1925 British Chess Championship, Stratford-upon-Avon, 17-28 August • 1924« »1926
1925 British Chess Championship |
Draw No. |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Atkins,Henry Ernest |
5 |
Huddersfield |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9½ |
2 |
Yates,Fred Dewhirst |
11 |
Bradford |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
3 |
Spencer,Edmund |
3 |
Liverpool |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Tylor,Theodore Henry |
12 |
Birmingham |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Winter,William |
2 |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Price,Hubert Ernest |
1 |
Birmingham |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
7 |
Jacobs,Herbert Levi |
10 |
London |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Gooding,William |
6 |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
9 |
Saunders,Harold |
8 |
London |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
4½ |
10 |
Blake,Joseph Henry |
9 |
Surbiton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
½ |
3 |
11 |
Moses,George Wyville |
4 |
Hemsworth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
2½ |
12 |
Uber,Henry Bernard |
7 |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
|
2 |
Pairings as per table 1
1925 British Ladies' Chess Championship • 1924« »1926
1925 British Ladies' Championship |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson) |
London |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10½ |
2 |
Miss Edith Charlotte Price |
London |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9½ |
3 |
Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell) |
Kingston |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist |
Glasgow |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Mrs Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer) |
Wallingford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Miss Emily Eliza Abraham |
Herne Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke |
Watford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
8 |
Miss Florence Hutchison Stirling |
Edinburgh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Mrs Rosa Annie Banting (née Vines) |
London |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
10 |
Miss Hilda Florence Chater |
Penzance |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
3½ |
11 |
Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas (née Jeffreys) |
Oxford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
12 |
Mrs Jeanie Brockett |
Glasgow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1925 BCF Major Open
1925 BCF Major Open |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
John Arthur James Drewitt |
Hastings |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9½ |
2 |
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky |
Paris |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9½ |
3 |
Charles Reuben Gurnhill |
Sheffield |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Oscar Conrad Muller |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
Walter Atkinson |
Hull |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
6 |
John Harold Morrison |
London |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
John MacAlister |
London |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4½ |
8 |
William Henry Watts |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4½ |
9 |
John James O'Hanlon |
Portadown |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
J Ellis Parry |
Manchester |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
Richard Edward Lean |
Brighton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
3 |
12 |
Frederick Charles Short |
Walsall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2½ |
1925 BCF First Class A
1925 BCF First Class A |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Alfred Dudley Barlow |
London |
|
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith |
Hythe |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
9 |
3 |
Henfrey Austin Turriff |
Arbroath |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
H Parsons |
Bristol |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Lt Col Charles Edward Stuart-Prince |
Hyères |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
Maj Sir Richard Whieldon Barnett, MP |
London |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
Patrick Charles Littlejohn |
Nuneaton |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
8 |
Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall |
London |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
9 |
George Dickson Hutton |
Dunbar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
Victor A Coates |
Uppingham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
James William Ernest Coley |
Stroud |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
2½ |
12 |
A Powell |
Birmingham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1925 BCF First Class B
1925 BCF First Class B |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Henry James MacThomas Thoms |
Dundee |
|
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
2 |
Miss Vera Menchik |
Hastings |
1 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
W A Hooper § |
Ipswich |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
Dr Vickerman Henzell Rutherford |
London |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
Rev William Rawson Greenhalgh |
London |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Rev Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert |
Birmingham |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
5½ |
7 |
Mrs Edith Martha Holloway |
Bromley |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
Friedrich Salmony |
London |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
5 |
9 |
Lt. Leslie Edward Vine |
Bridgwater |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Bernard John Barton-Eckett ¶ |
Durham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
Frederick Wilkinson |
Kingston-upon-Thames |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
3½ |
12 |
Dr E H Smith * |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2½ |
§ W A Hooper was British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1923. His forenames may have been William Arthur.
¶ BCM and newspapers give 'E Barton-Eckett' in 1925 but chess reports and newspapers for other years give 'B Barton-Eckett' as a chess competitor, which tallies with the name of the then Durham county librarian who was born in 1893 and died in Kenya in 1974. No record can be found for an E Barton-Eckert.
* Unsurprisingly I've not been able to discover the forenames of Dr E H Smith of London! EDIT (24 December 2021): I think he may have been Edward Hickson Smith, born 13 July 1867 (Ontario, Canada), died 27 February 1946 (Bournemouth), qualified doctor/surgeon (M.R.C.S.) and son of another Canadian surgeon, William Robert Smith (b 1829). But not 100% certain.
1925 BCF Second Class A
1925 BCF Second Class A |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Prof Robert William Genese |
Tunbridge Wells |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
George W Powell |
Stroud |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Stephen Poulson Lees |
Merton |
½ |
½ |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Willington Lucette Wakefield |
Coventry |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Rev William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell |
Stoke-on-Trent |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Henry Stanley Shelton § |
Teddington |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
George Breese |
Wimbledon |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
8 |
Arthur Frank Anderton |
Coventry |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Henry David Osborn * |
Gosport |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
Miss Charlotte Helena Minchin Cotton |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
Miss M Andrews ¶ |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
12 |
John E Coleman |
Grays |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
§ Henry Stanley Shelton (1876-1956), teacher and co-author of a book about evolution.
* Henry David Osborn (1864-1928) - "Mr H. D. Osborn, of Gosport, who passed away at the end of August [1928], was a strong Hampshire county player, and a keen supporter of the B.C.F., of which he was the local secretary at the Southsea congress of 1923." (BCM, October 1928, p375)
¶ 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.
1925 BCF Second Class B
1925 BCF Second Class B |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
S J Osborn |
London |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
2 |
Ralph William Rushton § |
Leagrave |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
M White |
Cardiff |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
A C (or A T) Faulkner |
Wallington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Alfred Thomas Cannell |
Norwich |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
H Hinchcliffe ¶ |
Huddersfield |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
7 |
George Arthur Youngman |
Maidstone |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
8 |
W Barker |
Wolverhampton |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
9 |
G M Rowson |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
10 |
Albert Henry Hart |
Teignmouth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
4½ |
11 |
Miss Stella Violet Aline Malcolm |
Edinburgh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
12 |
Mrs A Chase * |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
§ Ralph William Rushton (1892-?) was the older brother of Robin Humphries Rushton who was a well-known player and chess administrator in Bedfordshire (he took part in the 1923 BCF Congress). It's just possible that 'RW Rushton' as given in BCM and newspaper accounts of this 1925 event is a misprint for 'RH Rushton' and that Ralph W Rushton wasn't a competition player at all but it seems reasonable to assume that he was - JS
¶ This might be the Charles Henry Hinchcliffe (1895-1987) documented at the Yorkshire Chess History website.
* name given as Mrs J F Chase in some sources - husband's initials?
1925 BCF Third Class A
1925 BCF Third Class A |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Roger Oswald Platt |
Gloucester |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1d |
1 |
1d |
9½ |
2 |
Hon. Arthur James Beresford Lowther |
London |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1d |
1 |
1d |
9 |
3 |
W E Jones |
Condover |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1d |
1d |
8½ |
4 |
W A Aston |
Birmingham |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
5 |
G W Bedford * |
London |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1d |
1d |
1d |
7½ |
6 |
J J Ellison |
Shrewsbury |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
1d |
1 |
1d |
6½ |
7 |
Miss Ella Margaret Beddall § |
Bexhill |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1d |
1 |
5½ |
8 |
Miss Kate Eyre |
Prestbury |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1d |
1d |
1d |
4½ |
9 |
Miss Evelyn de Veer Pickop |
Colwyn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1d |
1d |
1d |
3 |
10 |
Thomas Ernest Dodds |
Birmingham |
0d |
0d |
0 |
½ |
0d |
0d |
1 |
0d |
0d |
|
0 |
1d |
2½ |
11 |
William H Reynolds |
Rugby |
0 |
0 |
0d |
0 |
0d |
0 |
0d |
0d |
0d |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
12 |
P W Darbyshire |
Poynton |
0d |
0d |
0d |
0 |
0d |
0d |
0 |
0d |
0d |
0d |
0 |
|
0 |
* BCM in 1926: "The old Hampstead player, G. W. Bedford, won Division 1 of the Third Class in superior style with 9½ out of 10. This is his first first-prize in an open tournament, and the youthful octogenarian is hoping for fresh worlds to conquer next year." A clue to his identity (must have been born in 1846 or earlier), but I have so far not been able to find out any more about him. JS
§ married the chess problemist Brian Harley (1883-1955) in 1926. Born in 1883, died in 1968.
1925 BCF Third Class B
1925 BCF Third Class B |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
M L Adler |
London |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
Miss Lillie Eveling |
Margate |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
3 |
Victor James R Soanes |
Loughton |
½ |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
(Lady) Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth |
Buxton |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
Anthony Clifford Steadman |
Bristol |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Mrs M Healey |
Mossley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
7 |
Miss Olga Menchik |
Hastings |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
8 |
Miss C/E Pannell |
London |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Mrs Lizzie Vine (née Goring) |
Bridgwater |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
Mrs Florence Jane Fish |
Worthing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
3½ |
11 |
Mrs E S Ross * |
Glasgow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
12 |
Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean |
Bournemouth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
§ Lizzie Vine (née Goring) (1867-?) married Herbert Edward Vine in 1891. Their son Leslie Edward Vine (1892-1978) was a competition player who learnt the game from his mother and played in the First Class B section (see above).
* initials could be those of her husband