1925 British Chess Championship, Stratford-upon-Avon, 17-28 August • 1924« »1926

1925 British Chess Championship		Draw No.	Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Henry Ernest Atkins	5	Huddersfield	&;	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9½
2	Fred Dewhirst Yates	11	Bradford	0	&;	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Edmund Spencer	3	Liverpool	½	0	&;	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Theodore Henry Tylor	12	Birmingham	0	0	½	&;	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	William Winter	2	London	0	0	0	½	&;	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	6
6	Hubert Ernest Price	1	Birmingham	0	1	½	½	0	&;	½	0	0	1	1	1	5½
7	Herbert Levi Jacobs	10	London	½	½	1	½	½	½	&;	½	0	0	0	1	5
8	William Gooding	6	London	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	&;	0	1	1	½	5
9	Harold Saunders	8	London	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	&;	0	1	0	4½
10	Joseph Henry Blake	9	Surbiton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	½	½	3
11	George Wyville Moses	4	Hemsworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	&;	1	2½
12	Henry Bernard Uber	7	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	&;	2

Pairings as per table 1

1925 British Ladies' Chess Championship • 1924« »1926

1925 British Ladies' Championship		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson)	London	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½
2	Miss Edith Charlotte Price	London	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	9½
3	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	Kingston	½	0	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
4	Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist	Glasgow	0	0	½	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	7
5	Mrs Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer)	Wallingford	0	0	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6
6	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Herne Bay	0	0	0	1	0	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	5
7	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	Watford	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	0	½	1	4½
8	Miss Florence Hutchison Stirling	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	0	1	1	4
9	Mrs Rosa Annie Banting (née Vines)	London	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	3½
10	Miss Hilda Florence Chater	Penzance	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	&;	0	½	3½
11	Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas (née Jeffreys)	Oxford	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	3
12	Mrs Jeanie Brockett	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

1925 BCF Major Open

1925 BCF Major Open		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	John Arthur James Drewitt	Hastings	&;	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9½
2	Eugene Znosko-Borovsky	Paris	½	&;	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
3	Charles Reuben Gurnhill	Sheffield	0	0	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Oscar Conrad Muller	London	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	6
5	Walter Atkinson	Hull	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	5½
6	John Harold Morrison	London	0	1	½	0	0	&;	1	½	1	0	0	1	5
7	John MacAlister	London	½	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	0	1	4½
8	William Henry Watts	London	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	&;	0	1	0	1	4½
9	John James O'Hanlon	Portadown	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	4½
10	J Ellis Parry	Manchester	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	&;	1	0	4
11	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	&;	0	3
12	Frederick Charles Short	Walsall	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	2½

1925 BCF First Class A

1925 BCF First Class A		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Alfred Dudley Barlow	London	&;	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith	Hythe	½	&;	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	9
3	Henfrey Austin Turriff	Arbroath	1	0	&;	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	7½
4	H Parsons	Bristol	½	½	0	&;	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7
5	Lt Col Charles Edward Stuart-Prince	Hyères	0	½	½	½	&;	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7
6	Maj Sir Richard Whieldon Barnett, MP	London	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	6
7	Patrick Charles Littlejohn	Nuneaton	0	0	1	½	½	0	&;	0	½	1	1	1	5½
8	Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall	London	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	&;	0	1	½	1	5
9	George Dickson Hutton	Dunbar	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	4
10	Victor Coates	Uppingham	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	3½
11	James William Ernest Coley	Stroud	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	&;	1	2½
12	A Powell	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

1925 BCF First Class B

1925 BCF First Class B		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Henry James MacThomas Thoms	Dundee	&;	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Miss Vera Menchik	Hastings	1	&;	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	8
3	W A Hooper1	Ipswich	0	0	&;	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	7
4	Dr Vickerman Henzell Rutherford	London	½	½	0	&;	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½
5	Rev William Rawson Greenhalgh	London	0	½	0	0	&;	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
6	Rev Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	Birmingham	1	0	½	1	0	&;	1	0	½	½	0	1	5½
7	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway	Bromley	0	½	½	½	½	0	&;	1	0	1	1	0	5
8	Friedrich Salmony	London	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	&;	1	0	½	½	5
9	Lt. Leslie Edward Vine	Bridgwater	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	&;	0	1	1	4½
10	Bernard John Barton-Eckett2	Durham	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	&;	0	1	4
11	Frederick Wilkinson	Kingston-upon-Thames	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	&;	0	3½
12	Dr E H Smith3	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	&;	2½

¹ W A Hooper was British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1923. His forenames may have been William Arthur.
² BCM and newspapers give 'E Barton-Eckett' in 1925 but chess reports and newspapers for other years give 'B Barton-Eckett' as a chess competitor, which tallies with the name of the then Durham county librarian who was born in 1893 and died in Kenya in 1974. No record can be found for an E Barton-Eckert.
³ Unsurprisingly I've not been able to discover the forenames of Dr E H Smith of London! EDIT (24 December 2021): I think he may have been Edward Hickson Smith, born 13 July 1867 (Ontario, Canada), died 27 February 1946 (Bournemouth), qualified doctor/surgeon (M.R.C.S.) and son of another Canadian surgeon, William Robert Smith (b 1829). But not 100% certain.

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1925 BCF Second Class A

1925 BCF Second Class A		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Prof Robert William Genese	Tunbridge Wells	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	George W Powell	Stroud	1	&;	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Stephen Poulson Lees	Merton	½	½	&;	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½
4	Willington Lucette Wakefield	Coventry	0	0	1	&;	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	7
5	Rev William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell	Stoke-on-Trent	½	½	½	½	&;	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	6
6	Henry Stanley Shelton1	Teddington	0	1	½	0	1	&;	0	½	0	1	1	1	6
7	George Breese	Wimbledon	0	1	0	1	0	1	&;	0	0	½	1	1	5½
8	Arthur Frank Anderton	Coventry	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	&;	1	½	0	1	5
9	Henry David Osborn2	Gosport	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	&;	0	1	0	4
10	Miss Charlotte Helena Minchin Cotton	London	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	&;	0	1	4
11	Miss Mary Ann Eliza Andrews3	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	1	3
12	John E Coleman	Grays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1

¹ Henry Stanley Shelton (1876-1956), teacher and co-author of a book about evolution.
² Henry David Osborn (1864-1928) - "Mr H. D. Osborn, of Gosport, who passed away at the end of August [1928], was a strong Hampshire county player, and a keen supporter of the B.C.F., of which he was the local secretary at the Southsea congress of 1923." (BCM, October 1928, p375)
³ BCM, August 1923, p281-282, reported that Miss M Andrews was "sister to the well-known Sussex amateur." He was William Richard Andrews, who played for Christ Church, Brighton, and won the Sussex championship. I am grateful to Richard James for discovering the full names of the siblings, reported in this article on British Chess News.

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1925 BCF Second Class B

1925 BCF Second Class B		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	S J Osborn	London	&;	1	1	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Ralph William Rushton1	Leagrave	0	&;	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	M White	Cardiff	0	1	&;	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
4	A C (or A T) Faulkner	Wallington	1	1	0	&;	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	7
5	Alfred Thomas Cannell	Norwich	½	½	1	1	&;	0	½	1	½	0	1	1	7
6	H Hinchcliffe2	Huddersfield	0	0	1	½	1	&;	1	1	0	0	1	1	6½
7	George Arthur Youngman	Maidstone	0	0	1	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	½	5½
8	W Barker	Wolverhampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	1	1	5½
9	G M Rowson	London	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	&;	1	1	1	5½
10	Albert Henry Hart	Teignmouth	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	&;	1	1	4½
11	Miss Stella Violet Aline Malcolm	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
12	Mrs A Chase3	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

¹ Ralph William Rushton (1892-?) was the older brother of Robin Humphries Rushton who was a well-known player and chess administrator in Bedfordshire (he took part in the 1923 BCF Congress). It's just possible that 'RW Rushton' as given in BCM and newspaper accounts of this 1925 event is a misprint for 'RH Rushton' and that Ralph W Rushton wasn't a competition player at all but it seems reasonable to assume that he was - JS
² This might be the Charles Henry Hinchcliffe (1895-1987) documented at the Yorkshire Chess History website.
³ name given as Mrs J F Chase in some sources - husband's initials?

1925 BCF Third Class A

1925 BCF Third Class A		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Roger Oswald Platt	Gloucester	&;	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1d	1	1d	9½
2	Hon. Arthur James Beresford Lowther	London	½	&;	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1d	1	1d	9
3	W E Jones	Condover	1	0	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1d	1d	8½
4	W A Aston	Birmingham	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
5	G W Bedford1	London	0	½	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1d	1d	1d	7½
6	J J Ellison	Shrewsbury	0	1	0	0	1	&;	0	½	1	1d	1	1d	6½
7	Miss Ella Margaret Beddall2	Bexhill	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	0	1d	1	5½
8	Miss Kate Eyre	Prestbury	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1d	1d	1d	4½
9	Miss Evelyn de Veer Pickop	Colwyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1d	1d	1d	3
10	Thomas Ernest Dodds	Birmingham	0d	0d	0	½	0d	0d	1	0d	0d	&;	0	1d	2½
11	William H Reynolds	Rugby	0	0	0d	0	0d	0	0d	0d	0d	1	&;	1	2
12	P W Darbyshire	Poynton	0d	0d	0d	0	0d	0d	0	0d	0d	0d	0	&;	0

¹ BCM in 1926: "The old Hampstead player, G. W. Bedford, won Division 1 of the Third Class in superior style with 9½ out of 10. This is his first first-prize in an open tournament, and the youthful octogenarian is hoping for fresh worlds to conquer next year." A clue to his identity (must have been born in 1846 or earlier), but I have so far not been able to find out any more about him. JS
² married the chess problemist Brian Harley (1883-1955) in 1926. Born in 1892, died in 1968.

1925 BCF Third Class B

1925 BCF Third Class B		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	M L Adler	London	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	Miss Lillie Eveling	Margate	0	&;	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Victor James R Soanes	Loughton	½	1	&;	½	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	8
4	(Lady) Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth	Buxton	0	0	½	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	Anthony Clifford Steadman	Bristol	½	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6
6	Mrs M Healey	Mossley	0	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	0	1	1	5½
7	Miss Olga Menchik	Hastings	0	½	0	1	½	0	&;	0	½	1	1	½	5
8	Miss C/E Pannell	London	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	5
9	Mrs Lizzie Vine1 (née Goring)	Bridgwater	0	0	1	0	1	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	5
10	Mrs Florence Jane Fish	Worthing	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	&;	0	1	3½
11	Mrs E S Ross2	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
12	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

¹ Lizzie Vine (née Goring) (1867-?) married Herbert Edward Vine in 1891. Their son Leslie Edward Vine (1892-1978) was a competition player who learnt the game from his mother and played in the First Class B section (see above).
² initials could be those of her husband

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File Updated

Date	Notes
13 March 2016	Original upload. 54 of the 66 games played in the 1925 British Chess Championship, played in Stratford-upon-Avon. I have input complete games from rounds 2-8 from the Tinsley notebooks, kindly lent by Tony Gillam, and a number of these won't have seen the light of day until now. Others sourced from newspapers and elsewhere, with the assistance of Gerard Killoran. There are also 13 games from the subsidiary tournaments, plus three crosstables and results of lower sections.
14 March 2016	One extra game, plus tidied up references to games from the Tinsley notebooks, etc.
15 March 2016	Five more games contributed by Gerard Killoran - one from the Major Open (Morrison-Znosko-Borovsky), one from the Women's Championship (Houlding-Gilchrist) and three from lower sections. Many thanks, Gerard.
30 March 2016	Three further Major Open games (Lean-Watts, Rd 5; Znosko-Borovsky-Atkinson, Rd 10; Short-Drewitt, Rd 11), for which many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
12 April 2016	Added one championship game (Spencer-Saunders, Rd 9) and three games from the Major Open, all of which were in BCM. I have also tightened up some of the source references (as I did for the 1924 file).
26 April 2016	Roger Watson has unearthed Winter-Yates (Rd 11) from a Czech newspaper. Many thanks, Roger.
4 January 2023	Added two games from subsidiary sections: (1) W.Watts 1-0 F.Short (Major Open, rd 7); (2) W.Hooper 1-0 F.Wilkinson (First Class B). Many thanks to Gerard Killoran who submitted them via the English Chess Forum.