Harold Saunders | |
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Full name | Harold Saunders |
Country | England |
Born | 4 September 1874 Montreal |
Died | 13 July 1950 |
Harold Saunders (4 September 1874 – 13 July 1950) was a British chess master and bridge player.
Saunders took 2nd, behind Sir George Thomas, at London 1913, took 4th at Cheltenham 1913 ( Frederick Yates won), tied for 7–8th at Hastings 1919 (Minor, E.G. Sergeant won), tied for 5–7th at Hastings 1924/25 (Section B ), took 5th at Edinburgh 1926 (Yates won), and shared 3rd, behind Victor Buerger and Yates, at London 1926. [1]
Saunders' best results occurred in Scarborough, where he tied for first with Edgard Colle in Section B but lost their individual game, and then lost a play-off match to Thomas (0–2) for 3rd prize, so finally taking 4th place there. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. [2] He took 9th in 1927 (Colle won), [3] tied for 4–6th in 1928 ( William Winter won), [4] and shared 1st with Savielly Tartakower in 1929. [5]
In 1932, he took 12th in British Chess Championship in London ( Mir Sultan Khan won). [6]
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Harold Saunders vs. Savielly Tartakower, Scarborough 1929:
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1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Ne2 g6 6.0-0 f5 7.f4 fxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Nbc3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 exf4 11.Bxf4 0-0 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.N2g3 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Qb6 (see diagram) 15.Bg5 Qd8 16.Rxf8+ Qxf8 17.Rf1 Qe8 18.Qe2 Nd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nf6+ Qxf6 21.Rxf6 Nxf6 22.Qe6+ Kg7 23.Qe7+ 1–0