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Scottish Championship 1914
The Scottish Championship was held in Dundee on Wednesday, December 31, 1913 and January 1 and 2, 1914. Two rounds were held on each of the first two days, with the concluding round on the Friday. Gibson's adjourned game against Wardhaugh from round 1 had to be played off late on the Thursday evening.
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Total |
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| 1. W. Gibson | ■ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 2. D. Spankie | 0 |
■ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 3. P. Wenman | 1 |
0 |
■ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 4. CB Heath | ½ |
1 |
0 |
■ |
0 |
1 |
2½ |
| 5. C. Wardhaugh | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
■ |
½ |
1½ |
| 6. J. Black | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
■ |
1½ |
The winner, William Gibson, a member of Glasgow Chess Club, had previously won the title in 1907 and 1912. He would go on to win a total of nine times, a record only beaten by Aitken (10) and Fairhurst (11).
The annual meeting of the Association was held on the Wednesday afternoon, Mr RE Corrie, Dundee, presiding. It was decided that next year's congress should be held at Glasgow, and Mr JRK Law, Glasgow, was elected president. It was agreed to recommend that the British Chess Association should present their school shield and medal to Fettes College, Edinburgh. A resolution was unanimously carried that the Association considers that the Scottish champion should be entitled to compete for the British championship.
The Scotsman, Thursday, January 1, 1914The Falkirk Herald of 31 December 1913, p4, listing the participants, said:-
'Four of the players are from Glasgow', which included J. "Black", who was described as a former champion. The likely Candidate is James Borthwick. It is doubtful that J. Crum or JD Chambers would use an alias, and James Marshall was still in Japan.
Percy Wenman (left) v William Gibson
Daily Record and Mail, Saturday, January 3, 1914.Wenman - Heath
Scottish Ch. (1), 19141.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.g3 Qd7 7.a3 0-0-0 8.Bg2 Nge7 9.0-0 Bh3 10.Qa4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Ng6 12.b4 Qg4 13.b5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxa7 Nd7 16.f3 Qe6 17.Qxd4 Qxe2+ 18.Rf2 Qe6 19.Nb3 Nb6 20.Qc3 Qxc4 21.Qxc4 Nxc4 22.Rc2 Rd3 23.Rxc4 Rxb3 24.Bf4 c5 25.bxc6 b5 26.Re4 Bxa3 27.Rae1 Rd3 28.Rb1 Bd6 29.Rxb5 Bxf4 30.Rxf4 Kc7 31.Rb7+ Kxc6 32.Rfxf7 Rhd8 33.Rxg7 h5 34.Rgc7+ Kd6 35.Rh7 Kc6 36.Rbg7 R8d5 37.Rg6+ Kc5 38.Rgh6 Rf5 39.f4 Rdd5 40.Rg6 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Rdd5 42.Rgh6 Rd2 43.Rxh5 1-0
Black - Spankie
Scottish Ch. (1), 19141.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 c4 6.Bc2 b5 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Re1 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 Nf6 13.fxe4 fxe4 14.b3 Rc8 15.bxc4 bxc4 16.Ba4+ Kf7 17.Rf1 Qd5 18.Rb1 Ba6 19.Bc2 Ke8 20.Ba4+ Kd8 21.Bc2 Bd6 22.Rf2 Ke7 23.Nf1 Rhf8 24.Bd2 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.a4 Bb7 27.h3 Qg5 28.Qe2 Bd5 29.Bc1 Nh5 30.g4 Nf6 31.Nd2 Rc8 32.Rf1 h5 33.Kh1 hxg4 34.Rg1 Rh8 35.Nxc4 Rxh3+ 36.Kg2 Rh2+ 37.Kf1 Rxe2 0-1
Gibson - Spankie
Scottish Ch. (3), 19141.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 b6 6.e3 Be7 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qg4 Rg8 12.Rd1 Qe6 13.Qg3 a6 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.0-0 0-0-0 18.Rc1 Qd6 19.Na4 c4 20.b3 Bc6 21.Nb2 cxb3 22.axb3 Kb8 23.Rxc6 Qxg3 24.fxg3 Kb7 25.Rfc1 Rd7 26.Na4 Rgd8 27.Rb6+ Ka7 28.Rcc6 Rb7 29.Rxa6+ Kb8 30.Nc5 Rb5 31.Kf2 d4 32.exd4 Rxd4 33.Rab6+ The Scotsman does not clarify which Knight was used. 33...Rxb6 34.Rxb6+ 1-0
David Spankie (left) and William Gibson at the board. This looks to be a posed picture, as Spankie appears to have the white pieces.
The Courier, Saurday, January 3, 1914.Wardhaugh - Heath
Scottish Ch. (3), 19141.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nxc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nge7 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Kh8 14.f4 f5 15.b5 Na5 16.Be6 Rf6 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Qg4 Qf8 20.Kh2 Re8 21.Rae1 Nc4 22.Bd4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Bxd4 24.Qxf5 Bf6 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Nxc7 g6 27.Re8+ Kg7 28.Qe6 Qxc7 29.Rg8+ Kh6 30.Qxf6 1-0
Wenman - Black
Scottish Ch. (3), 19141.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.a4 c5 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Ba2 Nbd5 13.Bg3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.a5 Rc8 17.Rb1 Ne4 18.Rxb7 Bc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Qd3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 cxd4 22.exd4 Bf6 23.Rfb1 Qc8 24.c4 Rd8 25.d5 exd5 26.cxd5 Rc3 27.Qxa6 Rc2 28.Bb3 Rd2 29.Qc6 Qf5 30.Rf1 Bd4 31.d6 Bxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33.Kh2 Rf8 34.Qe4 Rxd6 35.Bc2 Rg6 36.Rb3 Rc8 37.Bb1 Qc5 38.Rf3 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Qc5+ 41.Re3 Rf6+ 42.Ke2 Qb5+ 43.Qd3 Qb2+ 0-1
Gibson - Black
Scottish Ch. (5), 19141.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.f4 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne4 9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Nd6 11.Ne5 Nfe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.0-0 f5 14.Be1 0-0 15.cxd5 exd5 16.c4 Be6 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Qa4 a6 19.c5 Re8 20.Rb2 g5 21.fxg5 Qxg5 22.Rf4 Kh8 23.Qd1 Qg7 24.Qh5 Rg8 25.Rh4 Nf6 26.Qf3 Qg5 27.Rh3 Ne4 28.Rh5 Qg7 29.Qf4 Rbf8 30.Bh4 Nf6 31.Rh6 Qe7 32.Rxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxb7 Qf8 34.Bxf6+ Qxf6 35.Nxc6 h5 36.Qe5 Qxe5 37.Nxe5 1-0
Heath - Spankie
Scottish Ch. (5), 19141.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Be6 5.d4 Be7 6.c4 c6 7.a3 Nf6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.b3 Qc7 11.f5 Bd7 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Bg5 Bc8 14.Nc3 Nbd7 15.Qd2 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 e3 19.exf6 exd2 20.fxg7 Rg8 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Rad1 Rxg7 23.Rxd2 Be5 24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Bd7 26.f6 Rg8 27.Bh5 0-0-0 28.Bxf7 Rgf8 29.Bh5 Be8 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.h4 Rf8 33.g4 Kd7 34.Kh2 Ke6 35.g5 Rd8 36.Kg3 Kf7 37.Kg4 Kg6 38.h5+ Kf7 39.Kf5 Re8 40.g6+ hxg6+ 41.hxg6+ 1-0
Sources:
The Scotsman 1914, January 1, 2 and 3.Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotlandupdated 4/4/2024
