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🏆 British Championship (1949)

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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

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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
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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
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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
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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 3 of 3; games 51-55 of 55  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. W Fairhurst vs L Barden  1-0321949British ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
52. O Penrose vs F Parr  ½-½281949British ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
53. J M Aitken vs L Derby  ½-½271949British ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
54. E G Sergeant vs P Harris  0-1491949British ChampionshipC66 Ruy Lopez
55. G Abrahams vs R Bruce  0-1751949British ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
 page 3 of 3; games 51-55 of 55  PGN Download
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