The first British Chess Federation (BCF) Championship was held at the Public Hall in Hastings, England, 22 August - 3 September 1904. Rest days: 27-28 August. Atkins and Napier tied at 8.5/11, after which William Ewart Napier won the British Championship Playoff (1905) in January.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Napier • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8½
2 Atkins ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½
3 Blackburne ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
4 Bellingham ½ ½ 0 • 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7
5 Michell 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½
6 Lee 0 1 0 0 1 • 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6
=7 Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 0 1 1 ½ 1 4½
=7 Palmer 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 0 4½
=7 Tattersall 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 1 4½
10 MacDonald 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 4
11 Mackenzie 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ 3
12 Chepmell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ • 1½
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Kate Belinda Finn won the British Ladies' Championship with 10.5/11.
Game dates
Round 01: Monday 22 August (7 pm)
Round 02: Tuesday 23 August (10 am)
Round 03: Wednesday 24 August
Round 04: Thursday 25 August
Round 05: Friday 26 August
"All next week the Tournament will be continued as usual, play being between the hours of ten and one and seven and ten, and the unfinished games being concluded on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday afternoons."
Round 06: Monday 29 August
Round 07: Tuesday 30 August
Round 08: Wednesday 31 August (Jacobs vs Atkins: 27 August)
Round 09: Thursday 1 September
Round 10: Friday 2 September (MacDonald vs Jacobs: 29 August)
Round 11: Saturday 3 September
Missing Games
There are 7 missing game scores, and some incomplete scores (16 April 2022)
Rd 02: Chepmell 1 Palmer
Rd 03: Chepmell 0 Mackenzie
Rd 04: Macdonald ½ Michell
Rd 04: Mackenzie ½ Palmer
Rd 06: Palmer 1 Jacobs
Rd 07: Blackburne ½ Macdonald
Rd 11: Chepmell 0 Lee
Sources
BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...
Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 27 August 1904, page 6
Next: British Championship (1905)
Kibitzing
