[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "Butcher, Cecil George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Bf6 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qf5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rc4 b5 19. Bg4 Qg5 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Rc3 h6 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Qd4 Qf5 25. e4 Qh5 26. Rdc1 b4 27.
Qxb4 Ba6 28. Qd4 Qh3 29. g4 Qh4 30. f3 h5 31. Qxa7 Bb5 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxc7
Be2 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. g5+ {Source: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday
10 January 1939} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxc5 9. b4 Qb6 10. c5 Qd8 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 a5 15.
b5 a4 16. Qb1 Bc3+ 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. e4 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Bf5 21. Qb2
Qxd5 22. Bh6 e5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Be2 a3 26. Qa1 Qd2+ 27. Kf1 Bd3 {
Sources: Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 09 January 1939; Staffordshire
Advertiser - Saturday 14 January 1939} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 a5 8. Ng3
Na6 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rb1 exd5 14. cxd5 a4 15.
e4 c6 16. Nxa4 cxd5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Qg4 g6 21. f3 Nf6
22. Qh4 Nd7 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. f4 d4 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Re6 27. f5 {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 11 January 1939} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Silverman, Julius"]
[Black "List, Paul M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp3p2/4b1p1/4B1Pq/3P4/2P3Q1/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

33. h3 Bf5 34. Kh2 Rc6 35. Rf4 Qe2+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kf8 38. Rh4 Ra6 39.
Rh8+ Ke7 40. Rb8 Rb6 41. b4 Bd7 42. h4 Ra6 43. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3 45. Kf4
Rxc3 46. Rxa7 Rb3 47. Rb7 Rb1 48. Rb6 Be6 49. b5 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Kd8 51. Rb8+ Bc8
52. b6 Rb1 53. Bf6+ Kd7 54. Kf4 Rf1+ 55. Ke3 Rb1 56. Bg7 Ba6 57. Bf8 Rb3+ 58.
Kf4 Be2 59. Ke5 Bc4 60. Bc5 Re3+ 61. Kf6 Rf3+ 62. Kg7 Ba6 63. Rf8 Kc6 64. Rxf7
Rxf7+ 65. Kxf7 Bd3 66. Kg7 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 January
1939} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "List, Paul M"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d4 b5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ba5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 b4 20. Rd2 Bd5
21. h3 Qb7 22. b3 Kh8 23. Qe2 h6 24. Ne1 Kh7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Ne5
Bf6 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. Bxb4 Qxb4 30. Qxa6 Rc2 31. Ne1 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Qxd2 33. Nf3
Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qc2 35. Qa6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 g5 37. Qa7+ Bg7 38. Qf7 Bxf3 39. gxf3
Qxa2 40. Kg2 Qxb3 41. Qe8 Qd5 42. Qh5 e5 43. h4 Bf6 44. hxg5 Bxg5 45. Qe8 Bf6
46. Qa4 h5 47. Qc2 Qg8+ 48. Kh2 Qg6 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qb8 h4 51. Qf8+ Qg7 52.
Qd6 Kh5 53. Qd5 Qg6 54. Qd1 Qg8 55. Qd7 Qg6 56. Qd5 Be7 57. Qa8 f4 58. Qh8+ {
Source: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 31 January 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Black "Butcher, Cecil George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 e4
15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Ba2 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rc7 Bd7 20. Rxb7 Kf8 21.
Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Rc1 Ke6 23. Rcc7 a5 24. f3 Ra6 25. Kf2 Rd6 26. Kg3 Rd3 27. Rb6+
Ke7 28. Rc5 a4 29. Re5+ Kf7 30. fxe4 Rxe3+ 31. Kf4 Rd3 32. Rb7 g5+ {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 12 January 1939} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5kp1/3Q1bbp/3P4/5pP1/5N1P/4PqBK/8 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. d6 {(sealed)} (38. h4) 38... Qc5 39. h4 $2 (39. d7) 39... Bf7
40. Qd7 Be8 (40... g5 $1) 41. Qc7 Qb5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Nd4 $2 (44.
d7 $18) 44... Qe5 45. d7 Qxd4 46. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 47. Bc6+ Kf8 48. Qc8+ {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 12 January 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Na5 9. Qa4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. e4 Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bxb3
15. Nd5 Qa4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Rac8 18. Na5 Bc2 19. e5 b4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
O-O Qxa5 22. Rfc1 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Qd5 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 a5 26. Kf1 Bd3+ 27.
Kg1 Be4 28. Ne5 Bd5 29. Re1 h5 30. a3 b3 31. Bxa5 Kg7 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 b2
34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Bd2 Rc2 {Source: Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, 6 May 1939} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blow, Ronald"]
[Black "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
a6 9. a4 Nd4 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 e6 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3
d5 16. Ne2 d4 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Kh1 Kh7 19. Rg1 Qd6 20. Rg4 f5 21. Rg2 fxe4 22.
fxe4 e5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rag1 Qd7 25. Bg3 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 Qxh3+ 27. Rh2 Nxg3+
28. Rxg3 Rf1+ 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Re2 Bc6 33. Bb3 Rf8
34. Rxe3 Kg7 35. Re1 Rf4 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Bc4 a5 38. b3 Ke5 39. c3 h5 40. Ra2
Bd7 41. Re2 Bg4 42. Rd2 Bf3 43. Bd5 Rh4 44. Rh2 Rxh2 45. Kxh2 h4 46. Kh3 g5 47.
Bc6 Kf4 48. Bd7 Be2 49. Bb5 g4+ 50. Kxh4 g3 51. Kh3 Bf1+ {Source: Birmingham
Daily Post - Saturday 14 January 1939. N.B. Rather than being played on the
appointed day, it is possible that this game was played in advance of the
start of the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bc6 14. Rg4 Bf6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd5 18. h4 Ne7 19. h5 Kh8 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. d5
Bxg5 22. Rxg5 Nd4 23. Be4 f5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Rd1 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Bg2 Rae8
28. f4 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 h6 30. fxe5 Qxe5+ 31. Kh1 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Qe2
34. Rd2 Qe1+ {Sources: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 24 January 1939; CHESS,
March 1939, p221} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bf4 d5 8. O-O
d4 9. Na4 e5 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nb2 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nc4
Bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O-O 17. a5 a6 18. f4 f6 19. Nc1 Rdf8 20. Nb3 h5 21. h4 Kc7 22.
Rb1 Bh6 23. Rf2 Ng8 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Rbf1 Kd6 26. fxe5+ Nxe5 27. Nxd4 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 cxd4 29. Qxb4+ Ke6 30. c5 Kf7 31. Qxd4 Rd8 32. Qb4 Ng4 33. Re2 Qe5 34. Rf3
Ne7 35. c3 Rb8 36. Qc4+ Qe6 37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rf1 Rb3 39. d4 Rhb8 40. d5+ Ke5
41. Rf5+ {Source: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 January 1939} (41. Rf5+
Nxf5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Be4+ Ke5 44. Bg2+ {perpetual check}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Silverman, Julius"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. b3 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Ba6 15. f5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qd4 17. Rf3 Rbc8 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Nd1 Qa1 20. Be3 Rc7
21. Ref1 Qb1 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc3 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bxc3 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qc1 Bg7
27. Qxc6 Bc8 28. h4 h6 29. Be3 Rdd8 30. Bxa7 Bg4 31. Rf1 Be5 32. Qc4+ e6 33.
Be3 Rf8 34. Rc1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. d4 Bg3 37. Qc7 e5 38. Qb7 Rde8 39. Rc7
Rf1+ 40. Bg1 exd4 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rxg5 Rf7 43. Qb5 Rc8 44. Rh5 Bxh5 45. Qxh5
Be5 46. Qh6+ Ke7 47. Qg5+ Bf6 48. Qd2 Rh8+ 49. Bh2 Rfh7 50. Qb4 Be5 51. Kg1
Rxh2 52. Qb7+ Kf6 53. Qd7 Rg8 54. g4 d3 55. Qf5+ Ke7 56. Qf3 d2 {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 07 February 1939} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qc2 Ng6 8.
Ne2 Qh4 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 f5 13. g4 f4 14. Nf3 Qf6
15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. b4 Rde8 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Rhe1 g6 19. b5 Nd8 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Nc8 22. Ne5 Nb6 23. Bb3 Rhf8 24. a4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Re4 c5 27. e6 g5
28. a5 Nc8 29. Bc3 c4 30. Rxc4 Nxe6 31. Bb4 Qf6 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. a6 Nd6 34.
Rc3 Nxb5 35. Bxe6 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Rxe6 37. Rd7 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post -
Monday 16 January 1939} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "List, Paul M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8.
Qb5 Nc6 9. Qxb7 Qd7 10. e3 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bg2 Rfb8 14. Bxd5
Rxb7 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Bxe5 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc4 19. Re1 Qa4 20. e4 f6
21. e5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Rb2 23. Rxe5 Qc2 {Sources: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday
17 January 1939; Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 18 January 1939 (names of
players not given)} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. e4 Ne6 14. f4 Nxg5 15.
fxg5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Rc3 Bxg5 19. Rg3 Bc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21.
h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh5+ Ke6 26. Qg6+ Kd7 27.
d5 Bb7 28. Rh3 cxd5 29. Rh7+ Kc8 30. Qe6+ Kb8 31. Rd7 Qxd7 32. Qxd7 a6 33. Qd8+
Ka7 34. Qxg5 d4 35. Qf6 d3 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. g4 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Re2+ 39. Kd4 d2 {
Source: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 January 1939} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Bxf3 6. Bxf3 exd4 7. c3 dxc3 8.
Qb3 cxb2 9. Bxb2 Rb8 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rab1 Ne7 13. Bxb7 Bg7 14.
Qf3 O-O 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng5 c6 17. Bxc6 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nxc6 19. Qxf5 Re8 20.
Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qf5+ Bf6 24. Rb7 {Sources: CHESS,
April 1939, p264; Birmingham Daily Post, 18 January 1939} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. h3 Rfc8 14. e4 c5 15. d5
Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Qc1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Bf3 Rab8
22. d6 exd6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Qd8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rxd4 {Source: Haagsche
Courant, 4 February 1939. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm and Andy Ansel, 3 July
2022.} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reynolds, Arthur"]
[Black "Silverman, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 e5 13. Bc4 Re8 14. O-O exd4
15. Qf4 Rf8 16. cxd4 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qa4 19. Bf6 Re8 20. Nxa3 Qxa3
21. Rb3 Qf8 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rg3 Re6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. d5 cxd5 26. exd5 Rg6
27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. f4 Bh3 29. Rf3 Bxg2 30. Rg3 Bf3 31. Kf2 Bg4 32. h3 Bf5 33. Qf6
Bb1 34. f5 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Bxa2 36. d6 {Source: BCM, February 1939, p68} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Butcher, Cecil George"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Qc2 h5 14. O-O
Rae8 15. Ne1 Nd8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Be2 Bc8 18. Bc4 h4 19. Rd1 Kg7 20. Rd3 Be6 21.
Rf3 Qg5 22. Be2 Bg4 23. Re3 Ne6 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. Rh3 Rd8 27. Qc1
Qh5 28. Re3 c5 29. b3 b5 30. f3 c4 31. Nb4 Nf4 32. Nd5 Rxd5 33. exd5 Qg5 34.
Rf2 Rd8 35. Kf1 Rxd5 36. Re1 Qd8 37. Qe3 Nd3 38. Rfe2 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 Qd6 40. Rd2
Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 42. Kxd2 cxb3 43. axb3 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. c4 bxc4+ 46.
Kxc4 f5 47. Kc5 e4 48. Kd4 exf3 49. gxf3 g5 {Source: Utrechts Volksblad, 4
February 1939. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 3 July 2022.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International 2nd"]
[Site "Birmingham, Unitas House"]
[Date "1939.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1939.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 9. c3 Nf5 10. h4 e5 11. h5 d6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rh2 g5 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 g4 17. Be4 Ne7 18. h6 Bh8 19. c4 b4 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22.
O-O-O Nd4 23. Rg1 f5 24. Qd1 Qf6 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Bg5 Rae8 27. Rf1 a4 28. Rf4
Qe3+ 29. Rd2 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf4 31. Bg7 Rf7 32. Qxa4 Rfe7 33. Kc2 g3 34. Bf6
Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Re2+ 36. Kc1 g2 {Sources: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 24
January 1939; CHESS, March 1939, p221} 0-1

