[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Nbc3 Be7 11. Ng3 c6 12. f4 a5 13. Qe2 h5 14. Re1 h4 15.
Nf1 Kf8 16. h3 Rb8 17. b3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Be3 Nxf4
22. Bxc5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Ne3 f5 25. Ne2 g5 26. c4 Rbd8 27. Nxf4 gxf4
28. Nf1 e4 29. Qc3 Kf7 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Re1 Rg8 32. Kh1 f3 33. Ne3 Rg3 {
Sources: Yorkshire Post, 13 August 1931; The Observer, 16 August 1931; The
Scotsman, 13 August 1931; Mir Sultan Khan by RN Coles (1977)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
a5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Ne1 Nc5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15.
f3 Bh5 16. b3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. h3 Be8 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Be1 h5 21. Nf2 Rf6 22.
a3 Rh6 23. Ra2 Bf6 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. Rb2 Kh8 26. Ra2 Qg7 27. Qe2 g4 28. fxg4 Rg8
29. g5 Qxg5 30. Qf3 Qh4 31. Qd1 Bxh3 32. Nxh3 Qxh3 33. Rf3 Qg4 34. Qe2 h4 35.
Rc2 h3 {The Times (12 Aug 1931) gives this as the final position.} 36. Rg3 fxg3
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Gibson, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qb7 15.
Bg5 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. h3 Be6 19. Qd2 Be7 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Qg5
Kh8 22. Qh5 f6 23. Nh4 Qf7 24. Qxf7 Bxf7 25. Nc7 Bxa2 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Ra1 Be6
28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Rea1 c4 30. Nf5 b4 31. Ba4 Bd7 32. Rd1 Be8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nb8 35. Ra8 Bxa4 36. Rb6 {Source: Times Literary Supplement, 20 Aug 1931,
p636} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Black "Morrison, John Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bg5
c6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Qd6 Nc5 14. Qxe7 Rxe7
15. Rd6 Re6 16. Rxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21.
h3 Bc8 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Bb1 Nb3 25. Rc2 Be6 26. Ne2 Na1 27. Rd2 Bxc4
28. Rd7 Bxb2 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30. Ba2 Rd8 31. Rb1 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. b3 e5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. f4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 11. Bf1 Qh5 12. Qf3 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Rb1
Nxe3 15. Bb2 d4 16. Qe4 Nxc2+ 17. Kf2 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Bd3 Nb4 20. Nf6+
Ke7 21. Bxf5 Kxf6 22. Be4 c5 23. a3 Nc6 24. Rbc1 {Sources: Manchester Guardian,
13 Aug 1931; The Scotsman, 13 August 1931; The Observer, 16 August 1931; Mir
Sultan Khan by RN Coles (1977)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfd1 Qe5 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Rd2 c5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Rad1 a6 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bd5 Ra7 23. e4 Rc7 24. e5 Qg6 25. Qe3 h6 26. Qf4 Qf5 27. Qg3 Be6 28.
Nh4 Qh5 29. Bxe6 Bxh4 30. Bg4 Bxg3 31. Bxh5 Bxe5 32. b3 Bd4 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Kf1
a5 35. Red2 Re8 36. Rc2 Rce7 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Rb8 39. Bd3 Kf8 40. Re1 g6
41. Re4 Rb6 42. f3 f5 43. Re1 Kf7 44. Re2 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Re1 Kf6 47. Rb1
Rd6 48. Bc2 a3 49. Rb3 Bb2 50. Rd3 Ra6 51. Rb3 Ke5 52. Ke2 c4 53. Rb8 Kd4 54.
Rd8+ Kc3 55. Kd1 Rb6 56. Rd7 Ba1 57. Re7 Rd6+ 58. Kc1 Bb2+ 59. Kb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Bg6 8. Ne3
Nd4 9. b3 Qd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qb1 O-O-O 12. Nxe4 Re8 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. d3 Bh6
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. O-O h5 19. h4 f5 20. Rae1 Re5 21. e4
fxe4 22. dxe4 Rc8 23. Qd2 Ree8 24. Kh2 Rc5 25. f4 f5 26. Bh3 Rf8 27. exf5 Bxf5
28. Re7 Bxh3 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Re1 Rf7 31. Qe2 Rc8 32. Qxh5 Rcf8 33. Qg6 {
Sources: Manchester Guardian, 13 Aug 1931; BCM, Oct 1931, p473; Exeter and
Plymouth Gazette, 27 August 1931} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gibson, William"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Rad1 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Qe8 14. f4 h5
15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qh3 g6 17. Be2 b5 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. Qe1 b4 20. Qd1 Rh8 21. Bf3
Qb5 22. Qe2 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rbc8 25. Kh1 c5 26. c4 bxc3 27. Bxc3 h4 28.
h3 Rhd8 29. Rcd1 a5 30. Rb2 d4 31. Bxa5 Qxa5 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Bf3 dxe3 34. Rxd8
Rxd8 35. Qxe3 Rd4 36. Rc2 Qb4 37. Kh2 Bf8 38. Qe2 Bh6 39. g3 hxg3+ 40. Kxg3
Bxf4+ 41. Kg2 Qb6 42. Kf1 Bg5 43. Rc4 Rd2 44. Qe1 Rxa2 45. b4 Qa6 46. Be2 Ra1
47. Rc1 Qa8 {Source: BCM, Oct 1931, p470; Mir Sultan Khan by RN Coles (1977)}
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. a3 Nb7 14. b4 Qe7 15.
Rfc1 Bd7 16. Nd1 Rfc8 17. Nb2 Qd8 18. c5 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. cxb6 d5 21. Bc5
Bh6 22. Rd1 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 dxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Rd1 Qh4 27. Qc4+
Kg7 28. Nd6 Bf4 29. g3 Qg4 30. Qd3 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 Be4 32. Qa3 Qh3 33. f3 Bxg3
34. hxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Bxf3 36. Bxe5+ Qxe5 37. Qxf3 Rb8 38. Nc4 Qb5 39. Qc3+
Kh6 40. Kf2 Qc6 41. Qe3+ {Sources: The Scotsman, 15 Aug 1931; Times Literary
Supplement, 3 Sep 1931, p668} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
d4 Bg4 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. O-O dxc3 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qd4 Be6 13. Qf4 Qa5 14. Rab1
Qxa2 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Rxb2 cxb2 20. Rb1
Rb4 21. Qg3 Bc5 22. c3 Rb6 23. Kf1 g6 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. Qf6 R6b7 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Qxe6+ Rf7+ 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rb6 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qd7 Rf7 32. Qd6 Rbb7
33. Qxc6 a5 34. Qxd5 a4 35. e6 Rfe7 36. Rxb2 {Source: The Times, 14 Aug 1931.}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Morrison, John Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. c3 Qd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be4 8. b4 Nh6
9. Nb3 Nf7 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O Ncd8 12. a4 Be7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. Be3
c6 16. c4 h6 17. Qd2 Rg8 18. Nd4 g5 19. Bf3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Ng5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23. Kh1 a6 24. Nb3 Qd7 25. Qc3 Qg7 26. Rf2 Nc6 27. Qc4 Nxe5 28. Bxe5
Qxe5 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. c6 bxc6 31. Nd4 Kf6 32. Nxc6 Qc7 33. Qc3+ e5 34. Rxf5+
Kxf5 35. Nd4+ exd4 36. Qxc7 d3 37. Rf1+ Kg6 38. h4 Rgf8 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40. Rxf8
Rxf8 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qe5+ Kf7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46.
Qxe4 {Source: Times Literary Supplement, 27 Aug 1931, p652} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bd6 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qe4 Rb5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qe2
Rf5 15. h3 Qa8 16. Re1 c5 17. dxc5 Bb8 18. Bg5 Qc6 19. b4 Nh5 20. Nd4 Qc7 21.
Qxh5 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Re5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2 26. Nf3 Bg3 27.
Be3 {Source: BCM, Oct 1931, p473; Mir Sultan Khan by RN Coles (1977)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Gibson, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Re8
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nc2 Rc8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qa4 Ne4 19. Bd4 Qg5 20. h4 Qg6 21. Bf3
Nd2 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Qc2 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Nxd4 25. Qxg6 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxh4+ 27.
gxh4 fxg6 28. Nxd5 Rc2 29. Kg3 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxb2 31. Rd7 Ree2 32. Rc1 Rbc2 33.
Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Rxa7 Kh7 35. Rb7 Rc5 36. f4 h5 37. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 b5 11. Nxb5 Rb8 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. f4 O-O 14. Qd1 a6
15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Bb2 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. hxg3 Qh6+
21. Nh3 axb5 22. Bxb5 Nb4 23. Qe2 c6 24. Bd3 d5 25. Kh2 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Rxb2 28. Rf2 Bf5 29. Qc3 Rb6 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Re1 c5 32. Re5 Be6 33. f5 Bf7
34. g4 Qh4 35. g5 d4 36. Rxc5 dxc3 37. Rxc8+ Be8 38. Re2 Qb4 39. Rexe8+ Kf7 40.
g6+ hxg6 41. Ng5+ Kf6 42. Ne4+ {Source: BCM, Nov 1931, p503} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 O-O 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. c3 c5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nc3
Rb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rh6 17. Rf4 d6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Nd5 Qe5 22. h3 f6 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Rd2 f5 25. e4 g6 26. Rf2 Kg7 27. exf5
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Re2 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Rg6 31. Ne7 Qc4 32. Nxf5+ {Sources:
The Times, 15 Aug 1931; Manchester Guardian, 17 August 1931; The Scotsman, 17
Aug 1931} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. Nf1 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bd2 h6
15. Re2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Ng4 h5 20. f3 hxg4 21.
fxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Be5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc7 25. Rae1 Qc4 26. a3 Rcd8 27.
Qg5 Rd5 28. Qxg4 Qb5 29. Qf4 Red8 30. Rf2 Rf5 31. Qc7 Rdd5 32. c4 Qa5 33. Qxa5
Rxa5 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Re5 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Kh7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. Kd4 f6
40. exf6 gxf6 41. c5 Kg6 42. b4 {Sources: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 20 Aug
1931; BCM, Oct 1931, p468. Updated 16 Jan 2016.} ({Not} 42. g4) 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 g6 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. f4 f5 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Rg3 Re7 21. Rf1
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bc6 23. h4 b5 24. h5 Be8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Bc6 27. Qh4 Be4 28.
Bg5 Rg7 29. Bf6 a5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh3 Rg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qc7
a4 35. Rh7 Bc6 36. d5 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 18 August 1931; The
Observer, 23 Aug 1931} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "part-game"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p3/1p1pBk2/3P2p1/2P1K3/5n1P/8/8 b - - 0 80"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Started with a Sicilian...} 80... Nd2+ 81. Kd3 Nb3 82. Kc3 Nc5 83. Bg4 Ke5 84.
Kb4 Kd4 85. Bc8 Nd3+ 86. Kb3 Ne5 87. Ba6 Kc5 88. Kc3 Ng6 89. Bb5 Nf4 90. Bd7 b5
91. Bxb5 Nxh3 92. Kd3 Nf4+ {Source: BCM, Sep 1931, p407} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gibson, William"]
[Black "Morrison, John Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Bb5
Qe7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. d5 Nd8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ng3 Rf8
15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bh4 Nf7 18. Qd3 Nh8 19. Re2 Qf7 20. Re3 g5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Nfxg5 Qf5 23. Rf3 Nc5 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Bh6 27. b4
Na4 28. Ne4 Ng6 29. Rd1 Nf4 30. Kf1 Nb2 31. Rc1 Nfd3 32. Rc2 Nc4 33. g3 a5 34.
Rf3 Na3 35. Re2 Nc1 36. Rb2 Nc4 37. Rc2 Na3 38. Rb2 b5 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ng4
axb4 41. Nxh6 Kxh6 42. Rxb4 Nxa2 43. Rg4 Nc4 44. Rf7 Nxc3 45. Rfg7 Rh8 46.
R4g6+ Kh5 47. Rg5+ Kh6 48. g4 Ne3+ 49. fxe3 Rf8+ 50. Ke1 Rf6 51. Rg8 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Na5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8.
Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 c6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhf1 O-O-O 13. Na4 Bd6 14.
Rd3 Be6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. c5 Be7 17. Ra3 h6 18. Bh4 Rd4 19. c3 Rdd8 20. h3 Rhe8
21. Rf3 g5 22. Bf2 g4 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 gxh3 25. gxh3 Nh5 26. Nb6+ Kb8 27.
Rxa7 Kxa7 28. Qc2 Kb8 29. Qa4 Qd8 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Qa5 Bg5 32. Be1 Nf4 33. h4
Nd3+ 34. Kd1 Bg4+ {Sources: The Times, 18 Aug 1931; Yorkshire Post, 19 Aug
1931; The Scotsman, 19 Aug 1931} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2rb2/3n1p1k/pq4pp/4p3/1pRpP1P1/P2P3P/1NQ2PNK/5R2 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Game started 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5...} 27. Rc6 Qb5 28. a4 b3 29. Qc1 Qb4 30.
Rxa6 Qc3 31. Rc6 Qxc1 32. Rfxc1 Ba3 33. Rb1 Bxb2 34. Rxb2 Ra8 35. Rc4 Ra5 36.
Ne1 Nc5 {Source: Birmingham Post, 22 Aug 1931} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Qe7 8.
e3 e5 9. d5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 bxc6 12. Rg1 Bf5 13. e4 h6 14. Be3 Bg6
15. O-O-O c5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bd3 Kh7 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. f4 Kh8 20. f3 Bh5 21. Rg3
f5 22. exf5 Nf6 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Bc3 Rae8 25. Reg1 Re7 26. Rh3 Be8 27. Qg2 Kh7
28. Rg3 c6 29. Qf2 Qc7 30. Re1 Rff7 31. Re6 Kh8 32. Rg1 d5 33. Be5 Qd7 34. Bxf6
Rxf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Qh4 Qd6 37. Qg3 {Source: BCM, Nov 1931, p511} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bf4
c5 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qa4 Bd6 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba6 Rfe8
21. Qc6 Qf4 22. Rc2 Nf6 23. Rfc1 h5 24. Qc3 g6 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. f3 Re7 27. Bc8
Nd7 28. Rc7 h4 29. Qb4 Qg5 30. f4 {Source: Glasgow Herald, 5 Sep 1931} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qa4 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Nxd7 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O Rhc8 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Ke8 16. Bb2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rc4 18. Rd4 Rac8 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20.
f3 b5 21. e4 Nd7 22. Rd1 Ra4 23. a3 Nb6 24. Ra1 Rc4 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Kf1 Ra4 27.
Ra1 Nc4 28. Bc1 a5 29. Ke2 Kc6 30. f4 f6 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Nc4
34. Kd4 Nd6+ 35. Kd3 Nf7 36. Bf4 g5 37. Be3 Nxe5+ 38. Kc2 g4 39. Bf4 Nf3 40.
Kb3 e5 {Source: BCM, Oct 1931, p473} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Gibson, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rae1 g6 14. f4 Bg7
15. Bc4 Rf8 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Nce2 Nfg8 18. c4 f5 19. Bd4 c6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qc3+ Kh7 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. g4 Ng7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Ng3 Qf6 27. Qc2
Kh8 28. Bxf5 Rae8 29. Kg2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Ne7 31. Rf1 Qe5 32. Qd2 Kg8 33. Bh7+
Kxh7 34. Rxf8 Ng6 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Rf2 Ne6 37. Nh5 Qg5 38. Qf5 {Sources:
Yorkshire Post, 20 Aug 1931; The Scotsman, 20 Aug 1931; Manchester Guardian,
22 Aug 1931; BCM, Oct 1931, p466} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Spencer, Edmund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Be2
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. h3 Bd6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb5 Bb8 15.
Bd3 g5 16. Ke2 a6 17. Nc3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 Rd8 20. e4 Nxd5 21. exd5
O-O 22. Bxg5 Rfe8 23. Be3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Re5 25. Rcd1 Qa4 26. b3 Qh4 27. Qc4 Qg5
28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Qc4 Ba7 30. Rd3 Re4 31. Qc3 Qg5 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 Qg2 34. Re1
Rxd5 35. Red1 Rde5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 {Sources: Yorkshire Post, 21 Aug 1931;
Manchester Guardian, 22 Aug 1931; The Observer, 30 August 1931; BCM, Oct 1931,
p471} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Gibson, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Nf6 7. dxe5 Ng4 8.
Bf4 Qe7 9. Qd5 Bb6 10. O-O d6 11. exd6 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qh5 14. h3 Nge5
15. Be3 Be6 16. d7+ Kf8 17. Bc5+ Kg8 {Source: Falkirk Herald, 2 Sept 1931,
rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Michell, Reginald Pryce"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
e3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qc3 Ne4 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Qe2
Bf5 15. a4 Rad8 16. Ra3 Bg4 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Qf2 Bxf3 20. Rd3 Rxd3
21. Bxd3 Bxh1 22. hxg3 Qe7 23. Qf4 Be4 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morrison, John Harold"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxb4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qf4 13. d5 f5 14. dxc6 fxe4
15. cxd7 Bxd7 16. Nd4 b6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Re3 Bg4 19. Ne2 Qg5 20. Qe1 Bc8 21.
Rg3 Qe7 22. Qd2 Ba6 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. h3 Rde8 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. Qd4 Rf7 29. Qxd5 e3 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Qc6 exf2 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+
Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rf3 f1=Q 36. Rxf1 Rxf1 {Source: Yorkshire Post, 22 August
1931, rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. Rfe1
fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rf6 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rh5 h6 19. Re5 Raf8 20. f3 b6
21. Re1 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. c4 Rc8 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rde5 Bxa2
27. Ra1 Bf7 28. Rxa7 c4 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Ree7 Kf8 31. Rec7 Rxb2 32. Bd5 Be8 33.
Rxg7 Rg6 34. Rxg6 Bxg6 35. Bxc4 {Sources: The Observer, 23 Aug 1931; BCM, Oct
1931, p468} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gibson, William"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "part-game"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Bc4
a6 $2 9. Bxf7+ Kh8 10. Bxe8 {and White eventually won. Source: BCM, Oct 1931,
p442. (The Times says 'White won shortly afterwards')} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 f6 11. Qg3 fxe5 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Nxe5 Qe7 14. Bf3 Be6
15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nd7 17. Rae1 Ne5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qd7
21. Ref1 dxc3 22. Be5 Qe6 23. Bxc3 Rae8 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Re2 29. Rf8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 b6 31. Rb7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 Rxc2
33. Ra6 Rb2 34. Ra3 Kf5 35. Kf1 Kf4 36. Ra7 Ke3 37. Re7+ Kxd3 38. Rxh7 Rxa2 39.
Rd7+ {Source: BCM, Nov 1931, p511} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 24th"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Morrison, John Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 Ne8 8. Nbc3
Nd7 9. O-O Ne5 10. b3 f5 11. f4 Nf7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h3 h5 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Kh2
Qd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Ng1 Rh8 18. Rae1 Kg8 19. Nf3 h4 20. Nxh4 Nh6 21. Qe2 Nfg4+
22. hxg4 Nxg4+ 23. Kh1 e5 24. Kg1 Rxh4 25. gxh4 exf4 26. Nd1 Ne5 27. Rxf4 Nd3
28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Be4 Nf4 30. Bxf5 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 {Source: The Times, 22 Aug
1931.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. e4
Qc7 15. Bd3 e5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 b6 20. e5 h6 21.
Qe2 Re8 22. Qe4 f5 23. Bc4+ Kf8 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Rcd1 Be6 26. Rd6 Bd5 27. Qd3
Be4 28. Qg3 Qb7 29. Rf6+ {Sources: Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1 September
1931; (B's 26th-end) BCM, Sept 1931, p409. Contributed by Alan Smith, 4
December 2022.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Ne8 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Nb7 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nh2 Rf8 20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Ra6
Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Be3 Nf7 24. Rea1 Bg5 25. Nf1 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 Ng5 27. Qc2
g6 28. Rc6 Qe7 29. Raa6 Nf7 30. b4 c4 31. Qa2 e4 32. Qd2 Qe5 33. Ng4 Qg7 34.
Rc7 h5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Nh6+ Kh7 37. Nxf7 Qxf7 38. Rxd6 Ra8 39. Re6 Rd8 40.
Qg5 Rd7 41. Rf6 Qg7 42. d6 Ra7 43. Re6 Rf7 44. Re7 Qf8 45. Qf6 Kg8 46. Qxg6+
Qg7 47. Re8+ Rf8 48. Rxf8+ {Source: BCM, Dec 1931, p548} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cross, Alfred Rupert Neale"]
[Black "Reeve, Harold Talbot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 Bd7 8. Nc3
a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qc2 Rc7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Qb1 f5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. e4 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Kh1 Qxf2 {Source: The
Observer, 16 Aug 1931} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nf6 8. Bf4
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O g5 14. Bh2 h5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 g4 {Source: Der Erzaehler, the literary
supplement to the Ausburger Neueste Nachrichten, 22 Aug 1931 (Tony Gillam)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Cross, Alfred Rupert Neale"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. Bd3
a6 9. c5 c6 10. b4 b6 11. Na4 a5 12. b5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd3 Rc6 19. Qb5 Rc7 20. c6 Nb8 21. Qb6
Rec8 22. Nd4 Nd2 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Qb5 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. e4 Qe8 27. exd5
exd5 28. Qxd5 Ne3 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. fxe3 Rxc1 {Sources: Glasgow Herald, 18 Aug
1931, rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016; BCM, Sept 1931, p410 (from move
27 - at the end it gives "and wins")} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Ne3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc3 Bb7 18. Kh1 c5 19. Rae1 Ne8 20. f4 f6 21.
fxe5 fxe5 22. Rf5 Rd6 23. Rxe5 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. e5 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Rd8 27.
b3 Rd3 28. Bb2 Nf6 29. Qe2 Ng4 30. Qg2 Rd8 31. h3 Qh6 32. Bc1 Qh5 33. Kg1 Nxe5
34. g4 Qe8 35. Rf1 Ng6 36. Qf2 Qd7 37. Qf5 Qd6 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf2 h6 40. Bf4
Qd3 41. Bc7 Rf8 42. Qg2 Re8 43. Rf3 Qd4+ 44. Rf2 Nh4 45. Qg3 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Qe4
47. Qd6 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ {Source: Glasgow Herald, 17 Aug 1931, rec'd from
Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. e4 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. f3 b6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 h6 14. Qe2 Kh7 15. Rf2
g5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rae8 18. Bd2 Rg8 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Bc2 Qg7 21. g4 Rh8
22. Ba4 Re7 23. h4 Kg8 24. Bb5 Kf8 25. Rh2 gxh4 26. Rxh4 Ng8 27. Qh2 f6 28. Kf2
Qh7 29. Rh5 Nb7 30. Qh4 Nd8 31. g5 Qxf5 32. gxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rxh6
Kg7 35. Rg1+ {Source: BCM, December 1931, p547} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward Mackenzie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb3 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 b5 16. Nf1 Nh7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nxf7
Qf6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Qe4+ Kh8 26. b4 Nxe3 27. bxc5
Qxd5 28. Qxe3 Rae8 29. Red1 Qb7 30. Qc3 Bc6 31. Rd6 Bxg2 32. c6 Qf7 33. Kxg2
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rf3 35. Rd3 Ree3 36. c7 Rxg3 37. c8=Q+ Kh7 {Source: Glasgow
Herald, 22 Aug 1931, rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene A"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Be7 12. O-O Ngf6 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5 Qd7
15. f5 O-O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nb3 Qd5 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Rae1 g5 20. Be5 Rhf8 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. c3 gxh4 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Nbc5 Rg8 26. Qh3 Qf5 27.
Qxf5 exf5 28. Nf2 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nxb2 30. Re6 Na4 31. Rxh6 Nxc3 32. a3 Na4 33.
Nd3 Rd8 34. Rxh4 Rxd3 35. Rxa4 Rc3 36. Rxa7 Rxc5 37. Kf2 Kc7 38. Kf3 Rd5 39.
Ra8 c5 40. Rh8 b5 41. Kf4 c4 42. Rh6 c3 43. Rh1 Kb6 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. Rb1 Rd4 46.
Rb3 c2 {Sources: Glasgow Herald, 5 Sep 1931; New York Sun, 4 December 1931;
BCM, Sept 1931, p409 (from Black's move 35). Rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11
Jan 2016. The Times, Wednesday 19 August 1931, gives this game as being played
in the 7th round - but it also gives Broadbent as playing Znosko-Borovsky in
the same round! On balance I think the mistake is in the round number of the
Broadbent game and not this one. JS} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. O-O dxe5 14. Qd5 Qf6
15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Ng5 Bd6 17. Nxf7 Rf8 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Ra7 Nb6 20. Qc6+ Bd7
21. Qc7 Ke7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Qc6 Rfc8 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. Ra3 Bh3 27.
Qe3 Qxg2# {Source: The Times, 20 Aug 1931. The Times, Wednesday 19 August 1931,
gives this game as being played in the 7th round - but it also gives Menchik
as playing Znosko-Borovsky in the same round. I think the Times is at fault
and that it was played in round eight - JS} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reeve, Harold Talbot"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward Mackenzie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 d6 14. Rfe1 Rab8 15.
Bf4 Ba8 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. Rd2 h6 18. Red1 e5 19. Bg3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bg5 23. f4 exf4 24. h4 fxg3 25. hxg5 Qe7 26. gxh6 Bxd5 27. h7+
Kh8 28. Rxd4 Bb3 29. Qd3 Qh4 30. Bf3 Bxd1 31. Qxd1 Rxb2 32. Rd2 Rdb8 33. Rxb2
Rxb2 {Source: Borough of West Ham, East Ham and Stratford Express, 10 Oct 1931,
rec'd from Brian Denman, 12 Jan 2016} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqr1k1/p1pn1pp1/Pp5p/1B6/3QP3/5N2/5PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

19... Ne5 20. Qc3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Re5 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Rd4 Be6 25.
Rad1 Rc5 26. Bb7 Rc4 27. Qd3 Qc5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. h3 Rc2 31. Qh4
Rc1 32. Qd8 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qd6 35. Qc3 c5 36. e5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 cxd4 {
and Black. Source: BCM, Sept 1931, p409} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 e5 8. e4
d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18. Qd2 N6h7 19. Qh6 Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Nxf6
21. Nxd6 Re7 22. dxe5 Ne8 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bc2 Rd7 25. Ba4 Rd3 26. Bc6 Rad8
27. Bd5 {... 60 moves. Source: BCM, September 1931, p408; Jan Kalendovsky} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Reeve, Harold Talbot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. f3 e5 6. e4 Bg6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2
Nfd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 h5 11. Qd2 hxg4 12. fxg4 Bh4+ 13. Ng3 Na6 14. O-O-O Bxg3
15. hxg3 Nb4 16. Bf1 f6 17. g5 Qa5 18. a3 Nb6 19. Qh2 Kf7 20. Qh3 Rae8 21. Be2
Rh8 22. Qg4 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Na6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Rh6 Rg8 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Qxf6+
Bf7 28. Rh7 {Source: BCM, December 1931, p548} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open Reserves"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Damant, Charles Ambrose S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. b4
Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe7
15. f3 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. fxe4 Be5 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 O-O 21.
Rae1 Nd7 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qe4 Rae8 24. Re2 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. Kh3 Nf6 28. Bc1 Rd8 29. Rf3 Rd1 30. Bf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33.
Kg4 Nxf4 {Source: Borough of West Ham, East Ham and Stratford Express, 22 Aug
1931, rec'd from Brian Denman, 12 Jan 2016.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open Reserves"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damant, Charles Ambrose S"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/ppq2r1p/3p2p1/1bpPbpB1/8/2PP2PP/PP1QR1BK/4R3 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

22... Re8 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Qd7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. d6 e4 28.
Be7 a6 29. Qc3 Rexe7 30. dxe7 Qxe7 31. Rc2 {and White won. Source: BCM, Sept
1931, p410} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Major Open Reserves"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eva, Alfred"]
[Black "Goodman, John Bertram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/3bpn2/4N1B1/3PB3/8/PP3PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

14... Bxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qg5 19. Bc2 Rd8
20. Qf3 f6 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qa3 Rf7 24. Rd8+ {Source: BCM, Sept
1931, p410} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bassalvi, Partap Singh (Dr)"]
[Black "Clarke, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qc2 c6 11. h3 Re8 12. Rad1 e5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Bf5
15. Qa4 Ne4 16. cxd5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd5 18. c4 Be4 19. cxd5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+
21. Qg4 Rxe5 22. f4 Qxg4+ 23. hxg4 Re4 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Kg2 Rc8 27.
Rd3 g5 28. Kf3 Rec4 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. d6 Re8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb5 g4+ 33. Kg3 Kf7
34. Rg5 Rd8 35. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ke6 37. Kf4 Rxd6 38. Rxd6+ Kxd6 39. Ke4 a5
40. Kd4 b5 41. Kc3 Ke5 42. f3 Kd5 43. Kd3 b4 44. e4+ Kc5 45. f4 a4 46. f5 b3
47. axb3 {Source: Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 22
August 1931} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Craddock, James Marston"]
[Black "Watson, Arthur T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qc8 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. c5 Nb4 12. O-O-O N6d5 13. Qg3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4
O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nd5 a6 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Nf3 Rd8 ({The very faint image of
the move in the online newspaper archive looks a little more like} 18... Re8 {
but then, after} 19. Rhe1 Bf8 {, it is unlikely that White would have
overlooked} 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 {and} 21. Qxf5 {, winning easily.}) 19. Rhe1 Bf8 20.
Nh4 Bd7 21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Ne7# {Source: Newcastle Evening
Chronicle - Wednesday 19 August 1931 p.10. Contributed by Gerard Killoran via
the English Chess Forum, 24 November 2022. Input from a poor scan in which
Black's moves 12-22 can only be made out with the greatest difficulty.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Craddock, James Marston"]
[Black "Albery, Michael James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxf4 12. Nd4 Kf7 13. O-O Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Be5 15. Be3 Rhf8 16. g4 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qxg5 Bxd4 20. Qxg7+ Rf7
21. Bxd4 Rxg7 22. Bxf6+ Ke8 23. Bxg7 Kd8 24. Rf8+ Be8 25. Bf6+ Kd7 26. Rg1 {
Source: NN, rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Demby, Max"]
[Black "Craddock, James Marston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Rc1 Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 {(previous move order unknown but this
position reached)} Ng4 12. d4 f5 13. d5 Nce5 14. Nd4 f4 15. Ne6 fxg3 16. fxg3
Nf2 17. Qd2 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Rf2+ 20. Kxh3 Qxe6+ {Source: BCM, Sep
1931, p411} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wakefield, Willington Lucette"]
[Black "Regan, TE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bn3k/ppq3pp/4pr2/5pN1/3P4/1B6/PP3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Qg7 19. d5 h5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23.
Bxe6 Qc7 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Bb3 Qd7 26. Qf6+ {Source: BCM, Sept 1931, p410} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 First Class B"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lacy-Hulbert, Arthur Percival"]
[Black "Shepherd, Ernest Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Ne5 c6 10. Ndf3 Be6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. e3 Nh5 13. Bh2 g5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15.
Ne5 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. f5 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3
Bc8 22. g4 e6 23. Bg3 exf5 24. gxf5 Qd7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. O-O-O a5 27. e4 b6 28.
exd5 Ba6 29. c4 O-O-O 30. d6 Qd7 31. Qe4 Kb7 32. Rfe1 Rhe8 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6
Qg7 35. Be5 Qg8 36. Bf6 Ra8 37. d7 Rf8 38. e7 Rxf6 39. d8=Q {Source: Kington
Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 p.6. Contributed by Gerard Killoran, 24 April
2022} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Second Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernikeeff, Rostislav"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bb7 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nfd7 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Bf4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nd7 17. Qf5 Nf8 18. Rf1 Qe8 19. d6 Bc8 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7+ Kg6 24. dxe7 {Source: Cheltenham Chronicle,
3 October 1931, rec'd from Gerard Killoran, 11 Jan 2016. (Note, Chernikeeff
died in 2009, aged 92 - https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.
php?f=27&t=8056&start=15#p197778)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch24 Second Class A"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacLean, Norman"]
[Black "Myatt, Douglas J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/1Rp3pk/p1P1p1rp/3p3n/3Pp2q/P3P2P/4QPPN/5R1K b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

29... Qg3 30. fxg3 $2 (30. Ng4 $1 $18) 30... Nxg3+ 31. Kg1 Nxe2+ 32. Kh1 Ng3+
33. Kg1 Nxf1 34. Nxf1 Rgf6 {and won. Source: BCM, Sept 1931, p411} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Second Class B"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, Charles Henry"]
[Black "Serck, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P2k2/3Qb3/5p2/5P2/2q3PK/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Qd8 Qc6 2. Kh4 Bc8 3. g4 Qh6+ 4. Kg3 fxg4 5. Qxc8 Qh3+ 6. Kf2 g3+ {Source:
BCM, Sept 1931, p411} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch24 Third Class B"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1931.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peck, George Arthur"]
[Black "Hurley, William Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1931.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bf3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Qd3 e5 12. O-O d6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Rfd1 d5 16. c3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. exd5 Rad8 21.
Qc4 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Bb6 24. Ne4 Qe6 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Bc7 27.
Rd7 f5 28. Ng5 Qg6 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Nxh7+ {Source: Chatham Standard -
Wednesday 15 February 1950} 1-0

