British Championship (1948) |
Played at the Bishopsgate Institute in London, England, 30 August - 10 September 1948. Rest day: Sunday 5 September. Reginald Joseph Broadbent won with 8.5/11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Broadbent • ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
=2 Thomas ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7
=2 Milner-Barry ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7
=2 B H Wood 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7
=2 Golombek 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
6 G J Wood 0 0 ½ 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 6
7 Alexander ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½
8 Newman 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 4½
9 Aitken 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 4
10 Winter ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 3½
=11 Ritson-Morry ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 0 3
=11 Abrahams 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 • 3
————————————————————————————————————————————— Edith Charlotte Price (age 77) won the British Ladies' Championship for the 5th time, with 7/10. Jonathan Penrose (age 14) shared 1st place with his brother Oliver and three others in the Premier tournament (7.5/11).
Game dates
There are 37 missing games (6 April 2022)
Round 01: Monday 30 August
Round 02: Tuesday 31 August
Round 03: Wednesday 1 September
Round 04: Thursday 2 September
Round 05: Friday 3 September
Round 06: Saturday 4 September
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Round 07: Monday 6 September
Round 08: Tuesday 7 September
Round 09: Wednesday 8 September
Round 10: Thursday 9 September
Round 11: Friday 10 September
Sources
BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. B H Wood vs W Winter |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1948 | British Championship | B58 Sicilian |
2. J M Aitken vs Golombek |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1948 | British Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
3. C H Alexander vs G Abrahams |
 | 1-0 | 15 | 1948 | British Championship | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
4. W Ritson-Morry vs Milner-Barry |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1948 | British Championship | A92 Dutch |
5. G Abrahams vs J M Aitken |
| ½-½ | 60 | 1948 | British Championship | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
6. Golombek vs G Thomas |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1948 | British Championship | E15 Queen's Indian |
7. G J Wood vs R Broadbent |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1948 | British Championship | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
8. C H Alexander vs W Winter |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1948 | British Championship | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
9. G Thomas vs G Abrahams |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1948 | British Championship | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
10. J M Aitken vs Milner-Barry |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1948 | British Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
11. R H Newman vs G J Wood |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1948 | British Championship | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
12. W Ritson-Morry vs C H Alexander |
 | ½-½ | 18 | 1948 | British Championship | D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran |
13. W Winter vs J M Aitken |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1948 | British Championship | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
14. J M Aitken vs W Ritson-Morry |
| ½-½ | 54 | 1948 | British Championship | C70 Ruy Lopez |
15. B H Wood vs C H Alexander |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1948 | British Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
16. G J Wood vs Golombek |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1948 | British Championship | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
17. C H Alexander vs J M Aitken |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1948 | British Championship | B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation |
18. W Winter vs R Broadbent |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1948 | British Championship | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
19. B H Wood vs J M Aitken |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1948 | British Championship | A03 Bird's Opening |
20. G J Wood vs Milner-Barry |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1948 | British Championship | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
21. W Winter vs G J Wood |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1948 | British Championship | E72 King's Indian |
22. J M Aitken vs G Thomas |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1948 | British Championship | C11 French |
23. G Abrahams vs Milner-Barry |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1948 | British Championship | A15 English |
24. R Broadbent vs J M Aitken |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1948 | British Championship | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
25. J M Aitken vs R H Newman |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1948 | British Championship | B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
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