1924 British Chess Championship, Southport, 11-23 August • 1923« »1925
1924 British Championship |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Atkins,Henry Ernest |
Huddersfield |
7 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
8½ |
2 |
Yates,Fred Dewhirst |
Leeds |
11 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Thomas,George Alan |
London |
5 |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Scott,Roland Henry Vaughan |
London |
3 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
5 |
Saunders,Harold |
London |
6 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Price,Hubert Ernest |
Birmingham |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5½ |
7 |
Michell,Reginald Pryce |
Kingston-upon-Thames |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Khadilkar,Vinayak Kashinath |
Bombay, India |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4½ |
9 |
Spencer,Edmund |
Liverpool |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Blake,Joseph Henry |
London |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
4½ |
11 |
Fairhurst,William Albert |
Manchester |
4 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
4 |
12 |
Gibson,William P |
Glasgow |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1½ |
1924 BCF Major Open
1924 BCF Major Open |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Akiba Rubinstein |
Poland |
7 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
John Arthur James Drewitt |
Hastings |
5 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
George Wyville Moses |
Pontefract |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
7½ |
4 |
Herbert Gibson Rhodes |
Southport |
11 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Oscar Conrad Müller |
London |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Christopher Barclay Heath |
Dundee |
8 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
7 |
Cyril Duffield |
Bristol |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Philip Walsingham Sergeant |
London |
6 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas |
Liverpool |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
William Henry Watts |
London |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
Frank Schofield |
Leeds |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
3 |
12 |
George Wright |
York |
12 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
1924 British Ladies' Chess Championship • 1923« »1925
1924 British Ladies' Championship |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Edith Charlotte Price |
London |
10 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Agnes Bradley Stevenson |
London |
3 |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Edith Martha Holloway |
London |
5 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
4 |
Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell) |
Kingston-upon-Thames |
9 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
5 |
Mary Dinorah Gilchrist |
Glasgow |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6 |
6 |
Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas |
Oxford |
12 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6 |
7 |
M(ary?) C(onstance?) Forbes |
Edinburgh |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
8 |
Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer) |
Wallingford |
7 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Florence Hutchison Stirling |
Edinburgh |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
4 |
10 |
Rosa Annie Banting |
London |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
3½ |
11 |
Charlotte Helena Minchin-Cotton |
London |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
3½ |
12 |
Emily Eliza Abraham |
Herne Bay |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
2½ |
1924 BCF First-Class A
1924 BCF First-Class A |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Charles Reuben Gurnhill |
Sheffield |
8 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
Richard Whieldon Barnett, MP |
London |
6 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
E W Davies |
London |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Harold John Snowden |
London |
7 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
5 |
Henry James MacThomas Thoms |
Dundee |
9 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1d |
7½ |
6 |
William Rowland Thomas |
Liverpool |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall |
London |
11 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
F Wilkinson |
Kingston |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Gerald Abrahams |
Liverpool |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
10 |
Edward Victor Strugnell |
London |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Rev. E Wells |
Bournemouth |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1d |
3 |
12 |
Leslie Burland § |
Rotherham |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0d |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0d |
|
0 |
§ "Mr. Leslie Burland, discharged from the Army in 1915 with the loss of his right arm and leg has died at Osbournby, aged 53.
In 1916 he demonstrated his artificial limbs before Their Majesties King George V, and Queen Mary. His hobby was chess, and he once played a game lasting 4 hrs 25 mins, against Capablanca, the world champion." (Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 2 April 1949) This game was played in Capablanca's Rotherham simul on 26 October 1922 when he scored +36, =0, -0.
1924 BCF First-Class B
1924 BCF First-Class B |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
John Harold Morrison |
Liverpool |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Walter (or Wm?) Atkinson |
Hull |
3 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
John Ellis Parry |
Market Drayton |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6½ |
4 |
Frederick Charles Short |
Walsall |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
J(oshua?) Jackson |
Dewsbury |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
6 |
6 |
Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert |
Birmingham |
2 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
John MacAlister |
London |
9 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Col. Charles Edward Stuart-Prince |
Nairobi |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith |
Hythe |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
4 |
10 |
Alfred Dudley Barlow |
London |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
3½ |
11 |
George Edmund Hewson |
Sheffield |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
3½ |
12 |
John Elliot(t) West |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
3½ |
1924 BCF Second-Class A
1924 BCF Second-Class A |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
1 |
Henfrey Austin Turriff |
Arbroath |
7 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Alfred Clifford Falkner |
Wallington |
2 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
S J Osborn |
London |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
C H Taylor |
Lewisham |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
Alfred Thomas Cannell |
Norwich |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
6 |
Stephen Poulson Lees |
London |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
Frederick Oswald Nelson |
York |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
Laurence Small |
Liverpool |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
2½ |
9 |
Mrs Jeanie Brockett |
Glasgow |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1d |
2 |
10 |
Willington Lucette Wakefield |
Coventry |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0d |
|
1 |
n.b. the table given in BCM showed the letter 'p' for Wakefield's game vs Mrs Brockett, and '1' for Mrs Brockett. I'm assuming some sort of default but might simply be a typo. I'm not quite sure how the BCF all-play-all pairings operated for a ten-player tournament.
1924 BCF Second-Class B
1924 BCF Second-Class B |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total |
1 |
Newman Clissold |
New Brighton |
2 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Rev. Edwin John Evans Howlett |
Stoke-on-Trent |
11 |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
3 |
Dr Vickerman Henzell Rutherford |
London |
4 |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
7 |
4 |
George Breese |
Wimbledon |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
5 |
Herbert Norman Saffery Heath |
London |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
George Arthur Youngman |
Maidstone |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
W Barker |
Wolverhampton |
5 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
8 |
Henry David Osborn |
Gosport |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
3½ |
9 |
Miss M Andrews ¶ |
London |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
Miss Hilda Florence Chater |
Penzance |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
2 |
11 |
Henry Edward Doran |
Coventry |
9 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
¶ BCM, August 1923, p281-282, reported that Miss M Andrews was "sister to the well-known Sussex amateur" without giving his name. I think his name was W R Andrews, who played for Christ Church, Brighton, and won the Sussex championship, but I have yet to find his forenames or that of his sister. JS.
1924 BCF Third-Class Division 1
1924 BCF Third-Class Div 1 |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Total |
1 |
E H Smith |
London |
2 |
|
01 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
Rev. William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell |
Stoke-on-Trent |
6 |
10 |
|
11 |
1½ |
11 |
11 |
8½ |
3 |
G W Bedford |
Leyton |
5 |
00 |
00 |
|
1½ |
½1 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
W Lyon |
Ashton-in-Makerfield |
1 |
00 |
0½ |
0½ |
|
01 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
John E Coleman |
Grays |
4 |
00 |
00 |
½0 |
10 |
|
10 |
2½ |
6 |
Mrs M Healey |
Manchester |
3 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
01 |
|
1 |
1924 BCF Third-Class Division 2
1924 BCF Third-Class Div 2 |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Total |
1 |
W A Aston |
Wolverhampton |
4 |
|
1½ |
10 |
½0 |
11 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
Mrs A Chase |
London |
6 |
0½ |
|
1½ |
11 |
01 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
Miss Stella Violet Aline Malcolm |
Edinburgh |
3 |
01 |
0½ |
|
10 |
11 |
11 |
6½ |
4 |
A J Smith |
Malton |
1 |
½1 |
00 |
01 |
|
11 |
11 |
6½ |
5 |
Miss Louisa Gertrude Ogden |
Manchester |
5 |
00 |
10 |
00 |
00 |
|
11 |
3 |
6 |
Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean |
Bournemouth |
2 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
|
0 |


The 1924 British Championship was held in the same art gallery, at the top of the library building in Southport, as the 1905 championship. Here is a picture of the same galleries as they are in 2015 (photos copyright © 2015 John Saunders):

Exterior photo of Southport Library, 2015...

From the Manchester Guardian, 23 July 1924:
"British Championship: H. E. Atkins, Huddersfield; J. H. Blake, London; W. A. Fairhurst, Manchester; W. Gibson, Glasgow; V. K. Khadilkar, Bombay; R. P. Michell, Kingston; H. E. Price, Birmingham; H. Saunders, London; R. H. V. Scott, London; E. Spencer, Liverpool; Sir G. A. Thomas, London (holder); F. D. Yates, Leeds.
Major Open Tournament: J. A. J. Drewitt, Hastings; Cyril Duffield, Bristol; C. B. Heath. Dundee; G. W. Moses, Pontefract; O. C. Muller, London; H. G. Rhodes, Southport; A. Rubinstein, Poland; F. Schofield, Leeds; P. W. Sergeant, London; A. R. B. Thomas, Liverpool; W. H. Watts, London; G. Wright, York.
British Ladies’ Championship: Miss E. E. Abraham, Herne Bay; Mrs. R. A. Banting, London; Miss H. Cotton, London; Miss M. C. Forbes, Edinburgh; Miss M. D. Gilchrist, Glasgow; Mrs. E. M. Holloway, London; Mrs. M. Houlding, Wallingford; Miss F. Hutchison-Stirling, Edinburgh; Mrs. R. P. Michell, Kingston; Miss E. C. Price, London (holder); Mrs. A. Sollas, Oxford; Mrs. R. H. S. Stevenson, London.
"In the British championship Messrs. H. E. Atkins, a former champion. W. A. Fairhurst, Cheshire and Manchester champion, V. K. Khadilkar, Bombay, R. P. Michell and H. Saunders, London, and E. Spencer, Lancashire champion and winner four times in all, take the places of Messrs. Wainwright, Jacobs, Uber, Hamond, Steele, and Gooding, who played last year. It will be recalled that E. Spencer defeated Sir G. A. Thomas in the recent Weston-super-Mare tournament. A particularly interesting point will be to note the progress of Spencer and Fairhurst who make their debut in the championship.
"In the ladies’ championship. Mrs. R. A. Banting, and Miss M. C. Forbes, take the places of Miss Andrews and Mrs. Brockett. The Major Open has no less than nine new names. Alekhine, the victor last year, is absent, but A. Rubinstein is playing, and he, of course, is much the strongest player at the Congress.
There is a good proportion of Northerners playing in the other events, and the outlook for the Congress generally is very favourable."
Results from the Manchester Guardian, 23 Aug 1924:
"Championship: H. E. Atkins 8½, F. D. Yates 8, Sir G. A. Thomas 7½, R. H. V. Scott 6½, H. Saunders 6, H. E. Price 5½, R. P. Michell 5, V. K. Khadilkar 4½, E. Spencer 4½, W. A. Fairhurst 4, W. Gibson 1½.
Major Open: A. Rubinstein 11/11, J. A. J. Drewitt 8, G. W. Moses 7½, H. J. Rhodes 7, O. C. Muller 6, C. B. Heath 5½, C. Duffield 5, A. R. B. Thomas 4, P. W. Sergeant 4, W. H. Watts 4, F. Schofield 3, G. Wright 1.
Ladies’ championship: Miss E. C. Price 9, Mrs.
R. H. S. Stevenson 8, Mrs. E. M. Holloway 6½, Mrs. Michell 6½, Miss M. D. Gilchrist 6, Mrs. Sollas 6, Miss M. C. Forbes 5½, Mrs M. Houlding 5, Miss F. Hutchison-Stirling 4, Mrs. R. A. Banting 3½, Miss H. Cotton 3½, Miss E. E. Abrahams 2½.
First Class A: C. R. Gurnhill 10/11, E. W. Davies 7½, Major R. W. Barnett, M.P., 7½, H. J. Snowden 7½, H. J. M. Thoms 7½, W. R. Thomas 7, G. K. Nuttall 5, F. Wilkinson 4, G. Abrahams 3½, E. V. Strugnell 3½, Rev. E. Wells 3, L. Burland 0.
First Class B: J. H. Morrison 9/11, W. Atkinson 7½, F. C. Short 6½, J. E. Parry 6½, J. Cookson 6, Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert 6, J. Macallister 5, Col. C. Stuart Prince 5,
S. G. Howell Smith 4, A. D. Barlow 3½, G. E. Hewson 3½, J. E. West 3½.
Second Class A: H. A. (Henfrey Austin) Turriff 9/9, A. C. Falkner 7, S. Osborne 6, C. H. Taylor 5, A. T. Cannell 4½, S. P. Lees 4, F. O. Nelson 4, L. Small 2½, Mrs. J. Brockett 2, W. L. Wakefield 1.
Second Class B: Newman Clissold 9/10, the Rev. E. J. E. Howlett 8½, Dr. V. H. Rutherford 7, G. Breese 5½, G. A. Youngman 5, H. N. S. Heath 5, W. Barker 4½, H. D. Osborn 3½, Miss M. Andrews 3, Miss H. F. Chater 2, H. E. Doran 2.
Third Class (1): E. H. Smith 9/11, the Rev. M. Hooppell 8½, G. W. Bedford 5, W. Lyon 4, J. E. Coleman 2½, Mrs. M. Healey 1.
Third Class (2): W. A. Aston 7/11, Mrs. A.
Chase 7, Miss S. V. A. Malcolm 6½, A. J. Smith 6½, Miss L. G. Ogden 3, Mrs. MacVean 0."
Rubinstein Simultaneous Display, 22 August 1924: Akiba Rubinstein +19, =9, -4 (F.P. Wenman, A.C. Falkner, C.B. Heath, H.J.M. Thoms) (source of info: Manchester Guardian, 25 Aug 1924)
Lightning (10-seconds-a-move) Tournaments: (1) Date? - won by Rubinstein - possibly the one dated 13 August, reported in BCM, September 1924, p351 – Rubinstein beat Yates in the final [round?]; 2nd was Thomas, 3rd N Clissold, 4th Dr. Regan; (2) Played 16 August. 1 WA Fairhurst, 2 JH Morrison, 3 F Wilkinson, 4 Miss Andrews*. Rubinstein played but was knocked out at an earlier stage by Cyril Duffield; (3) ?? but must have been won by Rubinstein as the Guardian says he won three of these side events - JS; (4) 1 A Rubinstein, 2 JH Morrison, 3 JE West (Cambridge Univ captain), 4 Miss Andrews* (who won two prizes in the Lightning events); (5) 1 Edmund Spencer, 2 F Wilkinson, 3 Rev. AP Lacy-Hulbert, 4 ARB Thomas. (* presumably the same Miss M. Andrews who scored 3/11 in Second-Class B - JS)
Problem Solving Tourney (3-moves): 1 Brian Harley, 141 (max. points); 2 JW Dixon, 109; 3 John Keeble, 104; 4 FD Yates, 100.
Rubinstein received £16 for winning the Major Open.
Letter to the Editor, 7 September 1924: "BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - Sir, I wish to point out an unfortunate peculiarity of the British Chess Federation Meeting, which has caused a considerable discontent. The Championship entries are limited to twelve, chosen by a committee. The same players, more or less, are selected year after year, with the result that the numerous strong amateurs throughout the country are hopelessly kept out. In no other country is there this limitation.
"The old British Chess Association placed no restriction. Is the condition referred to right? Is the responsible British Chess Federation doing its duty by the public? Of course, the explanation is convenience. But difficulties are things to overcome. If larger and unrestricted tournaments can be held in other countries, why not in England? I suggest the formation of an organisation prepared to hold a tournament without this absurd and unfair restriction: a championship tournament rational and national. I am, etc, S.F. Smith, Emperor's Gate Hotel, S.W." [presumably Dr. Stephen Francis Smith, born c1860, Ontario, Canada, died 12 May 1928, London, aged 67, played in the 1910 British Championship, champion of British Columbia in 1915, had been champion of the City of London club in 1895 and 3rd in the West of England Open in Tenby in 1928.]
File Updates
Date |
Notes |
2015 |
First uploaded in its current format. |
3 Oct 2015 |
Two more Major Open games contributed by Brian Denman, many thanks. |
4 Oct 2015 |
Three games (Khadilkar-Atkins, Khadilkar-Gibson and Yates-Khadilkar) supplied by Andy Ansel, many thanks. |
7 Oct 2015 |
Another six Championship games, and 13 more subsidiary event games, thanks to some assiduous work from Gerard Killoran. |
19 Feb 2016 |
One game added: Watts-Moses (Rd 10). Thanks to Gerard Killoran. |
7 March 2016 |
We now have all 66 games from the 1924 British Championship, and all of them are complete (though some have move order issues), thanks to my receipt of the Tinsley notebooks. Fairhurst-Yates (Rd 2) was missed out in the photocopying process but an appeal to Scottish archivist Alan McGowan secured the first half of the game, and there was a photocopy of the second half. |
12 Apr 2016 |
I have added two ARB Thomas games from the Major Open: his tenth round loss to C Duffield, and the final part of his fifth round loss to Sergeant. Both were in BCM. |
5 March 2019 |
One game supplied by Brian Denman - Wakefield-Falkner, Second Class A - for which many thanks. |
26 May 2019 |
Added three games from the Major Open and one game from the First Class A section. Three games by GW Moses (Rd 3 v Duffield, Rd 4 v F.Schofield and Rd 11 v HG Rhodes) and one by CR Gurnhill (v H.J.M.Thoms, round number unknown). I found these games on Steve Mann's excellent Yorkshire Chess History site, specifically on the pages devoted to George Wyville Moses and Charles Reuben Gurnhill. Steve quotes the original source for the games as the YT&S (Yorkshire Telegraph & Star). |
23 July 2019 |
Added one game from the women's championship (Banting 0-1 Holloway, Rd 5), kindly sent by Alan Smith. I've taken the opportunity to add round numbers and dates to some of the other women's championship games, add crosstables and images. |
29 March 2021 |
Some typos amended – my thanks to Philip Jurgens for drawing my attention to these – and some cosmetic changes made to crosstables and games (Schofield,F now rendered as Schofield, Frank, having consulted the Yorkshire Chess History website). |