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British Championship Tournament

Francis Edward Hamond5/8(+5 -3 =0)[games]
Mir Sultan Khan5/7(+4 -1 =2)[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]
Reginald Pryce Michell3/4(+3 -1 =0)[games]
Hubert Ernest Price3/5(+3 -2 =0)[games]
John Harold Morrison2/4(+2 -2 =0)[games]
Theodore Henry Tylor1.5/3(+1 -1 =1)[games]
John Arthur James 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 2; games 1-25 of 32  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F E Hamond vs Sultan Khan 1-0431929British ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
2. R P Michell vs W Fairhurst  1-0371929British ChampionshipD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
3. G Abrahams vs W Winter  1-0281929British ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
4. W H Kirk vs H E Price  0-1241929British ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
5. W Winter vs W H Kirk  1-0341929British ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. F E Hamond vs G Abrahams  1-0351929British ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. W Fairhurst vs A Eva  1-0281929British ChampionshipE10 Queen's Pawn Game
8. R P Michell vs H E Price  1-0451929British ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. W H Kirk vs F E Hamond  0-1501929British ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
10. A Eva vs T H Tylor  0-1191929British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
11. Sultan Khan vs G Abrahams 1-0371929British ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
12. W Fairhurst vs Sultan Khan 0-1401929British ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. G Abrahams vs W H Kirk  1-0191929British ChampionshipC13 French
14. T H Tylor vs J H Morrison  0-1361929British ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
15. W Fairhurst vs T H Tylor ½-½381929British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
16. A Eva vs W Winter  0-1331929British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
17. F E Hamond vs A Eva  1-0251929British ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
18. W Winter vs J H Morrison  1-0461929British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
19. J H Morrison vs F E Hamond  0-1321929British ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
20. H E Price vs Sultan Khan  0-1381929British ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
21. F E Hamond vs W Fairhurst  0-1371929British ChampionshipE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
22. H E Price vs W Winter  1-0271929British ChampionshipE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
23. W Fairhurst vs G Abrahams  0-1311929British ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. A Eva vs J A J Drewitt  0-1281929British ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
25. R P Michell vs Sultan Khan 0-1561929British ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  PGN Download
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