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British Chess Championships

Starting 1866.

'The first series was for a championship cup, provided by the British Chess Association, to become the property of anyone winning it twice in succession. This is exactly what happened on the fourth contest in 1872.' - Ken Whyld, Chess - The Records Year   Venue Winner 1866 London de Vere, Cecil 1868 London Blackburne, J.H. 1870 London Wisker, John 1872 London Wisker, John 'The next series, begun in 1886, was confined to amateurs and was, particularly in the early years, unrepresentative.' - Whyld Year   Venue Winner [omitted] 'The present series is linked to the British Chess Federation.' - Whyld Year   Venue Winner 1904 Hastings Napier, William 1905 Southport Atkins, Henry 1906 Shrewsbury Atkins, Henry 1907 London Atkins, Henry 1908 Tunbridge Wells Atkins, Henry 1909 Scarborough Atkins, Henry 1910 Oxford Atkins, Henry 1911 Glasgow Atkins, Henry 1912 Richmond Griffith, Richard 1913 Cheltenham Yates, Frederick 1914 Chester Yates, Frederick 1920 Edinburgh Scott, Roland 1921 Malvern Yates, Frederick 1923 Southsea Thomas, Sir George 1924 Southport Atkins, Henry 1925 Stratford on Avon Atkins, Henry 1926 Edinburgh Yates, Frederick 1928 Tenby Yates, Frederick 1929 Ramsgate Sultan Khan, Mir 1931 Worcester Yates, Frederick 1932 London Sultan Khan, Mir 1933 Hastings Sultan Khan, Mir 1934 Chester Thomas, Sir George 1935 Yarmouth Winter, William 1936 Bournemouth Winter, William 1937 Blackpool Fairhurst, William 1938 Brighton Alexander, C.H.O'D. 1946 Nottingham Combe, Robert 1947 Harrogate Golombek, Harry 1948 London Broadbent, Reginald 1949 Felixstowe Golombek, Harry 1950 Buxton Broadbent, Reginald 1951 Swansea Klein, Ernst 1952 Chester Wade, Robert 1953 Hastings Yanofsky, D. Abraham 1954 Nottingham Barden, Leonard; Phillips, Alan 1955 Aberystwyth Golombek, Harry 1956 Blackpool Alexander, C.H.O'D. 1957 Plymouth Fazekas, Dr. Stefan 1958 Leamington Penrose, Jonathan 1959 York Penrose, Jonathan 1960 Leicester Penrose, Jonathan 1961 Aberystwyth Penrose, Jonathan 1962 Whitby Penrose, Jonathan 1963 Bath Penrose, Jonathan 1964 Whitby Haygarth, Michael 1965 Hastings Lee, Peter 1966 Sunderland Penrose, Jonathan 1967 Oxford Penrose, Jonathan 1968 Bristol Penrose, Jonathan 1969 Rhyl Penrose, Jonathan 1970 Coventry Wade, Robert 1971 Blackpool Keene, Raymond 1972 Brighton Eley, Brian 1973 Eastbourne Hartston, William 1974 Clacton Botterill, George 1975 Morecambe Hartston, William 1976 Portsmouth Mestel, Jonathan 1977 Brighton Botterill, George 1978 Ayr Speelman, Jonathan 1979 Chester Bellin, Robert 1980 Brighton Nunn, Dr. John 1981 Morecambe Littlewood, Paul 1982 Torquay Miles, Anthony 1983 Southport Mestel, Jonathan 1984 Brighton Short, Nigel 1985 Edinburgh Speelman, Jonathan 1986 Southampton Speelman, Jonathan 1987 Swansea Short, Nigel 1988 Blackpool Mestel, Jonathan 1989 Plymouth Adams, Michael 1990 Eastbourne Plaskett, James 1991 Eastbourne Hodgson, Julian 1992 Plymouth Hodgson, Julian 1993 Dundee Hennigan, Michael 1994 Norwich Watson, William 1995 Swansea Sadler, Matthew 1996 Nottingham Ward, Chris 1997 Hove Adams, Michael; Sadler, Matthew 1998 Torquay Short, Nigel 1999 Scarborough Hodgson, Julian 2000 Street Hodgson, Julian 2001 Scarborough Gallagher, Joseph 2002 Torquay Ramesh, Ramachandran 2003 Edinburgh Kunte, Abhijit 2004 Scarborough Rowson, Jonathan 2005 Isle of Man Rowson, Jonathan 2006 Swansea Rowson, Jonathan 2007 Great Yarmouth Aagaard, Jacob

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