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🏆 British Championship (1949)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Dennis Morton Horne, James Macrae Aitken, Gerald Abrahams, Theodore Tylor, Leonard Barden, Reginald Broadbent, William Albert Fairhurst, George Thomas, John Arthur Fuller, Andrew Thomas, Edward Guthlac Sergeant, Harry Golombek, Charles Hunter, Jonathan Penrose, Alan Phillips, Frank Parr, Leo Derby, David Vincent Hooper, Otto Friedman, Herbert Gibson Rhodes, Alfred William Bowen, Ronald MacKay Bruce, Joseph Stone, Stefan Fazekas, Richard Hilary Newman, Harry Ivor Woolverton, Harold Israel, Oliver Penrose, Reginald Walter Bonham, Douglas Riley, Peter Harris

British Championship (1949) Played at the grammar school in Felixstowe, England, 8-19 August 1949. Rest day: Sunday 14 August. Number of games played: 16 x 11 = 176. Harry Golombek was British Champion for the 2nd time, with 8.5/11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 01 Golombek +18 +26 +08 +15 =09 +04 -11 +05 +03 =02 =07 8½ 02 Fazekas =32 -30 +25 +28 +07 +09 =05 =11 +17 =01 +04 8 03 Horne =04 =07 -26 +32 +31 +06 +09 +16 -01 +11 +05 8 04 G A Thomas =03 +17 =21 +10 =16 -01 +14 +12 +11 =05 -02 7 05 Bowen +25 =08 +14 -09 +15 +16 =02 -01 +19 =04 -03 6½ 06 A R B Thomas +28 =32 =30 =07 =26 -03 -20 =13 +18 +16 +17 6½ 07 Tylor =31 =03 +12 =06 -02 +08 -10 +26 +09 =17 =01 6½ 08 Fuller +24 =05 -01 +17 -12 -07 =23 +30 +15 +19 =11 6½ 09 Fairhurst +27 =21 +11 +05 =01 -02 -03 +20 -07 =14 +12 6½ 10 Broadbent -26 +18 +32 -04 -20 +13 +07 -17 +28 =12 +14 6½ 11 Hooper +20 =15 -09 +23 +30 +21 +01 =02 -04 -03 =08 6½ 12 Barden -14 +24 -07 +27 +08 =26 +21 -04 +16 =10 -09 6 13 O Penrose -21 +27 -16 =19 =17 -10 +31 =06 +29 +20 =15 6 14 Hunter +12 =16 -05 +29 -21 +15 -04 =19 +23 =09 -10 5½ 15 Parr +19 =11 +29 -01 -05 -14 +28 =18 -08 +21 =13 5½ 16 Newman +22 =14 +13 =30 =04 -05 +26 -03 -12 -06 +23 5½ 17 Israel =23 -04 +20 -08 =13 +31 +18 +10 -02 =07 -06 5½ 18 J Penrose -01 -10 -27 +24 +32 +22 -17 =15 -06 +29 =20 5 19 Phillips -15 =25 =24 =13 =23 +28 +30 =14 -05 -08 =22 5 20 Stone -11 =22 -17 +25 +10 =30 +06 -09 =21 -13 =18 5 21 Aitken +13 =09 =04 =26 +14 -11 -12 =23 =20 -15 =24 5 22 Bonham -16 =20 -28 -31 +25 -18 =29 =24 +32 +30 =19 5 23 Friedman =17 -29 +31 -11 =19 +27 =08 =21 -14 +26 -16 5 24 Derby -08 -12 =19 -18 -27 +29 =32 =22 +25 +28 =21 5 25 Harris -05 =19 -02 -20 -22 +32 +27 -28 -24 +31 +26 4½ 26 Sergeant +10 -01 +03 =21 =06 =12 -16 -07 =30 -23 -25 4 27 Rhodes -09 -13 +18 -12 +24 -23 -25 -29 =31 +32 =28 4 28 Riley -06 =31 +22 -02 +29 -19 -15 +25 -10 -24 =27 4 29 Bruce =30 +23 -15 -14 -28 -24 =22 +27 -13 -18 +32 4 30 Woolverton =29 +02 =06 =16 -11 =20 -19 -08 =26 -22 =31 4 31 Russ =07 =28 -23 +22 -03 -17 -13 -32 =27 -25 =30 3 32 Abrahams =02 =06 -10 -03 -18 -25 =24 +31 -22 -27 -29 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eileen Tranmer won the British Ladies' Championship for the 2nd time, with 11/11. Game dates There are 121 missing games (8 April 2022) Round 01: Monday 8 August Round 02: Tuesday 9 August Round 03: Wednesday 10 August Round 04: Thursday 11 August Round 05: Friday 12 August Round 06: Saturday 13 August ----------- Round 07: Monday 15 August Round 08: Tuesday 16 August Round 09: Wednesday 17 August Round 10: Thursday 18 August Round 11: Friday 19 August Sources Photo: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6GMz8yo... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Previous (12-player round robin): British Championship (1948). Next: British Championship (1950)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. D Horne vs A R Thomas   1-0 21 1949 British Championship C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 27. R H Newman vs A W Bowen   0-1 28 1949 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 28. W Fairhurst vs S Fazekas 0-1 13 1949 British Championship A84 Dutch 29. J M Aitken vs D V Hooper   0-1 30 1949 British Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 30. R Bruce vs R W Bonham   ½-½ 31 1949 British Championship A15 English 31. J Penrose vs H Israel   0-1 17 1949 British Championship B89 Sicilian 32. L Barden vs J M Aitken   1-0 50 1949 British Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 33. D Horne vs W Fairhurst   1-0 37 1949 British Championship B83 Sicilian 34. D V Hooper vs Golombek   1-0 42 1949 British Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 35. D Riley vs F Parr 0-1 20 1949 British Championship E61 King's Indian 36. Golombek vs A W Bowen   1-0 30 1949 British Championship E10 Queen's Pawn Game 37. J Stone vs W Fairhurst   0-1 17 1949 British Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 38. O Friedman vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 56 1949 British Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 39. F Parr vs J Penrose   ½-½ 39 1949 British Championship A15 English 40. H G Rhodes vs R Bruce   0-1 47 1949 British Championship E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 41. Golombek vs D Horne 1-0 22 1949 British Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 42. R Bruce vs O Penrose   0-1 32 1949 British Championship A13 English 43. J M Aitken vs J Stone   ½-½ 29 1949 British Championship C41 Philidor Defense 44. J A Fuller vs F Parr   1-0 39 1949 British Championship B83 Sicilian 45. W Fairhurst vs T Tylor   0-1 39 1949 British Championship A16 English 46. C Hunter vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 33 1949 British Championship D94 Grunfeld 47. F Parr vs J M Aitken   1-0 60 1949 British Championship E01 Catalan, Closed 48. R Bruce vs J Penrose   0-1 63 1949 British Championship A95 Dutch, Stonewall 49. H G Rhodes vs G Abrahams   1-0 31 1949 British Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 50. T Tylor vs Golombek   ½-½ 34 1949 British Championship B15 Caro-Kann  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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