Harold Saunders (4 September 1874 – 13 July 1950) was a British

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master and

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player.

Tournament results

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

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and Yates, at London 1926. Saunders' best results occurred in

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, where he tied for first with

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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

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. He took 9th in 1927 (Colle won), tied for 4–6th in 1928 ( William Winter won), and shared 1st with

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish and French chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grand ...

in 1929. In 1932, he took 12th in

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in London (

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won).

Notable game

Harold Saunders vs. Savielly Tartakower, Scarborough 1929:H. Saunders–S. Tartakower, Scarborough it 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

References

External links

* 1874 births 1950 deaths British chess players {{England-chess-bio-stub