1932/33 Hastings Premier, 28 December 1932 - 6 January 1933

1932/33 Hastings Premier		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Salo Flohr	Prague	7	&;	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	7
2	Vasja Pirc	Maribor	8	½	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	6½
3	Lajos Steiner	Budapest	2	0	½	&;	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	5½
4	Mir Sultan Khan	India	5	0	0	½	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	5½
5	Reginald Pryce Michell	Kingston	6	½	0	0	1	&;	1	½	½	½	½	4½
6	Sir George Alan Thomas	London	10	0	½	1	0	0	&;	½	½	½	½	3½
7	C Hugh O'D Alexander	Birmingham	3	½	0	0	0	½	½	&;	0	1	1	3½
8	Vera Menchik	St Leonards	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	&;	1	0	3½
9	Edward Mackenzie Jackson	Bexhill	9	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	&;	1	3
10	Theodore Henry Tylor	Oxford	4	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	&;	2½

BCM, February 1933, ppn 49-58: "THE HASTINGS CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, 1932-3.

"The thirteenth annual Christmas and New Year Congress under the auspices of the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club was played for the second time in the Lower Hall of the White Rock Pavilion. The count of thirteen comes only in the series of Christmas meetings since 1920, for various single contests and series of contests have taken place annually for nearly forty years at the famous Sussex chess resort. But the meetings seem to have crystallised of recent years into the form of a Christmas Congress, and when 120 players can be attracted to it, as was the case with the one under review, anything better would be hard to devise. With a wide stretch of sea just across the road from the tournament, as well as club, headquarters and the delightful winter climate of Hastings, chess can rarely be played under pleasanter conditions.

"The White Rock Pavilion is, of course, the new home of the celebrated Hastings Municipal Orchestra, and this connection between music and chess was further signalised by the frequent attendance during the games of the conductor, Julius Harrison, as well as of Clifford Bax, the composer. Competitors were invited to attend one of the concerts during the meeting and over one hundred players and visitors accepted.

"Councillor H. E. Dobell, president, opened the proceedings in the afternoon of the opening day, Wednesday, December 28th, by calling on the Mayor, Councillor Henry Burden, J.P., who welcomed the competitors and their friends in the name of the borough. He did not know the game himself, but he had in previous years made a point of seeing the annual tournament, and could sincerely express admiration for the high qualities so patently displayed by players and organisers. The Mayor (who paid a number of visits to the rooms) was supported on the platform by Alderman G. Shoesmith, Councillor Mrs. Badcock, A. F. Kidney and E. A. Lewcock (hon. secretary and treasurer of the club), and G. M. Norman (captain). To Messrs. Kidney and Lewcock essentially fall the multitudinous details entailed by the organisation of so large an undertaking. But they have had so much experience that all goes like clockwork, and even last minute changes are successfully coped with. Nothing less could be expected of Mr. Kidney, at least, who observes most Sundays by achieving a torquemada. They are backed up well by the president and a strong committee, always at easy call. It should be mentioned that the opening meeting, at the suggestion of Mr. Dobell, gave a moment’s silence in respectful memory of the late F. D. Yates, whose tragic accidental death came subsequent to his acceptance of an invitation to play in the Premier section.

"The 120 players came from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, the U.S.A., India, Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, Holland and Belgium, and equalled in numbers the record entry of 1925. They were divided into twelve sections of ten players each. I. Kashdan found himself at the last unable to make the journey from America, but V. Pirc, from Jugoslavia made a worthy substitute, and his first visit to this country. Lajos Steiner, the younger of the Budapest brothers, who was in the Second Section at Hastings some five years ago, but has made great strides since then, and Flohr (Prague), last year’s winner—with other notable successes in the past year, completed a trio of foreign experts, by whose presence the Hastings executive yearly contrive to add novelty and importance to their venture. T. H. Tylor took the place of F. D. Yates and C.H. O’D. Alexander, following his fine successes at the Cambridge Easter Tourney and the B.C.F. Tourney in London last August was of course invited. It was appropriate that he first came to the front by winning the Boys’ championship at Hastings in 1926, while attending King Edward’s School, Birmingham. The others in the top section were well-known and well-tried exponents frequently seen at Hastings, Mir Sultan Khan (present British champion), Sir George Thomas, and R. P. Michell, with Miss V. Menchik (world’s woman champion) and E. M. Jackson on behalf of the local club.

"The Premier Reserves section was nicely assorted with five foreigners and five home-grown players of talent. Four of the former headed the table, but in the Major sections below, where was also quite a number of foreign amateurs, the British players were well to the fore as a whole. With several countries sending us their "minor masters" in the two top classes it is perhaps not too surprising that the home players of our country do not always distinguish themselves by high positions. We must at any rate find a ray of comfort somewhere!

"In the Premier section Flohr repeated his last year’s success, but not too convincingly. He went through without the loss of a game, though he had a narrow escape against Sir G. A. Thomas. Pirc, only half a point behind, lost a game to Jackson, who well deserved his victory. Steiner was a degree less certain and lost to Flohr and Thomas, the latter a fine and characteristic effort of the London master. Sultan Khan played a trifle loosely in his first two games, which he lost to Flohr and Pirc, and he was decidedly overbold in his last game against Michell who took the proffered sacrifice and won rather easily. These took the four prizes of £15, £12, £8, and £5 (with 10/- consolation money for won games by non-prize-winners) .

"The details of the scoring were as shown below, and a few selections from the play follow. Other games are given in full by Mr. Blake in the Games Department."

1932/33 Hastings Premier Reserves

"The Premier Reserves tourney was won, as last year, by J. Rejfir, but he was run close by Koltanowski till towards the close. The prevailing influenza epidemic got the Belgian master, as well as two or three other competitors, and some games in the last round or two had to be got through in the sick men’s rooms, or omitted altogether. Rellstab and Walter shared second and third prizes. These were £10, £8, and £6, with consolation money as in the section above."

1932/33 Hastings Premier Reserves		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Josef Rejfir	Prague	8	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	7½
2	Ludwig Rellstab	Berlin	7	½	&;	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½
3	Max Walter	Bratislava	9	½	½	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½
4	George Koltanowski	Antwerp	1	0	½	½	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	6
5	Harry Golombek	London	10	0	½	0	½	&;	½	0	1	½	1	4
6	Harold Alexander Hunnam	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	2	0	0	½	½	½	&;	1	1	0	½	4
7	Emmanuel Sapira	Antwerp	5	0	0	½	0	1	0	&;	½	1	1	4
8	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	3	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	3
9	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	London	6	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	0	2
10	Hubert Ernest Price	Birmingham	4	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1½

"In the Major sections the prizes were £6, £5, and £4 each. For the first time enough strong amateurs entered to make four divisions, as against three or less previously. Roughly these are graded in strength from A to D. In the Premier and Major sections the timelimit was 34 moves in the first two hours, and 17 per hour afterwards. In the sections under these the rate was 20 moves per hour throughout. In Section “A” the English players showed to much advantage, and Illingworth and Newman are to be congratulated. Dunkelsblum, with recent strong match practice at Antwerp, made a first and successful appearance. Dr. Rottner filled a last-minute vacancy owing to the illness of S. Nadel (Berlin)."

1932/33 Hastings Major A

1932/33 Hastings Major A		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Arthur Dunkelblum	Antwerp	9	&;	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	6
2	Leonard Illingworth	Royston	4	0	&;	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6
3	Richard Hilary Newman	London	2	1	½	&;	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	6
4	Jan Aksel Wolthuis	Groningen	7	½	½	0	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½
5	Maurice A Sutherland	London	6	0	½	½	½	&;	½	½	1	½	1	5
6	Norman Mudie Bach	London	8	½	0	½	½	½	&;	½	0	1	1	4½
7	Issidor Shernetsky	Antwerp	10	½	0	½	0	½	½	&;	1	½	0	3½
8	Peter Reid	Kent	1	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	&;	0	0	3
9	E Rottner	Berlin	3	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	&;	½	3
10	"E A Morrison"1	Amsterdam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	&;	2½

¹ Dutch newspaper source De Indische courant, 27-01-1933, says that E A Morrison was in fact an Amsterdam youth called M. Hes who changed his name to Morrison "which sounds better in England" and that he was considered a much weaker player than Prins and Mulder who both played in Major B.

1932/33 Hastings Major B

"In Major "B" Bonwick went away with a rush, scoring wins in his first four games, but he could not keep it up. Prins, a young Samson with locks to match, and of course a member of the "no hat" fraternity, is a general favourite and was a popular victor."

1932/33 Hastings Major B		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Lodewijk Prins	Amsterdam	6	&;	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1d	7
2	Willi Weichert	Ketschendorf	8	½	&;	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	6½
3	Walter Emmanuel Bonwick	Hampstead	1	0	½	&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	5½
4	John James O'Hanlon	Dublin	9	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	½	½	1	5½
5	Harold John Francis Stephenson	Hastings	5	0	½	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1d	5½
6	James J Doyle	Dublin	10	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1d	4½
7	William Ritson Morry	Birmingham	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1d	4½
8	Hans-Otto Schmidt	Braunschweig	2	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	&;	½	1	3
9	C C Palmer	Lowestoft	3	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	1	2½
10	Emile Mulder1	Amsterdam	4	0d	½	0	0	0d	0d	0d	0	0	&;	½ / 5

¹Emile Mulder was taken ill and defaulted the last four rounds.

1932/33 Hastings Major C

"Another former schoolboy champion (1928, University School, Hastings), headed the list in Major "C," and for once did not deceive his friends; and a popular and fast-improving ex-Cambridge player was second. Glyde, a new name, a borough official, kindly stepped in to fill a vacancy. He played very hard chess at first and was three or four days before he appeared on the score list."

1932/33 Hastings Major C		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Alfred Mortlock	Hastings	7	&;	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
2	Michael Benger	London Univ	10	½	&;	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7
3	George Arnold Shoobridge	Cheam	6	0	½	&;	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6
4	Reginald Walter Bonham	Worcester	2	½	½	½	&;	1	½	0	½	½	1	5
5	Philip Ashby Ursell	Birmingham	5	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	1	½	4½
6	John Baines-Lewis	Harrogate	9	0	½	0	½	½	&;	1	½	½	1	4½
7	Ernest Montgomery Jellie	London	4	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	0	1	1	3½
8	Baruch Harold Wood	Birmingham	3	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	&;	½	1	3½
9	Laurence Alfred John Glyde	Hastings	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	&;	1	2½
10	Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)	Kingston	8	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½

1932/33 Hastings Major D

"A young Leicester player, who appeared last year without conspicuous success, came out top in "D" Section."

1932/33 Hastings Major D		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Alfred Lenton	Leicester	7	&;	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7
2	H Ward	Saltdean	4	½	&;	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6½
3	Cecil Hunter Reid	London	8	1	0	&;	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½
4	Henry Edmund Tudor	Hastings	5	0	0	1	&;	½	1	½	1	½	1	5½
5	Alfred Dudley Barlow	Battersea	9	0	0	½	½	&;	1	1	1	0	1	5
6	Dr. R A Wiegman	Sneek NED	10	½	1	½	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	5
7	Miss Minnie Musgrave	St Leonards	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	&;	0	1	1	4½
8	George W Powell	Stroud	6	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1	1	3½
9	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	Brighton	3	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	&;	0	1½
10	Rev Charles Fenton Bolland	Hastings	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1

"The scores in the lower sections follow in order. The improvement in the play of the younger Miss Menchik has been noticed locally and is borne out here. Kitto, a Winchester School boy, had the only clean score of the congress, though Piper, of Hastings Grammar School, was not far out. At the other end of the scale, the prowess of two old veterans deserves to be mentioned. Mr. Gasson (Rye), 75 years of age, and Mr. Powell (Hastings), 80, both scored 5 out of 9."

1932/33 Hastings First Class A

1932/33 Hastings First Class A		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Max Demby	London	4	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Miss Olga Menchik	London	1	½	&;	1	0	1	1	1	½	0	1	6
3	W Barker	Wolverhampton	6	½	0	&;	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
4	C Lewis	Hastings	10	½	1	0	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
5	Charles Henry Taylor	Lewisham	2	½	0	1	1	&;	1	0	0	1	½	5
6	Maj. Edgar Montague-Jones	Swanage	7	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4
7	Eugen Diamant	Ujpest HUN	5	0	0	½	½	1	0	&;	0	1	1	4
8	Alfred Herman Reeve	Great Missenden	9	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	&;	1	0	3½
9	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	Herne Bay	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	2
10	Hon. Arthur James Beresford Lowther	Woodbridge	3	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	&;	1½

"Mr Lowther fell ill in the last few rounds and had to retire."

1932/33 Hastings First Class B

1932/33 Hastings First Class B		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Francis Ernest Appleyard Kitto	Winchester Sch	9	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Allan James Kidney	London Univ	5	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	0	5
3	Ian Murray Ainslie	Cambridge Univ	1	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	4
4	Edward George Bowley	Darlington	3	0	0	1	&;	0	0	1	1	3
5	R B Thomson	USA	4	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	3
6	Mrs Muriel Ivy Scobell Mackereth (née Watson)	Buxton	2	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	0	2
7	Lt. Col. William Ernest McKechnie	Tunbridge Wells	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	2
8	William Wesley Church	Northampton	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	&;	2
9	(Miss C Home)	(withdrew)	(6)									-
10	(Mrs Pauline Peckar)	(withdrew)	(8)									-

"This section was two short through the absence of two London ladies. One of these was ill and communicated with the management. The other [Mrs Peckar] exercised the feminine privilege of changing her mind, and played in the London Congress instead—but without a word to the officials." (BCM, February 1933, p57)

1932/33 Hastings First Class (Afternoon)

1932/33 Hastings First Class (Afternoon)		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Edward Henry Church	Cambridge	3	&;	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	8
2	William Courtenay Dawes Cruttenden	Hastings	2	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	Arthur Douglas Field	Croydon	5	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
4	Mrs C M Lillie	Rye	8	0	0	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	5½
5	W G Watson	Hastings	10	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
6	Herbert William Tidball	Birmingham	4	½	0	0	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	4
7	Samuel Frederick Dalladay	Hastings	9	½	0	0	½	0	½	&;	0	1	1	3½
8	Leonard Stanley Hanson-Powter	Battle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	3
9	A Cliffe	Sutton Sy	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
10	H Golden	York	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

1932/33 Hastings Second Class

1932/33 Hastings Second Class		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	A Hammond	Slough	2	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	Miss Drummond	Hastings	1	1	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	6½
3	S E Fulton	Hastings	6	½	0	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½
4	Mrs Ayris	Hastings	3	0	1	0	&;	0	0	1	1	½	1	4½
5	G H Wheeler	Hastings	9	0	½	½	1	&;	1	0	½	0	1	4½
6	John E Coleman	Grays	8	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	½	1	4
7	T Moody	Hastings	5	0	0	½	0	1	0	&;	1	1	½	4
8	Dr A D Garden	Battle	7	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	&;	1	1	3
9	Gerald Hugh Borlase Fox	London	4	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	0	&;	0	2½
10	T A Lovejoy	Hastings	10	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	2

1932/33 Hastings Third Class (Morning)

1932/33 Hastings Third Class (Morning)		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Frank Miles Argrave	Whitstable	2	&;	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	W F Freeman	Hastings	10	0	&;	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Mrs Helen Muriel Cobbold (née Blagg)	Cheltenham	7	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	6
4	Miss Elsie Margaret Reid (later Lenton)	Leicester	5	0	½	1	&;	1	0	1	0	1	1	5½
5	Thomas Gasson	Rye	9	1	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5
6	L Banks	Hastings	3	0	1	0	1	1	&;	0	0	1	1	5
7	J Francis	Hastings	4	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	4½
8	Max Pemberton	London	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	&;	1	1	4
9	Miss Edith Maud Eleanor John Goodacre	Cheltenham	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
10	Mrs Tame	Battle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

1932/33 Hastings Third Class (Afternoon)

1932/33 Hastings Third Class (Afternoon)		Resid.	Draw No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	W Piper	Hastings	8	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean (née Sanders)	Bournemouth	4	½	&;	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	6½
3	Miss Harper	Hastings	10	0	1	&;	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	5
4	Frederick William Binge	Hastings	7	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
5	E J Powell	Hastings	5	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	0	1	1	5
6	Mrs Wheeler	Hastings	3	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1	4½
7	Mrs Garden	Battle	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	&;	1	0	1	4
8	Miss I M Shaw	Hastings	9	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	1	½	3
9	Mrs C Lewis	Hastings	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	&;	0	2
10	J T Hardy	St Leonards	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1½

"The ninth and last round was played in the morning of Friday, January 6th; in the afternoon the usual leave-taking ceremony and prize-giving took place. The Mayoress (Miss Phyllis Burden) distributed the prizes, and there were present with her Alderman Shoesmith, Councillors Mrs. Badcock and Mrs. Foxon, Mrs. E. M. Ford, Mr. J. G. Sargent, and the club officers. Councillor Dobell apologised for the Mayor’s unavoidable absence, and referred to the large number of young players coming forward to participate in these close chess struggles. A special award was kept for Miss Lewcock, whose large amount of clerical work in connection with the tournament, is always excellently done. This came from the competitors and press correspondents. R. P. Michell bore testimony to the Corporation’s enlightened public spirit, and commended the continuity of its policy in connection with the chess tournament. Mr. Demby, whose sixth visit this was, seconded the vote of thanks to the Corporation. Mrs. Badcock, responding for the Mayor, was pleased to think that so many of the visitors had come from far afield and hoped they would have fond memories of Hastings, and come again. T. H. Tylor, moving a vote of thanks to the Hastings club, spoke of it as one of the most famous in the world, and the Mecca of chess. Mr. Church seconded, and referred to the fact that 1932 was the jubilee year of the club. Mr. Dobell took note of the painstaking and successful work of Messrs. Kidney and Lewcock. Alderman Shoesmith moved a vote of thanks to the Press, and Mr. Tinsley (The Times) responded. English, and even more so foreign journals, are always present in strong force at these congresses. A vote of thanks to the Mayoress for her attendance and services brought a pleasant and memorable congress to a close. A.J.M. [Arthur John Mackenzie]

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Pairing Table

1932/33 Hastings Pairing Table	1	2	3	4	5
Rd 1	1 v 2	9 v 3	8 v 4	7 v 5	10 v 6
Rd 2	3 v 1	4 v 9	5 v 8	6 v 7	10 v 2
Rd 3	1 v 4	2 v 3	9 v 5	8 v 6	7 v 10
Rd 4	5 v 1	4 v 2	6 v 9	7 v 8	3 v 10
Rd 5	1 v 6	2 v 5	3 v 4	9 v 7	10 v 8
Rd 6	7 v 1	6 v 2	5 v 3	8 v 9	10 v 4
Rd 7	1 v 8	2 v 7	3 v 6	4 v 5	9 v 10
Rd 8	9 v 1	8 v 2	7 v 3	6 v 4	5 v 10
Rd 9	1 v 10	2 v 9	3 v 8	4 v 7	5 v 6

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File Updated

Date	Notes
2020	Uploaded the Premier games, with a viewer.
17 May 2021	Added crosstables of all events, exploiting a sight of the 1932/33 tournament programme online which supplied a pairing table plus all the pairing numbers of players in all section. My thanks to Ulrich Tamm for drawing my attention to this. Note, I haven't finished researching all the names - there is more to come.
2 June 2022	Added 18 games and part-games from subsidiary sections; added more forenames of players, plus the BCM report of the event.
2 June 2022	Ulrich Tamm has contributed a further 20 games from subsidiary sections (making 38 in total) and provided more information about names of players. Many thanks to Ulrich.
27 November 2022	H.Hunnam 1-0 E.Sapira, Premier Reserves, Rd 5, which was previously a part-game, now features the complete score thanks to Gerard Killoran.
10 February 2023	Added the game R.Bonham 1-0 P.Ursell (Major) C). Also, confirmed the opening moves of G.Koltanowski 1-0 H.Price (Premier Reserves), albeit with a slightly different move order. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran.
3 January 2024	Added three more games from subsidiary sections: (1) M.Musgrave 0-1 G.Powell (Major D); (2) M.Demby 1-0 E.Diamant (1st Class A); (3) F.Kitto 1-0 W.McKechnie (1st Class B). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm.
8 January 2024	Name amendment: Willi Weichert, in the Major B section (changed from Paul Weichert)
20 April 2024	Added the game J.Wolthuis 1-0 I.Shernetsky from Major A. Contributed by Nikolaas Verhulst, for which many thanks.