1933 British Chess Championship, Hastings Chess Club, 31 July - 11 August • 1932« »1934

1933 British Chess Championship		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Sultan Khan	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Theodore Henry Tylor	½	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	Gerald Abrahams	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1w	1	1	1	1	8
4	Conel Hugh O'D Alexander	0	1	½	&;	0	1	1	1w	0	1	1	1	7½
5	Sir George Alan Thomas	0	½	½	1	&;	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	7
6	Harry Golombek	0	0	0	0	½	&;	0	1w	1	1	1	1	5½
7	Alfred Mortlock1	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1w	1	1	½	0	4½
8	William Winter2	1	0	0d	0d	1	0d	0d	&;	½	1	0d	1	4½
9	(Alfred) Rupert Neale Cross	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	½	4
10	Henry Holwell Cole	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2½
11	Eugene Ernest Colman	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1w	0	0	&;	½	2
12	Francis Noel Jameson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	&;	2

1w = walk-over
0d = default

¹ Charles Wreford Brown played in 2 rounds, beating Jameson and drawing with Cole, but was then obliged to retire, his games being cancelled, and Mortlock being allowed to take his place.
² William Winter retired through illness after 6 rounds.

Prizes - £20 - £15 - £10 - £5. Non-prizewinners received 10s. for each game won.

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1933 British Ladies Championship, Hastings Chess Club, 31 July - 11 August • 1932« »1934

1933 British Ladies Chess Championship		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Miss Ghulam Fatima	&;	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	10½
2	Mrs Amy Eleanor Wheelwright (née Benskin)	0	&;	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½
3	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	7
4	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson)	0	1	0	&;	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	7
5	Miss Minnie Musgrave	0	½	1	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	7
6	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway (née Crittenden)	0	½	0	½	1	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
7	Miss Agnes Margaret Crum	½	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	1	6
8	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	&;	1	1	0	1	5½
9	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	1	4
10	(Lady) Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth (née Watson)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	3
11	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	2½
12	Mrs F/J Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Prizes - £10 - £8 - £6 - £4. Non-prizewinners received 10s. for each game won.

The Times, 31 July 1933: "At the time of writing the twelfth place in the Women's Championship Tournament remains open, so that a bye in each round may be necessary. Here the title may go to Mrs. Michell, last year’s champion, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Holloway, or Mrs. Wheelwright. Miss Fatima, if one may judge by last year, will become a serious competitor with more experience." [Minnie Musgrave took the 12th place in the tournament - JS]

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[Linlithgow Gazette, 18 August 1933] "British Championship Tourneys. — The chess championship competitors (which concluded on Friday last) had a warm time at Hastings, as on all days, except the last, the weather was very hot. This affected two players as, after the second round, Mr Wreford-Brown had, by doctor's orders, to retire. His score was cancelled and his games replayed by A. Mortlock — the boy champion of 1928 — who did well and finished in seventh place. After the sixth round Mr Winter was taken ill. This was a great pity as he had scored 4½ out of 6 and was the only player to beat Sultan Khan. In this case the committee waited two days, but Winter could not resume, so his five unplayed games were scored as wins to his opponents. It is generally thought that Winter would have collected at least four more points from those five games.

"The extreme heat may have encouraged the two Indian players as Sultan Khan again won the men’s championship and Miss Fatima the ladies’. Her play has been remarkably good, especially in the end-game. Her score of 10½ out of 11 games played is possibly the best record in this event. The half-point she dropped was to a Scottish lady, Miss Crum. Regarding Miss Fatima, the London “Evening News” says:—“The Indian girl’s success is really remarkable as this is only her second appearance in the competition. Last year she finished sixth with 6½ points and as she is only just twenty-one she is already being hailed as a “second Miss Menchik.”

"Miss Fatima told me that she learned her chess in England and has been playing the game for about two years. Much of her tuition has been given by Dr Basalvi, a well-known London player. Sir Umar Hayat Khan must be very proud of having introduced Sultan Khan and Miss Fatima to English chess, and the ‘Double Indian’—a technical term in chess openings—takes on a new meaning now that both championships have been won by Sir Umar’s protegées who come from the traditional birthplace of the game."

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[Western Mail - Saturday 12 August 1933] "NEW WOMAN CHESS CHAMPION - Indian Who Likes Game “Even Better Than Dancing” - Miss Fatima, a young Indian woman, looking little more than a girl and dressed in Eastern style, won the British women’s chess championship at Hastings. Her eleven opponents were mostly of many years’ experience, and included four former champions. Yet out of ten [sic - should be 11] games played she won nine [sic - should be 10] and drew one by remarkable play. No such score has ever been made in a series of similar contests extending over nearly thirty years. Miss Fatima has been for five years in England in the household of Sir Umar Hayat Khan in or near London, living a rather secluded life. She speaks only a little simple English, but with a pretty accent like a delightful child. - STARTED TWO YEARS AGO - She has been described as being still in her 'teens, but in an interview with a Western Mail reporter after her victory she admitted she was aged 21 years and one month. She learnt all her chess In England, having started playing, she said, only two years ago. She plays chess because she likes it, she said, "even better than dancing." Miss Fatima took part in the British women's championship contest last year in London, when she came out sixth, and her improvement in the interval has been astounding. Unfortunately, this is likely to be her last tournament in England, as, according to present arrangements, she is returning to India shortly." [n.b. if the information regarding Miss Fatima's age is correct, this suggests a date of birth circa July 1912. I have discovered from a ship's passenger list (Moldavia, sailing for Bombay on 29 December 1933) that her name was Ghulam Fatima and it gave her age as 20 - JS]

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General Congress - Played at Folkestone, 12-23 June 1933 (at the same time as the Olympiad)

JS note: because of the Folkestone Team Tournament (Olympiad), I don't think any other sections were played as part of the Hastings event alongside the two championship sections (nothing is reported in BCM or the Times), but they did form part of the Folkestone event. The Women's World Championship was played alongside the Olympiad at Leas Cliff Hall while the rest of the congress was held at the Folkestone Town Hall.

1933 Women's World Chess Championship, Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, 12-23 June

1933 Women's World Chess Championship		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Vera Menchik	CZE	&;	11	11	11	11	11	11	2d	14
2	Edith Charlotte Price	ENG	00	&;	1½	0½	11	01	11	2d	9
3	Mary Dinorah Gilchrist	SCO	00	0½	&;	11	1½	½½	1½	2d	8½
4	Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	ENG	00	1½	00	&;	½1	11	01	2d	8
5	Alice Tonini	ITA	00	00	0½	½0	&;	11	01	2d	6
6	Paulette Schwartzmann	FRA	00	10	½½	00	00	&;	1½	2d	5½
7	Jeanne Marie Nancy D'Autremont	FRA	00	00	0½	10	10	0½	&;	2d	5
8	Gisela Harum (not present - defaulted)	AUT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	&;	0d

1933 Women's World Championship: Playing Schedule

Round	Date	Round	Date
1	12.06.1933	8	18.06.1933
2	13.06.1933	9	19.06.1933
3	14.06.1933	10	20.06.1933
4	15.06.1933	11	21.06.1933
5	15.06.1933	12	21.06.1933
6	16.06.1933	13	22.06.1933
7	17.06.1933	14	23.06.1933

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1933 BCF Premier, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF Premier		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Eugene Znosko-Borovsky	&;	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8½
2	Dr Oscar Blum	1	&;	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	8
3	Adrián García Conde	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	7½
4	Harry Golombek	½	½	0	&;	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½
5	Dr (Jakob) Adolf Seitz	½	½	½	1	&;	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6½
6	Kenneth Humphry Bancroft	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	½	½	1	1	½	5½
7	Charles Ambrose Scott Damant	0	0	0	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5
8	Edward Mackenzie Jackson	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	&;	0	½	1	1	4½
9	Harold Alexander Hunnam	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	½	4½
10	Eugene Ernest Colman	½	1	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1	0	4
11	Alfred (Arthur?) Eva1	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	3
12	Edmund Spencer	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	&;	2½

¹ I can find nothing in print to determine whether this was Arthur Eva (b 26.11.1876, d 30.05.1942) or his brother Alfred Eva (b 24.08.1882, d 21.02.1974). I lean more towards Alfred as he tended to favour BCF congress more than Arthur.

1933 BCF Premier Reserves, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF Premier Reserves		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Reginald Charles Noel-Johnson	&;	0	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Harold Saunders	1	&;	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
3	Andreas Gulbrandsen (NOR)	0	1	&;	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	7
4	Gabriel Jacquin Wood	0	1	0	&;	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7
5	William Ritson Morry	0	1	1	1	&;	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
6	Charles Herbert Stacey	1	0	0	0	1	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	6
7	Alfred Lenton	½	0	1	½	0	½	&;	1	½	1	0	½	5½
8	Stephen Harding Crockett	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	&;	½	1	0	1	5½
9	Christopher Barclay Heath	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	&;	1	1	0	4½
10	Dr (Robert) Lloyd Storr-Best	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	&;	1	0	3
11	Richard Edward Lean	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	&;	1	3
12	Rev Arthur Percival Lacey-Hulbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	&;	2½

1933 BCF First Class A, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF First Class A		Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Eric Howard Flear	8	&;	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	W A Davidson	9	0	&;	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	7½
3	William Wesley Church	4	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	7
4	George Henry Midgley	6	0	0	1	&;	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	7
5	Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell	1	1	1	0	½	&;	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	7
6	John Baines Lewis	11	0	1	0	0	1	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	6
7	James J Doyle	2	0	0	½	0	½	½	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5½
8	John Keeble	5	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	&;	1	0	0	1	5
9	Austen Lacey Homer	10	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	4½
10	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (neé Lawson)	7	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1	1	3½
11	Capt Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	0	2
12	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	12	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1½

1933 BCF First Class B, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF First Class B		Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Alfred John Duke	1	&;	1	0	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7
2	William John Clare Hart Burges	7	0	&;	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	0	1	6½
3	(Richard) Nevil Coles	8	1	0	&;	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	6½
4	Ronald George Dixon Addey	10	1	0	0	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	6
5	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	3	½	1	½	1	&;	0	½	1	0	½	1	6
6	Rev William Rawson Greenhalgh	6	0	0	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5½
7	Edward Buddel Puckridge	2	½	½	½	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	0	5
8	Alfred Joseph Butcher	4	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	4½
9	E A Jones	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	&;	½	1	3½
10	Olga Menchik	5	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	½	2½
11	J E Young	11	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	2

1933 BCF Second Class A, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF Second Class A		Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	A G Neild	11	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	9½
2	Robin Humphries Rushton	3	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
3	Rev Charles Fenton Bolland	2	0	1	&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	6½
4	Dr J Fine	4	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	6½
5	Mrs Jeanie Brockett	10	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	½	0	1	½	4½
6	F Cooper	5	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	0	1	4
7	G J Hobson	9	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	0	1	½	1	4
8	Miss Mary Louisa Harrison	6	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	0	3½
8	J Parsons	7	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	&;	1	½	3½
10	Herbert William Tidball	1	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	&;	1	3
11	J Mackenzie	8	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	&;	2½

1933 BCF Second Class B, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF Second Class B		Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	William Henderson	4	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Patrick Humphrey Sullivan	9	1	&;	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8½
3	W T Hurley	7	½	0	&;	1	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	6½
4	J H Wise	2	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	6½
5	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	3	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	1	½	1	5½
6	G Fletcher	5	0	0	½	0	½	&;	½	½	1	1	1	5
7	Mrs C Lillie	6	0	1	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	5
8	W A Aston	10	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	&;	½	1	½	4
9	Mrs Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	2
10	Samuel Reginald Tomkinson	11	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	0	2
11	John E Coleman	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1½

1933 BCF Third Class, Folkestone Town Hall, 12-23 June

1933 BCF Third Class		Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Mrs Esme Hewetson Budge (née Benson)	4	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	9
2	Frank Miles Argrave	1	1	&;	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Rev J Howell	6	0	1	&;	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8
4	Mrs Pauline Peckar	12	0	1	½	&;	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7½
5	Owen Dixson	9	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	6½
6	Geoffrey George Homan	3	0	0	1	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½
7	Douglas Enty Budge	2	0	1	½	0	0	½	&;	1	½	1	1	½	6
8	R O Anson	5	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	4½
9	Mrs Lucy Storr-Best (née Morris)	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	4½
0	Mrs Emily Heath (née Wright)	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	4
11	Miss L A Griffiths	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
12	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean (née Sanders)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

 

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File Updated

Date	Notes
22 February 2016	First posted.
26 March 2016	Major upload of games and crosstables
23 June 2016	The complete score of Cole-Jameson (Rd 7) received from Brian Denman, for which many thanks.
12 June 2019	Added some text from the Linlithgow Gazette, 18 August 1933, and the Western Mail, 12 August 1933.
11 January 2022	Added five games, all played at Folkestone in June, where the BCF general congress was held that year. One is from the Folkestone Premier - Znosko-Borovsky 1-0 K.Bancroft; and the other are games played by John Baines Lewis in First Class A, versus Church, Doyle, Homer and Davidson. They were sent to me by Ulrich Tamm, who got them from the British Columbia games collection curated by Stephen Wright. My thanks to Ulrich and Stephen.
12 January 2022	Three more games contributed by Ulrich Tamm, all from the Premier: (1) C.Damant 0-1 E.Znosko-Borovsky, rd 3; (2) O.Blum 1-0 E.Znosko-Borovsky, rd 5; (3) H.Golombek 1-0 K.Bancroft, rd 8. Thanks, Ulrich.
27 April 2022	One game added: C.Heath 0-1 A.Lacy-Hulbert, Premier Reserves. Thanks to Gerard Killoran who contributed it via the English Chess Forum.
4 August 2022	Added one game: W Ritson Morry 1-0 A Gulbrandsen, BCF Folkestone Premier Reserves.
27 November 2022	Three Championship games added, found and contributed by Gerard Killoran: (1) Golombek 0-1 Sultan Khan (rd 1); (2) Alexander ½-½ Abrahams (rd 6); (3) Tylor ½-½ Sultan Khan (rd 9). Many thanks to Gerard.
17 April 2023	Added two games from the BCF Folkestone Premier: (1) O Blum ½-½ Arthur Eva; (2) E Colman 0-1 E Spencer. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for contributing these games via the English Chess Forum.
8 December 2024	Added the game A Gulbrandsen 1-0 A Lacy-Hulbert, BCF Premier Reserves. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, for which many thanks.