[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 e5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 b6 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Nb5 Bc4 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nd5+ Ke6
15. Rd2 Nge7 16. Nc7+ Kf6 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Ndb5 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd4 Kc7 13. g3 fxg3 14.
hxg3 Rb8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rb2 19. Rd2 Rb1+ 20.
Rd1 Rb2 21. Rd2 Rhb8 22. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
Re8 9. d5 a5 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne1 Rf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd3 Kh7 15. Kh2
Ng8 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 exf4 18. Rxf4 f5 19. Raf1 Bd7 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd7 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3
Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. d3 Ncd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bf4 d6 13. O-O-O Be6
14. d4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Kd7 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. c4 a5 19. Kc2 a4 20. Ra1
b5 21. bxa4 bxc4 22. a5 Nf5 23. Kc3 Rhe8 24. Kxc4 Re4 25. Be3 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3
Rxe3 27. d5 cxd5+ 28. Kd4 Rae8 29. Rhf1 R8e4+ 30. Kxd5 Re5+ 31. Kd4 f5 32. Rxf5
R3e4+ 33. Kd3 Re3+ 34. Kd4 R3e4+ 35. Kd3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Bg4 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. c3 O-O 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15.
Qe3 Nc6 16. Nh2 Nb6 17. b4 Rab8 18. a3 Rfc8 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Ne5 22. Qg3 Bg6 23. Bf4 Nbd7 24. Ng4 Re8 25. Ne3 Rbc8 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. a4 b4 28.
a5 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Nc6 30. Nd5 Nd4 31. Rf2 Ne6 32. Bb3 c4 33. Bxc4 Bxe4 34. Ne3
Bg6 35. Bxa6 Ra8 36. Bb5 Nd4 37. Bc7 Qe7 38. Bxd7 Qxd7 39. Bb6 Nb3 40. Ra3 Nc1
41. d4 Nd3 42. Rd2 Qb5 43. Kh2 h5 44. Nd1 Nc1 45. Re3 Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Re8 47. Rb2
Qc6 48. Qc3 Qd6+ 49. Qg3 Qd5 50. Nc3 Qc4 51. Nb5 Qf1 52. Qf2 Qd1 53. Rd2 Qb3
54. Nc7 Re7 55. d5 Nd3 56. d6 Nxf2 57. dxe7 f6 58. Rxf2 Qb4 59. e8=Q+ Bxe8 60.
Nxe8 h4 61. Nc7 Kf7 62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Nd5 Qa3 64. Ne3 Kf7 65. Rf1 g6 66. Ng4 f5
67. Ne5+ Kf6 68. Bd4 {Sources: The Times,14 April 1939; Birmingham Daily Post,
18 April 1939; De Maasbode, 15 April 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. e5 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Re1 h6 14. Nge4 Be6 15.
Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. f4 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxg2 21. Qxg2
Qc8 22. Red1 Qe6 23. Qc2 Rfd8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 a6 26. Kf2 Kg8 27. Ke2 Kf7
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Ke6 31. Kc2 Kd5 32. Kd3 e6 33. b4 Bf8 34.
Bf2 Be7 35. b3 Bd8 36. Be1 a5 37. bxa5 Kxc5 38. a6 bxa6 39. Bc3 Kb5 40. Be1 h5
41. h4 Bb6 42. Kc2 Bd4 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. Kc2 Kd5 45. Kd3 c5 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[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. a4 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nf1 O-O 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g3 Nf6 20. Ne3 g6 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. dxe5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 dxe5 25. Qe3 Kg7 {Sources:
Birmingham Daily Post, 18 April 1939; De Maasbode, 15 April 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Bb1 b4 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. e4 Rg8 17. d5 Na7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. d6 Bd8 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. Qh5 Rg6
22. Qxh7 Qxd6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Nxc4 Qc6 25. Rd1 Bc7 26. Bxa7 Bb7 27. b3 f5 28.
Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qd8# {Sources: The Times, 14 April 1939; Birmingham Daily Post,
15 April 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bg2 Na6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Rfc1 e4 18. Ng1 Bf8 19. a3 Rac8 20. e3 Nc7 21.
Ne2 Kf7 22. Ba5 b6 23. Bb4 Ne6 24. Nc3 Red8 25. Nb5 a6 26. Na7 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Bxb4 28. axb4 Rd7 29. Nc8 b5 30. Rc6 Nc7 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nb7 Kf7 33. Nc5 Re7
34. Nxa6 Nxa6 35. Rxa6 Rd7 36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Rxb5 f5 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40.
b5 Rc7 41. Ra6 Rb7 42. b6 Ke6 43. Ra7 Rxb6 44. Rxh7 Kf6 45. h4 {White has a
very definite advantage in the final position, though Black's resignation
seems to have come at rather an early stage (Brian Denman). Source for game:
Staffordshire Advertiser, 13 May 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Rf2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. b3 Qc7 15.
c4 b5 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rac8 18. Rfc2 Ba4 19. f4 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Nd7 21. Nc6
Rce8 22. Bh3 Nc5 23. Re2 f5 24. Bg2 Kh8 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Re6 Bf6 27. Ne5 Rb8
28. Rc6 Qb7 29. d6 exd6 30. Rxd6 Qb1 31. Nd7 Bd4+ 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bf3 Qxd1+
34. Bxd1 Rb1 35. Nxf8 Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc6 13. e4 e5 14. Rc4
Qe6 15. Rc5 Nd7 16. Rd5 Qg6 17. f3 Nb6 18. Rxe5 Be6 19. f4 Qh6 20. g3 Nd7 21.
Rb5 b6 22. Be2 Nc5 23. b4 a6 24. Rxb6 Bb3 25. Rxh6 Bxc2 26. Rh5 Nxe4 27. Ba1 f5
28. O-O Nd2 29. Rf2 Rfc8 30. Bd4 g6 31. Rh4 Ne4 32. g4 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 a5 34. Bc5
axb4 35. axb4 Bb3 36. gxf5 Ra2 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rh3 Bc4 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Kf3
Bxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ke3 Rh8 45. Kd4 Rxh2 46. Kd5 {
Source: The Times, 15 April 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Qb1 Rad8 13. Ne1 Qb8 14. Nd3 c5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. e3 Ne4 17. Nf3 f5 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Ba1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 f4 21. exf4
gxf4 22. Qb2 fxg3 23. Nc6 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Ndxe5 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. e3 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rac1 b5
15. h3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nb1 Qb6 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Ndf3 Nc4 20. b3 Nd6 21. a3
Nfe4 22. Qb2 b4 23. a4 Nc3 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nb1 Nxb1 26. Bxb1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Nc4 Qa6 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Rfc1 Rdc8 32. Kf1 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4
34. bxc4 e5 35. dxe5 Rc5 36. Qc2 Qb7 37. Rd1 h5 38. Qb3 Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40.
Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
c4 Qe4+ 9. Kf2 Bf5 10. c5 O-O 11. Bc4 Bf6 12. Re1 Qc2+ 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Bxf4
Nc6 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. d5 Na5 17. Rac1 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxc4 19. Rxc2 Nxe5 20. Rxe5
f6 21. Re7 Rxd5 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rb8 24. Rcxc7 Rxb2+ 25. Kf3 Rf5+ 26. Ke4
Re5+ 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Rxa7 Rxg2 29. Kxe5 Rxh2 30. a4 Ra2 31. Kf5 Rg2 32. Ra8+
Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Ne8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. b4
Nb7 16. a4 Ng7 17. h3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Bb2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 Rf8 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qd3 Qd7
28. Re4 h5 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Qf5 32. Qe3 cxb4 33. cxb4 Rg7 34.
h4 Nd8 35. Qe2 Nf7 36. Re3 Nxg5 37. hxg5 h4 38. Qxb5 Qxg5+ 39. Kf1 Qg2+ 40. Ke1
Rf7 41. f3 h3 42. Qf1 Rg7 43. Qb5 Qg5 {Source: The Times, 15 April 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. b3
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. h3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. exf4 Kf8 20. Ne2
Ke7 21. f3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kd6 23. Kf2 h6 24. g4 Ng8 25. h4 Ne7 26. Nd4 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Be7 14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Rfd1 Bxg5 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rf1 Rc7 {
White was winning in the final position. Both the Times (17 April 1939) and
BCM (June 1939, p246) mentioned that Vera Menchik was indisposed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb3 c6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bc2 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Qc7 17. Qd3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bc3 Qc4 20. Qd1 Rc8 21.
Bb3 Qc7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd4 Be5 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. g3 Bxb2 26. Qh5 Qd7 27. Nh4
Rc1 28. Rxc1 Bxc1 29. f4 Bg4 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 b5 32. Be4 Be6 33. Bb1 b4
34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Nxh6 a5 36. Kf2 a4 37. Ke2 b3 38. axb3 Bxb3 39. Ng4 Bb2 40.
Nf2 a3 41. Nd3 Bd4 42. Nc1 Bc4+ 43. Ke1 Ke7 44. Ba2 Bxa2 45. Nxa2 Ke6 46. Ke2
f5 47. h3 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bf2 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Bg3 51. Ke3 Kc4 52. g5 Kb3 53.
Nc1+ Kc2 54. Nd3 Bxf4+ {Source: The Times, 17 April 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Bb3
Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d5 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bf6 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. g5 Rad8 23. Qe2 d4 24. Rad1 Rh8 25. g3 h5 26. gxh6+ Rxh6 27. Kg2 dxc3
28. bxc3 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 Bxb5 6. Qxb5+ Qd7 7. Qe2 Qc6 8.
d3 c4 9. Nbd2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. O-O g6 14. f4 Bg7
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. N2f3 O-O 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Rad1 N7e6 20. Be3 Qc7 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qb5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. a4 Rxd5 27.
Qxd5 h6 28. a5 bxa5 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 e6 31. Qb5 Kh7 32. Qe8 Qb7 33. h3
Qxb2 34. Qxf7 a4 35. Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Nc5 Nxc5
15. Bxc5 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne7 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Nd4 Bh3 20. Rd1 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 h6 22. Qf4 a6 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Re3 Kf8 26. h4 Kg8 27. h5 Rd8
28. Rf3 Rf8 29. b4 Kh7 30. Rc3 Nc6 31. Nf5 Re8 32. Qg4 g6 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34.
Nxh6 Qxg4 35. Nxg4 Rxe2 36. Nf6+ Kh6 37. Nxd5 Rb2 38. Ne3 a5 39. bxa5 Nxa5 40.
Ng4+ Kg5 41. Kh3 b6 42. Rf3 Rb1 43. Rf7 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 Rc1 45. Ne5 Nc4 46. f4+
Kh6 47. Ng4+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bxc4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. O-O h6
15. Bd2 Be7 16. Na4 O-O 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Rd7 21.
h3 Nc7 22. Ba5 Nd5 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Kh2 Ke8 25. Ba4 Ne7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rc4
Nd5 28. Rg4 g6 29. Rg3 Re8 30. Rf3 Ke7 31. Rb3 Ba8 32. Bb6 f5 33. exf6+ Kxf6
34. Bc5 e5 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. Rd3 Bb7 37. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Nge2 a5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. Nc1 b6 14. Nd3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bc5 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. exd5 Bg4 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Bg5 Qf5 21.
Qd2 Bf3 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4 a4 27.
Rb1 Ra8 28. Rfc1 Rfc8 29. Rc2 Ra6 30. Nc3 Kf8 31. Nb5 Ke7 32. a3 Kd7 33. h4
Raa8 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rh3 f4 38. Kf3 Rh5 39. Nc3 g5 40.
Kg4 Rah8 41. Nxa4 gxh4 42. Nc3 R5h7 43. Nb5 f3 44. b4 Rf8 45. Kg5 Rg7+ 46. Kh6
Rg2 47. Kh7 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8.
c3 a6 9. Na3 f6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh4 fxe5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. f4 Bd7
15. Nf3 Na4 16. O-O-O b5 17. Nc2 Rhb8 18. Ne3 Na5 19. g4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Rd2 Rb6 22. f5 Rab8 23. f6+ Kf7 24. Nd1 Nc5 25. Nf2 Na4 26. Nd1 Nc5 {Source:
The Times, 18 April 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nxc3 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. bxc3 Bxc2 13. Kd2 Bg6 14.
Re1+ Kd8 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. g4 f6 18. Bg2 a6 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Re6 Kc7
21. Nc4 Rbe8 22. Rhe1 h5 23. f5 Bf7 24. d6+ Kc8 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 b5 27. Na5
Ne5 28. Bb7+ Kb8 29. R1xe5 fxe5 30. d7 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Nc6+ Kc7 33.
d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 34. Nxd8 Kxd8 35. Bxa6 b4 {Sources: Sunday Times, 23 April 1939;
Birmingham Daily Post, 19 April 1939; Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, 6 May 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4
Nb6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Nc7 14. Rd1 f6 15.
Qc2 Bf7 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Qe2 {('Q-Kt2' Manchester Guardian)} Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd6
19. Ng1 Qf8 20. f4 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Nf3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Rad8 {('QR-K1'
Manchester Guardian)} 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rf1 Bc4 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. Re1 Rd8 28.
Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Ne6 30. Kg2 Bb4 31. Ne2 Be7 32. Rc1 Ng5 33. Rc3 Nxf3 34. Kxf3
Bf6 35. Rc2 Be5 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. b3 Bc7 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Rd2 Bb6+ 40. Ke2 Rxd2+
41. Kxd2 {(This position and game continuation is given by Reuben Fine in
Basic Chess Endings (Bell/McKay 1941, page 235)} Bf2 42. g4 Kf6 43. Ke2 Bd4 44.
Kf3 a5 45. g5+ Ke5 46. Nd3+ Kd6 47. h4 b5 48. Ne1 Bc5 49. Nd3 Bb6 50. Nf4 Bd4
51. Nd3 c5 52. Nf4 c4 53. bxc4 bxc4 54. Nd5 Ke5 55. Nf6 h5 56. Nd5 c3 57. Nf4
c2 58. Nd3+ Kd6 {Corrected from 58...Ke6. The Manchester Guardian gives 58...
Kd6 here, as does Reuben Fine in Basic Chess Endings (McKay/Bell 1941 edition,
page 234) whereas some later sources and databases give 58...Ke6. I don't
think it affects subsequent analysis. JS} 59. Ke2 Bb2 {('B-B7' Manchester
Guardian) Source: Manchester Guardian, 21 April 1939, p3} (59... Bb2 {This
score was corrected on 22 June 2023. I am grateful to Ian Rogers for drawing
this to my attention. Previously the score continued as follows:} 60. Kd2 c1=Q+
61. Nxc1 Bxc1+ 62. Kxc1 Ke5 63. Kc2 Kxe4 64. Kb3 ({It was later discovered
that White can draw with} 64. Kc3 $1 Kf4 65. Kd4 Kg4 66. Ke5 Kxh4 67. Kf6 {
, etc.}) 64... Kf4 65. Ka4 Kg4 66. Kxa5 Kxh4 67. a4 Kxg5 68. Kb6 h4 69. a5 h3
70. a6 h2 71. a7 h1=Q {0-1. This continuation has been given in various book
and database sources, but the full score given in the Manchester Guardian,
plus other newspaper references to Golombek having resigned at move 59/60,
confirm that the game ended with resignation after 59...Bb2 in a position that
White could still draw with best play.}) (59... Bb2 {The Manchester Guardian
note reads: "After} 60. Kd2 c1=Q+ 61. Nxc1 Bxc1+ 62. Kxc1 {, Black wins simply
by} Ke5 {and Kxe4. If White goes for Black's a-pawn, it is a mere matter of
counting to show that Black queens a move too soon for White."}) 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bc2 e5 12. c5 Be7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be6
15. Bb3 Qc8 16. Qc2 f4 17. f3 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 20. Qc3 Bxc5+ 21.
Qxc5 Qxd2 22. Rxa7 Qxb2 23. Rxb7 Rfe8 24. Qxc6 Qxe5 25. h3 Ra2 26. Qd7 Re2 27.
Kh2 h6 28. Rd1 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. g4 Nd7
15. Nd5 e6 16. f6 exd5 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. Rxd6 Rad8 20. Qf2 Kg8
21. Bh6 e3 22. Qxe3 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 f6 25. Rfd1 Qxc2 26. Qd2 Qe4+ 27.
Qg2 Qe1+ 28. Qg1 Qe4+ 29. Qg2 {Sources: The Times, 19 April 1939; De Maasbode,
20 April 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bd2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qd7 22. h3 Rc8 23. Qe1 h6 24. Rc5 Nd8 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qa5
Qd6 28. Qc3 Bb7 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qc8+ Nd8 31. Nd7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. f4 Qe7
34. Nb8 Kh7 35. Nxa6 Qf6 36. Nc5 Qe7 37. b4 f6 38. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[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. a4
b4 9. a5 O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Rb5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qe8 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Ne7 21. Bg5
Nd5 22. g3 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qg6 24. Qg4 Rf5 25. f4 Qe8 26. Nf3 c5 27. Nd2 h5 28.
Qf3 Qg6 29. Kh2 h4 30. Rg1 Qh6 31. Ne4 hxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rxf4 33. Nd6 Rb8 34. Rac1
Rbf8 35. Rxc5 Rf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Qf4+ 38. Qg3 Qd2+ {Sources: The
Times, 19 April 1939 (with a correction to the score on 20 April 1939); De
Maasbode, 20 April 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. h3 Be6 14. Rab1 Nh5
15. Bh2 g6 16. Ne5 Ng7 17. b4 Bf5 18. Na4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Ne6 25. Nc3 Red8 26. Qxb7 Qa3 27.
Nxd5 Qxa2 28. Nb4 Qa4 29. Nc6 {Source: The Times, 22 April 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O Be6 12. a3 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4 f6
15. b4 b5 16. Nc5 Nb6 17. a4 a6 18. Ra2 g6 19. Rfa1 Kf7 20. Nd2 Nfd7 21. Ndb3
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Rec8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxe6 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Kxe6 26. Ra6 Nc4 27.
Qb1 f5 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qb2 Kd5 30. Qa3 Rc7 31. Ra8 Rd7 32. Qa6 Qxb4 33. Re8 {
time (BCM, June 1939, p247)} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nf6 14. b4 Be6
15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. a4 f6 18. Rfc1 Bf7 19. Nd2 g6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5
Rec8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Qb4 Ne4 24. Ndxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26. Bxa8 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Nxc5 28. Bc6 a6 29. dxc5 axb5 30. Qxb5 {Source: The Times, 20 April 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bb6 Re8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5
21. Bd4 Re6 22. Rfd1 Rae8 23. Rac1 h6 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Re1 Nc4 27.
Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Bc3 Nxb2 30. Bb4 Nd3+ 31. Ke3 Nxb4 32. axb4 g6 33. h4
Kg7 34. g4 Kf6 35. f4 Ke6 36. Rc7 f5 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Kd5 39. Rc5+ Ke6 40.
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 O-O 8.
cxb7 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ba4 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd1 Rd8 14. d4 Bg4
15. Kh1 Bc5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxf4 Nh5 18. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. h3 Bg7 10. Nbd2 Nf7 11. g4 Qe7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bc2 c5 14. a4 Bc8 15. Nc4 Nd7
16. a5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Rg1 O-O 20. h4 Rb8 21. g5 fxg5 22.
hxg5 Nd8 23. Rg3 Rf4 24. Ne3 Nf8 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. Ke2 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Qc2
Bc8 29. Ra4 Nf7 30. b3 h5 31. gxh6 Nxh6 32. Ra1 Ng4 33. Rag1 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Rf7
35. Ng5 Rg7 36. Bc4 Nh7 37. Kd3 Nxg5 38. Rxg5 Bd7 39. Rxg6 {Sources: The Times,
21 April 1939; The Times, 26 April 1939; Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, 6 May 1939}
1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. a4 e5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. e4 Rd7 18. f3 g6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bc4 Bd6 21. g3 Be5
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Nd7
28. Nd1 f5 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30. f4 Bd4 31. e5 Bf3 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Nf2 Nc5 34. b3
Bc6 35. Nd3 {"Miss Menchik's game against Wheatcroft was another Queen’s
Gambit accepted. This slow form of the Queen's Pawn has been very popular in
this tournament, but it is an innocuous enough variation if Black times moves
correctly. Wheatcroft equalized with­out much difficulty and a rather
featureless game followed. It was enlivened at the end by a time scramble in
which, according to the testimony of the participants, the play was
undistinguished. At the adjournment a knight and bishop ending had been
reached which proved to be a dead draw." (The Times, 21 April 1939)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7
15. Rae1 a6 16. Bh2 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Na5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qe4 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Qc7 22. Kh1 g6 23. Bg1 Rac8 24. Be3 Rd7 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qc6 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Kg1 Ke8 30. Kf2 Rc7 31. Ke3 Rd7 32. Rb1 Kd8 33. Ke4 Kc7
34. g4 Kc6 35. Rf1 Rd5 36. f5 Rb5 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Rf7 Bd8 39. Rxh7 Rxb2 40.
Rh6 Rxa2 41. Rxg6 Kd7 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Rg6 Kd7 44. Rg7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 Qa5 10. exd4 Qxg5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f4
Qh6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. h3 Bc6 17. Re5 Rfe8 18. Qe2 g6 19. Qf3 Qg7 20. Rfe1 Red8
21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Re7 Nf8 23. f5 Qf6 24. R7e5 Kg7 25. Qg3 Nd7 26. Ne2 Kh8 27. Nf4
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qg7 29. f6 Qh6 30. h4 Bd7 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qg3 Rg8 33. Nd5 g5 34.
h5 g4 35. Nf4 Bc6 36. Bc4 Rgf8 37. Qxg4 Rg8 38. Qh4 Bf3 39. Bd5 Rg4 40. Qf2
Bxd5 41. Nxd5 Rag8 42. Ne7 Rxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 d3 45. Re4 Qxh5 46.
Rc4 Qe2+ 47. Kh3 h5 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rg8 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qe3+ 52. Kg2
Qe4+ 53. Kf2 Kh6 54. Rg7 h4 {Source: The Times, 21 April 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Be3 Rad8 15.
d5 Nb8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Red1 Qf8 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. Rf1 Bb5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Ng8 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nd7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rae1 Qe7 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
28. Bd4 Rf8 29. Qf3 Rce8 30. Ne2 Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Qxe5 32. Nf4 Nf6 33. Nd3 Qg5 34.
Kh2 Nd7 35. g3 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. g4 h5 39. c4 Qh4 40. Re3 hxg4
41. Qxg4 Rh8 42. Ref3 Re7 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Qxh4 Rxh4 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46. Rxf4 g5
47. Rg4 Kg6 48. Kf3 f6 49. Rg2 Rh7 50. Kg3 Rh4 51. Re2 Rf4 52. b4 Rf1 53. Rc2
Rb1 54. b5 a5 55. Kg4 b6 56. Kg3 Rd1 57. Rc3 Rd2 58. a3 a4 59. h4 Re2 60. hxg5
Kxg5 61. Kf3 Rh2 62. Ke3 Rh3+ 63. Kd4 Rxc3 64. Kxc3 Kg4 65. Kd4 Kf4 66. Kd3 Kf3
67. Kd4 Ke2 68. Kc3 Ke3 69. Kb4 Kxe4 70. Kxa4 f5 71. Kb3 Kd3 72. a4 f4 {
Source: (moves 37-end) Birmingham Daily Post, 22 April 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Nxd2 8.
Nbxd2 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. d5 Nd8 11. d6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Rad1 ({Some
sources give} 13. Rfd1 {but it's hard to know which is correct.}) 13... Rb8 14.
Rxd6 f6 15. Rd2 Kf7 16. Nd4 a6 17. c5 Ke7 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Nc2 a5 20. Ne3 b5 21.
cxb6 Rxb6 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. Nd6 e5 25. Rcd1 Ra7 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Nc5
Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Ne2
f6 9. Nf4 Qb6 $2 (9... Nxd4 $1) 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. Nxe6+ Ke7 12. Nf4 Qxd4 13. Nf3
Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qxb2 15. O-O Kd8 16. Ne6+ Ke7 17. Nc7 Kd8 18. Rfb1 Qxb1+ 19. Rxb1
Kxc7 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qe8 Rb8 23. Bb5 Ne7 24. Bb4 Ng6 25. Rc1+ Kb6
26. Qd8+ {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 24 April 1939. BCM (June 1939, p249)
comment on the game: "Miss Menchik made a shocking hash of the 3 Nd2 variation.
.. 9 Nf4! and Black can resign." Analysis engines and contemporary play
contradict this assertion, 9...Nxd4 being playable for Black. (JS)} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O
Rfc8 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd5 Nf8 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20.
Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rd7 Rc6 22. Qf7 Qg5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Rfd1 h6 25. f5 Kh7 26. h3 Qg5
27. Qe7 Rf6 28. h4 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
d6 9. Qc1 Re8 10. Nf4 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. Ne3 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Rb1 b4 15. Qd1
Ba6 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Bh6 Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. f4 Qd7 20. Qd2 f5 21. Ne3 Nf6
22. Rfe1 d5 23. e5 Ng8 24. Bf3 Nd4 25. Bg2 h6 26. c3 Nc6 27. Nf2 d4 28. cxd4
Nxd4 29. Rbc1 Rbc8 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne7 32. Nd1 Nd5 33. Ne3 Nb6 34. Rcc1
Red8 35. Qf2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. d5 a5 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nd3 Nfd7 14. f4 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rae1 f6 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nf3 b5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Re2 Rf8 22. Ref2 b4 23. a3 bxa3 24. Ra1 Rfb8 25. Rxa3 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4
Bxa4 28. Qe2 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 Bd1 30. Qa2 Rb8 31. Nd2 Bh5 32. Qa3 Bg6 33. Qf3 Rf8
34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bg2 Ke7 37. Kf2 Be8 38. Ke3 Ba4 39. Bf3 Bc2
40. Be2 Kf6 41. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5
b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. cxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Na5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bh4 c6 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. f3 c5 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Bb1 g6 21. b3 Na3 22.
Bd3 c4 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Bf2 Qd7 27. Rb1 Ra6 28. Be3
h5 29. Bg5 {... (46 moves) Source: John Donaldson: Imre Koenig, p93.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p1r2p1/1Pp2p1p/R3p3/1PP1P2n/R3BP1P/5K1P/8 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

29... f5 30. Rxe5 f4 31. Bc1 Rd1 32. Rc3 g5 33. Ke2 Rh1 34. Kd3 Nxf3 35. Re7
Rd8+ 36. Kc2 Nd4+ 37. Kb2 Ne2 38. Ra3 (38. Rc2 f3 39. Be3 Rd3 40. Bc5 Rdd1)
38... Rxc1 39. Rxb7 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 Rc3+ 41. Ka4 Rxa3+ 42. Kxa3 Nc1 {Source: BCM,
July 1939, p310} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nc3 h5 10. Rd1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Qb6+
15. Kh1 Rac8 16. b3 Nf6 17. f4 Qa5 18. Qb2 Kh7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
Qc7 22. Rd3 Qc5 23. Bxh5 {Diagram #} gxf5 24. exf5 f6 25. Qe2 e5 26. Be8 {
Source: Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 24 April 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kitto, Francis Ernest A"]
[Black "Landau, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. g4 Bc4 12. g5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. f5 e6 17. fxe6 Rxe6 18. Qg2 Rae8 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bc3 Rxe4 21.
Rad1 Bd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd5 23. Bxa7 Qe6 24. Qg3 Rg4 25. Rfe1 Ne5 26. Qb3 Rxg5 27.
Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Bb8 d5 29. Rxd5 Nf3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rd7 Rf2 33. Rfd1
Rgg2 {Source: BCM, July 1939, p309} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koblencs, Alexander"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Na5 7. Qd3 $2 (7. Qe2 {
L.Prins}) (7. Nge2 $5 {Stockfish} Nxc4 8. O-O $44) 7... Bb4 8. Nge2 Ba6 9. b3
d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qf5 c6 13. Kd1 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 dxc4 15. d5 cxb3
16. axb3 Bc8 17. Qf4 Nxb3 18. Ra3 Nc5 19. Kc2 cxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6
22. Nxd5 Bb7 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Nd5 Rfd8 26. Rd1 Rac8+ 27. Kb1 Na5
28. Nc3 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Rc5 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. g4 a5 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Rh3 Kg5 34.
f3 Kf4 35. Rxh7 Ne5 36. Rg7 b5 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. Nc2 Kxf3 39. g5 b4 40. Rh7 Ke2
41. Rh3 Nd3 42. Re3+ Kd2 43. Rg3 b3 44. Rg2+ Kc3 45. Ne3 Rc5 46. Rg4 Re5 47.
Ng2 Re2 48. Rg3 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Rc2 {Source: Utrechts Volksblad, 17 June 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koenig, Imre"]
[Black "Koblencs, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5B2/4pk2/6pK/8/4P1PP/P4n2/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

43. a4 Ne4 44. a5 Nd6 45. a6 Nc8 46. Be8 Na7 47. Ba4 e5 48. Bc2 Nc8 49. Be4 Na7
50. Kg4 {Source: BCM, July 1939, p310} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. a3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 Ne4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxg5 14. Bxg5
b5 $2 15. Qxb5 Rfb8 16. Qe2 Rb3 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. Bc1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rd2
Na5 21. Ne3 h6 22. Rf1 R8b7 23. f3 Nc6 24. g3 Qb8 25. Rf2 Ne7 26. Ng4 Nc8 27.
Ne5 Nd6 28. Rc2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qb5 30. Nc1 Qxe2 31. Rfxe2 Rb8 32. Nd3 Rc6 33. Nc5
{"and White won in 71 moves". Source: Postimees [Estonian newspaper], 117, 2
May 1939} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. e3
Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 a5 13. Bb2 Ndf6 14. c5 Bd5 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qe7 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Rfc1 Qb7 19. f3 a4 20. b5 Bb3 21. Qb4
Rad8 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nd5 24. Re1 Ra8 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf4 27. Bc1
Rac8 28. Qa2 d5 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. g3 Rf7 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Rac1
Rfc7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 {Source: John Donaldson: Imre Koenig, p93. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. c4 e5 10. Bg5 e4 11. cxd5 exf3 12. dxc6 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 fxg2 14. Ne4
gxf1=Q 15. Bxf1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ke7 17. Bg2 bxc6 18. Nc5 h6 19. Bh4 Be6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bxc6 Rad8 22. Ra1 Rd2 23. b4 g5 24. Bg3 Nh5 25. a4 Nxg3 26. Kxg3 h5
27. b5 Kd6 28. a5 Rh7 29. Be4 Rf7 30. b6 axb6 31. axb6 Rb2 32. b7 Rfxb7 33.
Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Ra5 Rg7 35. Kh3 Ke7 36. Rb5 Kf6 37. Kg3 Rd7 38. Ra5 Rd5 39. Ra8
Rf5 40. Rh8 g4 41. Rh6+ Kg5 42. Rxe6 h4+ 43. Kg2 h3+ 44. Kg1 Rb5 {Source: John
Donaldson: Imre Koenig, p93. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxc5 Rxd3 14. Qxd3 e4
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. cxd6 exf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Rb1 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Ne4
21. Rb2 Rd8 22. c4 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nxd6 24. c5 Nf5 25. Rxb7 h6 26. Rb4 N5h4 27.
Rxh4 Nxh4 {and Black wins. Sources: BCM, July 1939, p309; Het Nieuws van den
dag voor Nederlandsch-IndiÃ«, 20 May 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Landau, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Qb5 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qb4 13. e3 O-O 14. a3
Qg4 15. h3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh6 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Bxc6 a6 19. Qe5 bxc6 20. Qxb8 Bg4 21.
Qf4 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 18 April 1939 (the newspaper gives round 7
but detailed results listed in the Times, 18 April 1939, show this was played
in round 6 on 17 April)} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kitto, Francis Ernest A"]
[Black "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxc3 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe4+ 10. Kf2 Qxh1 11. Qxc6+ Kd8 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. d3 Be7 14.
Bg5 Qxf3+ 15. Kxf3 Bxg5 16. Qxd5+ Ke8 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qxc7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Rxc2
20. Qb8+ Rc8 21. Qb3 h5 22. d4 Rh6 23. d5 Bd8 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. Ke3 Bb6 26. Kd2
Bb5 27. Qf3 Bc4 28. d6 Ba5+ 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. Qd1 Bb6 31. Qa4+ Bc6 32. Qa6 Rxe5+
33. Kf4 Be3+ 34. Kxe5 Re6+ {Source: BCM, July 1939, p310} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Rd1 Qh5 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bc3 e5 14. Bb4
Ne6 15. Qd2 e4 16. Ng1 Nc7 17. Qd6 Nb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Rxe4 Qf5
21. f3 Rd8 22. Qf4 Qd5 23. Kf2 Qxa2 24. Bc3 Rd1 25. g4 Qb3 26. Qh6 Qc2+ 27. Kg3
Ne7 28. Qf4 h5 29. Qb8+ Rd8 30. Qe5 hxg4 31. fxg4 Qd1 32. h3 Qf1 33. Rf4 Qd3
34. Nf3 Nf5+ 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 Bxf5 37. Kf4 Bc8 38. Bd4 a6 39. g5 Rd6 40.
h4 f6 41. Bxf6 Rf8 42. e4 Rdxf6+ 43. gxf6 Rxf6+ 44. Ke3 Bg4 45. Nd4 Kf7 46. Rh2
Kg6 47. Rf2 Rb6 48. e5 Kh5 49. Rh2 a5 50. Ke4 a4 51. Kd5 Ra6 52. e6 a3 53. bxa3
Rxa3 54. e7 Bd7 55. Kd6 Ba4 56. Ke6 Re3+ 57. Kf6 Bd7 58. Rf2 Kg4 59. Rg2+ Kxh4
60. Rb2 Kh3 61. Rxb7 Ba4 62. Ra7 Be8 63. Ra8 Bd7 64. Rd8 Ba4 65. Rh8+ Kg2 66.
Rh5 Be8 67. Re5 Rxe5 68. Kxe5 Kf2 69. Nf5 Kf3 70. Ng7 Ba4 71. Kd6 Ke4 72. Nh5 {
Source: Algemeen Handelsblad, 29 April 1939} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nb8 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 Nc5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. Be2
Bf5 15. Qc1 Bd3 16. Nf3 Qf5 17. Qd2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qxd5 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. Qf5 Qc4+ 22. Kd2 Rae8 23. f3 Re5 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 Nd7 26. Rab1 Nb6 27.
e4 c5 28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Nxa7 Qa6 30. Nb5 d5 31. Kc1 d4 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. cxd4 Ne3
34. Qb3 cxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc5+ 36. Kd2 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Rdc8 38. a3 Qg6 39. g4 Ne5+ 40.
Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Qg5+ 43. Ke2 Qf4 44. Nd6 Rd8 45. Rd1 Qxh2+ 46.
Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 ({BCM, July 1939, p310 has a different finish to the game,
starting at move 50 (the part-game also appears in this file). One possible
way of reconciling the two versions of the game end is as follows:} 47. Ke1
Nxf3+ 48. Kf2 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kf2 Qh4+ 51. Kf1 Qf6 52. Kg2 Rxd6 53. Rxd6
Nh4+ 54. Kh3 Qxd6 55. Qxb7 Qd3+ 56. Kh2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe3+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ 59. Kh3
Qg2+ {0-1. However, this doesn't take account of the move 47...Nxg4+ given in
the Donaldson book.}) 47... Nxg4+ {Source: John Donaldson: Imre Koenig, p94.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raud, Ilmar"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p3pp1/3N3p/8/4P1P1/PQ3n1q/5K2/3R4 b - - 0 50"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

50... Qh4+ 51. Kf1 Qf6 52. Kg2 Rxd6 53. Rxd6 Nh4+ 54. Kh3 Qxd6 55. Qxb7 Qd3+
56. Kh2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe3+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 Qg2+ {Source: BCM, July 1939,
p310. However, a complete score of this game was published in John Donaldson's
book about Imre Koenig and also appears in this file, but with a different
finish. In the other score I have included a possible way of reconciling the
two versions - JS} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Landau, Salo"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. d5 Nc5
15. d6 Bxd6 16. Nb5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. g3 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21.
Qf5 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne8 23. Rf4 a6 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. Qh5 Ra7 26. Rh4 h6 27. Nd5 f5
28. Qg6 Ne8 29. Rxh6 Qc8 30. Rh7 Ne6 31. Qh5 Qxc4 32. Rh8# {Sources: The Times,
20 April 1939; Algemeen Handelsblad, 20 April 1939; BCM, July 1939, p315;
Birmingham Post, 25 April 1939, p4} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pogoriely, Henryk"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Bb7 7. b4 O-O 8.
Bb2 a5 9. e3 Qe7 10. b5 d6 11. Bd3 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. d5 Nbd7 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Bc2 e5 16. Qf3 g6 17. h4 Rg8 18. O-O-O Rg7 19. Rg5 Nh7 20. Rg2 Ndf6 21. Rh1
Rf8 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. Ka2 Nh5 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Qe2 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bc2 N7f6 {
... (x moves). Source: John Donaldson: Imre Koenig, p93. Contributed by Ulrich
Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brierley, William Leonard"]
[Black "Landau, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ke7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bc1 Rd8 14.
Ba3+ Ke8 15. Na5 Nc6 {White missed Bb5 and later repeated the moves (x moves)
Source: De Indische Courant, 20 May 1939. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26
February 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 e3 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. f4 Bf5 15.
Qd4 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Nc3 Na6 18. Na2 axb4 19. axb4 Qd7 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Bxg4
Qxg4 22. Rf3 Qf5 23. Nc3 Nxb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxe3 Nc2 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. exd3
Nb4 28. Re3 Kf8 29. Nb5 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Na6 {Source: John Donaldson: Imre Koenig,
p94. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O
Rac8 15. f4 g6 16. Rae1 Bd5 17. b3 Qc6 18. Rc1 Be4 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe4
21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Rce1 Qf5 23. Re5 Qf6 24. Bb2 Rc6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rf3 Rfc8 27.
Qf2 Rc2 28. Re2 Rxb2 29. Qg3+ Kh8 {Source: BCM, July 1939, p311} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saemisch, Friedrich"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 d5 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Ne4
9. Bd3 Nd7 10. h3 Bd6 11. Nxe4 Bxf4 12. Nf6+ Qxf6 13. exf4 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15.
Rfe1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Re5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21.
Qd2 Rac8 22. Rae1 Ba4 23. Kh2 h6 24. R1e3 Rc4 25. Nxf5 Rxf4 26. Qxd5+ Kh7 27.
Rg3 R8xf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rxf4 {Source: DSB 10/
1939, 149. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 30 November 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zalys, Ignas"]
[Black "Saemisch, Friedrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Nb3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
e4 Re8 16. Rd2 h5 17. Nd1 a5 18. Ne3 a4 19. Nc1 Nc5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Qc3 Nd4 22.
Bd1 Qh4 23. f3 Bh6 24. g3 Qg5 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Ne6 27. Rf3 Nc5 28. h4 Qe7
29. Re2 Nxe4 30. Qe1 a3 31. b3 Qc5 32. Kh2 Bg4 33. Nxg4 hxg4 34. Rc3 Nxc3 35.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qe1 Qe3 38. Ne2 Nxa2 39. Bc2 Nc1 40. Qc3+ Qxc3 41.
Nxc3 Bd2 {Source: Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe. Contributed by Ulrich
Tamm, 30 November 2020.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Mulder, Emile Adolf J M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
c6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Qb3 Nd5 11. Nd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 O-O 15.
Kh1 Be6 16. Nce4 Na6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Nf2 Nb4 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. e4 f4 21. Nf3 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qe8 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Nxh3 Qe6 25. Kg2 h6 26. Nf2 Rfd8 27. Rh1 b6 28.
Rh5 c5 29. Rdh1 Nc6 30. e3 Rd7 31. g4 Rad8 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. g5 Bxg5 34. Nxg5
hxg5 35. Rxg5 Ke7 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 37. Rg4 Rf8 38. Rg5 Qf6 39. Rf5 Qg6+ 40. Ng4
Rg7 41. Rh4 Rh8 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Rxh8 Qxg4 44. Rhf8 Qg2+ 45. Ke1 Rg3 46. R8f7+
Kd8 47. Rf8+ Kd7 48. R8f7+ Kd8 49. Rf2 Rxe3+ 50. Kd2 Qg5 51. Rf8+ Kd7 52. R2f7+
Ne7 53. Kc2 Qg1 54. Rf1 Qh2+ 55. Kb1 Qe2 56. Qc2 Qxc2+ 57. Kxc2 c4 58. Rd1 Nc6
59. Kc3 Nd4 60. Kxc4 Re2 61. Kd5 Rxb2 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rb7 {Source: Nieuwe
Tilburgsche Courant, 2 May 1939. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saemisch, Friedrich"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3 Nd7
9. Bb2 Nf6 10. h3 Kh8 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Kb1 Rf6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxc3+ 15.
Bxc3 Rf7 16. f4 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 a5 20. Rdg1 g6 21. g5 Ng8
22. h4 Be8 23. h5 Rb7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Qc6 Qe7 26. Rc1 Be8 27. Qd6 Kg7 28.
Bxf5 exf5 29. Qf6+ Nxf6 30. gxf6+ Kg8 31. fxe7 Rxe7 32. Rh6 Bg6 33. Rc5 b4 34.
Rh2 Bf7 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Rc6 Ke8 37. Rg7 Re6 38. Rc7 Re7 39. Rxh7 Rxc7 40. Rh8+
Kd7 41. Rxa8 Rc6 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Rxa5 Rh6 44. Bc5 Rh1+ 45. Kc2 d4 46. Bxb4 {
Source: Augsburger Schachblatt, 3.5.1939. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 30
November 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Doesburgh, Gerrit RD"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. g4 Ne4 13. Qb1 f5 14. gxf5 exf5
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. b4 dxe3 20. Bc3 Be7 21.
Qb2 Bh4 22. f5 Bf2+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. f6 Bg3 25. Bg4 e2 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Qxe2 e3+
{Sources: The Times, 17 April 1939; Manchester Guardian, 18 April 1939;
Algemeen Handelsblad, 22 April 1939; Falkirk Herald, 7 June 1939} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mulder, Emile Adolf J M"]
[Black "Van Doesburgh, Gerrit RD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Nc4
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxb7 Nxb2 17. Rc6 Rf7 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Ra6 Qc8 20. Qb5 Rb7 21.
Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Kf7 23. Rfc1 Rd8 24. Bc7 Re8 25. Bd6 Rd7 26. Rc7 Red8 27.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Rc6 Nc4 29. Bc5 Rb7 30. Bh3 Ne5 31. Bxe6+ Kg6 32. Ra6 d4 33.
Bxa7 d3 34. exd3 {Source: Schach-Echo 8/1939, p184. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm,
26 February 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Saemisch, Friedrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Nxc5 bxc5 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qf2 d6 13. Rd1 Rab8 14. Be2 Ba8 15.
Rd2 e5 16. O-O Nd4 17. Bd1 Nd7 18. g4 Nb6 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ng3 a4 22.
Nf5 Qc7 23. Qh4 Re6 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qh4 axb3 26. axb3 Nd7 27. Ra2 Nf8 28. Ra3
Bc6 29. Qg3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Rf2 Bc6 32. Ra2 Re8 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. g5 fxg5
35. Qxg5 Ne6 36. Qg4 g6 37. h4 Kh8 38. Ng3 Nf4 39. Ne2 Bd7 40. Qg3 Nh3+ 41. Kh2
Rf8 42. Ng1 Nf4 43. Qg5 d3 44. Qe7 Re8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Qg5 Be6 47. Qg3 Rb8 48.
Qf2 Rb7 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Qe3 Kh6 51. Ra2 Qe7 52. Qf2 Kh5 53. Ra6 h6 54. Qg3
Qxh4+ 55. Qxh4+ Kxh4 56. Ra2 h5 57. Ra4 g5 58. Ra2 g4 59. fxg4 hxg4 60. Ra8 Rh7
61. Rd8 g3+ 62. Kh1 Kg5+ 63. Nh3+ Rxh3+ {Source: DSZ 7/1939, 213. Contributed
by Ulrich Tamm, 30 November 2020.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 f6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qa5 11. Bb2 f5 12. h4 b6 13. cxb6 Rb8 14. a4 Rxb6
15. Bb5 Nge7 16. O-O a6 17. c4 axb5 18. axb5 Qb4 19. Ba3 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21.
bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rfd1 Ke8 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Ra7+ Ke8 25. Ng5 {Source: The Times,
24 April 1939, p7} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves C"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Graf Stevenson, Sonja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Na5 6. Bg5 Nxc4 7. dxc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O c6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd1 O-O 12. Ne3 d6 13. b4 Be6 14. a4 Rad8
15. a5 Bc8 16. b5 Qg6 17. a6 cxb5 18. axb7 Bxb7 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. cxb5 d5 21.
Rxa7 dxe4 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Nfg3 Bg5 24. Qa3 Be7 25. Qb2 Bc5 26. Ra4 e3 27. f3
Rd2 28. Qxe5 Rxc2 29. Rg4 Qh7 30. Nh5 f6 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rxg7 Qxg7 33. Nxg7
Kxg7 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Qg6 Rxe2 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qxc5
Rc8 40. Qf5 Rcc2 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. h4 Red2 45. Re1 e2
46. h5 Rd1 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qxc2 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 {Source: Sacha Maskale 1939,
p169. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 26 February 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves C"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solomon, Charles"]
[Black "Graf Stevenson, Sonja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Rxb5 12. Qc4 Rxb3 13. Qxb3 e4 14. d4
exf3 15. dxc5 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Nd4 17. Qd5 Nxc2 18. Bg5 Ba6+ 19. Kg1 Nxa1 20. gxf3
Bb7 21. Bxd8 Bxd5 22. Kg2 Rxd8 {Source: Worthing Herald - Friday 12 May 1939 p.
18. Contributed by Gerald Killoran via the English Chess Forum, 14 April 2023.
The Worthing newspaper columnist gives White's name as the noted London player
J D Solomon but I'm pretty sure it was Charles Solomon of Bath as recorded in
results of the tournament - JS.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Premier Reserves C"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Ellinger, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Nh4 e6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. c3 Ngf6 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qf8 14. Be2
Nh5 15. Bg5 Nhf6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Qxc6+ {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 16
May 1939; (additional moves 17...bxc6 18 Ba6# given in the Staffordshire
Advertiser, 13 May 1939, p3)} 1-0

[Event "Margate Major A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Frederick William"]
[Black "Dunkle, John Hull"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. a3 a5 7. d3 h6 8. Be2 O-O
9. Nd5 Be6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bc1 Qg6 14. g4 c6 15.
f4 Qf6 16. h4 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qe7 20. f5 Bd7 21. Kf2 Qe5
22. Bg4 d5 23. Qf3 dxe4 24. Qh3 {Source: Worthing Herald - Friday 19 May 1939
p.20. Contributed by Gerald Killoran via the English Chess Forum, 14 April
2023.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Major A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melvin, Herbert Arthur"]
[Black "Michell, Edith Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bb5 Nb8 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3
g6 15. Rc3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Qf4 Rac8 19. Rb3 Rb8 20. Ra3 c4
21. Bb1 Nc5 22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Qg3 f5 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxf5 Ng7 26. Bxg6 Qf6 27.
Rac3 Rbc8 28. h4 Rc6 29. h5 Kh8 30. e4 Re6 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. exd5
Bxd5 34. Qg5 Rxg6 35. hxg6 Nf5 36. Rd1 Bg8 37. Rd7 {Source: Staffordshire
Advertiser, 27 May 1939. Contributed by Brian Denman, 15 October 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Short First Class A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henniker-Heaton, Mary"]
[Black "Saunders, Elaine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 g5 11. Nd2 g4 12. f3 gxf3 13. Rxf3 Qg5 14. Ne2 Ndf6 15.
Nf4 h5 16. Rf1 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 h4 18. Rf3 Ne4 19. Nh3 Qg4 20. Be1 hxg3 21. hxg3
Rxh3 22. Bxh3 Qxf3 23. Qh2 Qxe3+ 24. Bf2 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Qxg3+ 26. Bg2 Qxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Kf7 28. Re1 Bd7 29. Bh3 Re8 {Source: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle), 3
July 1939. Contributed by Brian Denman, 14 April 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Short First Class A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saunders, Elaine"]
[Black "Love, Stanley Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Qb6 10. f4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 Nxe5 14. exf7+ Nxf7 15.
Nf5 O-O-O 16. Nxg7 Ne7 17. Qh3+ Rd7 18. Qe6 Nc6 19. Nc3 Bf2+ 20. Kf1 Rf8 21.
Qf5 Bc5 22. Ne6 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nce2 Ng4 26. Ke1 Re7 27. c3
Bg7 28. Rh4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Qe6 {Source: Worthing Herald, 2 June 1939.
Contributed by Brian Denman, 15 October 2020.} 0-1

[Event "Margate Second Class A"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Butterworth, J"]
[Black "Bell, Hubert Dugmore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Bb4 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5
f5 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qf6+ Kg8 17. f4 Bb7 18. Rf3 Rfe8 19. Qh6 f6 20. Rg3+ {
Source: Worthing Herald - Friday 30 June 1939 p.12. Contributed by Gerald
Killoran via the English Chess Forum, 14 April 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Margate Third Class"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bishop, Adelaide Mary (Miss"]
[Black "Suren, Edouard Carre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. e4
O-O 9. e5 Bc7 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxd5 Bc6 17. Qd1 Rad8 18. Qh5 Bc7 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8# {
Source: Worthing Herald, 23 June1939. Contributed by Brian Denman, 15 October
2020.} 1-0

[Event "Margate U18"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Young, Donald William John"]
[Black "Harman, Bryan Foster"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1939.04.12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bxc4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e6 7. Bd2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6+ Ke7 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14.
Rc1 Qc6 15. Ba5 Nh6 16. Rc3 Nf5 17. Rd3 Kf6 18. Bc3+ e5 19. f4 Nh4 20. fxe5+
Kg6 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. Qxh4+ Kg6 23. b4 Bb6 24. Rd6+ Qxd6 25. exd6 {Source:
Worthing Herald - Friday 30 June 1939 p.12. Contributed by Gerald Killoran via
the English Chess Forum, 14 April 2023.} 1-0

