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John Drewitt

Number of games in database: 56
Years covered: 1908 to 1929
Overall record: +22 -21 =13 (50.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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JOHN DREWITT
(born Mar-05-1873, died Mar-19-1931, 58 years old) United Kingdom

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John Arthur James Drewitt was born in Patching, Sussex, England. He was London champion in 1927, 1928 and 1929-30. Drewitt was a philosophy professor. He died en route to Hastings in 1931 after falling from a train.

Last updated: 2024-02-03 07:47:04

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Lasker vs J Drewitt  0-1211908Simul, 26bC33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. J Drewitt vs W Gunston  0-1261913Oxford City - Cambridge TownC51 Evans Gambit
3. J Drewitt vs R Barnett  1-0291919Oxford Univ - Imperial Chess ClubC42 Petrov Defense
4. Euwe vs J Drewitt  ½-½451921BroadstairsC42 Petrov Defense
5. J Drewitt vs H Atkins ½-½201921Sussex - Yorkshire mC44 King's Pawn Game
6. P Sergeant vs J Drewitt  ½-½261922Hastings 1922/23D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
7. J Drewitt vs Reti 0-1581922Hastings 1922/23B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
8. A G Conde vs J Drewitt  1-0301922Hastings 1922/23D02 Queen's Pawn Game
9. J Drewitt vs P Sergeant  1-0201923Brighton vs HampsteadC46 Three Knights
10. J Drewitt vs Rubinstein 1-0341923Hastings 1922/23C49 Four Knights
11. J Blake vs J Drewitt  ½-½361923Hastings 1922/23C26 Vienna
12. B Siegheim vs J Drewitt  1-0491923Hastings 1922/23D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. F Wenman vs J Drewitt  0-1341923NCCU MajorD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. J A Seitz vs J Drewitt  0-1291923BCF Major OpenD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. J Drewitt vs A West  1-0491923BCF Major OpenC46 Three Knights
16. J Drewitt vs G W Moses  1-0361923BCF Major OpenC49 Four Knights
17. J Drewitt vs C Gurnhill  1-0201923BCF Major OpenC49 Four Knights
18. Alekhine vs J Drewitt 1-0221923BCF Major OpenA06 Reti Opening
19. Znosko-Borovsky vs J Drewitt  1-0421924Weston-super-MareC42 Petrov Defense
20. Euwe vs J Drewitt  ½-½251924Weston-super-MareB58 Sicilian
21. J Blake vs J Drewitt  ½-½261924Weston-super-MareC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
22. J Drewitt vs C Duffield  ½-½231924Weston-super-MareC47 Four Knights
23. P D Bolland vs J Drewitt  0-1791924Weston-super-MareC42 Petrov Defense
24. J Drewitt vs G Wainwright  1-0471924Weston-super-MareB02 Alekhine's Defense
25. J Drewitt vs E Spencer  1-0311924Weston-super-MareC47 Four Knights
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-28-04  Benzol: John Arthur James Drewitt
Born 17th October 1873 in Patching
Died 19th March 1931 in Hastings
He was London Champion in 1927, 1928 and 1929-30.
Apr-18-07  aktajha: He more often lost the game than drewitt
Jun-12-10  BobCrisp: <His death occurred near Battle when he fell from a train. Post mortem reports showed that his heart was diseased and he may have known about this. The heart problem would have caused giddiness and could have brought about his fall from the train, though, on the other hand, his death could have been suicide, if he knew how weak his heart was.>

http://www.hastingschessclub.co.uk/...

Jul-11-10  BobCrisp: Not to be confused with Jack-the-Ripper suspect, Montague John Druitt: http://www.casebook.org/suspects/dr...
Mar-04-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Sussex Express, March 20th, 1931, p.11:

<A prominent figure in the chess world, who regularly represented Sussex in county games, Mr. J. A. J. Drewitt, of Datchet Dene, Guestling, met a tragic fate yesterday (Thursday) morning, when he fell from a London to Hastings express at Mountfield Crossing, near Battle, and was fatally injured.

He was found by platelayers lying beside the line, and was taken in the Battle motor ambulance to the Royal East Sussex Hospital, Hastings, but died on the way.

He had no relatives near Hastings, and he lived at Guestling as a paying guest. His aged mother, a brother and sisters, live at Worthing.

LAST WORDS TO LANDLADY

His landlady, Miss M. E. Thomas, told a "Sussex Express” reporter that Mr. Drewitt had lodged with her for the past 10 years.

"This is a terrible shock to me,” she said. "Mr. Drewitt left home this morning about quarter to ten. I thought he was going as usual to the Hastings Chess Club at Carlisle Parade, for his last words to me were: 'Don’t worry if I am a little bit late. I shall keep on playing till I win.' I had no idea he was going to take a train journey, though, of course, he often had to travel to chess matches away. He left in rather a hurry, I suppose now, because he was afraid he might lose the train.

"He was generally most cheerful, though occasionally he had melancholy moments. He worried rather over the sudden death of my aunt last Christmas, for we had been very happy together for the last 10 years. Now I am left quite alone.”

[...]

Mr. Drewitt's death has cast a deep shadow over the Hastings Club, where he had many real friends. A fellow-member told the "Sussex Express" that he would be greatly missed, not only there, but in British chess circles generally.

"He was always a very reserved man," he said, "but he was undoubtedly popular. He seemed to spend his whole life playing chess.">

Mar-18-22
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  John Saunders: The d.o.b. of 17 October 1873 given here (as at 18 March 2022) is incorrect. It is the date given in Alumni Oxonienses, however statutory records show the birth as registered in the 2nd quarter of 1873 and there is a baptismal record for 13 April 1873. A bit more digging and I found the correct date, which is 5 March 1873 (Horsham, Petworth, Midhurst and Steyning Express - Tuesday 11 March 1873 - page 2)

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