Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert William Trenchard

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 19:17, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Herbert William Trenchard[edit]

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Doesn't meet WP:CHESS, took part in a few tournaments without winning any of them. Sophia91 (talk) 18:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete as per nom. Balle010 (talk) 02:19, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - participation in the very strong Vienna 1898 chess tournament with the world's leading players of the time, and representing Britain in several Anglo-American cable chess matches is enough to get him over the line. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 03:47, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete as per nom. Not enough notable chess success, and does not meet the criteria in WP:NCHESS. Was clear last place in the Vienna tournament with only one win. --Alan Islas (talk) 15:28, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Re-opened as closing admin for further discussion and addition of sources to meet GNG.

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JGHowes ^talk 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - He represented Great Britain in the cable matches, which have their own article here. That's a high honour to be bestowed on any player. In addition, one of the great chroniclers of British Chess, PW Sergeant found him noteworthy enough to mention on several pages of his book A Century of British Chess. Brittle heaven (talk) 20:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the extra sources found by Brittle heaven, which have now been added to the article. It's difficult to judge playing strength in an era long before there were Grandmaster titles and tournaments held all over the world to compete in, but the Anglo-American matches were certainly prestigious and he did manage to defeat Emanuel Lasker (in a non-tournament game) in 1890, when Lasker was arguably the strongest player in the world.-- P-K3 (talk) 19:06, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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