Bournemouth (1939) |
At the 1939 British Chess Federation Congress at Bournemouth, the proximity of war meant that the British Championship itself was not at stake. With the uncertainty of the time, and the absence of the players competing in the Buenos Aires Olympiad (Harry Golombek, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, George Alan Thomas, Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, and Baruch Harold Wood), the men’s championship was scrapped in favor of a general Premier Tournament. This consisted of a "12 man American", pitting six foreign masters (Euwe, Flohr, Landau, König, Klein and Mieses) against six home players (Conde, Aitken, Wallis, Thomas, Kitto and Abrahams). William Winter withdrew in the last minute and was replaced by Wallis. The foreign masters won by 27.5 to 8.5. Bournemouth, England, 14-25 August 1939 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Euwe * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
=2 Flohr ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½
=2 Klein ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½
=4 König 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½
=4 Landau ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 6½
6 Conde ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 6
=7 Aitken 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 5
=7 Wallis 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 0 1 1 5
9 Thomas 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 4½
10 Mieses 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 * ½ 0 3½
11 Kitto 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2
12 Abrahams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 The concurrent British Women's Championship was won by 13-year-old Elaine Saunders Pritchard, who had nine wins and two draws.Tournament book: Plymouth 1938 and Bournemouth 1939 by A. J. Gillam (Chess Player, 2007). This introduction was partly taken from http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi... and http://www.keverelchess.com/categor...
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. P N Wallis vs A R Thomas |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation |
2. F Kitto vs J Mieses |
 | ½-½ | 55 | 1939 | Bournemouth | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
3. G Abrahams vs E Klein |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E01 Catalan, Closed |
4. J M Aitken vs Flohr |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 1939 | Bournemouth | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
5. I Koenig vs Euwe |
 | 0-1 | 58 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D94 Grunfeld |
6. S Landau vs A G Conde |
| 1-0 | 76 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
7. E Klein vs P N Wallis |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
8. Flohr vs F Kitto |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
9. A R Thomas vs S Landau |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
10. I Koenig vs J M Aitken |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1939 | Bournemouth | A13 English |
11. Euwe vs A G Conde |
 | ½-½ | 55 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E17 Queen's Indian |
12. J Mieses vs G Abrahams |
 | 0-1 | 95 | 1939 | Bournemouth | A07 King's Indian Attack |
13. F Kitto vs I Koenig |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1939 | Bournemouth | C02 French, Advance |
14. Euwe vs J M Aitken |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
15. A G Conde vs A R Thomas |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
16. S Landau vs E Klein |
 | 0-1 | 52 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
17. G Abrahams vs Flohr |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 |
18. P N Wallis vs J Mieses |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1939 | Bournemouth | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
19. J Mieses vs S Landau |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1939 | Bournemouth | A07 King's Indian Attack |
20. A R Thomas vs Euwe |
 | 0-1 | 33 | 1939 | Bournemouth | B58 Sicilian |
21. J M Aitken vs F Kitto |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1939 | Bournemouth | C67 Ruy Lopez |
22. I Koenig vs G Abrahams |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
23. E Klein vs A G Conde |
| ½-½ | 47 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
24. Flohr vs P N Wallis |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1939 | Bournemouth | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
25. S Landau vs Flohr |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1939 | Bournemouth | E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 |
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Apr-23-16 | | offramp: Gerald Abrahams was 32 at the time of this tournament and I am baffled at how he did so badly. He was a very skilful author and wrote a bucketful of chess books. But here his only win was against the 102-year-old Mieses: Mieses vs G Abrahams, 1939. He lost to Euwe in only 14 moves! He also managed to lose F Kitto vs G Abrahams, 1939. Very odd! |
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Apr-23-16
 | | Chessical: Mieses was 74 years, 5 months old not 102. |
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Apr-23-16 | | JimNorCal: What is a "12 man American"?
Please, no "lightbulb" jokes... |
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Apr-23-16 | | PhilFeeley: <He lost to Euwe in only 14 moves!> Can't expect much else from 1...b5. |
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Apr-12-18 | | offramp: <JimNorCal: What is a "12 man American"?> I think I have heard of that in a cycling race. People play as individuals but results are also calculated for teams. The intro makes it sound as if there were 6 teams of 2, but there might have been 2 teams of 6. The recent series of Staunton Memorials were run on a similar system. |
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Apr-12-18 | | Retireborn: <offramp> I think you've hit it. The intro lists 5 people from the "home country" and presumably the "just settled" Koenig also represented "home". |
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Apr-12-18
 | | Tabanus: This is one of my first intros if not *the* first. Utter crap. It was thought by then that the intros would be edited later. I made a few changes. NB: Conde was British. The newspapers are rather silent about the "team match" but mentions it at the start of the event. |
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Apr-12-18 | | Retireborn: <Tab> Thanks for clearing that up. |
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Apr-13-18 | | offramp: The foreign masters won the team match by a landslide. |
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