[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Gunston, William Hewison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. dxc5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bxc5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qf3
Rb8 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Rd4 O-O 18. Rh4 Be7 19. Rh3 Qe5 20. Bf4 {
Source: Illustrated London News, 23 January 1897} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Edward Owen"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nf6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. f4 a6 13. h3 Ne7 14. Bc4 b5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Bh4 Ned5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ng4 Rfe8
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Qh5 Qg8 25. g4 Qg6 26. Qh4 Bf8 27.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 c5 29. Bb1 Qg8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qb6 Bf3 32. dxc5 Bxb2 33.
Ne7 Qd8 34. Qxd8+ Rxd8 35. Kf2 Ba8 36. c6 Bd4+ 37. Kg3 Bb6 38. Rc1 Bc7 39. Bf5
Rd4 40. Re1 Bxf4+ 41. Kh4 Rd6 42. Ng6+ hxg6 43. c7 g5+ 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. Re6 Rxe6
46. Bxe6 Bxc7 {Sources: Leeds Mercury, 16 January 1897 (Brian Denman
Collection); (moves 18-26) BCM, February 1897, p55} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rutherford, Arthur"]
[Black "Jones-Bateman, Ernest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd4 9. Qg3 Qe7 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. Qg4 Qxe5 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Rf1 c6 14. Bf4 Nxf4
15. Rxf4 b5 16. Bb3 h5 17. Qg3 g5 18. Rf3 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2
Bxa3 22. bxa3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Rae8 24. Qxh5 Qf6 25. Kd2 Kg7 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qg4
Re5 28. Rf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 Qh6 30. g3 d5 31. h4 f6 32. c4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Kh8 34.
h5 dxc4 35. Bxc4 Rd8+ 36. Bd3 Qf8 {"and Black won" Source: Andy Ansel, 16 May
2024} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skipworth, Arthur Bolland"]
[Black "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nf6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Bf5 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
Bb2 Qf5 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. Be5 Rcc8 27. Bb2
Rfe8 28. Ba3 c4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. bxc4 dxc4 31. Nc3 Rd8 32. e4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1
Rde8 34. Na4 Qf5 35. e5 Qxf4 36. Qxc4 Qf2 37. Qf1 Qxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxe5 39. Nc5
Bd5 40. Nd3 Re3 41. Nb4 Be4 42. Kg1 f5 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Kg1 a5 45. Nc2 Rxa2 46.
Ne1 Rb8 47. Rf2 Rxf2 48. Kxf2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 a4 50. Ra1 Rb1 {(2hrs 31mins - 2hrs
7mins) Source: (Worcestershire & Staffordshire) County Express, 23 January 1897
} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bf4 b5
15. Be2 b4 16. Nb1 Nd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Bc5 Ne8 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Kf1 e5 27. N4b3 Rac8
28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Nc4 Nb7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nca5 Nxa5 32. Nxa5 Rd5 33. Nb3 Rd7
34. Rc5 Nd5 35. g3 Nb6 36. Rc6 Na4 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Ke7 {Source: 
(Worcestershire & Staffordshire) County Express, 16 January 1897} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Owen, John"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Ne5 Rc7 13. Ndf3 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Nxe6 Qd6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 Kf8 21.
Rac1 g6 22. Qh6+ Qg7 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Qa4 Kg7 25. b4 c4 26. Be2 Nd4 27. Bg4 Nb5
28. Rf1 Qc7 29. c3 h5 30. Bf3 Re7 31. Qc2 Nxc3 32. h3 Qe5 33. Rfe1 Bc8 34. g4
hxg4 35. hxg4 Qg5 36. Kh2 Be5+ 37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Bxg4 40. Bg2
Bh3 41. f4 Qh1+ {Source: Andy Ansel, 16 May 2024} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Black "Skipworth, Arthur Bolland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b5
9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Qxe5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Nc3 h5 15.
Bf3 Ng4 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. g3 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Ra7 19. Ne4 h4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qg4+ Bg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qxc5+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27.
Rf4 hxg3+ 28. Kg1 Qb6+ 29. d4 e5 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qxe5 Rh5 32. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 33.
Kg2 Qxa1 34. Qh6+ Qg7 35. Qd6+ {Sources: Illustrated London News - Saturday 13
March 1897; Derby Mercury - Wednesday 17 March 1897} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qe7
8. Bg5 c6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Neg4 11. e5 h6 12. exf6 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3+ Nxe3 14.
fxg7 Rg8 15. Bf6 d5 16. Rhe1 {Sources: The Times, 12 January 1897; Rossendale
Free Press, 30 January 1897; BCM, February 1897, p56} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Edward Owen"]
[Black "Rutherford, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nc6 6. exd5 Nce7 7. fxe5 Nxd5
8. O-O c6 9. d4 g6 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf6 Rh7 13. Ne4 Ne3 14. Bg5 N7f5
15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16. Nf6+ Kxd8 17. Nxh7 Nde3 18. Rf2 Kc7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Re1 Rd8
21. g4 {Sources: The Times, 12 January 1897; Illustrated London News, 16
January 1897} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skipworth, Arthur Bolland"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qa4
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxc7 Bxb2 20. Rxb7 Be5
21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf1 Rc1 24. Qd5 Rc2 25. f4 exf3 26. Qxf3 Qe6 27.
Ra7 g6 28. Rxa6 Kg7 29. a4 Rc1 30. a5 Qc4 31. Rxb6 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Bxh2+ 33. Kf2
Bg3+ {Source: chessgames.com} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Black "Rutherford, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Qe2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Rc8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kh8 14. Kh2 f5
15. Rh1 Bf6 16. Kg1 g6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. e4 e5 19. Nd5 Qg7 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. dxe5
Qe7 22. Qe3 fxe4 23. Ng5 h5 24. e6 Be8 25. Nf7+ Kg7 26. Rxh5 Rxf7 27. Qh6+ Kf6
28. Rf5+ Kxf5 29. Qf4# {Sources: Rossendale Free Press, 30 January 1897;
Social Chess by James Mason, p113. The book gives the full score of the game
but only gives Bellingham as the winner but the finish of the game appears in
BCM, February 1897 and is attributed as shown here. This game was also
published in the Manchester Guardian, 25 August 1905, after it had been used
for a 'living chess' display at the 1905 BCF Congress in Southport.} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Edward Owen"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. f4 h5 14. Bd3 h4 15.
Nge2 Nh5 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Qf6 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qb6 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Nxf7 Nxf4 24. Nxd8 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 {
"and White won." Sources: Daily News (London), 12 January 1897; BCM, February
1897, p57} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Black "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Hoffer, L; Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 ({"Many play here at once} 
5... Nxe4 {, but there is something to to be said for develop­ing instead,
Be7 being an admittedly excellent move about this point for Black."}) 6. d4
exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 O-O ({"The lively variation which White now
enters upon renders the game interesting. Of course if} 9... Nxa4 {White gains
an advantage by} 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 {, followed by} 11. Bh6 {"}) 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bh6
({This is played occasionally, but players of the 2020s prefer the line} 11.
Bxc6 dxc6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 {, which
is roughly equal. JS}) 11... Re8 12. Nc3 d5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qg3 (14. Qf3 $5)
14... Nxa4 {"This is the move that destroys all White’s chances," writes
Hoffer, but 21st century technology will prove him wrong.} 15. Nxd5 ({"} 15.
Nxa4 {apparently at once leads to a lost game."}) 15... Qxe5 16. Nxc7 ({
"This is rather better than} 16. Rae1 Qxe1 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nxe8 ({But engines
demonstrate that White can win after} 18. Qh4 $3 {when, perhaps surprisingly,
Black can't find a way to meet White's threats such as 19 Bd2 or 19 Bf8, e.g.}
Qb4 (18... Qe5 19. Bf4 Kg7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Re6 22. Qxh7+ $1 Kxf6 23. f5 $1
) 19. c4 Re5 (19... Qe7 20. Bf8 $1 h5 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qg5 {when Black's rook
and two minor pieces for the queen are no match for White's small commando
force.}) 20. Bd2 $1 Rh5 21. Nxh5 Qxb2 22. Nf6 $18) 18... Qxe8 {, etc. Both
courses lose."}) 16... Qxg3 17. fxg3 Be6 18. b3 Nc3 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bd2 Ne4 {
"and wins." Sources: Pall Mall Gazette, 12 January 1897 (which has a
crosstable); Illustrated London News, 23 January 1897} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 d5 14. Bf4 Bf6
15. Nb3 Re8 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qg3 a5 18. a4 Qb4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Rc1
d4 22. Nd1 c5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. h3 c4 25. Na1 Nc5 26. Qf4 Bd7 27. g4 Ne4 28.
Ne3 dxe3 {Source: BCM, April 1897, p149} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Black "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Re1 Nd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Nc8 12. Bb4 O-O 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 $2 (
13... Re8) 14. Qxe7 Rae8 15. Qb4 c5 $5 16. Qd2 (16. dxc5 Qa4 17. Qd2 Qxc2 18.
Rc1 $1 $18) 16... Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Re8 18. Qd2 cxd4 19. Na3 c5 20. Re1 c4 21. Kf1
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 h6 23. Qd2 c3 24. Qxd4 {(24 minutes - 33 minutes) Source: 
(Worcestershire & Staffordshire) County Express (G Bellingham column), 6
February 1897} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunston, William Hewison"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2r2k/3b1pRp/5q2/2p2P2/2PpB1Q1/p2P3P/P7/6RK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Qh5 $2 (1. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 2. Qh5+ Qh6 3. f6+ Rxe4 4. Rg7+ Kh8 5. Qxh6#) 1...
Qxg7 2. Rxg7 Kxg7 3. Qg5+ Kh8 4. Qf6+ Kg8 5. Qh6 Rb1+ 6. Kh2 Rb2+ 7. Kg3 Rxe4
8. dxe4 Rb1 9. Qg5+ Kf8 10. Qd8+ Be8 11. f6 Rb7 12. Qd6+ Kg8 13. Qd5 {Source:
BCM, February 1897, p56} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones, Edward Owen"]
[Black "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/pp1bbppp/4p3/4P2q/3B1n2/P1NB3P/1PQ2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a QGD. Black's last move was 22...Nf4.} 23. Bxa7 Bc6 24. Be4
Qg5 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qe4 Nxh3+ 28. Kf1 Nf4 29. Rd1 f5 30. exf6
Bxf6 31. Be3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 $4 (32. Bxf4 $11) 32... Qb5+ $19 33. c4 Rxc4 34. Qf3
Rc1+ 35. Ke1 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ 37. Kxd3 Qc2+ 38. Kd4 Qxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 40.
Ke5 Kf7 {Source: BCM, February 1897, p57} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherrard, Charles Hugh"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Qf3 c6 14. Re2 Qb6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rxf6 19. b3 Raf8 20. Na4 Qc7
21. Rd2 Qf7 22. Rf1 Rf4 23. Qd1 b6 24. Re2 Rf3 ({Stockfish 16:} 24... g5 $1 $17
) 25. Qd2 ({"Mr. Burn pointed out that the offered sacrifice of R was unsound:
} 25. gxf3 Qf4 {White could have played} 26. Re5 $11) 25... Qf5 26. Nb2 Bf4 27.
Qd1 Qg5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 R3f5 31. Re2 R5f6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33.
Rxe5 Rf5 34. Re6 R5f6 35. Rfe1 h6 36. f3 g5 37. Kf2 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rc8 39. c3
Kf7 40. Re5 Kf6 41. Kg3 b5 {Source: (Worcestershire & Staffordshire) County
Express, 16 January 1897} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 1"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skipworth, Arthur Bolland"]
[Black "Jones, Edward Owen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 Nd7 6. b3 Ngf6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c5
Bc7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2
Ng4+ 15. Kg3 Qg5 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. f4 Qh5 18. Nd1 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qc3 Re7
21. Qe1 $4 (21. Qh8+ {is equal.}) 21... Rh7 22. Rg1 Bf5 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. fxe5
Qh4+ 25. Kf3 Bg4+ 26. Kf4 g5# {Sources: Rossendale Free Press, 30 January 1897;
(move 13-end) BCM, February 1897, p56} 0-1

[Event "Craigside Hydro Cup Class 2"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dawbarn, Climenson Yelverton"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Arthur John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Ne2 Be6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
Qe7 9. Ng3 Rad8 10. Qe2 d5 11. O-O dxe4 12. dxe4 g6 13. Bg5 Kg7 14. Rad1 h6 15.
Bc1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. b4 Bb6 18. h3 Ne7 19. Kh2 c6 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Rd8 22. Qe2 Ne8 23. Ne1 Nd6 24. Nd3 f6 25. f4 Nc4 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28.
Nxf5+ Kh8 29. Qh5 Rd7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Bh6 Be3 33. Bg7+ Kg8 34.
Bxf6+ Kf8 35. Bg7+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ {Sources: Andy Ansel, 16 May 2024; (move
25-end) BCM, February 1897, p55} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Handicap Section B"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Bellingham, George Edward H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Nge7 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Qe2 d5 10. h3 dxe4 11. dxe4 b5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Ne3 h6 14. g4 Na5 15. b3
Nec6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. O-O Ne7 19. Kh2 Qb7 20. Rd2 Qc6 21. Bb2 Rad8
22. Rfd1 Nb7 23. c4 Qc5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bd7 26. Bb1 Nd6 27. Rc1 Qb6 28.
Rdc2 Rc8 29. Qe3 Qb7 30. Rc5 b4 31. Qd2 Re7 32. Bd3 f6 33. Nh4 g5 34. Nf5 Nxf5
35. gxf5 Bf8 36. Qe2 Qb6 37. Bxa6 Ra8 38. Bd3 Be8 39. Bb1 Rg7 40. Rc6 Bxc6 41.
Rxc6 Qb8 42. Rxf6 Re7 43. Qh5 Qe8 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Bc1 Ra6 46. Rxg5 Qxh5 47.
Rxh5 Rd7 48. f4 Bg7 49. Kg2 Rd8 50. Kf3 Rg8 51. Rh4 Bf6 52. Rg4 h5 53. Rxg8
Kxg8 54. Bb2 exf4 55. e5 Bg5 56. f6 Ra8 57. e6 Kf8 58. Bg6 {Sources: London
Evening Standard, 25 January 1897; Belfast News-Letter, 4 February 1897; BCM,
February 1897, p72} 1-0

[Event "Craigside Hydro Handicap Section B"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "1897.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Supple, William Hamilton"]
[Black "Macdonald, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1897.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{Handicap: Pawn and Move...} 2. d4 c5 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Qxc5 Nc6 5. Qc4 e5 6. d5
Nce7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. c4 Rc8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Qh4 Rf7 18. Qxh5 Qf8 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Qe2 Rg8 21. Kh1 Bh6 22. Rg1 Bf4 23. g3 Bh6 24. Nd1 Rgf8 25. Rc1 Qg5
26. Rc2 Bg4 27. f3 Rxf3 28. Qe1 R3f7 29. Rf1 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxf1+
32. Kg2 Rxd1 {Sources: Leeds Mercury of 20.3.1897, Bristol Times and Mirror of
3.4.1897 and 8.1.1898, Brighton Society of 24.4.1897, Cheltenham Examiner of
28.4.1897, The Standard of 6.5.1897, Hampshire Telegraph of 15.5.1897,
Rossendale Free Press of 15.5.1897, Kentish Mercury of 25.6.1897, Morning Post
of 28.12.1897, Saturday Herald (Dublin) of 1.1.1898, Belfast News-Letter of 6.
1.1898, Belfast Weekly News of 15.1.1898, Hampstead and Highgate Express of 22.
1.1898, West Sussex Gazette of 27.1.1898, Evesham Standard and West Midland
Observer of 5.2.1898 and Bromley Chronicle of 10.2.1898. The West Sussex
Gazette, Kentish Mercury, Evesham Standard and Bromley Chronicle versions
state that Black 'wins' in the final position given rather than White resigns.
The Evesham Standard and Bromley Chronicle versions do not name the players.
Black gave a pawn and two moves start. The game won the brilliancy prize 
(judged by Tarrasch) for the best game played at the Llandudno Tournament. 
(Brian Denman Collection)} 0-1

