Comments on: Remembering Henry Atkins (20-viii-1872 31-i-1955) http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: R. P. Michell – A Master of British Chess - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-58405 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:12:42 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-58405 […] fourth in the British championship (officially constituted in 1904), beating the multiple champion H.E. Atkins on several occasions. Modern estimates have placed him at the level of a strong international […]

]]> By: Remembering Joseph Blake (03-ii-1859 11-xii-1951) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-32282 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:15:00 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-32282 […] in the Counties’ Chess Association Tournament 1887, ahead of Bird and MacDonnell; =1st with HE Atkins in the 1909 British Championship, but lost the play-off for the title; 1st at Weston-super-Mare […]

]]> By: Remembering Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-30132 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:26:17 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-30132 […] Sergeant’s earliest performance in the British Championship, at the Crystal Palace in London 1907, was one of his best. He came =2nd with JH Blackburne. RP Mitchell and GE Wainwright with 6.5 points, a point below the winner of the title, HE Atkins. […]

]]> By: Remembering Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-29789 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 08:53:02 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-29789 […] year he was Yorkshire Champion), and there tied with Blackburne for fourth and fifth prizes, after HE Atkins, JH Blake, and W. […]

]]> By: Remembering Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932) | British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-16414 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:21:38 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-16414 […] year he was Yorkshire Champion), and there tied with Blackburne for fourth and fifth prizes, after HE Atkins, JH Blake, and W. […]

]]> By: Remembering IM Hugh Alexander CMG CBE (19-iv-1909 15-ii-1974) | British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/31/remembering-henry-ernest-atkins-20-viii-1872-31-i-1955/#comment-14283 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:48:24 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3055#comment-14283 […] and Botvinnik) and numerous others in the Grandmaster class. He was an outstanding example, like H.E.Atkins and Dr. Milan Vidmar, of the amateur who could combine an exacting professional life of great […]

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