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British Championship Tournament

Sultan Khan5/7(+4 -1 =2)[games]
Francis Hamond5/8(+5 -3 =0)[games]
William Winter4.5/7(+4 -2 =1)[games]
William Albert Fairhurst3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Gerald Abrahams3/5(+3 -2 =0)[games]
Hubert Price3/5(+3 -2 =0)[games]
Reginald Michell3/4(+3 -1 =0)[games]
John Harold Morrison2/4(+2 -2 =0)[games]
Theodore Tylor1.5/3(+1 -1 =1)[games]
John Drewitt1/3(+1 -2 =0)[games]
Arthur Eva0.5/7(+0 -6 =1)[games]
Wilfred Hugh Miller Kirk0/4(+0 -4 =0)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
British Championship (1929)

Played at Chatham House in Ramsgate, England, from 29 July to 9 August 1929. Rest day: Sunday 4 August. Mir Sultan Khan won with 8/11.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Sultan Khan • 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 =2 Michell 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 =2 Price 0 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 =4 Morrison ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6½ =4 Tylor ½ 1 ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6½ =4 Winter ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6½ =7 Hamond 1 0 0 1 0 0 • ½ 1 0 1 1 5½ =7 Drewitt 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 1 1 5½ 9 Abrahams 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 • 1 1 1 5 10 Fairhurst 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 • 1 ½ 4½ =11 Eva ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 2 =11 Kirk 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————

Mary Dinorah Gilchrist won the British Ladies' Championship with 8/11. Arpad Vajda and Jakob Adolf Seitz won the Major Open tournament with 9/11.

Game dates

There are 34 missing games (27 March 2022)

Round 01: Monday 29 July
Round 02: Tuesday 30 July
Round 03: Wednesday 31 July
Round 04: Thursday 1 August
Round 05: Friday 2 August
Round 06: Saturday 3 August
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Round 07: Monday 5 August
Round 08: Tuesday 6 August
Round 09: Wednesday 7 August
Round 10: Thursday 8 August
Round 11: Friday 9 August

Sources

Photo: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...
BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...

Previous: British Championship (1928). Next: British Championship (1931) (not counting Scarborough (1930))

 page 1 of 1; 3 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Fairhurst vs T Tylor ½-½381929British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
2. S Khan vs W Winter ½-½731929British ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
3. A Eva vs S Khan ½-½411929British ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
  REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)  

Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-29-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Have do you have the episode of Kirk v Khan?
Jun-29-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: khhhhaaaaaaaaan!!
Jun-29-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Kirk et al were unsuccessful in facing the wrath of Khan.
Apr-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Sad that Kirk-Khan is the one game of SK's that we're missing.
Apr-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <FSR>, that is indeed most unfortunate.

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