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Comins Mansfield (14 June 1896 - 28 March 1984) • Biographies: Wikipedia • Chess Devon
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1926 WECU (Minor) Open, Weston-super-Mare, 3-9 April 1926

1926 WECU Minor Open 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Total 
1 Comins Mansfield
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1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6
2 Richard Edward Lean 0
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1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 5½
3 John James O'Hanlon 0 0
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1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 5½
4 Francis Herbert Terrill 1 1 0
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0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½
5 Patrick Charles Littlejohn ½ ½ 0 1
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½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5
6 Herbert Parsons ½ 0 0 ½ ½
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½ 1 1 1 5
7 Percival John Lawrence ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½
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½ ½ 1 4
8 Ronald Melville Norman ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½
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1 1 4
9 Mrs Edith Martha Holloway (née Crittenden) 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0
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½ 3½
10 George Wright 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½
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1

1928 West of England Championship, Cheltenham, 7-13 April

1928 West of England Ch'p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Total 
 1  Victor Buerger
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0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 5
2 John Arthur James Drewitt 1
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½ 1 0 0 1 1 4½
3 Dr. (Jakob) Adolf Seitz 0 ½
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0 ½ 1 1 1 4
4 Eugene A Znosko-Borovsky ½ 0 1
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½ 0 1 1 4
5 Sir George Alan Thomas ½ 1 ½ ½
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1 0 0 3½
6 Fred Dewhirst Yates 0 1 0 1 0
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½ 1 3½
7 Comins Mansfield 0 0 0 0 1 ½
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½ 2
8 William Henry Watts 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½
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1½

Rounds 1 and 2 played 7 April; no game on 8 April (Sunday); rounds 3-7 played 9-13 April (with adjournments on 14 April).

File updated

Date Notes
5 September 2015 Original upload. 38 games played by Comins Mansfield (1896-1984). Of course, vastly better known as a problemist, and the world's first GM of that branch of chess, Comins Mansfield was also a fine OTB player. Gerard Killoran has gathered together these games, including a notable win over Sir George Thomas. I've included links to biographies of Mansfield at Wikipedia and also Bob Jones' splendid piece on him at Chess Devon. Many thanks to Gerard for collecting the games. Originally posted 05/09/15.
25 March 2016 Game played against WA Fairhurst in 1938 included. Thanks to Gerard Killoran.
8 February 2018 Game between Herbert Parsons and Comins Mansfield, dated 23 Oct 1926, now known to have been a win for Black. Info received from Alan Smith.
5 April 2018 John D Chambers' middle name corrected to 'Dibbin' in PGN file - see Chess Scotland biographical file here.
18 April 2018 Two games added to the collection: Mansfield-Ursell, County Match 1933 & Mansfield-MacDonald, Club Match 1933. Also, a correction applied to the score of the game Mansfield-Poynton, County Match 1925. Thanks to Alan Smith.
26 April 2018 Amended the spelling of one of Mansfield's opponent's names: 'E. MacDonald' changed to 'Edmund Macdonald' based on advice received from Brian Denman, for which many thanks. (See the note given here for a fuller explanation.)
07 December 2018 Two games added - Mackenzie-Mansfield, 2 May 1931 & Simpson-Mansfield, 1937. Many thanks to Alan Smith.
11 December 2018 Added the game Bolland-Mansfield, Nov 1929. Also, Simpson-Mansfield game has now had the date confirmed as 21 Nov 1936 - many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
13 November 2020 Added the game Tylor ½-½ Mansfield, Oxfordshire vs Gloucestershire, 28.10.1933.
3 March 2021 Added the game Mansfield 0-1 Fairhurst, Glasgow 1945, contributed by Alan Smith, for which many thanks.
30 March 2021 Amended dates of the games Mansfield played in the 1928 WECU Championship (Cheltenham) and added a crosstable of the event.
7 March 2022 One complete game and one part-game added: (1) G.Wainwright 0-1 CM, Bath vs Bristol & Clifton, 1926; (2) CM 1-0 Edith Holloway, WECU Weston-super-Mare 1926 (part-game). Running total now 38.
30 January 2024 Added the game C.Mansfield 0-1 P.Bolland, Gloucs v Somerset, 1.12.1928. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran who contributed it via the English Chess Forum.
11 May 2024 Added two games: (1) S.Viveash 0-1 C.Mansfield, Bristol Club Ch 1920; (2) A.Chamberlain 1-0 C.Mansfield, County m Warws-Gloucs, 9.4.1932. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for submitting the scores via the English Chess Forum.
21 May 2024 Added three more games, from a match played against W.Fairhurst between 22 April and 13 May 1947, presumably in Glasgow. From the Fairhurst games collection assembled and curated by the Chess Scotland archivist Alan McGowan, for which many thanks.