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Tournament: 14th British Chess Championship • 28 of 66 games (plus 4 part-games + 27 others from subsidiary sections)
Venue: Malvern College • Dates: 8-19 August 1921 • Download PGN • Last Edited:
Monday 25 April, 2022 10:43 AM
1921 British Chess Championship, Malvern, 8-19 August • 1920« »1923
1921 British Chess Championship |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Yates,Fred Dewhirst |
Leeds |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Thomas,George Alan |
London |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Michell,Reginald Pryce |
London |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
Wainwright,George Edward |
Box |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Scott,Roland Henry Vaughan |
London |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
6 |
Siegheim,Bruno Edgar |
London |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
7 |
Price,Hubert Ernest |
Birmingham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
8 |
Saunders,Harold |
London |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
5½ |
9 |
Jacobs,Herbert Levi |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Sergeant,Philip Walsingham |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
O'Hanlon,John James |
Portadown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
12 |
Stephenson,Harold John Francis |
Hastings |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1½ |
1921 British Ladies Chess Championship • 1920« »1922
1921 British Ladies Championship |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Mrs Gertrude Alison Beatrice Anderson (née Field) |
Woldingham |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
Miss Edith Charlotte Price |
London |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell) |
London |
½ |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson) |
London |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
5 |
Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas (née Jeffreys, m(1) Moseley) |
Oxford |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
Miss Florence Hutchison Stirling |
Edinburgh |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
Mrs Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer) |
Newport |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
8 |
Miss Emily Eliza Abraham |
Herne Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
4 |
9 |
Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist |
Glasgow |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
Miss Alice Grace Ruchon |
Hastings |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Mrs. Rosa Annie Banting (née Vines, m(1) Slocombe) |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
2½ |
12 |
Mrs Grace Catherine Ewbank (née Davies) § |
London |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
2 |
§ Grace Catherine Ewbank (née Davies, 1866-1942) was the mother of the Rev. Alan Maurice Ewbank (1901-30) and wife of Rev. Alan Ewbank (1867-1956) who played in other sections at the congress.
1st Play-off for women's title: London (12-17 September 1921): Anderson 2½, Price 2½, Michell 1
2nd Play-off: London (11, 18, 25 Oct 1921) - Anderson 0-1 Price, Price 0-1 Anderson, Anderson 1-0 Price
(Anderson became British Champion)

The three women who played off for the 1921 British Ladies' Chess Championship: left to right, Edith Michell, Edith Charlotte Price, and Gertrude Alison Anderson. The photo was probably taken at this time. source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France
1921 BCF Major Open |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Heinrich Fraenkel § |
London |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
George Marshall Norman |
Hastings |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Horace Ransom Bigelow |
Oxford |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
Herbert Gibson Rhodes |
Southport |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
Harold John Snowden |
London |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1d |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
6 |
William Gooding |
London |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
Christopher Barclay Heath |
Dundee |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5½ |
8 |
Basil Heastie |
London |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
1d |
½ |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Richard Edward Lean |
Brighton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1d |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
Joseph Israel Kniager |
London |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0d |
½ |
0 |
0d |
0d |
|
1 |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Carrick Wardhaugh |
Glasgow |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
2½ |
12 |
Dr Robert Dunstan |
Teignmouth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1½ |
§ the crosstable in BCM gives the name as Dr. H. L. Fraenkel - did Heinrich Fraenkel have a doctorate and middle initial?
1921 BCF First-Class A
1921 BCF First-Class A |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Edmund Tom Jesty |
London |
12 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2 |
Maurice Edward Goldstein |
London |
10 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
Henry James MacThomas Thoms |
Dundee |
11 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
7 |
4 |
Charles Reuben Gurnhill |
Sheffield |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
George Frederick Harold Packer |
Hastings |
2 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
6 |
William Rowland Thomas |
Liverpool |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
7 |
Rev. William Alban Cunningham Craig |
London |
4 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
8 |
Percival John Lawrence |
Reading |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
5 |
9 |
Patrick Charles Littlejohn |
Rugby |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Edward Davidson Palmer |
London |
8 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
4½ |
11 |
Ernest Fowler Fardon |
Birmingham |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
12 |
Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith |
Hythe |
7 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
2½ |
1921 BCF First-Class B
1921 BCF First-Class B |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
John Arthur James Drewitt |
Hastings |
9 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Alan Maurice Ewbank |
Cambridge |
8 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
William Albert Fairhurst |
Manchester |
2 |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
William Henry Watts |
London |
4 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
5 |
Phillip Flower |
London |
5 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert |
Birmingham |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
J(oshua?) Jackson |
Dewsbury |
12 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas |
Liverpool |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
F Wilkinson |
Putney |
11 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Guy Ralph Hardcastle |
Thornton Heath |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
3 |
11 |
Rev. Charles Fenton Bolland |
Brington |
3 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
2½ |
12 |
Edwin Joseph Brooks |
Cranleigh |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
2½ |
1921 BCF Second-Class A
1921 BCF Second-Class A |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
William Owen Cecil Stuchbery |
Maidenhead |
3 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Mark Peckar |
London |
9 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
Hubert Alan Smyth |
Colwyn Bay |
5 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Henry David Osborn |
Gosport |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
H Hinchcliffe |
Huddersfield |
8 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½¶ |
6 |
C H Taylor |
London |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
7 |
Rev. William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell |
Stoke |
7 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
6 |
8 |
Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke |
Cobham |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
9 |
Mrs Jeanie Brockett |
Glasgow |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
3½ |
10 |
Alfred Thomas Cannell |
Norwich |
6 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Prof. Robert William Genese |
Southborough |
10 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
3½ |
12 |
Miss Ellison Scotland Gibb |
Glasgow |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
¶ the crosstable in BCM gives Hinchcliffe a total of 7½ and equal 2nd place but his total only comes to 6½.
1921 BCF Second-Class B
1921 BCF Second-Class B |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
Total |
1 |
Arthur Marr Sparke |
Lincoln |
6 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
Robert James Talbot Pasmore |
Westgate |
11 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9½ |
3 |
E A Bolton |
Smethwick |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
Rev. T Hamilton |
Witchf'd |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
George Douglas Gordon Fergusson |
Chorleywood |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
6 |
Ernest Edward Shepherd |
Oxford |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
7 |
Edward Victor Strugnell |
London |
8 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
8 |
Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall § |
London |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
Miss Charlotte Helena Minchin-Cotton |
London |
10 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
10 |
Alfred Dudley Barlow |
London |
9 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
George Arthur Youngman |
Maidstone |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
Miss M(ary?) C(onstance?) Forbes |
Edinburgh |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
3½ |
13 |
Miss Gertrude Emma Sanders ¶ |
Edinburgh |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
14 |
William Henry Greenhalgh |
Dawley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
§ BCM gives B. K. Nuttall but I think this is a typo
¶ Gertrude Emma Sanders, born 6 February 1859, Calcutta, India, died 17 January 1923, Edinburgh. (Obit, Falkirk Herald, 28 February 1923, p3)
1921 BCF Third-Class
1921 BCF Third-Class |
Resid. |
Draw No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total |
1 |
Albert John Goode |
Rugby |
3 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Miss Kate Eyre |
London |
4 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
Arthur Hindell |
Stafford |
6 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
4 |
A J Smith |
Malton |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
Miss M Gibb |
Glasgow |
5 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
Miss F Brewster |
London |
8 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4½ |
7 |
D L Jones |
Llandyssul |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
8 |
W Barker |
Wolverhampton |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Rev. Alan Ewbank |
London |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
Robert Carless |
Malvern |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean |
Bournemouth |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
File updated
Date |
Notes |
9 March 2016 |
Original upload. Includes some games from the women's championship play-off won by Gertrude Anderson. Unfortunately I don't have the Tinsley notebooks for this event but hopefully more games will appear in due course. |
10 March 2016 |
Two further games added - thanks to Gerard Killoran. |
28 March 2016 |
Four games from the Major Open and First-Class sections added, plus round numbers and dates of other subsidiary games. Many thanks to Brian Denman. |
19 April 2018 |
Added the game Jacobs-Yates (Rd 2) - thanks to Alan Smith. |
12 May 2020 |
Added one game from the 1st Ladies' play-off - Price-Michell (Round 2). Thanks to Brian Denman. |
12 May 2021 |
Replaced scanned crosstables with detailed text versions. |
3 April 2022 |
Added one game: J.O'Hanlon 0-1 R.Scott (rd 9), contributed by "Tabanus" of chessgames.com, for which many thanks. |
25 April 2022 |
Two games added, from the First Class B section: (1) Lacy-Hulbert 0-1 W.Fairhurst (rd 6); (2) Lacy-Hulbert 1-0 W.Watts (rd 8). Many thanks to Gerard Killoran who contributed them via the English Chess Forum. |