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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 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Phillips vs F Parr   0-1 37 1949 British Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 2. E G Sergeant vs Golombek   0-1 36 1949 British Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 3. O Friedman vs R Bruce   0-1 31 1949 British Championship E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 4. D V Hooper vs W Fairhurst   0-1 42 1949 British Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. R Bruce vs F Parr   0-1 49 1949 British Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 6. F Parr vs Golombek   0-1 39 1949 British Championship A47 Queen's Indian 7. R Broadbent vs J Stone   0-1 52 1949 British Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 8. R Bruce vs D Riley   0-1 40 1949 British Championship A13 English 9. J M Aitken vs D V Hooper   0-1 30 1949 British Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 10. F Parr vs C Hunter   0-1 41 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. O Penrose vs R Broadbent 0-1 18 1949 British Championship A53 Old Indian 12. R H Newman vs A W Bowen   0-1 28 1949 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. W Fairhurst vs S Fazekas 0-1 13 1949 British Championship A84 Dutch 14. D Riley vs F Parr 0-1 20 1949 British Championship E61 King's Indian 15. J Penrose vs H Israel   0-1 17 1949 British Championship B89 Sicilian 16. J Stone vs W Fairhurst   0-1 17 1949 British Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 17. H G Rhodes vs R Bruce   0-1 47 1949 British Championship E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 18. W Fairhurst vs T Tylor   0-1 39 1949 British Championship A16 English 19. R Bruce vs O Penrose   0-1 32 1949 British Championship A13 English 20. R Bruce vs J Penrose   0-1 63 1949 British Championship A95 Dutch, Stonewall 21. E G Sergeant vs P Harris   0-1 49 1949 British Championship C66 Ruy Lopez 22. G Abrahams vs R Bruce   0-1 75 1949 British Championship A00 Uncommon Opening  page 1 of 1; 22 games      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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