Erica, Joan, Ingrid
Yesterday I stumbled upon
www.chessgames.com which sports some 5000+ recorded chess
matches and has a blog section named :- Kibitzers Corner within which there is some
discussion concerning a book written by Phillip.W.Sergeant on the renowned English chess
champion Morphy and his games which are annotated move for move.
Seems that in 1859 Morphy played an H.Catley possibly at the Blackheath Chess Club in
South London.....the games moves are shown.......and that Morphy won.......very easily in
fact........Catley, what were you thinking about ?!
The blog suggests that Sergeant was frustrated when he wrote his book on Morphy because he
could not find anything about Catley. The blogger concerned is probably on the correct
track when he suggests the reason why Sergeant could not unearth anything was because the
person concerned was in fact one H.G.Cattley not H.Catley.
If he is right, then I think the person was Henry Griffin Cattley 1821-1897 who lived at
23. Hyde Park Gate, Kensington, London and a son of William Cattley of Barnet (the
Cattleya orchid man) and is buried in Tonbridge Wells, Kent in a family vault.
Tim
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