Bournemouth Premier – 32nd BCF¹ Congress, Bournemouth, 14-25 August 1939

1939 Bournemouth Premier		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Max Euwe	Amsterdam	&;	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Ernst Ludwig Klein	London	½	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½
3	Salo Flohr	Moscow	½	½	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
4	Salo Landau	Amsterdam	½	0	1	&;	½	1	1	½	0	0	1	1	6½
5	Imre König	London	0	½	½	½	&;	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½
6	Adrián García Conde2	London	½	½	0	0	1	&;	0	½	1	1	½	1	6
7	Philip Norman Wallis	London	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	½	1	0	1	1	5
8	Dr. James Macrae Aitken	Lochgelly	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	&;	0	1	1	1	5
9	Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas	Tiverton	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	4½
10	Jacques Mieses	London	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	&;	½	0	3½
11	Francis Ernest Appleyard Kitto	Cambridge	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	1	2
12	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1

¹ note - though part of the 32nd BCF (British Chess Federation) Congress, the above tournament was not for the British Championship, which had been postponed until the autumn – it was scheduled to start at the National Chess Centre in London on Monday 6 November, with possible entries including Australians CJS Purdy and G Koshnitsky. However, it was not ultimately played because of the outbreak of war. William Winter was due to play at Bournemouth but "did not put in an appearance" (BCM, September 1939, p399) and was replaced by Philip N Wallis.
² Adrián García Conde: I have changed the PGN file to reflect the correct presentation of his name to accord with the Hispanic standard – [forename] [paternal surname] [maternal surname]. Note that many contemporary English language references to this player gave his name as 'A. G. Conde' but that is not standard Hispanic usage.

[BCM, October 1939, p428] "What might have been an exciting finish to the tournament was ruined by the world catastrophe. A good fight had been anticipated between Landau and Euwe; but, like the remaining Dutch players at the Congress, they had both left for Holland. It is understood that they had played a game on the previous evening, ending in a draw, but the public saw nothing of this. Euwe’s score thus became 9; and Flohr, with 8, had a chance of tying with him if he could beat König. But König was a possible sharer in the fourth prize, and had no intention of letting Flohr win easily. As a matter of fact, there was a draw in 60 moves, during which both players had difficulties with their clocks. Klein finished strongly, beating Kitto in 26 moves only, and so making his score equal to Flohr’s. Conde, who might have taken fourth prize by winning his last game, played disappointingly and was thus placed below both König and Landau."

1939 British Ladies Chess Championship, Bournemouth • 1938« »1946

1939 British Ladies Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Miss Elaine Saunders	Princes Risborough	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	10
2	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell	Kingston	0	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	8
3	Miss Mary Henniker-Heaton	London	0	0	&;	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
4	Miss Margaret E Lander	Shaftesbury	0	0	1	&;	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	5½
5	Miss Audrey Bourne Poupard	Wanstead	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	5½
6	Miss Agnes Margaret Crum	Edinburgh	0	½	½	1	½	&;	0	½	1	½	½	0	5
7	Miss Rowena Mary Dew	Plymouth	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	0	½	1	5
8	Mrs Esme Hewetson Budge	Kilmacolm	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	4½
9	Miss Minnie Musgrave	Hastings	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	0	1	1	4½
10	Miss Katharine Tate Austin	London	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	&;	0	0	4
11	Mrs Ena Florence Winser	Hastings	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	&;	1	4
12	Miss Mary Louisa Harrison1	Eastbourne	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	1	0	&;	3

n.b. unlike the Premier, the above tournament does count as an official British Championship
¹ this is a tentative identification of Miss M L Harrison's full name based on finding someone fitting the description in the 1939 census.

[BCM, October 1939, p426] "The result of this event might almost be called “prodigious,” for the title fell—needless to say for the first time—to a child of thirteen, who went through the tournament without a loss, and with only two drawn games. Miss Elaine Saunders throughout the fortnight kept her head, and this, apart from her great natural talent and excellent tuition, is the secret of her success. She had lost games against Miss Musgrave, last year’s champion, and Miss M. E. Lander, but she drew the first and won the second, by which she assured herself of first place before the final round was played."

1939 BCF Major Open - Section A

1939 BCF Major Open A		Nat'y	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	David Podhorzer	AUT	Richborough	&;	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Eugene Znosko-Borovsky	FRA	Paris	0	&;	1	1d	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7
3	Friedrich Sämisch	GER	Berlin	½	0	&;	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	0	1	6½
4	Abraham Speijer	NED	Maastricht	½	0d	½	&;	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	0d	6½
5	Dr. Stefan Fazekas	ENG	London	0	1	0	½	&;	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	6½
6	Dr. Paul M List	ENG	London	½	½	1	½	½	&;	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
7	Alfred Joseph Butcher	ENG	Wolverhampton	0	½	½	0	1	0	&;	1	0	½	1	1	5½
8	(Francis) Percival Wenman	ENG	Bristol	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	&;	½	1	½	1	4½
9	Ronald Mackay Bruce	ENG	Plymouth	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	&;	1	½	0	4
10	Alan Noel Booth1	ENG	London	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	&;	0	1	4
11	Dr. Hans Georg Schenk	GER	London	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	&;	½	3½
12	John Bertram Goodman	ENG	Plymouth	0	0	0	1d	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	&;	2½2

0d/1d = by default - Speijer left for his home in Maastricht two rounds before the end
¹ Alan Noel Booth (1913-1948). "A. N. Booth, a well-known player London player, was accidentally gassed, early in April." (CHESS, May 1948, Vol.13/152, p190 - in fact, Booth died on 3 March 1948)
² shown as 1½ in BCM but there is an error in the magazine's crosstable

[BCM, October 1939, p429] "Section A of the Major Open Tournament was spoilt by the shadow of war. Podhorzer was perhaps a certain winner early in the fray, but the veteran Speijer, who was favourite for second place, left for Holland a day in advance of his compatriots and forfeited two points, letting in Znosko-Borovsky as second. He nevertheless succeeded in sharing the third prize with Fazekas and Sämisch. Section B of the Major was a much weaker event, and the only misfortune here was the withdrawal of one of the competitors without playing a game, so that there was a bye each round. It is notable that Hoad, who won first prize, entered originally for the First Class, and was only a late promotion to the Major Open."

1939 BCF Major Open - Section B

1939 BCF Major Open B		Nat'y	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Philip C Hoad	ENG	New Cross	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	7
2	Alfred Eva 1	ENG	Stockport	1	&;	1	0	1	½	½	0	1	1	½	6½
3	Dennis Morton Horne	ENG	Tadworth	0	0	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½
4	(Alexander) Aird Thomson	SCO	Glasgow	1	1	½	&;	½	0	½	1	1	0	1	6½
5	Arthur John Morrell	ENG	Bournemouth	0	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½
6	Isaac Reginald Vesselo	ENG	London	0	½	1	1	½	&;	0	0	½	½	1	5
7	Angus Glyn Burnett	ENG	Edinburgh	0	½	0	½	½	1	&;	1	½	½	0	4½
8	John David Solomon	ENG	London	½	1	0	0	0	1	0	&;	0	1	1	4½
9	Maurice Ellinger	ENG	London	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	&;	1	½	3½
10	John Edward Richardson	ENG	Buckingham	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	0	&;	1	3½
11	F A Damen 2	NED	Rotterdam	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	&;	2

¹ Nothing to confirm it in print but the residence of Stockport suggests this was Alfred Eva (b 24.08.1882, d 21.02.1974) and not his brother Arthur Eva (b 26.11.1876, d 30.05.1942)
² a news report (Birmingham Daily Post, 29 August 1939) states that FA Damen left for his home in Rotterdam a round or two before the end, so more than one of his losses may have been defaults.

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Other Sections

BCM did not publish these results - however, The Times, 28 August 1939, did - and we now have the handwritten tables from the Hampshire History website

1939 BCF First Class A

1939 BCF First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Gert Budowski	Boulogne, aged 14	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	9
2	I Jack Good	Hendon	1	&;	0	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	8
3	Austen Lacey Homer	Stourbridge	0	1	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	7
4	John Stanley Giles	Timperley	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	7
5	Laurence Mullen	East Ham	0	½	½	0	&;	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	6½
6	Ernest J Randall	Brighton	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	½	1	½	½	5
7	Ralph Carter Woodthorpe	Chichester	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	½	1	1	1	½	5
8	C J Barry	Dublin	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1	1	4½
9	Charles Stanley Hunter	London	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	&;	½	1	½	4½
10	I A Harris	Bournemouth	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	&;	1	1	3½
11	Geoffrey Harber Diggle	Luton	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1	3
12	George Arthur Peck	Nottingham	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	&;	3

1939 BCF First Class B

1939 BCF First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Walter James E Yeeles	Kent	&;	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Robin Humphries Rushton	Luton	½	&;	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8
3	G Booth	Westcliff-on-Sea	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Patrick Humphrey Sullivan	Dartford	0	½	½	&;	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½
5	Rev. William Rawson Greenhalgh	London	½	1	½	1	&;	0	½	0	½	1	1	½	6½
6	Rev. Ernest Clement Mortimer	Exmouth	1	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	1	1	0	1	6½
7	A L Davies	Dudley	0	½	½	½	½	½	&;	0	½	1	0	½	4½
8	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	Brighton	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	&;	½	½	1	0	4½
9	Thomas M Warburton	Liverpool	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	&;	0	1	1	4½
10	J Butterworth	London	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1	½	3½
11	John Spedan Lewis	Stockbridge	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	&;	1	3
12	Francis Albert Joyce	Freshwater	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	&;	2½

1939 BCF First Class C

1939 BCF First Class C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	William A Hooper	Bournemouth	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	9
2	Newman Clissold	New Brighton	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8½
3	John G Hayes	Ilford	1	0	&;	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	7
4	Kenneth Neville Reed	Southampton	½	½	½	&;	1	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	5½
5	Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	Ludlow	0	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	5
6	Stanley Charles Love	Wimbledon	0	0	1	0	1	&;	0	½	1	1	0	½	5
7	Colonel Stuart Prince	Nice	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	½	1	0	5
8	Frank Percival Pounce	Rottingdean	0	1	0	½	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	5
9	Rev. Henry Charles de Barathy	Horley	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	&;	0	½	1	4½
10	G F Hawkins		0	0	1	½	0	0	½	0	1	&;	½	½	4
11	Arthur T Watson	Brighton	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	½	&;	½	4
12	Charles Henry Taylor	Wells	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	&;	3½

1939 BCF Second Class

1939 BCF Second Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Edwin Breckon Chapman	Leicester	&;	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	9
2	Stanley Jeffrey Leigh	Parkstone	½	&;	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½
3	Mrs. Mary Dew (née Rowe)	Plymouth	0	0	&;	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	7
4	Col. Thomas Gordon Cumming Bliss, CBE	Parkstone	0	½	½	&;	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	7
5	Herbert Lester Gardiner	Bournemouth	½	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	6½
6	Ernst Hermann Albert Behrndt	Richmond	½	1	0	½	0	&;	0	½	1	1	½	1	6
7	Miss A M van Schaik	Amsterdam	0	½	1	0	0	1	&;	0	1	0	1	1	5½
8	William Maxwell Batten	Welwyn Garden City	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	&;	½	1	½	1	5½
9	Stanley Charles Hilliam	Cowes IOW	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	1	½	1	4½
10	Mrs Melita Ida Elizabeth Seyd (née Krohn)	London	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1	3½
11	W A Aston	Wolverhampton	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	&;	½	3½
12	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Deal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½

1939 BCF Third Class

1939 BCF Third Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	William Norman Boydon	Wolverhampton	&;	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	9
2	J Reiss	London	½	&;	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Arthur Trimnell	Hornsey	0	1	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
4	James Bickerdike Critchison	Bournemouth	0	0	½	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	J P Kirby	Bournemouth	0	½	½	1	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	7
6	Captain James B Morgan	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	1	0	1	6
7	J Francis	St Leonards	½	½	0	½	½	0	&;	0	1	½	1	1	5½
8	Douglas Enty Budge	Kilmacolm	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	&;	½	0	1	1	4½
9	John E Coleman	Grays	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	4
10	John Ernest Crawford Flitch	Bournemouth	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	1	1	4
11	William Smithard	Derby	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	&;	1	2
12	Miss Edith Maud Eleanor John Goodacre	Cheltenham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

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There was of course no BCF Congress in 1940. The venue would have been Sutton Coldfield, as decided at BCF meetings in 1939.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
19 March 2002	Uploaded here as a zipped file.
14 October 2020	Now complete with 26 games from other sections, dates, plus crosstables and more detailed names.
17 October 2020	Brian Denman sent me a further game, Pounce-Watson, from First Class C. Thanks, Brian.
30 November 2020	A further two games added, both from Major Open A: Booth-Saemisch (rd 1) and Wenman-Znosko Borovsky (rd 11). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm.
23 December 2021	BCM didn't provide full results or crosstables of the lower sections but it became possible to add these thanks to the Hampshire Chess History website which has manuscript copies of all the congress crosstables. I have corrected a few errors and added forenames where discoverable.
27 April 2022	Added two games from First Class C: (1) N Clissold 0-1 W Hooper; (2) Lacy-Hulbert 0-1 W Hooper. Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.
17 May 2023	Added the part-game EC Mortimer 1-0 NN (First-Class B).
21 May 2023	Added the game A Thomson 1-0 P Hoad (Major Open B). Many thanks to Andy Ansel for submitting the game. I've amended Euwe-Abrahams to show that Black resigned on move 12, which is how it is recorded in both BCM and CHESS (the latter with Euwe's own notes).
3 December 2024	Added the game G F Hawkins 0-1 A Lacy-Hulbert (First Class C), contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.