1910 British Chess Championship
1910 British Chess Championship |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Atkins,Henry Ernest |
Leicester |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
2 |
Yates,Fred Dewhirst |
Birstall |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7½ |
3 |
Blackburne,Joseph Henry |
London |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Wainwright,George Edward |
London |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
5 |
Blake,Joseph Henry |
London |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
6 |
Paley-Hughes,William Alfred |
Hastings |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
Colman,Eugene Ernest |
Straits Settlement |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
Gibson,William P |
Glasgow |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
4½ |
9 |
Lewis,John A |
Liverpool |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
10 |
Smith,Stephen Francis (Dr) |
London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
Smith,Frank Scuse |
Oxford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
12 |
Brown,Fred |
Dudley |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2½ |
"British Chess Federation: The Oxford Congress:—The following twelve have been selected to play in the Britich Championship Tournament at the Oxford Congress this month: J. H. Blackburne, J. H. Blake, E. C. [typo] Colman, Dr S. F. Smith, and G. E. Wainwright, London; Fred. Brown, Dudley; W. Gibson, Glasgow, H. E. Atkins, Huddersfield; J. Lewis, Liverpool ; F. D. Yates, Birstall ; F. S. Smith, Oxford; and W. Paley Hughes, Hastings.
1910 British Ladies Championship |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
Mrs Mary Mills Houlding |
Newport |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
Miss Agnes Bradley Lawson |
West Hartlepool |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
3 |
Mrs Gertrude Alison Anderson |
Woldingham |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
4 |
Mrs Frances Dunn Herring |
Brighton |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
5 |
Miss Alice Grace Ruchon |
St Leonards |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
6½ |
6 |
Miss Ann Dick Smith Cuninghame |
Edinburgh |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
7 |
Mrs Emily Margaret Stevens |
Hastings |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Miss Georgiana Watson |
Hastings |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Moseley |
Oxford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
Mrs Annie Sophia Roe |
London |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
0 |
3 |
11 |
Miss Alice Taylor |
Edinburgh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
0 |
3 |
12 |
Mrs Helena Eliza Sidney |
Hove |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2½ |
"For the British Ladies’ Championship Tournament the competitors are Mrs A. S. Roe, London; Mrs Anderson, Waldingham; Miss Lawson, W. Hartlepool; Mrs Sidney, Hove; Miss Watson, Hastings; Mrs Herring, Brighton; Mrs Moseley, Oxford; Miss Ruchon and Mrs Stevens, Hastings: Miss Smith-Cunninghame and Miss Taylor, Edinburgh; and Mrs Houlding, Newport. [The same newspaper, dated 24 Aug 1910, referred to Miss Ruchon as "of St Leonards"]
1910 British Major Open |
Resid. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
1 |
William Hewison Gunston |
Cambridge |
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
James Chrismas Waterman |
Bury St Edmunds |
½ |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
3 |
Alexander Parker Th Kerr |
Birmingham |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
4 |
Georg Schories |
Bradford |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
7 |
5 |
Arthur George West |
Yeovil |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
John Ellis Parry |
Bangor |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
7 |
Carrick Wardhaugh |
Glasgow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
John James O'Hanlon |
Portadown |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
Allan William Edward Louis |
London |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
Frank Brown |
Dudley |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
2½ |
11 |
E Funk |
London |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
2½ |
12 |
Climenson Yelverton C Dawbarn |
Liverpool |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
"The Major Open Tournament will consist of R. E. Lean, Brighton; J. E. Parry, Bangor; A. P. T. Kerr, Birmingham ; J. C. Waterman, Bury St Edmunds; A. Lewis and E. Funk, London; Frank Brown, Dudley; G. Shories, Bradford; W. H. Gunston, Cambridge; C. Y. C. Dawbarn, Liverpool; C. Wardhaugh, Glasgow; and J. J. O’Hanlon, Portadown.
"The entries for the First-Class Tournament are: T. W. Letchworth, J. Macalister, E. A. Michell, and E. D. Palmer, London; R. G. Dixon Addey, French Park; J. Crum, Inveresk; H. Moss, Sleaford; A. West, Yeovil; F. R. Adcock, Norwich; A. Cliff, Harpenden; A. L. Stevenson and S. W. Billings, Cheltenham." (Falkirk Herald, Wednesday 3 August 1910)
"Oxford Congress Brilliancy-Prizes: Mr. Hoffer has adjudicated on the seventeen games sent in for these prizes, and has issued his report. The chief prize of £5, presented by Mr Naumann, has been divided equally between Messrs J. H. Blackburne and William Gibson (Glasgow) for games against Messrs F. S. Smith and J.H. Blake respectively. The Bishop of Trinidad's £2 2s prize has been divided between Messrs F. S. Smith, W. H. Gunston and J. E. Parry, for games against Messrs Brown, Shories, and Funk. Mr E. N. Frankenstein’s special prize for ladies has been held over, no game having attained the requisite standard of brilliancy." (Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 28 September 1910)
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Date |
Notes |
August 2015 |
Original upload. Many thanks for help with games and names, etc, from Gerard Killoran, Richard James, David McAlister and Tim Harding. Much of our discussion on the subject may be read on this English Chess Forum thread. |
3 May 2016 |
Corrected the score of the game SF Smith-Blackburne (Rd 6) with the move 18...Rfd8 (not 18...Re8). |
27 April 2018 |
Added two moves (each colour) to the end of the score of Gibson-Blackburne (Rd 11) - thanks to Gerard Killoran. |
12 May 2018 |
Added the game Houlding-Stevens (Rd 8, Ladies' Championship). Thanks to Brian Denman, who comments that Mrs Emily Margaret Stevens was the sister of the well-known organiser and player of the time, Herbert Dobell. |
2 November 2020 |
Added crosstables for the Ladies and Major Open competitions. |