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in developnent is 10 have a grealer numbcr of<br />
pieces in play. usually but not oecessa.ily advan-<br />
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DE VERD, CECIL VALENTINE 08,1!75),<br />
pscdonym ofValentine Brown, winner oi the 6rst<br />
official B.itish Chanpionship <strong>to</strong>urnamenl orga<br />
nized bt the Bndsh <strong>Chess</strong> A$ociaiion in 1866. He<br />
lcarned the Aane in London before 1858 and<br />
practised aith BoDEN and the lrish player Francn<br />
Burden (1830 82). De Vere played with unusual<br />
ease and rapldity, never bolhenng <strong>to</strong> study the<br />
books. His fcaluics were handsone (an Adonn<br />
says L.DoNNE[L), his man.er pleasant. his conducl<br />
pohe. He handied the pieces gracefully,<br />
ncver "hovered over !hem, noi Rerel! slanped<br />
ihem down upon thc board .or exulledwhei<br />
he gained a viclory . . i. short. he was a nighly<br />
chivalrous player ' So Nrole s'r!N[z who con-<br />
(ded odds in a match aBrinst De Vere and was<br />
sonfldlybcatcn. (See pAwN AND MovE.) De verei<br />
cham broughl him ma.y fricnds. At aboul tnc<br />
rine that he won the national ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship his<br />
molher died, a loss he lelldeeply,'the onlypemon<br />
vho cver €red lor me'. Receiving a sm.ll legacy he<br />
gave up hn job, which Burden had oblained for<br />
hi6 ar Uoyds lhe undeNriresj and never iook<br />
another. He enrered sone strone <strong>to</strong>urnaments but<br />
alvals trailed just behind lhe greatesl halt dozen<br />
playe.s of hh lime. Hh ex.eptional talcnt was<br />
acconpanied <strong>by</strong> idleness and lack of entbusiasm<br />
lor a hard task. On the o@asion oi tbe Dundee<br />
<strong>to</strong>u.namcnt oI 186? nc <strong>to</strong>ot long walks in the<br />
Scottish conntryside wirh G. A. MacDonncll,who<br />
Nrites th.t a black cloud' descended on De Vere<br />
It may have been tbe dncolei! thal he had<br />
iube.mloshi morc probably he revealed 10 lbe<br />
older man a deep{ooted despan. thc cause<br />
perhaps ofhis later addicrion <strong>to</strong> alcohol.<br />
In 1872Boden handed over the <strong>chess</strong> column ol<br />
Ihc F,eld <strong>to</strong> providc hin silh a snallincone; but<br />
in 1873the column wasgive. <strong>to</strong> Stcini<strong>to</strong>. account<br />
oI De Vere s indolence and drunkenness. At the<br />
cnd of Nov. 1874 his illness <strong>to</strong>ok a rum lor the<br />
wor*. hc could hardly Naik and ate litde. Eis<br />
he.ds paid <strong>to</strong> send him ro Torquay lor the sea air,<br />
and dere he died ten{eeks laler. Hc hadiailed<strong>to</strong><br />
nourish a nalu.al Senius in respect ol Nhich,<br />
ac.ording <strong>to</strong> stcinitT, De vere was second ro no<br />
DLA(X)NAL, a diagonal row otsquares. Ide.rili.ation<br />
is nade <strong>by</strong> de6nins tnc squares at eacb end.<br />
<strong>The</strong> diagonals a1 h8 and hl-as (knosn as the<br />
<strong>to</strong>.s diasonah) and the seven- and six{guarc<br />
diagonah arc ihose nost likely <strong>to</strong> be ol strategic<br />
inponance. Fo. some ex<strong>amp</strong>les in Nhich control ol<br />
a diagonal <strong>by</strong> a queen or bisho, brings decnive<br />
advanlage see F(ov, oumsrj RAcozrN, and
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