1929 British Chess Championship, Ramsgate, 29 July - 9 August • 1928« »1931

1929 British Chess Championship		Draw no	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Mir Sultan Khan	12	India	&;	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	8
2	Reginald Pryce Michell	11	Kingston, Surrey	0	&;	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	7
3	Hubert Ernest Price	5	Birmingham	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	7
4	John Harold Morrison	2	London	½	½	½	&;	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	6½
5	Theodore Henry Tylor	4	Oxford	½	1	½	0	&;	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	6½
6	William Winter	6	London	½	½	0	1	½	&;	1	½	0	½	1	1	6½
7	Rev. Francis Edward Hamond	7	Norwich	1	0	0	1	0	0	&;	½	1	0	1	1	5½
8	John Arthur James Drewitt	10	Hastings	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	&;	1	0	1	1	5½
9	Gerald Abrahams	8	Liverpool & Oxford Univ	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	&;	1	1	1	5
10	William Albert Fairhurst	3	Stafford	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	1	0	&;	1	½	4½
11	Arthur Eva1	1	Bramhall	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0	2
12	Wilfred Hugh Miller Kirk	9	Twickenham	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	2

¹ The Times, 15 July 1929, confirms that the player was Arthur Eva (b 26.11.1876, d 30.05.1942) and not his brother Alfred Eva (b 24.08.1882, d 21.02.1974)

1929 British Ladies Chess Championship, Ramsgate • 1928« »1930

1929 British Ladies Chess Championship		Draw No	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist	9	Edinburgh	&;	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	8
2	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson)	11	London	½	&;	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	8	Kingston, Sy	1	0	&;	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	4	Herne Bay	0	1	1	&;	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	½	6½
5	Miss Hilda Florence Chater	7	Newlyn	½	1	1	0	&;	0	1	0	0	½	1	1	6
6	Mrs Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer)	10	Newport, Mon	½	½	0	1	1	&;	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
7	Mrs Amy Eleanor Wheelwright (née Benskin)	12	Watford	0	½	0	1	0	1	&;	0	½	½	1	1	5½
8	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	6	London	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	&;	0	1	0	½	5
9	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews	3	London	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	&;	½	0	0	4
10	Mrs Jeanie Brockett	1	Glasgow	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	&;	1	1	4
11	Miss Mary Constance Forbes	5	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	&;	1	4
12	Mrs Grace Catherine Ewbank (née Davies)	2	Bath	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	2

1929 BCF Major Open, Ramsgate

1929 BCF Major Open		Draw no	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Dr Arpad Vajda	9	Budapest	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	9
2	Dr Jakob Adolf Seitz	10	Augsburg	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	Vladimir T S Vukovic	11	Zagreb	½	½	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
4	Daniel Noteboom	3	Noordwijk	0	½	1	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8
5	Edward Mackenzie Jackson	8	Bexhill	½	0	½	0	&;	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	5½
6	Christopher Barclay Heath	4	London	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	0	1	1	1	5½
7	Richard Hilary Newman	12	London	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	½	½	1	½	1	5
8	George Wyville Moses	6	Hemsworth	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	&;	1	½	1	1	5
9	Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	2	Ludlow	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	0	1	1	4
10	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith	1	Hythe	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	&;	½	½	3
11	Patrick Charles Littlejohn	7	Nuneaton	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	3
12	John Crittenden Thompson	5	Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

Draw/pairing info from Glasgow Herald, 17 August 1929

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1929 BCF First Class A

1929 BCF First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Philip Ashby Ursell	Birmingham	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	(Alfred) Rupert Neale Cross	Worcester	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	1	½	&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½
4	George Henry Midgley	Manchester	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	7
5	William Patrick Pepper	Liverpool	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	5½
6	G Hanson		0	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	0	½	1	4
7	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	London	0	0	1	0	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	4
8	Ronald George Dixon Addey		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1	½	3½
9	Samuel John Holloway		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	&;	1	0	3
10	G O Pratt	London	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1	2
11	Charles Edward Wynne1	Cairo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	1½

¹ Charles Edward Wynne - surname appears as 'Wynne', 'Wynn' or 'Winn' in print. Born 21 Oct 1889 (St Pancras, London), died Dec qtr. of 1966 (Poplar, London). He was a naval officer and mariner, based in Egypt in the 1920s, marrying Millicent Beyts in Venice in 1923. His son David Wynne was a noted sculptor.

1929 BCF First Class B

1929 BCF First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Sir Richard Whieldon Barnett	London	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
2	Albert Henry Hart	Teignmouth	½	&;	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
3	W Barker	Wolverhampton	½	0	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½
4	Harold Talbot Reeve	Osterley	½	1	1	&;	½	0	½	1	1	0	1	6½
5	G Bancroft	(Lancashire)	½	1	0	½	&;	0	0	1	1	1	½	5½
6	Edward Buddel Puckridge	(Bickley)	0	½	½	1	1	&;	0	0	½	1	1	5½
7	Lt. Leslie Edward Vine	Bridgwater	0	0	0	½	1	1	&;	1	0	1	1	5½
8	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway (née Crittenden)		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	½	3½
9	Arthur T Watson		0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	1	½	3
10	Edward Arthur Coleman	West Australia	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	&;	½	2
11	Cecil Hunter Reid	(London)	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	&;	2

1929 BCF Second Class A

1929 BCF Second Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Victor John Anthony Russ	London	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	William Wesley Church	Northampton	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Harry Golombek	London	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
4	Austen Lacey Homer		0	0	1	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6
5	William John C H Burges		0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	0	0	1	1	4½
6	A Gray Wallis		0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	0	1	1	4½
7	G W Bedford		0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	½	4
8	Rev. William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell		0	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	1	1	½	4
9	Herbert William Tidball		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	&;	1	1	4
10	Miss Lillie Eveling		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
11	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage		0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	&;	1

1929 BCF Second Class B

1929 BCF Second Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	John Keeble	Norwich	&;	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	7
2	Charles Henry Taylor	London	½	&;	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	6½
3	Eric George Attenborough	Letchmore Heath	0	0	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	4½
4	J V Jameson	Chalfont St Giles	½	0	1	&;	1	0	0	0	1	1	4½
5	Ernest Edward Shepherd	Oxford	0	1	½	0	&;	½	1	0	½	1	4½
6	F Cooper		0	½	0	1	½	&;	0	1	1	0	4
7	R T McCartley		½	0	0	1	0	1	&;	0	½	1	4
8	Rev E Wells		0	0	0	1	1	0	1	&;	0	1	4
9	W A Boulger		0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	&;	½	3
10	Miss Mary Louisa Harrison		½	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	3

1929 BCF Third Class A

1929 BCF Third Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Stephen Harding Crockett	London	&;	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Herbert John Eric Poupard	Margate	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	9½
3	Miss Olga Menchik	St Leonards	0	½	&;	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8
4	M Mosharrafa	Cairo	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	Rev G R Parkinson		0	0	½	1	&;	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
6	James Henry Brown1		0	0	½	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	0	1	5½
7	G J Hodson		1	0	0	0	1	½	&;	½	0	1	1	½	5½
8	A J Peck		0	½	½	0	1	0	½	&;	½	0	1	1	5
9	W A Aston		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	½	½	1	3½
10	Douglas Enty Budge		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	1	1	3½
11	John E Coleman		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	&;	1	2½
12	Mrs F Fish		0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

¹ James Henry Brown was the father of (Winifred) Muriel Brown who played in the Third Class B section.

1929 BCF Third Class B

1929 BCF Third Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	B C Gould	Guildford	&;	1	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	9
2	Donald Gould	Leicester	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	Robert Martin Fleming	Ramsgate	½	0	&;	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8
4	Robert Forbes Combe		½	1	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	7½
5	Miss (Winifred) Muriel Brown1		0	0	½	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
6	C A Reynolds		0	0	½	1	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
7	Mrs Pauline Peckar		0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5½
8	Miss A Wickham		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	4
9	Mrs Chase		0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	&;	½	½	½	2½
10	Miss Marian J McCrombie		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	&;	0	1	2½
11	Miss Keith Dowding		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1	2½
12	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	&;	1½

¹ (Winifred) Muriel Brown was the daughter of James Henry Brown who played in the Third Class A section. She continued playing under her later married name of (Winifred) Muriel Pond.

1929 Boys Tournament (Under 15)

1929 Boys (Under 15)		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	James Stephenson Wilson	Ramsgate	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
2	Thomas Radcliffe Johns	Margate	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
3	John Bernard Guy	Ramsgate	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
4	Percival John Frederick Gibbens	Ramsgate	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
5	R Thornton	Ramsgate	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
6	Francis H Scoates	Ramsgate	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
7	H W Lee	Margate	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	0	1	1	5
8	D Hunt	Ramsgate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4
9	J E Hobbs	Broadstairs	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	3
10	D White	Ramsgate	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	0	1	3
11	S Lloyd		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
12	F Dyer		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

The above Boys' Under-15 tournament was not recognised as a British Junior Championship, but consisted mainly of local schoolchildren. (At that time the British Junior Championships were held separately at Hastings Chess Club during Easter.) The winner was from the venue school (Chatham House School, Ramsgate - n.b. future British PM Edward Heath would have been a pupil at this school at the time the tournament was played).

Lightning Tournament (2 August 1929, 52 entrants): (1) Dr Vajda (Hungary); (2) D Noteboom (Holland); (3) CE Wynne (Cairo); (4) E E Shepherd (Oxford).

Exhibitions of living chess on 3 and 9 August.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
23 February 2016	Added the Eva-Winter (Rd 5) game, the Winter-Hamond (Rd 11) game - a brevity - and Seitz-Jackson, from the Major Open.
26 February 2016	Added six new, complete game scores from the championship proper and three subsidiary event games. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
27 March 2016	Added two games from subsidiary sections - Jackson-Vajda and Lean-Wynne - plus I have removed the spurious game Michell-Gilchrist from the 1929 women's championship as it was a wrongly-dated duplicate of the game played between the same players at the 1934 British Championship. Many thanks to Brian Denman.
27 April 2018	Added game Eva-Sultan Khan (Rd 11) - thanks to Gerard Killoran
25 February 2020	Added two Major Open games: Noteboom-Howell-Smith (Rd 2) and Thompson-Noteboom (Rd 6). I found them on Mega Database 2017 where they were wrongly attributed to the Kent Easter Tournament, played in Ramsgate. However, I'm 99% certain that they were played in the Major Open, also played in Ramsgate in July/August. Mega Database notes that "no source could be found for [these games]". I think the source may have been a book on Noteboom by Euwe, where it may have only referenced the place where the games were played, hence the confusion.
27 February 2020	I've just discovered I can add three more Daniel Noteboom games from the Major Open: Vukovic-Noteboom (Rd 1), Vajda-Noteboom (Rd 10) and Noteboom-Seitz (Rd 11). These come from a file of Daniel Noteboom compiled by Michel Langeveld which I received some time ago, I think via his historical games email list.
30 November 2021	Tidied up the crosstables, entered full names, etc.
18 April 2022	The part-game Lacy-Hulbert 1-0 J.Thompson, Major Open (rd 5) is now a complete game thanks to Gerard Killoran (English Chess Forum, 18 April 2022). We now have 15 games from subsidiary sections.
27 August 2022	Three more Fairhurst games added, courtesy of Alistair Maxwell's Fairhurst file: (1) Price 1-0 Fairhurst (rd 6); (2) Fairhurst ½-½ Winter (rd 7); (3) Kirk ½-½ Fairhurst (rd 10). Note that one Fairhurst game from this tournament was not found in the file, namely Morrison 1-0 Fairhurst (rd 3).
3 December 2024	Added the game A Lacy-Hulbert ½-½ A Vajda (Major Open, rd 9). Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.