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Tournaments Before 1920
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| 1884 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| 1st Scottish Championship | John Crum | 1884.07.21 | 1884.07.25 | 13/45 | 2022.08.03 |
| 1890 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| County CA Ch'p Cambridge | William H Gunston | 1890.06.23 | 1890.06.28 | 13+5 | 2023.10.10 |
| Manchester International | Siegbert Tarrasch | 1890.08.25 | 1890.09.08 | 112+3/190 | 2023.10.06 |
| Manchester Minor | D Y Mills | 1890.08.25 | 1890.09.05 | 14^ | 2023.10.06 |
| 1893 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| London Black & White | J Blackburne | 1893.02.27 | 1893.03.03 | 15 | 2017.11.29 |
| 1895 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Hastings | H N Pillsbury | 1895.08.05 | 1895.09.02 | 231+ | 2013.10.26 |
| 1897 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Craigside Cup Class 1 | G E H Bellingham | 1897.01.04 | 1897.01.12 | 17+2 | 2024.06.03 |
| Craigside Cup Class 2 | C Dawbarn | 1897.01.04 | 1897.01.11 | 1^ | 2024.05.17 |
| Craigside Handicap A | C H Sherrard | 1897.01.04 | 1897.01.11 | 0 | 2024.05.15 |
| Craigside Handicap B | G E H Bellingham | 1897.01.04 | 1897.01.11 | 2^ | 2024.06.03 |
| 1899 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| University Cable GBR-USA | Great Britain | 1899.04.21 | 6 | 2023.12.23 | |
| 1900 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| City of London | Teichmann | 1900.04.05 | 1900.05.03 | 78 | 2017.11.29 |
| Craigside Cup Llandudno | Amos Burn | 1900.12.31 | 1901.01.05 | 9+3 | 2023.05.28 |
| Craigside First Class | Anthony Dod | 1900.12.31 | 1901.01.05 | 11^ | 2023.05.28 |
| Craigside Second Class | T H Billington | 1900.12.31 | 1901.01.05 | 10^ | 2023.05.28 |
| Craigside Handicap | Amos Burn | 1900.12.31 | 1901.01.05 | 6^ | 2023.05.28 |
| 1901 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| USA-GB Cable Match | Drawn | 1901.04.19 | 1901.04.20 | 10 | 2013.10.26 |
| 1903 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Midlands v City of London | Midland Counties | 1903.05.23 | 10/21 | 2023.04.25 | |
| 1904 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| City of London | Napier | 1904.07.25 | 1904.08.13 | 126+10 | 2022.04.22 |
| BCF-ch Hastings | W Napier/H E Atkins | 1904.08.22 | 1904.09.03 | 57/66 | 2017.07.21 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1904.08.22 | 1904.09.03 | 28^ | 2024.03.20 | |
| BCF-ch Play-Off | W Napier | 1905.01.02 | 1905.01.05 | 4^ | 2017.07.21 |
| 1905 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| BCF-ch Southport | H E Atkins | 1905.08.14 | 1905.08.25 | 44+22/66 | 2024.03.29 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1905.08.14 | 1905.08.25 | 47+2^ | 2024.03.29 | |
| 1906 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| BCF-ch Shrewsbury | H E Atkins | 1906.08.06 | 1906.08.17 | 33+1/66 | 2023.07.15 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1906.08.06 | 1906.08.17 | 27^ | 2022.12.22 | |
| 1907 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| USA-GB Cable Match | GB | 1907.02.22 | 1907.02.23 | 10 | 2024.03.18 |
| USA-GB Univ Cable Match | Drawn | 1907.03.23 | 1907.03.23 | 6^ | 2024.03.18 |
| BCF-ch Crystal Palace | H E Atkins | 1907.08.12 | 1907.08.23 | 30+5/66 | 2023.02.25 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1907.08.12 | 1907.08.23 | 21^ | 2024.03.18 | |
| 1908 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Oxford Uni v Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1908.07.27 | 1908.07.29 | 6/18 | 2024.11.14 |
| BCF-ch Tunbridge Wells | Atkins | 1908.08.10 | 1908.08.21 | 66/66 | 2020.05.12 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1908.08.10 | 1908.08.21 | 8^ | 2023.02.25 | |
| 1909 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| USA-GB Cable Match | GB | 1909.03.26 | 1909.03.27 | 10 | 2013.10.26 |
| USA-GB Univ Cable Match | USA | 1909.03.20 | 1909.03.20 | 6^ | 2013.10.26 |
| BCF-ch Scarborough | H E Atkins/ J Blake | 1909.08.09 | 1909.08.20 | 62/62 | 2018.02.08 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1909.08.09 | 1909.08.20 | 28^ | 2023.02.26 | |
| BCF-ch 1909 play-off | H E Atkins | 1910.01.03 | 1910.01.05 | 3^ | 2018.10.16 |
| 1910 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| BCF-ch Oxford | H E Atkins | 1910.08.15 | 1910.08.26 | 36+2/66 | 2023.04.16 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1910.08.15 | 1910.08.26 | 34^ | 2024.02.21 | |
| City of London CC Ch'ship | William Ward | 1910.11? | 1911.03? | 37 | 2024.03.10 |
| 1911 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| EE Colman vs FJ Marshall | Marshall by 2-1 | 1911.04.27 | 1911.04.29 | 3 | 2024.02.21 |
| BCF-ch Glasgow | H E Atkins / F Yates | 1911.08.14 | 1911.08.25 | 30/66 | 2018.04.19 |
| BCF-ch other sections | 1911.08.14 | 1911.08.25 | 17^ | 2024.02.08 | |
| Yates-Palmer match | F Yates | 1911.10.02 | 1911.10.04 | 3 | 2015.08.23 |
| BCF-ch 1911 play-off | H E Atkins | 1912.01.01 | 1912.01.03 | 3^ | 2018.04.19 |
| 1912 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Great Britain v Netherlands | Netherlands | 1912.04.12 | 1912.04.13 | 16 | 2023.01.16 |
| BCF-ch Richmond | R C Griffith | 1912.08.12 | 1912.08.23 | 39/66 | 2023.02.21 |
| BCF Major Open | Speijer/Gunston | 1912.08.12 | 1912.08.23 | 20^ | 2024.02.27 |
| BCF-ch Women Ch'ship | G Anderson | 1912.08.12 | 1912.08.23 | 7^ | 2024.02.27 |
| BCF other sections | 1912.08.12 | 1912.08.23 | 17^ | 2024.03.11 | |
| 1913 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| BCF-ch Cheltenham | F D Yates | 1913.08.11 | 1913.08.22 | 34/66 | 2022.04.30 |
| BCF Major Open | Mackenzie/Middleton | 1913.08.11 | 1913.08.22 | 12^ | 2024.02.28 |
| BCF-ch Women Ch | 3 players tied | 1913.08.11 | 1913.08.22 | 4^ | 2022.07.02 |
| BCF other sections | 1913.08.11 | 1913.08.22 | 14^ | 2021.12.17 | |
| BCF-ch Women's Play-Off | Moseley | 1913.10.27 | 1913.10.31 | 2/3^ | 2022.07.02 |
| 1914 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| Great Britain v Netherlands | Netherlands | 1914.04.11 | 1914.04.13 | 16 | 2023.12.23 |
| BCF-ch Chester | F D Yates | 1914.08.10 | 1914.08.21 | 37/55 | 2022.04.30 |
| BCF Major Open | G Schories | 1914.08.10 | 1914.08.21 | 28^ | 2021.04.21 |
| BCF-ch Women Ch | M M Houlding | 1914.08.10 | 1914.08.21 | 4^ | 2016.03.13 |
| BCF other sections | 1914.08.10 | 1914.08.21 | 19^ | 2022.06.01 | |
| 1919 | Winner | Start Date | End Date | PGN Download | Date Posted/Updated |
| BCF Victory Hastings | J Capablanca | 1919.08.11 | 1919.08.22 | 58/66 | 2021.04.26 |
| BCF Minor | E G Sergeant | 1919.08.11 | 1919.08.22 | 26/66 | 2021.04.26 |
| BCF-ch Women Ch | Edith Holloway | 1919.08.11 | 1919.08.22 | 5+2 | 2021.04.26 |
| BCF other sections | 1919.08.11 | 1919.08.22 | 33 | 2023.09.21 |
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