[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aldis, Ralph Lancelot"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Kh1 h5 14. a4 a5 15.
Bc1 h4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. b3 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 hxg3 20. Bb2 Rxh2+ 21. Kg1
Rxc2 22. Bxd4 Rcxg2+ 23. Kf1 Bxd4 24. Nxh2 Rf2+ {Source: Zuercher Illustrierte
1937, 146. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 30 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nc3 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Rc1 d6 11. g3 Qf5 12. Bg2 Qxd5 13. Qc2 Qxa2 14. O-O Qe6
15. Rfd1 Be4 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Qa5 Be7 19. Rxc5 Qf6 20. Rf5 Qxb2
21. Qc7 O-O 22. Qxe7 Nd7 23. Qd6 Qc2 24. Rf4 Ba4 25. Rfd4 Rab8 26. R4d2 Qc5 27.
Ra1 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc5 29. Rd5 Rfc8 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxa4 b3 33.
Rxa7 b2 34. Nd2 Rd5 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 11 January 1937; The Times,
14 January 1937; BCM, June 1937, p343; Prager Tagblatt 24 January 1937, p23}
0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Silverman, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f6 3. e4 e5 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxh5+ g6 9. Qg4 Nxd4 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be3 Ke8 14. Nb5
Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Bc4 b6 17. Be6 Bd6 18. a4 Ke7 19. Bb3 Rd7 20. a5 b5 21.
Rd3 f5 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bb6 e4 26. Rd4 Be5 27. Bc5+
Ke8 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxd7+ Ke6 31. Re7+ Kd5 32. b4 Bc3 33. g4
fxg4 34. hxg4 Rg8 35. a6 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 Rg8 37. a7 Ra8 38. Rb7 Be5 39. Rxh7 Kc4
40. Re7 Kd5 41. Ke2 Rd8 42. Bb6 Ra8 43. Rd7+ {Source: Tijdschrift KNS Jan 1937,
pages 50-51. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 29 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
b4 Re8 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qc2 axb5 12. cxb5 c6 13. e4 cxb5 14. Bd3 Ng6
15. O-O Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Bc4 Qxb3 20. Bxb3 Ndf4 21.
d5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. exd6 Red8 24. Ne5 Rxd6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. g3 Rb6 27.
Rfb1 f6 28. Bd4 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 Ra4 30. Bc5 Ra5 31. Bd6 b6 32. Rb3 g5 33. h3 Kf7
34. Kg2 e5 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Bb4 Nxb4 37. axb4 Ra4 38. g4 Kd5 39. Rd3+ Kc6 40.
Rc3+ Kb5 41. Rc7 Rxb4 42. Rxg7 Rf4+ 43. Kg3 Kb4 44. Rh7 b5 45. h4 gxh4+ 46.
Rxh4 Kc3 {Sources: CHESS 1937, vol.2, p.216-217; Staffordshire Advertiser -
Saturday 16 January 1937} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Na5 9. Be2 Be6 10. h3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc4 13. b4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nh5 15. Bh2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Rxc6
Qxc6 21. g4 Ng7 22. e4 Qa4 23. Bg3 Ne6 24. e5 Bg7 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. h4
Rd8 28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. Kh2 Qc6 30. Nxe7 Nf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxd8+ Bf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. Nf5+ {Sources: The Times, 11 January 1937; BCM,
February 1937, p82; Volksstimme (Linz), 20 August 1938, p12} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Koltanowski, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. Be3 a6 10. Nge2 f6 11. Qd2 Rf7 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. Nce2 b5 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5
bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb5 17. Kf2 Nb6 18. Rhc1 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 a5 20. b3 Rfa7 21. Nc3 Bd7
22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rcc1 Rb7 24. Ne2 a4 25. bxa4 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxa4 27. Qc2 Rbb4
28. Kf3 gxf5 29. exf5 h5 30. Rg1 Qa8 31. Qd2 Rd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd5+ 33. Kg3 Rxd4
34. Qg2 e4 35. Rae1 Qe5+ 36. Kh4 Bh6 37. g5 Bxg5+ 38. Kxh5 Qe8+ 39. Kg4 e3+ 40.
Kf3 Qe4+ {Source: Manchester Guardian, 12 January 1937} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. e4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 O-O 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. g3 Bg4 15. Nd2
Qd7 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 Bh3 18. O-O Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qg4 20. Kh1 Qh3 21. f3 Rac8
22. Nb3 b6 23. cxb6 Nf4 24. gxf4 Ng4 25. Ra2 Rxc4 26. Rd1 Rxa4 27. Rc2 Rc4 28.
Rg2 a4 29. fxg4 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 axb3 31. Ba3 exf4 32. Rxb3 f6 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Rb4
Rxb4 35. Bxb4 Rd7 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. Bc5 Ke5 38. Rxd4 Rb7 39. Ra4 f3 40. Kg1 Kf4
41. Ra7 Rb8 42. Bd6+ {Source: BCM, February 1937, p82} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. Bf3 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd2 Ne8 15.
Rad1 Na5 $4 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Ne7+ {Sources: Manchester Guardian,
14 January 1937; BCM, February 1937, p83} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koltanowski, George"]
[Black "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. c4 f6
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rac1 Kb8 18. b4 Qf7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qd7
21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Re6 Nb6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Bf4 Rhd8 25. Rc5 a6 26. Kf1 Ka7 27.
Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Ke2 Kb8 29. Rc1 {Source: Manchester Guardian, 14 January 1937.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 30 January 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 {"Black is a lover of strange opening moves and is often successful
with this"} 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nce7 6. h3 Bd7 7. e4 Ng6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qd2 h5 11. O-O-O h4 12. Rhe1 Nh5 13. Ne2 a6 14. Qc3 O-O 15.
b4 f5 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. c5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. c6 bxc6 20. dxc6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Qf5 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Nc3 Nhf4 24. Qc4 Nxg2 25. Nd5 Qxf3 26. Rg1 N2f4 27. Bxf4
Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 {Source: De Noord-Ooster, 6 March 1937} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Silverman, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Re1 $6 (11. Nbd2) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1
Bc5 14. Rf1 f6 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nxe6
Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe6 21. Ba3 Rf6 22. Qe2 e3 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. Bc5 Ng4 25. Bd4 Rh6
26. Nf3 (26. h3 Qf4 27. Nf3 Qg3 $19) 26... Qxf3 $1 {(One unattributed version
of the score finishes here)} 27. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 28. Kg1 Qxe2 {Source: Manchester
Guardian, 15 January 1937} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nce7 12. O-O Bd7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Qd2 Ngh4
15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. c3 O-O 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bb4 Qe8 20. Rfe1 g6 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Qg5 Be6 23. Re3 Qb5 24. Rae1 Rc4 25. Be7 f4 26. Qh6 Qe8 27. Bf6 {
Source: Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, 6 February 1937. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm,
30 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blow, Ronald"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rae8 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Qc3
Ba8 15. d5 e5 16. Nh4 g6 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Qh6 Ng7 20. f4 Ne4 21. Rf1
f5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 g5 $19 24. Nxe5 Rf6 25. Ng4 $5 Rxh6 $2 (25... Rg6 $1
$19) 26. Nxh6+ Kf8 27. Bxf5 Nf6 28. Bxf6 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nxf5 30. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 31.
Nxf5+ Kg6 32. Nxe3 Rxe3 33. Rf8 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 7 February 1937;
BCM, February 1937, p83} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Koltanowski, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Nbc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. c5 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 fxe4 15.
fxe4 Bd7 16. h3 g5 17. Nc1 Ng6 18. Nb3 g4 19. h4 Qe7 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. Qe3 Ngf4
22. Na5 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf3 24. Qe1 Raf8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Qf7 27. Rc1 Bf6 28.
Ne2 Qg6 29. Ng1 Bxh4 30. gxh4 Nf4+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Nxf3 Nxe1 33. Rcxe1 Rxf3 34.
Kg2 Qf7 35. a4 g3 36. Bxg3 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Bh3+ {Source: Volk en Staat 21
January 1937 via https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/tournament/
international-tournament-birmingham/} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Silverman, Julius"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Julius Silverman, who died on 21 September 1996, aged 90, was the best
chess-player amongst parliamentarians this century." (Barden)} 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Bc4 {"Silverman's favourite opening" (Barden)} Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d5
6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Be6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1
Ng4 13. Qe2 d4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Rxf4 Nc6 18. Qh5
Qxb2 $2 (18... Nd8 $1) 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxh7+ $1 {"Eliskases blushed and
resigned." (BCM) Sources: Manchester Guardian, 18 January 1937; BCM, February
1937, p84} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p2Rb1pp/2p1p3/8/Q3N3/4n1P1/Pq3PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 17... Nxg2 (17... Rxf2 $142 18. Nxf2 Rf8 $15 19. Rxe3 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe3
21. Qxa7 c5 $15) 18. Kxg2 $14 {... CHESS 1937, vol.2, p204} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blow, Ronald"]
[Black "Silverman, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. e4
b5 9. e5 Ng8 10. a4 Bb4 11. Ne4 Ne7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Ra3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Qb4 15.
Be2 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. O-O g6 18. N2e4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Qc1
Kg7 22. Qg5 Nd5 23. Bf3 h6 24. Qh4 Rh7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qe7 Kg8 27. Qxd7 Qxb2
28. Rg3 Qxd4 29. Nxf7 Qe4 30. Qc6 Rxf7 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Re3 Qd6
34. Re8 a3 35. Rg8+ Kf6 36. Rd8 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qf8+ Qf7 39. Qxa3 g5 40.
f4 g4 41. Qa1+ Kg6 42. f5+ Kh5 43. f6 {Source: BCM, February 1937, p84} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Koltanowski, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 e5 8. Re1
Qe7 9. e4 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 c5 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bb2 Ne5 15.
Bb5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxd4 21.
Rad1 Bg7 22. Rd5 Rac8 23. Red1 Rc6 24. Qg2 Bf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Ne4 Rc4 27. fxe5
Qxb4 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. h3 Re6 30. Rd7 Kg7 31. Rxb7 Qa3 32. Rdd7 Re7 33. Rxe7
Bxe7 34. Nd5 Qc5 35. Rxe7 Rd4 36. e6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qg3 Rxd5 39. Rxf7+
Kg8 40. Rxa7 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Re5 42. Ra6 Kf8 43. a4 Ke7 44. a5 Rc5 45. h4 h5 46.
f3 Rb5 47. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. N2f3 Na6
15. Nc6 $2 Bc5 16. Nce5 Rad8 17. Qc2 Ndb4 18. Qb1 f6 19. a3 fxe5 20. axb4 Nxb4
21. Kg1 Nd3 $1 22. Rcd1 Rxf3 $1 23. exf3 Qxf3 24. Qc2 Rd7 25. Rd2 e4 26. Qd1
Qf5 27. Kg2 Nxb2 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 19 January 1937; BCM, February
1937, p84; CHESS 1937, vol.2, p.214-216; Prager Tagblatt 14 February 1937, p22}
0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. d5 bxa4 8.
dxc6 d6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qxa4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. f3 Nd7
15. cxd7 Bxd7 16. Qa5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxc7 Bh3 19. Re2 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Qg6
21. Rd1 Be6 22. Red2 f5 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 e4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Qc6 Rd8 27.
Re1 Bh3 28. Qd5+ Be6 29. Qe5 Bh3 30. Qg3 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. gxh3 Rd2 33. b4
Rxa2 34. Rxe4 Ra4 35. c5 a5 36. c6 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. b5 Rc5 39. b6 Rxc6 40.
b7 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2n4p/2Bk2p1/Pp1p1p2/1P1K1P2/5PP1/2R4P/8 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 39. Kd3 $2 (39. Rc3 Ne6+ 40. Kd3 Nc7 41. Kd4 $11) 39... Na6 $19 {Source:
CHESS 1937, Vol.2, p204} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3
Nxa1 15. Bb2 Be6 $2 (15... O-O $1 16. h4 $2 (16. Kg3 $1 $11) 16... Qd1+ 17. Kg3
Nb3 18. Nf3 Nd2 19. Nxd2 Qxd2 20. Ba1 Kh8 21. h5 exd4 $2 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qxd4 {
1-0, A.Bowen-Dean, Varsity Match 1939}) 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Kg3 (18.
Kg4 Qxf2 19. Bxa1 $2 (19. Bxe5 $11) 19... h5+ 20. Kh3 g5 21. Bxe6+ Kb8 22. Nf3
g4+ 23. Bxg4 hxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 25. Kf5 Rh5+ 26. Kf6 Rf8+ 27. Ke6 Qg8+ {
0-1, Feigins,M-Fine,R Hastings 1936/37}) (18. Bxe5 $18) 18... Rhf8 19. Bxe6+
Kb8 20. Bxe5 Rxf2 21. Kh3 Rf1 22. Bg4 g5 23. Nf3 Rxf3+ 24. Bxf3 {Sources:
Manchester Guardian, 20 January 1937; BCM, February 1937, p85} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koltanowski, George"]
[Black "Silverman, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. c3
Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3+ Kh8
15. Ng5 h6 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qh5 f4 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21.
Rxe6 Nf5 22. Rde1 Rad8 23. R1e5 Nd6 24. Qg6 Qc8 25. Bc2 Nf5 26. Rxf5 Kg8 27.
Qh7+ {Sources: Vlissingse Courant 05 & 13/02/1937; CHESS 1937 vol.2, p203 (n.b.
incorrectly given as Silverman 1-0 Koltanowski in CB Mega Database 2022)} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 b6 8. b4
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. O-O
Qxc5 15. Ne2 Qc2 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb3 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 h6 20. Qh4 Ne4
21. Bd4 Nc7 22. Be5 Ne6 23. Qg4 Rc8 24. h4 Qc2 25. Rf1 Qd2 26. Kh2 Rc2 27. Nf4
Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Nxe6 g6 30. Nc7 Kh7 31. h5 g5 32. Nxd5 Qh4+ 33. Qxh4
gxh4 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Bd4 Kf8 36. Kh3 Ke7 37. Ng4 Ke6 38. Nxh6 Ra2 39. Ng4 Kf5
40. h6 Kg6 41. Ne5+ Kxh6 42. Nxf7+ Kg6 43. Ne5+ Kf5 44. Nf3 Rxa3 45. Nxh4+ Ke4
46. g4 a5 47. g5 Rb3 48. g6 Rb8 49. Kg4 a4 50. g7 a3 51. Nf5 Rg8 52. Ng3+ Kd3
53. Kf4 a2 54. Nf5 Rd8 55. Bf6 {Source: CHESS 1937, vol.2, p.212-214 [Prins]}
1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/1npbq1pp/1p1p4/p2Ppp2/1PP5/PBQ1PN2/5PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] Koltanowski: Black's knight is badly placed so he attempts to save his
game by shock tactics,} 19... g5 $1 {?Koltanowski} (19... b5 $2 {! Koltanowski}
20. c5 $16) 20. c5 g4 $2 (20... bxc5 $142 {RR} 21. bxc5 Bb5) 21. Nxe5 $16 {
..... 1-0 (CHESS 1937, vol.2, p.203-204) (n.b. shown with players' names
reversed on CB Mega Database 2022)} (21. c6 $16) 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 d5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be3
Ne4 15. Bd3 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. f3 Ba4 18. Qa3 b5 19. Bxe4 b4 20. Bd2 dxe4 21.
Bxb4 exf3+ 22. Kxf3 Bc6+ 23. Kf2 Qf5+ 24. Kg3 Qg5+ {Source: WSZ, 3/4-1937, p.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 29 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blow, Ronald"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. h3 Qa5 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Rdc2 Nd7 20. b4
b6 21. f4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. g4 Ra3 25. Bf2 Rfa8 26. g5 h5 27. c5
bxc5 28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Bxc5 Ra2 31. Bf1 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rxc5 {
Source: Tijdschrift KNS Jan 1937, page 50. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 29
January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Cobden Hotel"]
[Date "1937.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Aldis, Ralph Lancelot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1937.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe2 h6 10. e4 Bh7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ Ke7
15. b3 f6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba3+ Kf7 18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Qxf4 Bxa3 21.
Rc7+ Kf8 22. Nd4 Bf5 23. Qxf5 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 22 January 1937;
BCM, February 1937, p85} 1-0

