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Charles Gurnhill

Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1923 to 1966
Overall record: +6 -12 =2 (35.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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CHARLES GURNHILL
(born Mar-01-1891, died Apr-1972, 81 years old) United Kingdom

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Charles Reuben Gurnhill

https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Gur...

Last updated: 2024-07-17 07:49:29

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Vajda vs C Gurnhill  1-0191923BCF Major OpenD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
2. C Heath vs C Gurnhill  1-0221923BCF Major OpenC34 King's Gambit Accepted
3. J Drewitt vs C Gurnhill  1-0201923BCF Major OpenC49 Four Knights
4. Znosko-Borovsky vs C Gurnhill  1-0371924Stratford-on-AvonC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
5. W R Thomas vs C Gurnhill  0-1361924BCF-ch 17th First-Class AC54 Giuoco Piano
6. C Gurnhill vs H J Macthomas Thoms  1-0331924BCF-ch 17th First-Class AC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
7. C Gurnhill vs A R Thomas  0-1481926British ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
8. G Wheatcroft vs C Gurnhill  ½-½511926British ChampionshipD69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de
9. C Gurnhill vs R MacDonald  0-1581926British ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
10. C Heath vs C Gurnhill  0-1331926British ChampionshipC39 King's Gambit Accepted
11. C Gurnhill vs J Blake  1-0621926British ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
12. Yates vs C Gurnhill 1-0421926British ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
13. H Atkins vs C Gurnhill  1-0381927Huddersfield - Sheffield mD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
14. C Gurnhill vs H H Cole  1-0511946Nottingham-B1B10 Caro-Kann
15. C Gurnhill vs P Wallis  ½-½721946Nottingham-B1C15 French, Winawer
16. C Gurnhill vs L B Pawson  0-1371961Appleby-FrodinghamC18 French, Winawer
17. C Gurnhill vs R G Wade  0-1341961Appleby-FrodinghamC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. C Gurnhill vs J W Naylor  0-1331962Whitby BCF Major opC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
19. C Gurnhill vs W H Banks 1-061962Whitby BCF Major opB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
20. D G Ellison vs C Gurnhill 1-0311966BCF-ch Major openC44 King's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-22-08  WhiteRook48: So he lost to NN and won W H Banks with two petty opening traps
May-02-10  BobCrisp: Poor dude. He played a tournament game vs Alekhine, at the Major Open in Portsmouth in 1923 but the chess press was too busy with the British Championship and the score has been lost to posterity.

Doesn't sound like we missed much, though: <Most of the onlookers gathered round Alekhine's board for the short time this game lasted. The master made short work of his opponent.> (Birmingham Post)

May-02-10  Albertan: <BobCrisp: Poor dude. He played a tournament game vs Alekhine, at the Major Open in Portsmouth in 1923 but the chess press was too busy with the British Championship and the score has been lost to posterity.>

I don't think he played Alekhine ever,considering he was born in 1920!

May-02-10  BobCrisp: So he played Znosko-Borovsky as 4 year old?
May-02-10  Albertan: <BobCrisp: So he played Znosko-Borovsky as 4 year old?>

Anything is possible when you are talking about chess prodigies.

May-02-10  BobCrisp: So why couldn't he play Alekhine as a 3-y-old? Where's the sense or logic in anything you say?
May-02-10  Albertan: Albertan: <BobCrisp: Poor dude. He played a tournament game vs Alekhine, at the Major Open in Portsmouth in 1923 but the chess press was too busy with the British Championship and the score has been lost to posterity.> I don't think he played Alekhine ever,considering he was born in 1920!>

I made a mistake by saying what I did above. It is possible for him to have played as a 3 year old.

May-02-10  BobCrisp: His only being about 3 feet tall would also explain why Alekhine made short work of him.
Jul-20-12
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  GrahamClayton: Photo (Gurnhill is moving the pieces):

http://www.woodseatschess.org.uk/im...

Jul-17-24  lentil: Apparently his year of birth has been corrected: it's now 1891.
Mar-01-25  Nosnibor: I recall him playing at the Major Open in Hastings 1965 where he scored 4.5 points from 11 games.He had 4 wins and a single draw. Charlie was quite a character.

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