 23. c4 Bd7 24. Be4 Qe7 25. Rf6 Qa3 26. Qf3 Be8 27. c5 Nd7 28.
Bf4 (28. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 29. Rxf8 $18) 28... Rh8 29. Bg5 $1 Nxf6 (29... Rf8 30.
Bxg6) 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Bxg6+ fxg6 32. Qe7+ {Sources: The Scotsman, 21 Aug
1908; Belfast Newsletter, 21 Aug 1908; Morning Post, 24 Aug 1908; BCM 1908,
p545; Times Literary Supplement, 12 Nov 1908} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 5th"]
[Site "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Date "1908.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lee, Francis Joseph"]
[Black "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. f3 e6 7. c4 Na6 8. Nc3 Nh5
9. Be3 f5 10. Nge2 e5 11. a3 Nc7 12. Qc2 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. g4 Nf6 15. h4 h6 16.
hxg5 hxg5 17. Kd2 Kf7 18. Rag1 Bd7 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Rh1 Qe8 22.
Qg1 Rg8 23. Qd1 a6 24. Ng1 Rh8 25. Nh3 Kg6 26. Rh2 Rh7 27. Qh1 Qh8 28. Be2 Nce8
29. Bg1 Nc7 30. Nf2 Rxh2 31. Qxh2 Qxh2 32. Bxh2 Kf7 33. Nh3 Bh6 34. Bg1 Ke7 35.
b4 b6 36. Bd1 Kd8 37. Kc2 Kc8 38. Kb3 Kb7 39. Nf2 Bf8 40. Nd3 Be8 41. a4 a5 42.
bxc5 bxc5 43. Nb5 Na6 44. Bf2 Bg6 45. Be1 Kb6 46. Ka3 Ne8 47. Bc3 Nb4 48. Nc1
Nf6 49. Kb3 Nxe4 50. fxe4 Bxe4 51. Be1 Nxd5 52. cxd5 Bxd5+ 53. Kc3 Bc6 54. Na3
d5 55. Kb2 c4 56. Bc3 Bd6 57. Ne2 Bd7 58. Ng1 Bxa3+ 59. Kxa3 d4 60. Be1 e4 61.
Nh3 e3 62. Nxg5 d3 63. Ne4 Bc6 64. Nc3 f3 65. Bxf3 Bxf3 66. g5 d2 67. Bxd2 exd2
68. g6 Kc5 69. g7 Bd5 70. Kb2 Bf7 71. Kc2 Kb4 72. Kxd2 Kb3 73. Ne4 Bg8 74. Nc5+
Kb4 75. Ne4 Kb3 76. Nc5+ Kb2 77. Ne4 Bh7 78. Nc3 Kb3 79. Nd5 Kxa4 $4 (79... Kb2
$11) 80. Nf6 Kb3 81. Nxh7 Kb2 82. g8=Q c3+ 83. Kd3 c2 84. Qg2 {Source: BCM
1908, p549} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 6th First Class C"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1909.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Heastie, Basil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Rc1 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Rd4 Bg6 19. Qd2 Nb8 20. Bd1 Rfd8 21.
Bf3 Rxd4 22. exd4 c6 23. h4 h6 24. h5 Bh7 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Bxh6 gxh6
28. Qxh6 Kh8 29. Rg3 {Source: BCM 1910, p170} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 6th First Class C"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1909.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. c4
Bd6 9. a3 Rc8 10. c5 Bb8 11. b4 a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxh5+ Kg8 17. dxe5 Be8 18. Qg4 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd4 Qb7 21.
Nd2 Ba4 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Ba7 24. Nf3 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Bb5 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Ng5
d4 28. Rg3 d3 29. Nh7 {Source: BCM 1909 p511} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 6th First Class C"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1909.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoosmith, Hector William"]
[Black "Regan, William Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4
Bd6 9. Nbd2 Nb4 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Nb3 Ng6 16. Nc5 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. gxf4 Bxf4 21. h3
Qe7 22. Bg2 Nf6 23. Bc1 Bd6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. c3 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7
28. a4 Qc6 29. Qf3 f6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qe2 Bc7 32. c4 bxc4 33. b5 Qd6 34. Bf4
e5 35. Ra6 Qb4 36. Bxd5 g5 37. Bc1 Ba5 38. Bc6+ Ke7 39. Rd1 Rcd8 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. Qf3 {Source: BCM 1909 p510} 1-0

