1935 (1st) Margate Premier, Grand Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate, 24 April - 3 May

1935 Margate Premier		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Samuel H Reshevsky	New York	&;	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
2	José Raúl Capablanca	Cuba	0	&;	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
3	Sir George Alan Thomas	London	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	5
4	Ernst Ludwig Klein	Austria	½	½	½	&;	0	½	1	0	1	½	4½
5	Brian Patrick Reilly	Nice	0	0	½	1	&;	½	1	½	0	1	4½
6	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	0	0	0	½	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4½
7	William Albert Fairhurst	Glasgow	0	½	½	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	4
8	Philip Stuart Milner-Barry	Cambridge	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	&;	0	1	3½
9	Vera Menchik	London	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	1	&;	0	2½
10	Jacques Mieses	Germany	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	&;	2

Prizes £12 - £8 - £4 - £2 • time-limit: 34 moves / 2 hours, 17 / 1 hour thereafter • 30-move rule regarding draw agreements

BCM, June 1935, ppn 257-271 - the writer was "A. J. M." - in all probability Arthur John Mackenzie.

The first of eleven "conferences" so far arranged for the Margate 1935 season took place at the Grand Hotel, Cliftonville, from April 24 to May 3, just following the Easter crowds. For some time the Margate Corporation has been considering the suggestion of the Kent County C.A. to establish an annual chess tournament at Easter on the lines of the celebrated series of Christmas meetings at Hastings, and the well-put advocacy of R. H. S. Stevenson, the Association’s late chairman of committee, and his fellow-officers, at length met with success.

An "Acting Committee" with Mr. Stevenson as chairman, H. G. T. Matchett (controller), W. Minter (hon. treasurer), A. J. Vicary (hon. auditor), and C. T. Young (hon. secretary) put out an attractive programme, and enlisted the support of Lord Dunsany (president, Kent C.A.), Sir Ronald Storrs (chairman of committee, Kent C.A.), Hon. A. J. Lowther, Hon. F. G. and Lady Hamilton-Russell, Sir G. A. Thomas, Major Montague-Jones, G. F. Hawkins (president, S.C.C.U.), and many others, who made up a handsome subscription list.

Señor Capablanca's presence in England enabled a good start to be made in the invitations for the Premier tournament, and the British champion (Sir George Thomas) was also available. It was hoped to have the ex-British champion Sultan Khan also, but he did not arrive from India in time. An excellent step was the securing of young Samuel Reshevsky from New York, who in 1920 was touring Europe and England with astonishing success as an 8-year-old "Polish chess prodigy." Since then he has reached the position of being among the two or three strongest players in the States. The veteran Mieses, also in England, came in, and another Continental master who accepted was Lilienthal; but illness prevented him, and his place was taken by E. Klein, an Austrian player (speaking English perfectly). He proved his merits by drawing with the two first prizewinners. B. Reilly, an Irish player living on the Riviera, where he gets good practice with some leading French players, showed himself a worthy participant. He made a good score, and his courtesy and modest demeanour made him thoroughly well liked. W. A. Fairhurst forwent the Scottish C.A. championship contest at Aberdeen to join in. He started splendidly, but fell away in the second half. Sultan Khan’s place was taken by P. S. Milner-Barry, the former Cambridge U.C.C. president, while E. G. Sergeant and Miss Menchik (London) completed a strong and well-chosen ten.

The ballroom of the Grand Hotel, Cliftonville, provided magnificent accommodation, and there was ample room left for a display of the wonderful collection of chessmen and boards owned by Alex. Hammond, of Slough, who was also a competitor. These comprised sets made of china (Flaxman & Wedgwood, 1783), porcelain, basalt, ivory and ebony, agate and cornelian, horn, cast iron, wood even, as well as cartridge cases and bones! (by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars). One saw Staunton’s own table and pieces, sets formerly belonging to Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, and other royalties, and others (one dating back to the 16th century from Siam), from France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Turkey, India, Burmah, and China. Tbe quaint symbolical figures and rare carving made the collection well worth examining, and it is to be hoped Mr. Hammond may be able to arrange for its exhibition on other occasions. The vast chess scrapbooks of Messrs. Jamieson and Stevenson provided a good deal of interest [have these survived? Did the Stevenson scrapbook perhaps perish with the Menchik family in 1944? JS], and a giant set of board and men from British Guiana, brought by Mr. Osborn, provided revenue from those who wanted a game to "try their strength"! The writer [Arthur J Mackenzie] used it once to test the score of a game, but once was enough.

In addition to the Premier contest there were 8 other tournaments in sections of 10 players each, and the total entry reached to over 120.

The proceedings were opened by the Mayor of Margate, Alderman F. L. Pettman, J.P., C.C., who expressed his pleasure at the remarkably fine entry, both in quantity and quality, obtained for this first venture at Margate. From all he could see, the meeting’s annual continuance was assured. Señor Capablanca moved a vote of thanks to His Worship for his attendance.

Round 1: Wednesday 24 April 1935
Milner-Barry	1-0	Mieses
Klein	1-0	Menchik
Capablanca	½-½	Fairhurst
Sergeant	0-1	Reshevsky
Thomas	½-½	Reilly

Mieses succumbed to a lively attack in 21 moves (see Game Department). Klein won at a second session with an extra Pawn in a Q and B ending. Fairhurst stuck well to the ex-champion and had the better of the game with a P to the good for a time. But Capablanca with a well-timed diversion steered the ending into a draw.

An irregularly-played Lopez (with 4 B—B 4—so the score says—and 8..., B—Q Kt 2) was finely concluded by Reshevsky.

Capablanca v. Fairhurst.—The critical stage was as shown after 19 P—Q Kt 3, R—QB 1.

White here gave up a Pawn and moved 20 B—K3 (K—Q 3, Kt—Q2 was probably dangerous) and the game proceeded ...

Round 2: Thursday 25 April 1935
Reshevsky	½-½	Milner-Barry
Mieses	½-½	Klein
Thomas	½-½	Fairhurst
Reilly	½-½	Sergeant
Menchik	0-1	Capablanca

Milner-Barry held off his formidable opponent and drew with opposite B’s in 61 moves. Mieses’s and Reilly’s games became dead level in twenty-odd moves, and repetitions (to make 30 under the regulations) led to draws. Sir George had a slight pull in the ending, but Fairhurst defended skilfully. Capablanca had a good finish, after breaking through a passive resistance during most of which Miss Menchik’s pieces occupied her first three ranks. In the position diagrammed White went 27 B—K 4?

Round 3: Friday 26 April 1935
Klein	½-½	Reshevsky
Milner-Barry	½-½	Reilly
Capablanca	1-0	Mieses
Sergeant	0-1	Thomas
Fairhurst	1-0	Menchik

Klein kept his game intact all through the day and the game was finished (99 moves) during the week-end. Milner-Barry played well and Reilly had hard work to draw. Sergeant rather over-estimated his chance, and in trying to win was outplayed by Thomas. Capablanca’s game was exciting, both on the board and on the clocks. A positional sacrifice of a P, which Mieses tried to hold, led to the gain of the Exchange (see Game Department).

Fairhurst brought off a fine mating termination with a Q sacrifice as follows...

The ending of the Sergeant-Thomas game ran: ...

Round 4: Saturday 27 April 1935
Reshevsky	1-0	Capablanca
Reilly	1-0	Klein
Mieses	0-1	Fairhurst
Sergeant	1-0	Milner-Barry
Menchik	½-½	Thomas

The great men met to-day for the first time in any tournament. Both missed chances, especially perhaps Reshevsky. The game went all day and finished on Monday (see Game Department). Klein went 35 moves before moving his Q Kt. Sir G. A. Thomas with a good game made a positional sacrifice of a P, and the resulting combination just failed by Miss Menchik’s steady defence. Her P ahead could not, however, be converted to a win. Milner-Barry used the doubtful 5..., B—B 4 defence to the Lopez, as also in the 7th round against Capablanca. The contrast in the treatment by the two handlers of White is interesting. For Capablanca’s game (18 moves) see Game Department. Here is Sergeant’s method...

The social side of the congress was well kept in mind by a "Reception Committee," and after the fourth round’s Saturday morning session, the rest of the day was devoted to a civic reception by the Deputy-Mayor and Mayoress (Councillor W. R. and Mrs. Noble) in the absence (through a bereavement) of the Mayor, and to various entertainments. They were well supported by many members of the Town Council, and there was a gathering of two or three hundred competitors and friends. Sir Ronald Storrs and Sir E. Graham-Little, M.P., were the principal speakers. Sir Ronald, an ex-Governor of Jerusalem, told of the formation of the Palestine C.A. and chess under Turkish gunfire. Chess with the Sheikhs in Transjordania was a picturesque and adventurous experience. When the Sheikh’s game was in a bad way the visitor’s admiration was sought for a fine foal wandering into the tent, but while his attention was distracted he found he had "lost" a piece.

Sir Ernest gave a lively account of play in the House of Commons Chess Circle, this being the only game permitted in the House. He referred to the help willingly given by Sir John Simon in enabling foreign players to enter this country in these difficult times for chess tournaments, etc. His aid was forthcoming in the case of Reshevsky, who is at the moment "of no country," though about to become a naturalised American citizen. Canon A. G. Gordon Ross (president of the B.C.F.) and L. P. Rees (hon. secretary) spoke in praise of the Margate effort and of its relation to the work of the Federation.

The tea-tables being removed, M[onsieur]. Koltanowski gave a short demonstration of his methods of blindfold play, and afterwards a number of exhibition games of living chess were given by the boys of Chatham House (County School), Ramsgate, all themselves chessplayers, trained by B. H. Lohmann. Señor Capablanca, Sir George Thomas, Mr. Lohmann, Mr. Winter and Mr. Fairhurst, acted the part of principals, and the games, thoroughly well carried out, were of great interest to all, especially to the many who had never witnessed any such display before.

Round 5: Monday 29 April 1935
Fairhurst	0-1	Reshevsky
Capablanca	1-0	Reilly
Thomas	1-0	Milner-Barry
Klein	½-½	Sergeant
Menchik	0-1	Mieses

Fairhurst blundered away a piece (after long thought) in a fairly level position. Thomas’s game is in the Game Department. At the sacrifice of a Pawn Miss Menchik got much the better development, but a combination just missed fire and her game collapsed.

After 24 moves of a level game, Reilly went wrong here:— ...

White [Capablanca] played 25 Q—Kt 3 and Reilly moved ..., Q—K Kt 3, giving up a Pawn. With 25..., Q—K4 instead White would scarcely take the Q Kt P, since ..., Q—K 5 would be troublesome. The conclusion was: ...

Round 6: Tuesday 30 April 1935
Reshevsky	1-0	Menchik
Sergeant	0-1	Capablanca
Thomas	½-½	Mieses
Reilly	1-0	Fairhurst
Milner-Barry	1-0	Klein

Capablanca’s clever sacrificial ending is given in the Game Department. Fairhurst cracked up, and did little from now to the end. He does too much’ work in the early stages and gets tired, as well as handicapping himself with the clock. Thomas v. Mieses was an in-and-out game, and each in turn had good chances. A most complicated game was drawn in 51 moves.

Reshevsky had a powerful finish, with (as usual) only seconds for his last 6 or 8 moves. The position was :— ... Here came 22..., P—KKt4? and White proceeded at once to break in on the K side. Continued :—...

A lively passage in Milner-Barry’s game went as follows: ...

Round 7: Wednesday 1 May 1935
Mieses	0-1	Reshevsky
Capablanca	1-0	Milner-Barry
Klein	½-½	Thomas
Menchik	1-0	Reilly
Fairhurst	½-½	Sergeant

Capablanca’s game has been referred to, and is to be found elsewhere. Reilly had built up a winning attack, but lost a piece by a blunder.

Mieses was difficult to persuade that he had necessarily a lost game near the close, but analysis left little doubt. Reshevsky began to go ahead here with 27..., R—Q 4, after which the game went: ...

Round 8: Thursday 2 May 1935
Reshevsky	½-½	Thomas
Klein	½-½	Capablanca
Milner-Barry	½-½	Fairhurst
Reilly	1-0	Mieses
Sergeant	1-0	Menchik

Reshevsky is a "bad case" as a clock-manager, and nearly all his games have an exciting time rush at the end of the second hour. (The time-limit was 34 moves in two hours, with 17 per hour following.) Against Thomas he took 70 minutes over his 16th move to see whether he could avoid exchanging Queens. Eventually the exchange was made and a very even position was left and drawn. Klein held Capablanca well (see Game Department), and an attempt by the latter to win would have been risky. Fairhurst won a P at the expense of a closed-in game; but both players attacked in lively fashion afterwards possibly each missing chances, and the Glasgow player eventually drew by repetition of moves. Reilly’s game was perhaps the most interesting of the round.

The end of Sergeant’s game was tricky, with stalemate possibilities.

Round 9: Friday 3 May 1935
Reshevsky	1-0	Reilly
Capablanca	1-0	Thomas
Fairhurst	0-1	Klein
Mieses	0-1	Sergeant
Menchik	1-0	Milner-Barry

Reilly rather gave half a point away in an attempt to force the game, when sitting tight might have yielded a draw; but Capablanca’s win was thoroughly well earned.

Sergeant’s win was particularly interesting, with a fine finish.

In the following finely-played game Capablanca reverses the result of his recent game with Sir George Thomas at Hastings.

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1935 Margate Premier Reserves

There were 18 players in the Premier Reserves Tournament. This was played in three "primary" sections, the two winners in each, third and fourth in each, and so on, forming three "secondary" sections. [I have rebranded these as "preliminary" and "final" sections as these terms will be more familiar in a later chess context - JS]

Preliminary A (24-27 April)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Preliminary A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Alexander Koblencs	Riga	&;	½	1	½	1	1	4
2	George Koltanowski	Antwerp	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4
3	Baruch H Wood	Birmingham	0	½	&;	1	1	0	2½
4	W Arthur Winser	Hastings	½	0	0	&;	½	1	2
5	Heinrich Fraenkel	London	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1½
6	Dr. (Robert) Lloyd Storr-Best	London	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1

Preliminary B (24-27 April)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Preliminary B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Frits van Seters	Brussels	&;	1	½	1	1	1	4½
2	Sonja Graf	Munich	0	&;	1	1	0	1	3
3	Charles Vincent Podger	London	½	0	&;	½	1	1	3
4	Leslie Charles Gwyn Dewing	London	0	0	½	&;	1	1	2½
5	Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas	Liverpool	0	1	0	0	&;	1	2
6	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Preliminary C (24-27 April)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Preliminary C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Douglas Ian Croker	London	&;	0	1	1	1	½	3½
2	Arthur Eva	Manchester	1	&;	1	0	0	1	3
3	Lodewijk Prins	Amsterdam	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
4	Willem Andreas Theo Schelfhout	Amsterdam	0	1	0	&;	1	½	2½
5	William Skillicorn	London	0	1	0	0	&;	1	2
6	Isaac Reginald Vesselo	London	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1

Final A (29 April -3 May)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Final A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Arthur Eva	Manchester	&;	½	1	½	1d	1	4
2	George Koltanowski	Antwerp	½	&;	½	½	1	½	3
3	Sonja Graf	Munich	0	½	&;	0	1	1	2½
4	Alexander Koblencs	Riga	½	½	1	&;	½	0	2½
5	Douglas Ian Croker	London	0d	0	0	½	&;	1	1½
6	Frits van Seters	Brussels	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1½

Croker retired through illness in the last round

Final B (29 April -3 May)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Final B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Lodewijk Prins	Amsterdam	&;	1	1	1	0	1	4
2	Willem Andreas Theo Schelfhout	Amsterdam	0	&;	1	0	1	1	3
3	Baruch H Wood	Birmingham	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
4	Leslie Charles Gwyn Dewing	London	0	1	0	&;	1	½	2½
5	W Arthur Winser	Hastings	1	0	0	0	&;	1	2
6	Charles Vincent Podger	London	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

Final C (29 April -3 May)

1935 Margate Premier Reserves Final C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas	Liverpool	&;	½	1	1	1	1	4½
2	Heinrich Fraenkel	London	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4
3	William Skillicorn	London	0	½	&;	0	1	1	2½
4	Isaac Reginald Vesselo	London	0	0	1	&;	½	1	2½
5	Dr. (Robert) Lloyd Storr-Best	London	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1
6	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	0	0	0	½	&;	½

Primary Section C came out "according to programme"! [not sure what Mackenzie means by this. Does he mean that the final order of Preliminary Section C finished in the order of names printed in the tournament programme? JS]

The prizes were awarded on the "secondary" results, and were as follows :—Section A : £10 and ,£5. Section B : £4 and £2. Section C : £3 and £1.

1935 Margate Major

1935 Margate Major		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Leonard Illingworth	Cambridge	&;	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	8
2	Ralph Lancelot Aldis	Birmingham	0	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	7½
3	Alfred John Duke	London	½	½	&;	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	6
4	E M/A Morrison	Amsterdam	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	6
5	Maurice Ellinger	London	0	0	1	1	&;	½	1	½	0	1	½	5½
6	F A Richardson	London	1	½	½	0	½	&;	½	0	½	1	1	5½
7	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	London	0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	4½
8	James J Doyle	Dublin	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	&;	½	0	1	4
9	Edith Martha Holloway	London	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	&;	1	1	4
10	Agnes Bradley Stevenson	London	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	&;	½	2½
11	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	Brighton	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	&;	1½

1935 Margate First Class

1935 Margate First Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	John Frederick Keeble	Norwich	&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½
2	James Alan Milton Osborn	British Guiana	1	&;	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½
3	Rev. Howard Cecil James	Coventry	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	7½
4	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews	London	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7
5	Dennis Bernard Mercer	Mortlake	1	½	0	1	&;	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6½
6	Alfred Lindsay Densham	London	0	½	0	0	1	&;	½	0	1	1	1	1	6
7	George Fletcher	Nottingham	0	½	0	0	1	½	&;	1	½	½	1	1	6
8	W Barker	Wolverhampton	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	&;	1	1	1	0	5
9	Charles Henry Taylor	Wells	½	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	4½
10	Alexander Hammond	Slough	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	&;	0	0	2½
11	Emily Eliza Abraham	Deal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
12	Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth	Buxton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	&;	2

1935 Margate Second Class

1935 Margate Second Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	George Arthur Peck	Nottingham	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½
2	Cyril Alfred Nightingale	Reading	½	&;	1	1	½	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	7½
3	Herbert Wallace Smith Poupard	Margate	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	7
4	Frank Miles Argrave	Whitstable	0	0	½	&;	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	6
5	Miss Audrey Bourne Poupard	Leyton	0	½	0	1	&;	1	0	1	0	½	1	1	6
6	Robert Martin Fleming	Ramsgate	0	1	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	½	½	½	5½
7	J Mackenzie	Exeter	0	½	0	1	1	½	&;	½	1	0	0	1	5½
8	Mrs M Healey	Hastings	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	5
9	Miss Lillie Eveling		0	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	1	0	1	4½
10	John E Coleman	Grays	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	&;	1	½	4
11	J Francis	Hastings	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	&;	1	3½
12	Fr. J M Mourat	Broadstairs	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1

Third Class Tournament

(12 entries, prizes £3, £2, and £1)

(1-2) Miss Kate Harris Passmore (Exeter), Francis Avery Sisley (Colchester) 10/11; (3) Miss Adelaide Mary Bishop (Guernsey) 6½; (4) Francis W Ward (Tunbridge Wells) 6; (5-9) Miss Dennie (Canterbury), Miss Marian J McCombie (London), Gerard Kerlin (Belfast), Arthur Trimnell (London), Albert Wallace Clifford Poupard (Margate) 5; (10) Arnold William Gunstone (Ramsgate) 3½; (11) John T Wolstenholme (Margate) 3; (12) Stanley Lewis Whitby (Ramsgate) 2.

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Junior Tournaments

In these the entrants, except as stated, were boys from Margate and Ramsgate schools. The three prizes were a Cup, 10/- [50p] and 5/- [25p] in each section.

Under 18 (12 entries): (1) Philip Charles Hoad (London) 11/11, the only clean score in the congress; (2) D Barry 10; (3-6) Herbert Hartnall Spencer Payne, P W Baker, L Black, Victor Stanley Young 6½; (7) Percy Vincent Charles Taylor 6; (8-9) Theodore Francis Finigan, R Leonard 4; (10) N H Harris 3 [and, presumably, two other players, not named - JS].

Under 15 (12 entries): (1) N A Phillips (London) 10½/11; (2) Keith M Fleming 9; (3-4) Miss Elaine Saunders (London), R H Taylor 8; (5) R Howells 7; (6) I L Pennington (London) 6½; (7-8) Peter Tanner, Ronald Huntingdon Swallow 4; (9) Ian Anthony Kennard 3; (10) G H Jones 2½; (11) D E Harris 1½; (12) Reginald Victor Dowling 1. Miss Saunders was a tiny girl of about 9 who played her games and took down the moves with all the seriousness of a master. Fleming was another small juvenile, and both scored remarkably well. [Elaine Saunders was aged 9 years 4 months at the time of this tournament. Keith Fleming was aged 10 years 0 months. JS]

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Short First Class Tournaments

There were in addition four sections of short tournaments for players who could not stay beyond the first week. These resulted as follows:—

Section A

1935 Margate Short First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Alfred Joseph Butcher	Wolverhampton	&;	1	½	1	1	1	4½
2	Christopher Barclay Heath	London	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4
3	William Henderson	London	½	0	&;	0	1	1	2½
4	Sidney Donald Ward	Bury St Edmunds	0	0	1	&;	1	½	2½
5	Edward Buddel Puckridge	Bromley	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	James McCabe Reay	Tunbridge Wells	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

Section B

1935 Margate Short First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Mrs Esme Hewetson Budge	Kilmacolm	&;	½	1	½	1	½	3½
2	C W Perry	Woolwich	½	&;	0	1	1	1	3½
3	Alfred Edward Ruddock	Slough	0	1	&;	0	1	1	3
4	Dr. Marcus Wechsler	London	½	0	1	&;	0	1	2½
5	E Marchant	Canterbury	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
6	Ashley Cyril Vernieux	Welwyn Garden City	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

Section C

1935 Margate Short First Class C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Aibhistín de Búrca (a.k.a. Austin Bourke)	Belfast	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	A J Bates	London	0	&;	1	½	1	1	3½
3	Francis Albert Joyce	Isle of Wight	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
4	A W Lawrence	Leicester	0	½	0	&;	1	0	1½
5	S E Elliott	Hastings	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	John Edward Holt	Beckenham	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1

Section D

1935 Margate Short First Class D		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Mrs Lucy Storr-Best	London	&;	½	½	1	1	1	4
2	Mrs Emily Heath (née Wright)	London	½	&;	½	½	1	1	3½
3	Douglas Enty Budge	Kilmacolm	½	½	&;	½	1	1	3½
4	Miss Kate Eleanor Hirst	Leicester	0	½	½	&;	1	1	3
5	Frederick George Boyce	Margate	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Miss Christian Beatrice Lincoln	Bury St Edmunds	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

Allusion has been made to the work of the Reception Committee. The amenities of Margate, golf, etc., were placed at the disposal of visitors, while much Contract was played as an evening relaxation. Mrs. Stevenson and Miss Menchik arranged a bridge match between the residents of the Grand and Carlton Hotels, which were principally used by congressists. In the former team Capablanca and Reshevsky formed a redoubtable partnership. M. Ellinger, a bridge international, preferred billiards on this occasion.

During the meeting Reshevsky played 23 games simultaneously, winning 22, and concocting a nice sui-draw with little Miss Saunders, a graceful gesture. Fraulein Graf played 26 simultaneously, and won 13, drew 10, and lost 3. In the first lightning tournament Koltanowski beat Mieses in the final, and in the second Koltanowski beat Winter. Both were excellently supported.

H. G. T. Matchett was a highly competent and popular controller—his physique alone would have prevented anyone becoming "awkward,"—and he was ably seconded by Mr. H. A. Pound (Surrey).

The final meeting was presided over by Councillor Noble, the Deputy-Mayor, who is chairman of the Margate Council Conferences Committee. He was enthusiastic over the success of the Congress, which had surpassed all his expectations, and he gave his hearty support to its continuance annually. Mrs. Noble, the Deputy-Mayoress, presented the prizes. S. Reshevsky, Señor Capablanca, and Sir George Thomas came in for special ovations in virtue of their great success and popularity. A vote of thanks to the Press, responded to by Mr. E. S. Tinsley (The Times), and a presentation by the competitors to Mr. Matchett concluded a memorable Congress.

A prize for the most brilliant game, provided by an anonymous donor, has brought some ten or a dozen entries. The following is one of these :—

From Round 1 of the Premier Reserves tournament (Two Knights Defence). [score of Lean-Graf]

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Date	Notes
2016	First uploaded: 45 games from the Premier, plus a game of 'Living Chess' won by Capablanca vs BH Lohmann.
13 May 2023	Added two games, both from the Premier Reserves, Primary Section B: (1) F.van Seters 1-0 A.R.B.Thomas; (2) C.Podger 1-0 A.R.B.Thomas (the latter submitted by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks).
13 March 2024	Added a further seven games, one of which was contributed by Michael Kühl, for which many thanks. I have now added crosstables, results, etc.
13 March 2024	... and another ten games from subsidiary sections added. Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm for contributing them.
13 March 2024	... and three more games, all played by George Koltanowski in the Preliminary A section. Many thanks to Andy Ansel for contributing them.
7 May 2024	Added the game Arthur Eva 1-0 I.Vesselo, Premier Reserves Preliminary C, Rd 2. Many thanks to Alan Smith for submitting the game.
21 March 2025	The score of D Croker 0-1 G Koltanowski (Reserves Final A, rd 4) has been amended. My thanks to Alan Smith for the information.