BCF congress, London
15-08-1932 > 27-08-1932
| Major open | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Tot | ||
| 1 | Koltanowski, George | BEL | – | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 2 | Menčíková, Věra Frantevna | CZE | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Cross, Rupert | ENG | 0 | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| 4 | Seitz, Jakob Adolf | GER | ½ | 0 | ½ | – | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6½ |
| 5 | Damant, Charles Ambrose | ENG | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5½ |
| 6 | Heath, C. B. | ENG | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Stronach, Bernard | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 |
| 8 | Wallis, Philip Norman | ENG | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Jacobs, H. | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Watts, William Henry | ENG | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Reeve, H. T. | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Israel, Harold | ENG | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 2½ |
Next to the championship of the British Chess Federation, which was won by Sultan Khan, and there were several other tournaments. The most important of these was the Major Open, in which foreigners could participate. Koltanowski won this section convincingly, before the women’s world champion Menčíková. blind youngster and later law professor Cross, the cosmopolitan master Seitz, and a bunch of lesser local stars.
[2] gives the crosstable, which is confirmed by [3]. [1] gives a large number of Koltanowski’s games; some more come from [2] and [3].
Wanted
- The game between Koltanowski and Israel.
- First names of Heath, Jacobs, and Reeve.
Sources
- De Schelde 04/09/1932
- Ed. G. Koltanowski, The Chess World, Moravian Chess ISBN 80-7189-419-2
- Het Schaakleven 1932/20
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