1922 15th BCF Congress - London International, Central Hall, Westminster, 31 July - 18 August • 1921« »1923

1922 London International, 31 July - 18 August

1922 London International		Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	José Raúl Capablanca	Cuba	&;	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13
2	Alexander Alekhine	Russia	½	&;	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	11½
3	Dr. Milan Vidmar	Yugoslavia	0	½	&;	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
4	Akiba Rubinstein	Poland	½	0	1	&;	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	10½
5	Efim Bogoljubow	Ukraine	0	½	0	½	&;	½	1	1	0	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	9
6	Richard Réti	Czechoslovakia	0	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	8½
7	Saviely Tartakower	Austria	½	½	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	8½
8	Geza Maroczy	Hungary	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	&;	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	8
9	Fred Dewhirst Yates	Leeds	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	8
10	Henry Ernest Atkins	Huddersfield	0	0	½	1	0	0	1	½	0	&;	0	1	½	½	0	1	6
11	Max Euwe	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	&;	0	1	0	1	1	5½
12	Eugene A Znosko-Borovsky	Russia	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	0	5
13	Victor Leonard Wahltuch	Manchester	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	½	5
14	John Stuart Morrison	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	0	&;	0	1	4½
15	Charles Gilbert M Watson	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	&;	1	4½
16	Prof. Davide Marotti	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	&;	1½

Prizes £250 - £150 - £100 - £70 - £40 - £30 - £25 - £20 (non-prizewinners £1 for each win)

Capablanca in play at the 1922 London tournament: this is his round 13 game versus Vidmar, with the photo taken before he played 15 a3. He went on to win in 42 moves.

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1922 BCF Major Open, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Major Open		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Reginald Pryce Michell	London	&;	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	0	1	8
2	Joseph Henry Blake	London	½	&;	1	½	1	1	0	0	1	½	1	1	7½
3	Dr Jakob Adolph Seitz	Munich	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½
4	Karl Matthias Berndtsson	Gothenburg	0	½	1	&;	1	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	7
5	Endre (Andreas) Steiner	Budapest	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	6
6	Dr Zoltan Vecsey	Czechoslovakia	½	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	1	½	½	1	6
7	Dr Janos Balogh	Roumania	0	1	0	½	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	½	5½
8	Roland Henry Vaughan Scott	London	1	1	0	0	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	0	4½
9	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	&;	½	0	1	4½
10	(Marquis) Stefano Rosselli del Turco	Florence	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	1	4½
11	George Koltanowski	Antwerp	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	&;	½	3
12	Leone Singer	Trieste	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	&;	2

Prizes £40, £30, £20, £10

1922 BCF Women's Open Chess Tournament¹, London, 7-18 August • 1921« »1923

1922 BCF Women's Open Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Miss Edith Charlotte Price	London	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	9½
2	Mrs Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson)	London	0	&;	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway (née Crittenden)	London	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	7
4	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	Kingston-upon-Thames	½	½	0	&;	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	6½
5	Mrs Gertrude Alison Beatrice Anderson (née Field)	Woldingham	0	½	½	½	&;	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	6½
6	Madame Katerina Beskow	Stockholm	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1	0	1d	1	1	1	5½
7	Mrs Mary Mills Houlding (née Palmer)	Newport	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5½
8	Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas (née Jeffreys)	Oxford	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	&;	0	1	1	0	5
9	Miss Florence Hutchison Stirling	Edinburgh	0	0	1	0	½	0d	0	1	&;	1	1	0d	4½
10	Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist	Glasgow	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	3½
11	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Herne Bay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	2
12	Miss Annie Mabel Gooding	Cheltenham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1d	0	0	&;	2

¹ Not styled the 'British Ladies Chess Championship' as was usual, as there was a non-British participant but the winner was deemed to be an official British Champion.
Prizes £40, £30, £20, £10

Married women were often known by the full names of their husband in the quaint custom of the time. The four players in the above photo were (left to right): Gertrude Alison Beatrice Anderson, Agnes Bradley Stevenson, Edith Price and Ella Frances Rawson.

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1922 BCF Minor Open, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Minor Open		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Dr. Arpad Vajda	Hungary	&;	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	9
2	William Gooding	London	½	&;	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	George Barron	Hull	0	1	&;	1	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	6½
4	David Miller	London	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	6½
5	Harold Saunders	London	0	½	1	½	&;	½	1	½	0	½	½	1	6
6	Christopher Barclay Heath	Dundee	½	½	1	0	½	&;	½	½	0	1	0	1	5½
7	Charles Reuben Gurnhill	Sheffield	0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	1	½	½	1	1	5
8	Edmund Tom Jesty	London	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	4½
9	Richard Edward Lean	Brighton	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	&;	1	0	0	4½
10	William Albert Fairhurst	Manchester	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	&;	1	0	3½
11	Allan William Edward Louis	London	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	&;	0	3½
12	Herbert Gibson Rhodes	Southport	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	&;	3½

1922 BCF First Class A, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF First Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	André Muffang	Armentières	&;	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1d	1	10
2	Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas	Liverpool	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	John Arthur James Drewitt	Hastings	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	8½
4	Maurice Edwards Goldstein	London	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½
5	John Harold Morrison	London	½	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
6	Hiram James Horace Cope	Ilfracombe	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	6
7	Robert Thomas Riley Serjeant	Edinburgh	½	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1d	1	6
8	A S Allen	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	½	1d	1d	3½
9	Carrick Wardhaugh	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1d	3½
10	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith	Hythe	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	&;	1d	1d	3
11	Rev. E Wells	Bournemouth	0d	0	1	0	0	0	0d	0d	0	0d	&;	0d	1
12	E Marx	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0d	0d	0d	0d	&;	0

1922 BCF First Class B, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF First Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Arthur George West	Yeovil	&;	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	Louis Savage	London	½	&;	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Victor Buerger	London	1	½	&;	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
4	William Henry Watts	London	0	1	0	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	7½
5	William John Berryman	Barnsley	½	0	1	½	&;	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	7
6	Patrick Charles Littlejohn	Rugby	0	½	½	0	½	&;	½	1	½	1	0	1d	5½
7	Phillip Flower	London	0	0	1	0	½	½	&;	0	½	½	1	1	5
8	K E Irving	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	½	½	1	1d	4
9	George Augustus Tengely	Bishop's Stortford	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	&;	1	½	½	4
10	Rev. Herbert Reginald Barry	Hexham	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	&;	1	1d	3½
11	F Riley	Birmingham	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	&;	1d	3½
12	A W A Meijer	Delft	0	0	0	0	0	0d	0	0d	½	0d	0d	&;	½

1922 BCF First Class C, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF First Class C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	George Wyville Moses	Wakefield	&;	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	9
2	Cyril Duffield	London	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Richard Frank Goldstein	London	½	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	8
4	Harold John Francis Stephenson	Hastings	½	½	0	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
5	William Rowland Thomas	Liverpool	½	0	0	1	&;	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	6
6	Alan Maurice(?) Ewbank1	London	0	0	½	1	½	&;	0	½	1	½	½	½	5
7	Rev Arthur Percival Lacy-Hulbert	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	1	0	1	5
8	W J Hewlett	London	0	1	0	0	½	½	1	&;	0	0	1	½	4½
9	Sydney Meymott	London	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	&;	0	1	½	4
10	E W Davies	London	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	&;	0	½	3½
11	Major Richard Whieldon Barnett, M.P.	London	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	1	&;	½	3
12	Edwin Joseph Brooks	London	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	&;	2½

¹ The crosstable gives 'A W Ewbank' which I think must be a misprint for either Alan Maurice Ewbank or his father Alan Ewbank - they were both Revs but Alan jnr probably not yet ordained.

1922 BCF Second Class A, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Second Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Ronald Melville Norman	Colwyn Bay	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	10
2	Capt. Victor Robert Ullman, M.C.	London	0	&;	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Rev. William Ernest Evill	Shanklin	½	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	8½
4	Robert Douglas Wormald	Monmouth	0	1	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
5	Charles Henry Taylor	London	0	0	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½
6	Arthur William Daniel	London	0	½	½	1	0	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	6
7	Miss Mary Constance Forbes	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	0	1	½	1	1	5
8	J Fraser	Bletchley	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	0	4½
9	Miss Alice Elizabeth Hooke	Barnes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	0	1	1	3
10	Miss [Ellison Scotland] Gibb	Glasgow	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	0	0	2
11	Dr Charles Fortescue Pridham	Wittersham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
12	E L Styles	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	&;	2

1922 BCF Second Class B, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Second Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Robert James Talbot Pasmore	Westgate	&;	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Henry David Osborn	Gosport	0	&;	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	1d	1	1d	8
3	C T Bennett	London	0	0	&;	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1d	7
4	Dr Vickerman Henzell Rutherford	London	½	1	0	&;	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	7
5	Edward Victor Strugnell	London	0	½	0	1	&;	0	0	1	1	1	1	1d	6½
6	Miss (Charlotte) Helena Minchin-Cotton	London	1	0	½	0	1	&;	0	0	1	1	½	1	6
7	Stephen Poulson Lees	London	0	½	½	½	1	1	&;	0	0	1	1	½	6
8	John Elliot(t) West	Ashton-under-Lyne	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	&;	0d	1	1	1d	6
9	W A Chase	London	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1d	&;	0	0	1d	4
10	Miss Gertrude Emma Sanders	Edinburgh	0	0d	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1d	3
11	Mrs Grace Catherine Ewbank (née Davies)	London	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	&;	1d	2½
12	C Gregory	London	0	0d	0d	0	0d	0	½	0d	0d	0d	0d	&;	½

1922 BCF Second Class C, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Second Class C		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Albert John Goode	Rugby	&;	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall	London	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Victor Rush	Pembroke Dock	1	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	8
4	Rev. Frederick William Botterill	Cambridge	0	½	½	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½
5	Leslie Edward Vine	Bridgwater	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	6½
6	George Breese	Wimbledon	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	0	6
7	Prof. Robert William Genese	Aberystwyth	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
8	William Gordon Perrin1	London	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1	½	4
9	Rev. William Thomas Mackenzie Hooppell	Stoke	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	&;	0	1	1	3½
10	Mrs Jeanie Brockett	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	3
11	P H Cohen	London	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	&;	½	2½
12	Mrs Rosa Annie Banting (née Vines)	London	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	&;	2

¹ BCM gives "J Perrin" but I think this is a misprint for BCF regular WG Perrin who is mentioned in The Scotsman reports (e.g. 16 August 1922)

1922 BCF Third Class A, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Third Class A		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Morris (or Melvin) Rockfelt	London	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½
2	Friedrich Salmony	London	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
3	Bertram Victor Andrews	Winsford	½	1	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
4	J Vessels	London	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8
5	W Barker	Penkridge	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
6	A J Green	London	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
7	A E Harding	Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	4
8	Mrs Hannah Maria Joughin (née Blogg)	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	4
9	Arthur Henry Brayne	King's Lynn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	3
10	Mrs Lizzie Vine (née Goring)	Bridgwater	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	3
11	Miss C Pannell	London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
12	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

1922 BCF Third Class B, London, 7-18 August

1922 BCF Third Class B		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	C Merry1	Chedworth	&;	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1		8½
2	Simon Davis Cohen	Ilford	½	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1		7½
3	Edward Edwin Barnett	Seven Kings	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1		7
4	William Arthur Hardy	Norwich	0	1	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1		7
5	David Pomerantz	London	1	½	1	0	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1		7
6	M Savage	London	0	0	0	1	1	&;	½	1	0	1	1		5½
7	William Henry Hipkiss	London	0	0	0	0	½	½	&;	0	1	1	1		4
8	Lt Col Ranald Hume Macdonald	Egham	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1		4
9	Miss A Champ	London	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1	1		3½
10	W C Walker	Chingford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	½		½
11	J Dowding		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	&;		½
12	A J Smith (retired)	Malton												&;	0

¹ at the 1923 BCF Congress recorded as CE Merry (Chedworth). The 1922 BCM gives 'Chadworth' but I'm fairly sure this should be Chedworth.

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Newspaper cartoons from the 1922 tournament

Other Images from Contemporary Newspapers

Lightning Tournament (80 players, 8 August): 1 E Bogoljubow, 2 G Maroczy, 3 R E Lean, 4 W E Bonwick (London). Capablanca took part but was eliminated by Bogoljubow.

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The following game is not directly connected to the 1922 London tournament but would have been played at around the same time:

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File updated

Date	Notes
12 January 2022	The games of the London International were uploaded some time ago. Now supplemented with 19 games from subsidiary events plus complete crosstables of other sections, photos and cartoons culled from contemporary newspapers, etc.
12 January 2022	Later that same day... 11 more games just sent to me by Ulrich Tamm - 9 from the Major Open and 2 from the Minor Open. Thanks, Ulrich.
15 January 2022	Added one game, from the Major Open: G.Koltanowski 1-0 E.Sergeant - submitted by Andy Ansel, for which many thanks.
27 August 2022	Four games added, from the Minor Open: (1) Fairhurst 1-0 Louis (rd 3); (2) Fairhurst ½-½ Miller (rd 5); (3) Fairhurst ½-½ Vajda (rd 11); (4) Heath 1-0 Fairhurst.
31 August 2022	One game added: R.Barnett 0-1 G.Moses (First Class C), contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum. Many thanks to Gerard.
22 November 2022	One game added: F Hutchison Stirling 0-1 E. Price (Women's Open). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm for contributing.
13 May 2023	One game added: W.R.Thomas 1-0 E.W.Davies, First Class C. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
13 December 2023	The final 11 moves added to the score of C.Wardhaugh 1-0 C.Boyce (Minor, rd 5). Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for contributing the full score via the English Chess Forum.
16 June 2024	Added the game A.Muffang 1-0 A.R.B.Thomas (First Class A). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm for submitting the game.
19 June 2024	Added the game R.T.R.Serjeant-A.Muffang (First Class A). Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for submitting the game via the English Chess Forum.