2019 Canadian Chess Hall of Fame

Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 05/08/2019 - 01:07

The Canadian Chess Hall of Fame has inducted Charles Frederick Stubbs:

chess columinist at the Saint John Globe
chess problem composer
compiler of what may be the first Canadian chess book: Canadian Chess Problems, a collection of 206 mostly composed tactics problems published in 1890.

Present at the awards ceremony were:

Fred McKim, organizer and Hall of Fame Committee member;
Bill Bogle, Saint John Chess Club President;
John Torrie, Saint John Chess Historian and Newsletter Editor;
and Charles Stubbs' great-granddaughter Dee Stubbs and her daughter Jade Lee, who recieved the award (see photos below).

Links

report on HoF induction via Country94 FM, St.John
PDF edition C.F.Stubbs, Canadian Chess Problems, 1890

The following 14 positions are from the book Canadian Chess Problems.

Unfortunately, the PGN parser supported by drupal on this site is very limited, and will not allow the positions to be shown without moves, which makes it an extra challenge to look at the diagrams without seeing the solutions....

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Round: Result:

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "St.Maurice, E."]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B6N/3p3Q/2n1kp2/1N6/3P4/1P6/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] #2 E.St.Maurice, Montreal} 1. Bb7 $1 d6 (1... f5 2. Qf7#) (1...
d5 2. Bc8#) (1... Ne7 2. Qe4#) 2. Nc7# *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greenshields, E.B.."]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6K1/3k4/3N1P2/Q2R4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] #2 E.B.Greenshields, Montreal Prize Few Piece Problem, Ottawa
Citizen Tourny, 1885} 1. Ne7+ $1 *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perry, W.E.."]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/Q7/4B3/4k3/5N2/4Bn2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] #2 W.E.Perry, Yarmouth, NS} 1. Bf2 $1 *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Phillips, C.W."]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5R2/4p1rB/2qP1bb1/Q5Np/3pP2P/1Ppk4/7R/5KB1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] #2 C.W.Phillips, Toronto} 1. Qe5 $1 (1. Qa1 $2 Bxg5) (1. Qa2 $2
c2) *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atkinson, W."]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1bNn1B2/nr6/Kp4R1/1p1k1r2/p2p1P2/1p4N1/B3Q3/2R4b w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[%mdl 64] [#] #2 W.Atkinson, Montreal 1st Prize, Ottawa Citizen Tourny, 1885} 
1. Bd6 $1 *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stubbs, C.F.."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7n/8/5R2/k7/2K5/8/2B5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] Mate in 3 C.F.Stubbs, St.John N.B.} 1. Bg5 $1 (1. Ba3 $2 Nf6 2.
Bb4 $2 Nd5+ $11) 1... Nf8 (1... Nxg5 2. Rxg5 Ka3 3. Ra5#) 2. Bd8 {and Ra4#} *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee, H.F.."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/3pN3/1P6/3B4/3K4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[%mdl 4096] [#] #3 H.F.Lee, Brantford} 1. Kc5 d6+ 2. Kc6 Ka8 3. Kc7# *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murphy, M.J.."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/5pPp/2R4K/8/8/1B6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[%mdl 4096] [#] #3 M.J.Murphy, Quebec} 1. Rd5 $1 {followed by Bxf6 and Rd8#} *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halkett, JB."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K1k1/3R4/2P3P1/4N1p1/6P1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[%mdl 4096] [#] #3 J.B.Halkett, Ottawa} 1. g7 $1 Kh7 2. Kf8 Kh6 3. g8=N# *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robinson, G.A.."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6N1/5B2/2P5/1pR4p/pP1k3P/p2p2P1/P2P2K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[%mdl 32832] [#]#3 G.A.Robinson, Ottawa} 1. Bc4 $1 bxc4 (1... Ke4 2. Rd5 bxc4
3. Nf6#) 2. Kf3 c3 3. dxc3# *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stubbs, C.F.."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5n1k/2pP1K2/2P5/8/8/7P/1p4PR/1B6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]

{[%mdl 1] [#] #3 C.F.Stubbs, St.John N.B.} 1. d8=B $1 Nh7 (1... Nd7 2. cxd7) 2.
h4 $1 *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Northcote, H."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r4r/4pp2/1Q3N2/2N1P1pP/p2k4/1n3K1R/BPppP3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]

{[#] White to play and mate in 3. H.Northcote, Toronto 1st Prize, Toronto
Globe, 1871} 1. Qb5 $1 exf6 2. Ne6+ (2. Nxb3+ axb3 3. e3#) 2... fxe6 3. e3# {
[%mdl 1]} *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fitzgerald, J."]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2BRb2r/2Qp4/1B4np/1P1Ppp1R/3pkN1p/2p3pN/2P3P1/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[%mdl 1] [#]#3 J.Fitzgerald, St.Catharines Prize Problem, Toronto Globe, 1879
} 1. Ne2 $1 *

[Event "Canadian Chess Problems"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henderson, J."]
[Black "#4"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B4Q/8/2n4N/6p1/b7/3N2k1/1P1b4/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#] #4 J.Henderson, Montreal 1st Prize Set, Toronto Mail, 1872} 1. Bg4 $1 {
[%mdl 1]} *