BCF congress, Scarborough

23-06-1930 > 05-07-1930

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1 Colle, Edgard BEL – ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½
2 Maróczy, Géza HUN ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
3 Rubinstein, Akiba Kiwelowicz POL ½ ½ – 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
4 Ahues, Carl Oscar GER ½ ½ 1 – 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½
5 Malik Mir Sultan Khan BIN 0 0 0 1 – ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 6½
6 Grünfeld, Ernst Franz AUT ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
7 Thomas, George Alan ENG ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
8 Michell, Reginald Pryce ENG 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ – 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½
9 Yates, Fred Dewhirst ENG 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 – 1 1 1 4½
10 Menčíková, Věra Frantevna CZE 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 – ½ ½ 4
11 Winter, William ENG 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ – ½ 3
12 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac ENG 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ – 2½

The last of Colle’s three big victories and probably his greatest result. In fact, it might be the best result ever for any Belgian player: unbeaten, one point clear of the rest of the field which included grandmasters like Maróczy, Rubinstein and Grünfeld. The games are widely available, I took them from [3]. The crosstable and the dates come from [1] and [2].

Wanted

  • Some organisational details.

Sources

  1. Wiener Schach-Zeitung 1930/13
  2. P. Feenstra Kuiper, Hundert Jahre Schachturniere 1851-1950, W. Ten Have 1964
  3. ChessBase
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst (?) - Colle, Edgard (?)
BCF congress (1)
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Ra3 f5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rh3 Bf6 17. g4 Qc7 18. g5 Bd8 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Qh5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Be4 fxe4 24. f5 h6 25. Qxg6 e3 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Kg1 Bxg5 28. Bxe3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Qc5 0-1

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