1934 British Chess Championship, Chester, 30 July - 1- August • 1933« »1935

1934 British Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Sir George Alan Thomas	London	&;	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
2	William Albert Fairhurst	Glasgow	½	&;	1	½	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	Reginald Pryce Michell	Kingston-upon-Thames	0	0	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	7½
4	(Conel) Hugh O'Donel Alexander	Winchester	½	½	½	&;	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	6½
5	(Alfred) Rupert Neale Cross	Oxford	½	½	0	1	&;	½	1	1	1	½	0	½	6½
6	Harry Golombek	London	½	1	0	½	½	&;	0	0	½	1	1	1	6
7	William Winter	London	0	1	½	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	0	1	5½
8	Theodore Henry Tylor	Oxford	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	1	1	5
9	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	0	&;	0	½	1	4
10	Charles William Fallows	Newcastle	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	&;	1	½	4
11	George Shorrock Ashcombe Wheatcroft	Rickmansworth	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	½	0	&;	1	4
12	Charles Ambrose Scott Damant	Boxmoor	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1

Prizes £20, £15, £10, £5. Consolation prizes of 10/- [50p] for each game won by a non-prizewinner.

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1934 British Ladies Chess Championship • 1933« »1935

1934 British Ladies' Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist	Edinburgh	&;	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell	Kingston-upon-Thames	0	&;	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews	London	1	0	&;	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	8
4	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson	London	½	0	0	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½
5	Mrs Amy Eleanor Wheelwright	Watford	½	1	½	1	&;	½	0	½	0	1	0	1	6
6	Mrs Esme Hewetson Budge	Kilmacolm	0	½	½	0	½	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
7	Miss Elsie Margaret Reid (» Lenton)	Leicester	0	0	0	½	1	1	&;	0	½	1	1	1	6
8	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	London	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	5½
9	Miss Mary Constance Forbes	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	4
10	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Deal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	1	0	3
11	Miss Agnes Margaret Crum	Edinburgh	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	&;	½	2
12	Lady Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth	Buxton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	1½

Prizes £10, £8, £6, £4 and similar consolation prizes

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1934 BCF Major Open (Prizes £16, £12, £8, £4, and similar consolation prizes.)

1934 BCF Major Open		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Edmund Spencer	Liverpool	&;	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	9
2	Edward Mackenzie Jackson	Hastings	½	&;	1	1	0	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	6½
3	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	0	0	&;	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	6½
4	Max Walter	Paris	½	0	½	&;	1	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	6½
5	Harold Israel	London	0	1	0	0	&;	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	5½
6	Victor Ivanoff	Luton	½	½	0	½	1	&;	0	1	0	1	½	½	5½
7	William Ritson Morry	Birmingham	0	½	½	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	0	1	5½
8	Harold Saunders	London	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	0	½	5½
9	Frank H Terrill	Birmingham	0	½	0	1	½	1	0	0	&;	½	1	1	5½
10	Charles Herbert Stacey	Hove	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	4½
11	Edward Wilson Carmichael	Gateshead	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	0	0	&;	1	4
12	Stephen Harding Crockett	London	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1½

Max Walter arrived late, hence his first-round game vs Jackson was originally defaulted, but once he had arrived Jackson agreed to annul the default and play it.

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1934 BCF Major Open Reserves (Prizes £12, £9, £6, £3, and similar consolation prizes.)

1934 BCF Major Open Reserves		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Alfred Lenton	Leicester	&;	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	8½
2	Harold Vincent Mallison	Exeter	1	&;	1	1	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
3	J E Scott	Newcastle-on-Tyne	0	0	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	7
4	Baruch H Wood	Birmingham	0	0	1	&;	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	7
5	Francis George Tims Collins	London	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	6½
6	Francis Noel Jameson	Barking	0	1	0	1	0	&;	1	½	1	0	½	½	5½
7	Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell	USA	1	0	½	½	0	0	&;	0	1	0	1	1	5
8	William Henry Watts	London	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	&;	½	0	½	1	4½
9	Alfred Eva *	Stockport	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	4
10	Rev Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	Ludlow	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	&;	1	0	4
11	Arthur Tijou Watson	Brighton	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	&;	½	3
12	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	London	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	&;	2½

* the Cheshire residence detail suggests this is Alfred Eva (b 24.08.1882, d 21.02.1974) and not his brother Arthur Eva (b 26.11.1876, d 30.05.1942) - JS

1934 BCF First Class A (Prizes £10, £8, £6)

1934 BCF First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Alfred Joseph Butcher	Wolverhampton	&;	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	&;	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	½	1	6½
3	W Coombs	Sale	½	0	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5½
4	Alfred John Duke	London	½	0	1	&;	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	5½
5	Arnold Cecil Keey	Birmingham	0	1	0	½	&;	½	½	0	1	1	1	5½
6	Patrick Humphrey Sullivan	Dartford	0	0	1	0	½	&;	½	1	0	1	1	5
7	A L Davies	Dudley	½	0	0	1	½	½	&;	0	1	½	½	4½
8	Geoffrey Shervill Coxhead	Chalfont St Peter	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	1	1	0	4
9	E A Jones	Flint	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1	4
10	John Edward Lewis Bufton	Stafford	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	3½
11	Dr. John Morrow	Newcastle-on-Tyne	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	2½

1934 BCF First Class B (Prizes £10, £8, £6)

1934 BCF First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	James Creevy	County Cork	&;	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Ralph Lancelot Aldis	Birmingham	0	&;	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	7½
3	Charles Henry Taylor	London	0	½	&;	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½
4	John Keeble	Norwich	½	0	½	&;	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
5	Lt.Col. Charles Edward Stuart-Prince	Nice	1	½	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	6½
6	William Henderson	London	½	0	0	1	½	&;	½	0	½	1	1	1	6
7	Austen Lacey Homer	Stourbridge	0	1	0	0	½	½	&;	1	1	1	1	0	6
8	Alfred Herman Reeve	Great Missenden	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	1	1	6
9	A Wilson	Liverpool	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	5½
10	Rev. Howard Cecil James	Coventry	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	&;	0	1	2
11	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1½
12	Oscar Serck	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	&;	1½

1934 BCF Second Class (Prizes £6, £4, £2)

1934 BCF Second Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Bertram Victor Andrews	Winsford	&;	0	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8
2	George Fletcher	Nottingham	1	&;	½	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Rev. Henry Charles de Barathy	Blackburn	0	½	&;	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	7½
4	Philip Torrance Stephenson §	London	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	0	7
5	Rev. W Benson	Reading	1	1	½	0	&;	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	6½
6	Cyril A Nightingale	Reading	½	0	½	0	½	&;	1	0	1	0	1	1	5½
7	Herbert William Tidball	Birmingham	0	1	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	0	1	1	5½
8	Norman MacLean	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	1	½	1	1	5
9	F W Cooper	Stoke-on-Trent	½	0	1	0	½	0	½	0	&;	1	0	1	4½
10	Miss Mary Louisa Harrison	Eastbourne	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	&;	0	1	3½
11	J Mackenzie	Exmouth	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	3
12	F S Marsden	Coventry	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	2

§ given as B. T. Stevenson in BCM but there is reason to believe this is incorrect (English Chess Forum).

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1934 Third Class (Division 1) (Prizes £4, £2, £1)

1934 BCF Third Class (Division 1)		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	R Harland	Gosforth	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1d	1	8½
2	(Edward) Leslie Stuart §	Liverpool	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1d	1	8
3	Frank Miles Argrave	Tankerton	½	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½
4	John E Coleman	Grays	0	0	0	&;	½	1	½	1	1	1	5
5	Hugh Wright Histon	Nottingham	0	0	1	½	&;	½	1	0	1	1	5
6	Mrs Helen Muriel Cobbold	London	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1d	1	3½
7	Samuel Reginald Tomkinson	Liverpool	0	0	0	½	0	½	&;	1	½	1	3½
8	Douglas Enty Budge	Kilmacolm	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	0	1	2½
9	William Smithard	Derby	0d	0d	0	0	0	0d	½	1	&;	1	2½
10	Mrs F Simpson	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

§ BCM gives E L Stewart but newspapers give the more probable E L Stuart

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1934 BCF Third Class (Division 2) (Prizes £4, £2, £1)

1934 BCF Third Class (Division 2)		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Frederick Curtis Leach	Oldham	&;	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	10
2	Miss Violet Hewetson Benson	Reading	0 0	&;	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	8
3	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean	Bournemouth	0 0	0 0	&;	1 0	1 1	1 1	5
4	Mrs Melita Ida Elizabeth Seyd (née Krohn)	Oxted	0 0	0 0	0 1	&;	1 1	1 1	5
5	Miss Edith Maud Eleanor John Goodacre	Charlton Kings	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	&;	1 1d	2
6	Miss Kate Laura de Barathy	Blackburn	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0d	&;	0

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Biographical Information

Victor Ivanoff (29 December 1908 - 5 June 1983). Engineer by occupation. Studied at Manchester University. Won the Lancashire Chess Championship in 1933, beating Gerald Abrahams in the final by 2-0. Ivanoff played board one for Lancashire in the BCF County Championship Final of 1933 against Warwickshire, ahead of Abrahams, Fairhurst and Broadbent. Played in the Major Open tournament in 1934 and 1935. Played for Hampstead in the London League in the late 1920s. In the 1930s settled in Luton where he played for the town chess club and for Bedfordshire. Later moved to Stoke Newington, London, and naturalised as a Briton in 1947.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
2016	First uploaded to BritBase, utilising material sent by Gerard Killoran and Andy Ansel, for which many thanks.
8 March 2016	Complete set of games taken from the Tinsley notebooks, kindly supplied by Tony Gillam.
17 November 2017	Added crosstables from subsidiary events (as scans).
24 November 2020	Added the game fragment Elsie Reid 1-0 Esme Budge, Round 2, British Ladies' Championship. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
18 April 2022	Added two games, both from the Major Open: (1) F.Terrill 1-0 E.Carmichael; (2) E.Spencer 1-0 H.Saunders. Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, 18 April 2022.
23 April 2022	Added a game from Second Class tournament: Philip Torrance Stephenson 1-0 Norman MacLean. Thanks to Gerard Killoran who contributed it via the English Chess Forum, 23 April 2022, adding some details about the white player's untimely end. Note that the BCM crosstable has White as B.T. Stevenson but Gerard has found a better source which indicates the correct rendering as shown here.
27 April 2022	Added the game Lacy-Hulbert 0-1 A.Lenton, Major Open Reserves. Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.
26 February 2023	Added one game: E.Carmichael 1-0 S.Crockett (Major Open, rd 8 - replaces a previous part-game). Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.
13 May 2023	Added one game: W.Ritson Morry 0-1 E.Spencer (Major Open, rd 1, 30.07.1934). Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.
2 September 2026	Added one Major Open game - S Crockett 0-1 W R Morry (rd 7) - and replaced one Major Open part-game with a full score - V Ivanoff 0-1 W R Morry (rd 11). I've also added a few biographical details for Victor Ivanoff.