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In 1896-97, the Montreal Chess Club was located at Queen's Hall, 54 University St. This would have been on the NW corner of St. Catherine St. - which would eventually become part of the site of Eaton's.
Prior to 1896, I believe it met at the Cosmopolitan Club, 28 Cathcart (corner of University) - the site of the last few games of the Lasker-Steinitz match of 1894.
In its early years (it was founded in 1844), I think it met in private homes. Many club records were lost in a fire in 1924, when Victoria Hall (Westmount) burned down (since rebuilt).
For amusement, here is a little something – notation modernized – from C. F. Stubb’s Saint John Globe Chess Column, Sept. 15th 1899:
“EVANS GAMBIT: Many interesting situations occur in the following game, played between two Montreal amateurs: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 c6 4.Ba4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Qf3 e4 7.Qe3 Bc5 8.Qg3 g6 (Never so good at this stage; Bd4 was the move.) 9.Bb3 Qf5 10.Ne2 Nf6 11.0–0 Ba6 12.Nbc3 Ng4 13.d4 Bb6 (Better was d3 e.p.; Black would have then regained the pawn thrown away in the opening.) 14.Be3 0–0 15.h3 Nf6 (Nxe3 would have been better.) 16.Rae1 Rd8 17.f3 Nh5 18.Qh4 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 exf3 20.Rxf3 Qa5 21.Ref1 Rd7 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Bh6 (Be8 instead would have terminated the game in 3 moves.) 23...Qe5 24.R1f2 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Bc4 Rd1+ 27.Bf1 Nd7 (This is twenty moves too late.) 28.Rf7 Rg8 29.Re7 Qd4 30.Qxd4+ Rxd4 31.c3 Rd1 32.c4 Ng3 33.Rff7 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Nxf1 35.Kxf1 Rd8 36.a4 and white wins.”
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