1920 (17th) Kent County CA Congress, 5-10 April

The final sections were played 7-9 April (afternoon of Wednesday 7th, two games a day on Thursday 8th & Friday 9th)

Final A, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Sir George Alan Thomas	Hampstead	&;	½	½	1	1	1	4
2	Boris Kostic	Serbia	½	&;	½	1	1	½	3½
3	Max Marchand	Netherlands	½	½	&;	1	1	½	3½
4	Roland Henry Vaughan Scott	London	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1½
5	John MacAlister	Metropolitan, London	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1½
6	Fred Brown	Dudley	0	½	½	0	0	&;	1

Final B, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	&;	½	½	1	1	1	4
2	Max Euwe	Netherlands	½	&;	1	½	1	1	4
3	Horace Ransom Bigelow	Woolhampton / USA	½	0	&;	½	1	1	3
4	Norman Boles Holmes	Newhaven	0	½	½	&;	½	1	2½
5	Charles Herman Lorch	Dartford	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1
6	Sidney Francis St Jermain Steadman	Brixton	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½

Final C, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Adrián García Conde	London / Mexico	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Harold Miles Silvanus	Lewisham	0	&;	1	1	½	1	3½
3	Edmund Spencer	Liverpool	0	0	&;	1	1	½	2½
4	John James O'Hanlon	Ireland	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1½
5	Jean Raoux	Bromley	0	½	0	½	&;	½	1½
6	William Gooding	London	0	0	½	0	½	&;	1

Final D, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final D		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Maurice Fox	London	&;	½	1	1	1	1	4½
2	Harry Charles Griffiths	Brixton	½	&;	1	0	1	1	3½
3	Charles Chapman	Sevenoaks	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
4	Leslie Charles Gwyn Dewing	Maidstone	0	1	0	&;	1	1	3
5	Richard Edward Kemp	Ilford	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	William Henry Watts	London	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Final E, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final E		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	&;	½	1	1	1	1	4½
2	Edith Martha Holloway	Bromley	½	&;	0	1	1	1	3½
3	Raoul Gaudin	Bordeaux	0	1	&;	1	1	0	3
4	Dr. Gerard Cornelis Adrianus Oskam	Netherlands	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2
5	Allan William Edward Louis	Lambeth	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Harry William Hilliar, C.B.E.	Eltham	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1

Final F, 7-9 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Final F		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Ernest John Price	Hackney	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith	Hythe	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4
3	Charles (Abraham) Gregory	Plumstead Common	0	0	&;	1	1	½	2½
4	Rev. Charles Fenton Bolland	Huntingdon	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2
5	Alfred Andrew Maris	Cambridge	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas	Oxford	0	0	½	0	0	&;	½

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The Preliminary Sections were played 5-7 April (final scores given in BCM, May 1920, p129 - various sources of individual scores)

Preliminary A, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Fred Brown	Dudley	&;	½	½	1	1	1	4
2	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	½	&;	1	0	1	½	3
3	Harold Miles Silvanus	Lewisham	½	0	&;	½	½	1	2½
4	Allan William Edward Louis	Lambeth	0	1	½	&;	½	0	2
5	William Henry Watts	London	0	0	½	½	&;	1	2
6	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith	Hythe	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1½

Preliminary B, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Boris Kostic	Serbia	&;	1	½	1	1	1d	4½
2	Max Euwe	Netherlands	0	&;	½	1	1	1	3½
3	Edmund Spencer	Liverpool	½	½	&;	1	½	1	3½
4	Maurice Fox	London	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2
5	Edith Martha Holloway	Bromley	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1½
6	Rev. Charles Fenton Bolland	Huntingdon	0d	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Preliminary C, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Sir George Alan Thomas	Hampstead	&;	½	1	1	1	1	4½
2	Horace Ransom Bigelow	Woolhampton / USA	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4
3	William Gooding	London	0	½	&;	1	1	1	3½
4	Leslie Charles Gwyn Dewing	Maidstone	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2
5	Raoul Gaudin	Bordeaux	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas	Oxford	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

n.b. according to The Field, 10 April 1920, Dewing drew with Gooding

Preliminary D, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary D		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Roland Henry Vaughan Scott	London	&;	1	½	1	1	1	4½
2	Sidney Francis St Jermain Steadman	Brixton	0	&;	½	½	1	1	3
3	Jean Raoux	Bromley	½	½	&;	½	0	1	2½
4	Harry Charles Griffiths	Brixton	0	½	½	&;	1	½	2½
5	Dr. Gerard Cornelis Adrianus Oskam	Netherlands	0	0	1	0	&;	1	2
6	Charles (Abraham) Gregory	Plumstead Common	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

Preliminary E, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary E		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Max Marchand	Netherlands	&;	1	½	1	1	1	4½
2	Charles Herman Lorch	Dartford	0	&;	1	1	½	1	3½
3	John James O'Hanlon	Ireland	½	0	&;	½	1	1	3
4	Charles Chapman	Sevenoaks	0	0	½	&;	1	1	2½
5	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1½
6	Ernest John Price	Hackney	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Preliminary F, 5-7 April 1920

1920 Kent County CA Preliminary F		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	John MacAlister	London	&;	½	1	1	1	1	4½
2	Norman Boles Holmes	Newhaven	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4
3	Adrián García Conde	London / Mexico	0	½	&;	1	1	1	3½
4	Richard Edward Kemp	Ilford	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2
5	Harry William Hilliar, C.B.E.	Eltham	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Alfred Andrew Maris	Cambridge	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

"Mr Kemp had to forfeit several games owing to business engagements." (Yorkshire Post, 9 April 1920)

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BCM, May 1920, p129

The Kent County Chess Association resumed this year, at the Central Hall, Bromley, their annual Easter Week Congress, last held at Dartford in 1914. Organised as it was by Messrs. S. J. Holloway, R. H. S. Stevenson and J. W. G. Jamieson, it goes without saying that there was nothing left undone for the comfort of the players and spectators; and there is little doubt that this, with the interesting entries of 60 many from foreign countries, was a more than usual successful congress. The proceedings were opened by Alderman Crossley, the Mayor of Bromley.

The 36 entrants were divided into... six primary sections of six...

On Easter Monday four knock-out tournaments were held, and these were won by Messrs. Nickels, Barrett, G. Hanson, and D. Miller.

Three lightning tournaments were held during the week. The first was won by B. Siegheim, the well-known South African, now on a visit to this country, Victor Rush being second. In the second, A. G. Conde was first, B. Goulding-Brown second. In the third, M. Euwe was first, A. G. Conde second.

The first-class tournament resulted in W. O. Woodfield and J. Hartong (Holland) sharing the first and second prizes with 6½ points each. W. M. Brooke (5½) was third.

In the second class, A. D. Barlow won with 6, J. E. Dunster (5½) was second, and S. P. Lees (4½) third.

In the third class, J. E. Finch won with 7½, Mrs. P. Leslie Jones (7) was second, and H. J. Salter (5½) third.

During the week there were some twenty antique sets of chess on show, and members of the congress were asked to vote which set should take the prize. This was awarded to Mr. V. L. Wahltuch for a painted Indian set over 1,000 years old; the second prize to Miss Abrahams for a Burmese set. In addition to these sets were one said to have belonged to Napoleon and some carved sets from Persia and China.

On the completion of the last round on Saturday morning, Mrs. Churchill, the wife of the President of the Bromley Chess Club [John Churchill], presented the prizes, together with some gifts from the competitors to the organisers, in recognition of their able services and courtesy throughout the congress.

This was followed by a friendly match of 91 players aside between Kent and Surrey, the latter winning by 53 to 38. The three top boards, between Messrs. Gunsberg, Blake and Rees (Surrey) against Messrs. Middleton, R. C. Griffith, and Raoux (Kent) respectively, were drawn.

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Biographical Data

Charles (Abraham-)Gregory (31 January 1870, Filey, Yorkshire - 4 June 1941, Wallingford, Berks) was a writer at Royal Arsenal. Newspaper references to chess events involving him are usually given as C. Gregory (i.e. minus the initial of his middle name, though his surname and that of his wife and family was given as Abraham-Gregory in the 1911 census and in some statutory records. Still more confusingly, his birth appears to have been registered as Charles Gregory Abraham in Scarborough in 1870). He played for various clubs including Rochester and Woolwich Arsenal and also represented Kent in county matches. His daughter Rita Mary (Abraham-)Gregory (8 September 1910 - 6 May 2000) was also a chess player, taking part in girls' championships in the 1920s, notably winning the British Girls' Championship in 1928, 1929 and 1930.

Harry William Hilliar (14 November 1883 - 16 July 1941). Occ. superintendent examiner, Patent Office. Awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the Admiralty, 26 March 1920.

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Date	Notes
22 October 2026	First uploaded. 47 games plus crosstables of all preliminary and finals sections.