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William Wayte

January 01, 1970

William Wayte (4 September 1829 – 3 May 1898) was a Church of England cleric and a British chess master. He was one of a group of ministers who played a prominent role in English chess in the late nineteenth century. Although little remembered today, according to Chessmetrics he was the number 9 player in the world at his peak in 1878.

William Wayte
Full nameWilliam Wayte
Country England
Born(1829-09-04)4 September 1829
Calne, England
Died3 May 1898(1898-05-03) (aged 68)
London, England
TitleMaster
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

Education, religious and academic career edit

Wayte was born in Calne, England on 4 September 1829.[1] In 1850, he became a Craven Scholar and Brown's Medallist.[2] In 1853, Wayte received his B.A. and became a deacon.[2] He also became an assistant master at Eton College, a position he held until 1875.[2] After becoming a priest in 1854 (Oxford), Wayte went on to receive his MA degree in 1856.[2] In 1862, he took on the position of Select Preacher at the University of Cambridge.[2]

In 1876, Wayte became a professor of Greek at University College London.[2] He continued with his interest in Greek, editing the 5th edition of Plato's Protagoras (1888), the 2nd edition of Demosthenes' Androtion and Timocrates (1893), and the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities.[2]

Chess career edit

Wayte was one of a group of ministers who played a prominent role in early Victorian Era English chess. Other members of the group included George Alcock MacDonnell, John Owen, Charles Ranken, Edmund Thorold, and Arthur Skipworth.[3][4][5] Mike Fox and Richard James remark that, "The English parsons were a talented mob; presumably quiet country parishes in the nineteenth century gave one the leisure needed to become a star. Most of them played under an alias so that their parishioners wouldn't know what they were up to on those long weekends in London."[6] Wayte's alias was "W.H.C."[1]

Wayte played in a number of tournaments in Britain between 1861 and 1893.[7] In 1868, he finished second with 6.5 of 9 possible points, behind Rev. Thorold (8.5 points) at the 4th Counties Chess Association Congress in York.[8] In 1871, he again finished second with 6.5 of 9 possible points, behind Arthur Skipworth (7 points), at the 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup in Malvern.[9] In 1872, he finished third in the first-class section at the 8th Counties Chess Association Congress in Malvern with 10.5 of 14 possible points, behind Revs. Ranken (12 points) and Thorold (11.5 points).[4][10][11] In 1873, he finished second with 7 of 9 possible points, behind Skipworth (8 points) at the 9th Counties Chess Association Congress in Bristol.[12]

In 1876, Wayte scored 9 of 12 possible points, tying for 2nd–4th, with James Minchin and Rev. Owen, behind Amos Burn (11 points).[13] In 1877, he defeated Minchin in a match held in London (11 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses).[14] At London 1878, he won the Loewenthal Cup, scoring an undefeated 13 of 14 possible points in the double round robin event.[15] At London 1879, he again won the Loewenthal Cup, scoring 9 of 12 possible points in a triple round robin format.[16] With his chess career advancing, Wayte left his professor position at the University College London in 1879.[2]

In 1881, he finished third in the 16th British Counties Chess Association Congress in Leamington with 7 of 9 possible points, behind Revs. Ranken (8 points) and Owen (7.5 points).[17][18] In 1884, he won the 19th Counties Chess Association tournament in Bath with 5 of 6 possible points, ahead of such strong players as Henry Bird and Rev. MacDonnell.[19] In 1884, he defeated Rev. Thorold in a match held in London (7 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses).[20]

On 4 April 1885, Wayte was featured in a cartoon by noted artist and illustrator Harry Furniss in the magazine Punch, a British weekly magazine of humour and satire.[21] The cartoon featured a room with Wayte and other leading chess players.[21] In the cartoon, Wayte was drawn with a massive head and beetling brow seated at a chess table facing leading chess player Johannes Zukertort.[21] By 1894, Wayte was considered a famous member of the Counties' Association.[22] He wrote for the British Chess Magazine,[22] which as of 2009 is the world's oldest chess magazine in continuous publication.

Wayte died on 3 May 1898 in London, England.[1][2]

Notable games edit

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Schmid-Wayte, position after 19.Rf1?

Shortly before the following game, Steinitz had written that a rook, bishop, and well-supported passed pawn were often more than a match for a queen. Fred Reinfeld writes, "One can therefore imagine how delighted he was to pounce on this game as proof of his theory."[23] Dr. Schmid-Wayte, Dresden 1880 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.e5? d5! 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.0-0 0-0 Here and on the next move, Reinfeld recommends that Black play ...g5!, keeping the gambit pawn and making it difficult for White to develop properly.[23] 9.Ne2 Bg4 10.d3 Bc5+ 11.d4 Bb6 12.Bxf4 f6 13.c3 fxe5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxe5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 c5 17.Be3 cxd4 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Rf1? 19.cxd4 was correct, with a slight advantage to White according to Reinfeld.[24] 19...dxe3! A strong queen sacrifice. 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Nf3 g5! Threatening to dislodge the knight with ...g4. Here, Steinitz analysed 22.Nd4 c5! 23.Nb3 d4! 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 (or 25.Nc1 Rf2 26.Qc4+ Kg7 27.Nd3 Rf1+! 28.Kxf1 Nd2+ and wins) Bxd4 26.Qc4+ Rf7 27.Qxd4 e2 28.Qd8+ Kg7 29.Qd4+ Kh6 30.Qxe4 Rf1#.[24] 22.h3 Ng3 23.Qe1 e2+ 24.Kh2 Nf1+ 25.Kh1 Be3! Threatening 26...Rxf3! 27.gxf3 Bd2! followed by queening the pawn. The pawn is immune from capture, since Qxe2 is met by Ng3+, forking White's king and queen.[24] 26.Qb1 Rxf3! 27.gxf3 Bf2 28.Qd3 Ng3+ 29.Kg2 e1(N)+! 30.Kxf2 Nxd3+ 31.Kxg3 Nxb2 0-1[25][26]

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Wayte-Ranken, position after 13...Ne7

Francis Wellmuth writes of the following game between two clergymen, "A surprise attack bowls Black over".[27] Wayte-Ranken, Edinburgh 1877 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nf5!? g6 World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz later recommended 5...d5 6.Nxg7+ Kf8 7.Nh5 Qh4 8.Ng3 Nf6.[28] Over a century after this game, World Champion Anatoly Karpov played 5...d6 against Jan Timman, with a similar idea.[29] 6.Ne3 Nf6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Nc3 Bd4 10.Ned5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 d6 12.c3 Bg7 13.f4 Ne7 14.f5! gxf5 15.Bg5 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Qd7 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Qxf7+ Kh8 20.Nf6! 1-0 For another game between these players, see Charles Ranken.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland, 1987, p. 458. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1897). The Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Magazine. H. Bull. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  3. ^ Mike Fox and Richard James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict, Faber and Faber, 1993, pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-571-17040-4.
  4. ^ a b Harry Golombek, Golombek's Chess Encyclopedia, 1977, p. 271. ISBN 0-517-53146-1.
  5. ^ William Ewart Napier, Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess, David McKay, 1957, p. 20.
  6. ^ Fox & James, p. 18.
  7. ^ Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747–1900, pp. 32, 48, 50, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 66, 68, 70, 73, 75, 82, 93, 94, 142. ISBN 0-7864-2041-3.
  8. ^ Di Felice, p. 48.
  9. ^ Di Felice, p. 53.
  10. ^ Di Felice, p. 55.
  11. ^ Fox & James, p. 19.
  12. ^ Di Felice, p. 57.
  13. ^ Di Felice, p. 66.
  14. ^ Di Felice, p. 68.
  15. ^ Di Felice, p. 70.
  16. ^ Di Felice, p. 73.
  17. ^ Di Felice, p. 82.
  18. ^ Charles Edward Ranken
  19. ^ Di Felice, p. 93.
  20. ^ Di Felice, p. 94.
  21. ^ a b c MacDonnell, George Alcock (1894). The Knights and Kings of Chess. H. Cox. p. 152. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  22. ^ a b MacDonnell, George Alcock (1894). The Knights and Kings of Chess. H. Cox. p. 139. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  23. ^ a b Fred Reinfeld, A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces, Bell Publishing Company, 1950, p. 15.
  24. ^ a b c Reinfeld, p. 16.
  25. ^ Reinfeld, pp. 15–17.
  26. ^ Francis J. Wellmuth, The Golden Treasury of Chess, Chess Review, 1943, p. 69.
  27. ^ Wellmuth, p. 64.
  28. ^ Wilhelm Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor, Edition Olms AG, Zürich, 1990 (reprint), Part I (originally published in 1889), p. 68. ISBN 3-283-00111-1.
  29. ^ Timman-Karpov, Brussels 1988 Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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William Wayte 4 September 1829 3 May 1898 was a Church of England cleric and a British chess master He was one of a group of ministers who played a prominent role in English chess in the late nineteenth century Although little remembered today according to Chessmetrics he was the number 9 player in the world at his peak in 1878 William WayteFull nameWilliam WayteCountry EnglandBorn 1829 09 04 4 September 1829Calne EnglandDied3 May 1898 1898 05 03 aged 68 London EnglandTitleMaster This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves Contents 1 Education religious and academic career 2 Chess career 3 Notable games 4 References 5 External linksEducation religious and academic career editWayte was born in Calne England on 4 September 1829 1 In 1850 he became a Craven Scholar and Brown s Medallist 2 In 1853 Wayte received his B A and became a deacon 2 He also became an assistant master at Eton College a position he held until 1875 2 After becoming a priest in 1854 Oxford Wayte went on to receive his MA degree in 1856 2 In 1862 he took on the position of Select Preacher at the University of Cambridge 2 In 1876 Wayte became a professor of Greek at University College London 2 He continued with his interest in Greek editing the 5th edition of Plato s Protagoras 1888 the 2nd edition of Demosthenes Androtion and Timocrates 1893 and the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities 2 Chess career editWayte was one of a group of ministers who played a prominent role in early Victorian Era English chess Other members of the group included George Alcock MacDonnell John Owen Charles Ranken Edmund Thorold and Arthur Skipworth 3 4 5 Mike Fox and Richard James remark that The English parsons were a talented mob presumably quiet country parishes in the nineteenth century gave one the leisure needed to become a star Most of them played under an alias so that their parishioners wouldn t know what they were up to on those long weekends in London 6 Wayte s alias was W H C 1 Wayte played in a number of tournaments in Britain between 1861 and 1893 7 In 1868 he finished second with 6 5 of 9 possible points behind Rev Thorold 8 5 points at the 4th Counties Chess Association Congress in York 8 In 1871 he again finished second with 6 5 of 9 possible points behind Arthur Skipworth 7 points at the 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup in Malvern 9 In 1872 he finished third in the first class section at the 8th Counties Chess Association Congress in Malvern with 10 5 of 14 possible points behind Revs Ranken 12 points and Thorold 11 5 points 4 10 11 In 1873 he finished second with 7 of 9 possible points behind Skipworth 8 points at the 9th Counties Chess Association Congress in Bristol 12 In 1876 Wayte scored 9 of 12 possible points tying for 2nd 4th with James Minchin and Rev Owen behind Amos Burn 11 points 13 In 1877 he defeated Minchin in a match held in London 11 wins 1 draw 7 losses 14 At London 1878 he won the Loewenthal Cup scoring an undefeated 13 of 14 possible points in the double round robin event 15 At London 1879 he again won the Loewenthal Cup scoring 9 of 12 possible points in a triple round robin format 16 With his chess career advancing Wayte left his professor position at the University College London in 1879 2 In 1881 he finished third in the 16th British Counties Chess Association Congress in Leamington with 7 of 9 possible points behind Revs Ranken 8 points and Owen 7 5 points 17 18 In 1884 he won the 19th Counties Chess Association tournament in Bath with 5 of 6 possible points ahead of such strong players as Henry Bird and Rev MacDonnell 19 In 1884 he defeated Rev Thorold in a match held in London 7 wins 4 draws 5 losses 20 On 4 April 1885 Wayte was featured in a cartoon by noted artist and illustrator Harry Furniss in the magazine Punch a British weekly magazine of humour and satire 21 The cartoon featured a room with Wayte and other leading chess players 21 In the cartoon Wayte was drawn with a massive head and beetling brow seated at a chess table facing leading chess player Johannes Zukertort 21 By 1894 Wayte was considered a famous member of the Counties Association 22 He wrote for the British Chess Magazine 22 which as of 2009 is the world s oldest chess magazine in continuous publication Wayte died on 3 May 1898 in London England 1 2 Notable games edithgfedcba1 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 122334455667788hgfedcbaSchmid Wayte position after 19 Rf1 Shortly before the following game Steinitz had written that a rook bishop and well supported passed pawn were often more than a match for a queen Fred Reinfeld writes One can therefore imagine how delighted he was to pounce on this game as proof of his theory 23 Dr Schmid Wayte Dresden 1880 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Bb4 6 e5 d5 7 Bb5 Ne4 8 0 0 0 0 Here and on the next move Reinfeld recommends that Black play g5 keeping the gambit pawn and making it difficult for White to develop properly 23 9 Ne2 Bg4 10 d3 Bc5 11 d4 Bb6 12 Bxf4 f6 13 c3 fxe5 14 Bxc6 bxc6 15 Nxe5 Bxe2 16 Qxe2 c5 17 Be3 cxd4 18 Rxf8 Rxf8 19 Rf1 19 cxd4 was correct with a slight advantage to White according to Reinfeld 24 19 dxe3 A strong queen sacrifice 20 Rxf8 Rxf8 21 Nf3 g5 Threatening to dislodge the knight with g4 Here Steinitz analysed 22 Nd4 c5 23 Nb3 d4 24 cxd4 cxd4 25 Nxd4 or 25 Nc1 Rf2 26 Qc4 Kg7 27 Nd3 Rf1 28 Kxf1 Nd2 and wins Bxd4 26 Qc4 Rf7 27 Qxd4 e2 28 Qd8 Kg7 29 Qd4 Kh6 30 Qxe4 Rf1 24 22 h3 Ng3 23 Qe1 e2 24 Kh2 Nf1 25 Kh1 Be3 Threatening 26 Rxf3 27 gxf3 Bd2 followed by queening the pawn The pawn is immune from capture since Qxe2 is met by Ng3 forking White s king and queen 24 26 Qb1 Rxf3 27 gxf3 Bf2 28 Qd3 Ng3 29 Kg2 e1 N 30 Kxf2 Nxd3 31 Kxg3 Nxb2 0 1 25 26 abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghWayte Ranken position after 13 Ne7 Francis Wellmuth writes of the following game between two clergymen A surprise attack bowls Black over 27 Wayte Ranken Edinburgh 1877 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Bc5 5 Nf5 g6 World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz later recommended 5 d5 6 Nxg7 Kf8 7 Nh5 Qh4 8 Ng3 Nf6 28 Over a century after this game World Champion Anatoly Karpov played 5 d6 against Jan Timman with a similar idea 29 6 Ne3 Nf6 7 Bd3 0 0 8 0 0 Re8 9 Nc3 Bd4 10 Ned5 Nxd5 11 Nxd5 d6 12 c3 Bg7 13 f4 Ne7 14 f5 gxf5 15 Bg5 fxe4 16 Bxe4 Qd7 17 Bxh7 Kxh7 18 Qh5 Kg8 19 Qxf7 Kh8 20 Nf6 1 0 For another game between these players see Charles Ranken References edit a b c Jeremy Gaige Chess Personalia A Biobibliography McFarland 1987 p 458 ISBN 0 7864 2353 6 a b c d e f g h i Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 1897 The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine H Bull Retrieved 10 December 2008 Mike Fox and Richard James The Even More Complete Chess Addict Faber and Faber 1993 pp 18 19 ISBN 0 571 17040 4 a b Harry Golombek Golombek s Chess Encyclopedia 1977 p 271 ISBN 0 517 53146 1 William Ewart Napier Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess David McKay 1957 p 20 Fox amp James p 18 Gino Di Felice Chess Results 1747 1900 pp 32 48 50 53 55 57 59 61 66 68 70 73 75 82 93 94 142 ISBN 0 7864 2041 3 Di Felice p 48 Di Felice p 53 Di Felice p 55 Fox amp James p 19 Di Felice p 57 Di Felice p 66 Di Felice p 68 Di Felice p 70 Di Felice p 73 Di Felice p 82 Charles Edward Ranken Di Felice p 93 Di Felice p 94 a b c MacDonnell George Alcock 1894 The Knights and Kings of Chess H Cox p 152 Retrieved 10 December 2008 a b MacDonnell George Alcock 1894 The Knights and Kings of Chess H Cox p 139 Retrieved 10 December 2008 a b Fred Reinfeld A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces Bell Publishing Company 1950 p 15 a b c Reinfeld p 16 Reinfeld pp 15 17 Francis J Wellmuth The Golden Treasury of Chess Chess Review 1943 p 69 Wellmuth p 64 Wilhelm Steinitz The Modern Chess Instructor Edition Olms AG Zurich 1990 reprint Part I originally published in 1889 p 68 ISBN 3 283 00111 1 Timman Karpov Brussels 1988 Retrieved 10 December 2008 External links editWilliam Wayte player profile and games at Chessgames com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Wayte amp oldid 1223199149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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