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British Championship (1908) Played at the Pump Room in Tunbridge Wells, England, 10-21 August 1908. Rest day: Sunday 16 August. Henry Ernest Atkins won the event for the 4th time in a row, with 8/11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Atkins • 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 8 2 Ward 0 • ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6½ =3 Blackburne 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =3 Gunsberg ½ 0 ½ • ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 =3 Lee 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 =3 Palmer ½ 1 1 1 0 • ½ 0 1 0 1 0 6 =7 Michell 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 1 1 1 0 5½ =7 Sergeant ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 • 0 1 ½ 0 5½ 9 Shoosmith ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 • 0 1 1 5 10 Mackenzie 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 • ½ 1 4½ 11 Blake 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 4 12 Lean 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 • 3 —————————————————————————————————————————— Grace Moore Curling won the British Ladies' Championship, after a playoff in January-February 1909 in London vs Agnes Bradley Lawson and Gertrude Alison Anderson. First-Class Amateur A was won by Georg Schories (again), and First-Class Amateur B was won by David Miller. Game dates Round 01: Monday 10 August Round 02: Tuesday 11 August Round 03: Wednesday 12 August Round 04: Thursday 13 August Round 05: Friday 14 August Round 06: Saturday 15 August ----------- Round 07: Monday 17 August Round 08: Tuesday 18 August Round 09: Wednesday 19 August Round 10: Thursday 20 August Round 11: Friday 21 August Sources Photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dBb-sIJf8... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Previous: British Championship (1907). Next: British Championship (1909)  page 1 of 1; 19 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Lean vs F Lee   0-1 43 1908 British Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 2. R Michell vs W Ward   0-1 44 1908 British Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 3. E G Sergeant vs W Ward   0-1 45 1908 British Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 4. A J Mackenzie vs H Atkins   0-1 33 1908 British Championship A53 Old Indian 5. E G Sergeant vs Blackburne 0-1 25 1908 British Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 6. H W Shoosmith vs Gunsberg   0-1 34 1908 British Championship A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 7. F Lee vs E G Sergeant 0-1 28 1908 British Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. R Lean vs H Atkins   0-1 37 1908 British Championship C45 Scotch Game 9. A J Mackenzie vs E G Sergeant   0-1 42 1908 British Championship D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 10. W Ward vs W Palmer   0-1 39 1908 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Gunsberg vs W Ward   0-1 33 1908 British Championship B32 Sicilian 12. W Palmer vs F Lee   0-1 41 1908 British Championship D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 13. J Blake vs W Palmer   0-1 67 1908 British Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. R Lean vs A J Mackenzie   0-1 48 1908 British Championship C45 Scotch Game 15. E G Sergeant vs H W Shoosmith 0-1 26 1908 British Championship C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. W Ward vs H Atkins   0-1 19 1908 British Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 17. W Palmer vs E G Sergeant 0-1 28 1908 British Championship D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 18. A J Mackenzie vs R Michell   0-1 43 1908 British Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. R Michell vs E G Sergeant   0-1 42 1908 British Championship D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense  page 1 of 1; 19 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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