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Extract from Chess volumn 27: August
18 1962, page 326
The 1962 Glorney Cup competition,
held in Brecon, Wales, on July 31st
and August 1st, was won, once again,
by England.
Both the Scottish and Irish
teams arrived one short; Hunter of
Scotland having had to return at
Crewe owing to illness and the Irish
reserve having failed to obtain a
sailing ticket.
The final
round was played on Tuesday morning
when England met Scotland and Ireland
met Wales. Some early results
favoured Scotland but Lee and
Whitely for England, in fine form,
returned wins. Indeed they both
scored maximum points in all
matches. The Welsh team started well
with a 4-2 win over Ireland. This,
alas, was by far their best
performance.
In round 3,
played on Tuesday afternoon, the
Scots won by 5-1 against Wales,
helped by a poor endgame display by
Witcutt who, after being a pawn up,
lost to Burt. A noticable weakness
in the endgame was a serious
deficiency in many players.
Even more tragic was the
resignation of Ellis (Wales) in his
game with Messer.
England beat Ireland as usual.
On Wednesday, England wound up by
crushing Wales 5½-½ with some slight
help from Caines of Wales who played a
good game to establish an endgame
advantage over Lee but failed to find
the winning line and, after refusing
several draws, proceeded to lose on time
in a dead drawn position. Ireland,
nothing if not resilient, helped
Scotland to a draw.
The best
performance prizes were won by P. Lee
England 3/3, P Messer
Scotland 2½/3, F. McMahon
Ireland 2½/3 and Whitcutt
Wales 1½/3.
There was much praise for their
guests from the many kind people who
lodged the visiting teams. A number of
good ladies expressed astonishment at
the "norlamity" of chess players - one
remarking that they might easily be
taken for Rugby players. Many, of
course, are. G.R. |
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