1935 British Chess Championship, Great Yarmouth, 8-17 July • 1934« »1936

1935 British Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	William Winter	London	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	8½
2	Sir George Alan Thomas	London	1	&;	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
3	Reginald Pryce Michell	Kingston-upon-Thames	0	½	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	7
4	Harry Golombek	London	0	1	½	&;	½	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	7
5	Alfred Lenton	Leicester	0	½	½	½	&;	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	7
6	Theodore Henry Tylor	Oxford	0	1	0	1	0	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	6
7	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	0	½	1	4½
8	Edmund Spencer	Liverpool	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	½	1	4½
9	Stanley Clifford Davey	Ipswich	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	1	½	1	4½
10	Harold Saunders	London	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	&;	0	0	3½
11	(Alfred) Rupert Neale Cross	Oxford	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	&;	1	3½
12	Henry Holwell Cole	London	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	2½

1935 British Ladies Chess Championship, Great Yarmouth • 1934« »1936

1935 British Ladies Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell	Kingston-upon-Thames	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½
2	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway	London	½	&;	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson	London	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7½
4	Mrs Florence Frankland Thomson	Glasgow	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½
5	Mrs Esme Hewetson Budge	Kilmacolm	0	1	0	½	&;	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	6
6	Mrs B G Hollis	Guernsey	0	1	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	½	1	½	6
7	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
8	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews	London	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	&;	0	1	1	½	4½
9	Miss Elsie Margaret Reid1	Leicester	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	1	&;	0	0	1	3½
10	Mrs Edith St John	Old Trafford	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	3½
11	Lady Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth	Whaley Br.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	2
12	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Deal	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1½

¹ In 1936 married Alfred Lenton.

1935 BCF Major Open

1935 BCF Major Open		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Samuel H Reshevsky	USA	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	(Jakob) Adolf Seitz	Germany	0	&;	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Vera Menchik	London	1	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	7
4	Adrián García Conde	London	0	½	½	&;	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½
5	Sammi Fajarowicz	Germany	0	0	½	1	&;	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	6½
6	Ernst Ludwig Klein	Vienna	0	½	0	1	0	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	5½
7	Sonja Graf	Germany	0	½	0	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	½	½	5
8	Baruch H Wood	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	1	1	5
9	Alfred Joseph Butcher	Wolverhampton	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	1	&;	½	0	1	4
10	Lodewijk Prins	Netherlands	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	4
11	Victor Ivanoff	Luton	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1	2½
12	Francis Ernest A Kitto	Cambridge	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1½

One Reshevsky score is missing: Reshevsky 1-0 Ivanoff, played in round 9 (17 & 18 July 1935). The following report of the first session appeared in The Scotsman, 18 July 1935: "... Ivanoff had a strong game against Reshevsky in an ending with queens, rooks and pawns. The young American master had got out of his difficulties late at night, and was expected to win." White won in 60 moves.

---

1935 Major Open Reserves (prizes £12, £9, £6, £3)

1935 Major Open Reserves		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Harold Vincent Mallison	Exeter	&;	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	9
2	Charles Ambrose Scott Damant	Boxmoor	½	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½
3	Douglas Ian Croker	London	½	1	&;	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
4	Stephen Harding Crockett	London	½	0	1	&;	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	7
5	William Henry Watts	London	0	½	1	1	&;	½	1	0	1	0	½	1	6½
6	Ralph Lancelot Aldis	Birmingham	0	0	½	0	½	&;	½	1	½	1	½	1	5½
7	Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell	USA	0	0	0	1	0	½	&;	1	1	0	1	1	5½
8	W A Davidson	Sidcup	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	4½
9	Alfred Eva1	Stockport	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	4½
10	Maurice Ellinger	London	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	&;	½	1	4
11	Sidney Donald Ward	Bury St Edmunds	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	&;	1	2½
12	Arthur Tijou Watson	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	&;	1

¹ the Cheshire residence detail suggests this is Alfred Eva (b 24.08.1882, d 21.02.1974) and not his brother Arthur Eva (b 26.11.1876, d 30.05.1942) - JS

First Class A (Prizes £10, £8, £6)

1935 BCF First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Cecil George Butcher	Birmingham	&;	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	Austen Lacey Homer	Stourbridge	0	&;	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	John Frederick Keeble	Norwich	0	½	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Arthur Emerson Mercer	London	1	½	1	&;	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	7½
5	William Henderson	London	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
6	C H Taylor	Wells	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1	½	1	1	0	1	6
7	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	London	0	1	0	1	0	0	&;	½	1	0	1	½	5
8	S A Osbourne	Norwich	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	&;	1	1	½	1	4½
9	Capt. Hugh Windsor F Heneage	Brighton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	4
10	E E Shepherd	Oxford	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	1	½	3½
11	E Lake	Norwich	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	&;	1	2½
12	Ashley Cyril Vernieux	Welwyn G City	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1

First Class B (Prizes £10, £8, £6)

1935 BCF First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Herbert Arthur Melvin	Southend	&;	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	Rev. Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	Ludlow	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	Arnold Cecil Keey	Birmingham	½	1	&;	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	7½
4	Edward Buddel Puckridge	Bickley	0	0	1	&;	0	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	6
5	Patrick Humphrey Sullivan	Dartford	0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	0	1	1	1	0	5½
6	George Fletcher	Nottingham	½	0	0	1	0	&;	0	1	½	½	1	½	5
7	Miss Olga Menchik	London	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	½	½	1	½	1	5
8	John Alan Milton Osborn	British Guiana	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	&;	1	0	0	1	4½
9	E J Randall	London	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	&;	½	1	1	4
10	Edward Victor Strugnell	London	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	&;	½	½	3½
11	W T Burges	London	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	&;	0	3
12	Rev. Howard Cecil James	Coventry	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	1	&;	3

Second Class (Prizes £6, £4, £2)

1935 BCF Second Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	R Harland	Newcastle-upon-T	&;	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	William Courtenay Dawes Cruttenden	St Leonards	0	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Dr F M Kolisch	Czechoslovakia	1	1	&;	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	8
4	Rev. Wilfrid Benson	Reading	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
5	William Arthur Hardy	Norwich	0	0	1	1	&;	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	7
6	Rev. E G Bevan	Norwich	0	½	1	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½
7	F Cooper	Stoke-on-Trent	½	0	½	0	0	1	&;	½	0	½	1	1	5
8	T H Acton	London	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	&;	½	1	0	1	4½
9	Miss M[ary] L[ouisa] Harrison1	Eastbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	0	1	1	3½
10	Herbert William Tidball	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	3½
11	Frank Miles Argrave	Tankerton	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	&;	0	2
12	Miss Katharine Tate Austin	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1

¹ a tentative identification of Miss M L Harrison (Eastbourne) based on finding someone fitting the description in the 1939 census.

Third Class (Division 1 - prizes £4, £2, £1)

1935 Third Class (Div 1)		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	W A Aston	Wolverhampton	&;	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8½
2	Mrs Helen Muriel Cobbold	London	½	&;	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½
3	William H Reynolds	Rugby	0	1	&;	½	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6½
4	Horace Vibart Taitt	British Guiana	0	1	½	&;	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	6
5	Miss Violet Hewetson Benson	Reading	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	1	1	0	1	5½
6	Samuel Reginald Tomkinson	Liverpool	0	1	0	½	½	&;	½	½	½	1	1	5½
7	J E Coleman	Grays	½	0	1	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	0	5
8	Douglas Enty Budge	Kilmacolm	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	&;	1	½	½	4
9	J Francis	St Leonards	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	&;	½	1	3
10	Miss Marian J McCombie	London	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	&;	½	2½
11	Mrs Melita Ida Elizabeth Seyd1	Oxted	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	&;	2

¹ listed as "Mrs R Seyd" – I'm now sure this is Melita Ida Elizabeth Seyd (née Krohn, 1874-1959), married to Richard Ernest Nathaniel Joseph Seyd 1871-1952 - - she was Hon.Sec. of the Women's Suffrage Society in 1911. They lived in Oxted in the 1910s, Kensington in the 1930s and in Bexhill after the war - Mrs R Seyd became a regular player at Hastings CC.

Third Class (Division 2 - prizes £4, £2, £1)

1935 Third Class (Div 2)		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	(Alexander) Aird Thomson	Glasgow	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
2	Gene Veglio	London	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
3	Miss Dorothy Mary Dibley	Australia	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
4	Allan Martindale	Wilmslow	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
5	Leonard Blanchflower	Norwich	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
6	Mrs Clara Margaret Macvean1	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	½	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	4½
7	Mrs Grace Lydia Mallison	Exeter	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	½	1	1	4½
8	Hugh Gabriel Aldis	Solihull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4
9	Miss Edith Maud E J Goodacre	Cheltenham	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	&;	0	1	1	4
10	A Trimnell	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	1	3½
11	Mrs Charlotte Isabel Benson	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
12	Mrs F Simpson	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

¹ The crosstable in BCM read "Mrs G MacVean" but the "g" is a typo.

A photo of John Alan Milton Osborn, who scored 4½/11 in First Class B, may be found on my blog here.

---

File updated

Date	Notes
14 October 2015	Original upload
14 October 2015	three games from subsidiary events, submitted by Brian Denman, for which many thanks.
15 October 2015	Five more complete games from the Championship, plus three more from the subsidiary events, many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
19 April 2018	Added the game Spencer-Lenton (Rd 5) - thanks to Alan Smith.
26 April 2018	Five game scores contributed by Eduardo Bauza: Tylor-Michell (Rd 3), Michell-Golombek (Rd 8), and three games from subsidiary events: Heneage-Keeble (First Class A, Rd 8), Osborn-Sullivan (First Class B, Rd 8), Kolisch-Tidball (Second Class). Many thanks to Eduardo Bauza. I have now added crosstables for all sections, and provided a link to a photo of J A M Osborn (British Guiana) on my blog.
26 April 2018	I have found and added more games from the subsidiary sections: Fajarowicz-Klein (Major Open, Rd 3), B.H.Wood-Prins (Major Open, Rd 4), Mallison-Ellinger (Major Reserves).
5 March 2019	Two games added: Michell-Reid (Round 7, Ladies Championship); and Lacy-Hulbert v Randall (First Class B). Many thanks to Brian Denman.
30 May 2019	Added the part-game Menchik-Seitz (0-1, Major Open, Rd 6); plus two near-complete games and one part-game from First-Class B (Lacy-Hulbert v James, Lacy-Hulbert v Puckridge & Sullivan v Lacy-Hulbert)
27 April 2022	Added the game Lacy-Hulbert 1-0 G Fletcher, First Class B, contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks.
27 November 2022	Added one complete game from the Championship: R.Michell 1-0 Cross (rd 6), one complete game from the Major Open - B.Wood 0-1 S.Reshevsky (rd 6) - and further moves to another Major Open game, A.Butcher 0-1 S.Reshevsky. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for contributing these games.
22 December 2022	Added one game: V.Menchik 1-0 B.Wood (Major Open, rd 9). Many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
21 February 2025	Added the game Adrián García Conde 0-1 S Reshevsky (Major Open, rd 4), contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, for which many thanks. (Note that the download no longer includes stub games.)
2 September 2026	Added a further six games from the Major Open, contributed by 'Tabanus' of chessgames dot com. They are: (1) L Prins 0-1 J A Seitz (rd 1); (2) J A Seitz 1-0 A J Butcher (rd 2); (3) S Graf Stevenson 0-1 B H Wood (rd 3); (4) S Graf Stevenson 1-0 L Prins (rd 8); (5) F Kitto 0-1 J A Seitz (rd 8); (6) E Klein 1-0 A García Conde (rd 10). Many thanks to 'Tabanus'.
2 September 2026	Two late additions: (1) E Klein 0-1 S Reshevsky (rd 8, Major Open); (2) S Graf 0-1 S Reshevsky (rd 10) - from chessgames dot com but with no primary source given.
3 September 2026	Added the game S Fajarowicz ½-½ S Graf (rd 7, Major Open). Bizarrely, the second session of this game was played on from an incorrect position, hence the game is digitally recorded in two parts which together make up the complete score.