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Death Anniversary of Percy Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)
March 26, 2023
![Percy Francis Blake](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Percy_Francis_Blake.jpg)
Remembering Percy Francis Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)
From his Italian Wikipedia entry :
“Percy Francis Blake ( Manchester , December 6, 1873 – Grappenhall , March 20, 1936 ) was a British chess player and chess composer , among the best English problem players of the period 1900 – 1936 .
He composed over 500 problems, most in two and three moves, of which around 160 were awarded (45 first prizes and 40 second prizes). [1]
He was famous for “quiet” keys and continuations, which made his problems very difficult to solve.
He was also a good player and table. In 1890 he won the Manchester club championship and later several local tournaments. In 1894 he won a beauty prize offered by the Manchester Weekly Times . From 1898 to 1912 he was part of the Lancashire team in many team matches between that county and Yorkshire . In 1911 he won the Lancashire championship. [2]”
and from the rather excellent Yorkshire Chess History we have
The following photograph was kindly supplied by Michael McDowell of the British Chess Problem Society :
![Percy Francis Blake](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blake-p.jpg)
![Percy Francis Blake drawn by Orrett from Manchester Central Library. Known as an example of a "Bristol Board". Supplied by Michael McDowell](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0.jpg)