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British Championship Tournament

Henry Atkins8.5/10(+7 -0 =3)[games]
Fred Dewhirst Yates8.5/11(+8 -2 =1)[games]
Edmund Spencer7.5/10(+6 -1 =3)[games]
Theodore Tylor5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
William Winter4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Hubert Price4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Herbert Jacobs3/8(+1 -3 =4)[games]
William Gooding4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Harold Saunders4.5/11(+4 -6 =1)[games]
Joseph Blake2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[games]
George Wyville Moses1/9(+1 -8 =0)[games]
Henry Bernard Uber1.5/8(+1 -6 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
British Championship (1925)

Played at the Town Hall in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 17-28 August 1925. Rest day: Sunday 23 August. Henry Ernest Atkins won the event for the 9th and last time, with 9.5/11.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————— 1 Atkins • 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9½ 2 Yates 0 • 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 3 Spencer ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 4 Tylor 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 Winter 0 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6 6 Price 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 0 0 1 1 1 5½ =7 Jacobs ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 0 0 1 5 =7 Gooding 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ • 0 1 1 ½ 5 9 Saunders ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 • 0 1 0 4½ 10 Blake 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 • ½ ½ 3 11 Moses 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ • 1 2½ 12 Uber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 • 2 ————————————————————————————————————————

Agnes Stevenson won the British Ladies' Championship for the 2nd time. John Drewitt and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky won the Major Open tournament with 9.5/11.

Game dates

There are 10 missing games from rounds 9-11 (24 March 2022)

Round 01: Monday 17 August
Round 02: Tuesday 18 August
Round 03: Wednesday 19 August
Round 04: Thursday 20 August
Round 05: Friday 21 August
Round 06: Saturday 22 August
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Round 07: Monday 24 August
Round 08: Tuesday 25 August
Round 09: Wednesday 26 August
Round 10: Thursday 27 August
Round 11: Friday 28 August

Sources

BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...

Previous: British Championship (1924). Next: British Championship (1926)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Blake vs H Atkins  0-1561925British ChampionshipE72 King's Indian
2. Yates vs E Spencer  1-0581925British ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. H B Uber vs T Tylor  0-1331925British ChampionshipE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
4. H Saunders vs W Gooding  1-0401925British ChampionshipC66 Ruy Lopez
5. H Price vs W Winter  0-1291925British ChampionshipB58 Sicilian
6. H Jacobs vs G W Moses  0-1331925British ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
7. G W Moses vs Yates  0-1371925British ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
8. H B Uber vs H Saunders  1-0401925British ChampionshipC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
9. T Tylor vs W Winter  ½-½321925British ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. E Spencer vs H Price  ½-½701925British Championship000 Chess variants
11. W Gooding vs J Blake  1-0351925British ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
12. H Atkins vs H Jacobs  ½-½341925British ChampionshipA80 Dutch
13. H Price vs G W Moses  1-0511925British ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
14. H Jacobs vs W Gooding  ½-½461925British ChampionshipA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
15. J Blake vs H B Uber  ½-½671925British ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
16. T Tylor vs H Saunders  1-0691925British ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
17. W Winter vs E Spencer  0-1451925British ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
18. Yates vs H Atkins  0-1451925British ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
19. G W Moses vs W Winter  0-1681925British ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
20. H Saunders vs J Blake  0-1301925British ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
21. E Spencer vs T Tylor  ½-½311925British ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
22. H B Uber vs H Jacobs  0-1501925British ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
23. W Gooding vs Yates  0-1271925British ChampionshipE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
24. H Atkins vs H Price  1-0431925British ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
25. W Winter vs H Atkins 0-1171925British ChampionshipD95 Grunfeld
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-24-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: CG had 14 games, and 42 games from Britbase added here yesterday.

Missing games:

Round 9: Winter vs Blake 1-0, Moses vs Uber 1-0, Price vs Jacobs 1/2

Round 10: Jacobs vs Winter 1/2, Uber vs Atkins 0-1, Tylor vs Gooding 1/2

Round 11: Price vs Tylor 1/2, Spencer vs Jacobs 0-1, Moses vs Blake 1/2, Gooding vs Uber 1/2

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