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British Championship Tournament

Frank Parr6/11(+5 -4 =2)[games]
William Winter5.5/6(+5 -0 =1)[games]
Alfred Lenton4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
Harold Israel3/5(+3 -2 =0)[games]
George Thomas2.5/5(+2 -2 =1)[games]
Cecil George Butcher2/5(+2 -3 =0)[games]
Baruch Harold Wood2/3(+2 -1 =0)[games]
William Ritson-Morry1.5/4(+1 -2 =1)[games]
Rupert Cross1.5/4(+1 -2 =1)[games]
Stanley Clifford Davey1.5/3(+1 -1 =1)[games]
Harold Saunders1/5(+1 -4 =0)[games]
Reginald Charles Noel-Johnson0/3(+0 -3 =0)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
British Championship (1936)

Played at the Town Hall in Bournemouth, England, 8-19 June 1936. Rest day: Sunday 14 June. William Winter won the event for the second consecutive year, with 8/11.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Winter • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8 =2 Lenton ½ • 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 7 =2 Ritson-Morry ½ 0 • 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7 4 Israel ½ 0 1 • 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 Parr 0 1 0 1 • 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 6 =6 Wood ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 5½ =6 Noel-Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 8 Thomas 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 5 =9 Cross 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 4½ =9 Butcher 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 4½ 11 Davey ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • 0 3½ 12 Saunders ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • 3 ————————————————————————————————————————————

Edith Martha Holloway won the British Ladies' Championship, which was played in Nottingham in August.

Game dates

There are 35 missing games (2 April 2022)

Round 01: Monday 8 June
Round 02: Tuesday 9 June
Round 03: Wednesday 10 June
Round 04: Thursday 11 June
Round 05: Friday 12 June
Round 06: Saturday 13 June
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Round 07: Monday 15 June
Round 08: Tuesday 16 June
Round 09: Wednesday 17 June
Round 10: Thursday 18 June
Round 11: Friday 19 June

Sources

BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Israel vs R Cross  1-0371936British ChampionshipC13 French
2. G Thomas vs B H Wood  1-0221936British ChampionshipE72 King's Indian
3. S Davey vs F Parr  ½-½541936British ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. C G Butcher vs W Winter  0-1331936British ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
5. W Ritson-Morry vs A Lenton  0-1411936British ChampionshipD95 Grunfeld
6. F Parr vs R Cross  ½-½551936British ChampionshipD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
7. H Saunders vs G Thomas  0-1541936British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
8. H Israel vs H Saunders  1-0351936British ChampionshipA13 English
9. A Lenton vs C G Butcher  0-1311936British ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
10. F Parr vs R C Noel-Johnson  1-0331936British ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. G Thomas vs W Ritson-Morry  ½-½361936British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
12. S Davey vs A Lenton  0-1111936British ChampionshipA51 Budapest Gambit
13. R C Noel-Johnson vs W Winter  0-1481936British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
14. B H Wood vs F Parr  1-0541936British ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. A Lenton vs R C Noel-Johnson  1-0431936British ChampionshipA12 English with b3
16. B H Wood vs H Saunders  1-0391936British ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
17. W Winter vs F Parr  1-0261936British ChampionshipE72 King's Indian
18. H Israel vs C G Butcher  1-0291936British ChampionshipD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. F Parr vs H Saunders  0-1351936British ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
20. W Winter vs A Lenton  ½-½361936British ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. F Parr vs A Lenton  1-0361936British ChampionshipD00 Queen's Pawn Game
22. G Thomas vs W Winter  0-1501936British ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. C G Butcher vs H Saunders  1-0321936British ChampionshipC13 French
24. W Ritson-Morry vs F Parr  1-0291936British ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. R Cross vs W Winter  0-1271936British ChampionshipE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
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