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

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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.