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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; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Bruce vs H I Woolverton   ½-½ 28 1949 British Championship A10 English 2. W Fairhurst vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 36 1949 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. F Parr vs D V Hooper   ½-½ 31 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. J M Aitken vs G Thomas   ½-½ 24 1949 British Championship C71 Ruy Lopez 5. E G Sergeant vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 40 1949 British Championship B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 6. W Fairhurst vs A W Bowen   ½-½ 55 1949 British Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. Golombek vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 39 1949 British Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. R Bruce vs R W Bonham   ½-½ 31 1949 British Championship A15 English 9. O Friedman vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 56 1949 British Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. F Parr vs J Penrose   ½-½ 39 1949 British Championship A15 English 11. J M Aitken vs J Stone   ½-½ 29 1949 British Championship C41 Philidor Defense 12. C Hunter vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 33 1949 British Championship D94 Grunfeld 13. T Tylor vs Golombek   ½-½ 34 1949 British Championship B15 Caro-Kann 14. O Penrose vs F Parr   ½-½ 28 1949 British Championship B83 Sicilian 15. J M Aitken vs L Derby   ½-½ 27 1949 British Championship C18 French, Winawer   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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