British CF Premier International 1939
Euwe wins the Bournemouth Premier by half a point
Max Euwe won the Premier Tournament at the 32nd British Chess Federation Congress with 9/11. Salo Flohr and Ernst Klein shared second only half a point behind in the complete twelve-player Bournemouth round robin.
Euwe holds off two challengers
Euwe's 9/11 secured clear first. Flohr and Klein each scored 8½, with Imre König and Salo Landau next on 6½ and Adrian Conde on 6.
The complete Premier
The twelve participants played every one of the 66 pairings in the eleven-round schedule. The full archive record supports a game-derived table matching the historical crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Euwe, Max | 9/11 | +7 -0 =4 | games |
| =2 | Flohr, Salo | 8½/11 | +7 -1 =3 | games |
| =2 | Klein, Ernst Ludwig | 8½/11 | +6 -0 =5 | games |
| =4 | Landau, Salo | 6½/11 | +5 -3 =3 | games |
| =4 | Koenig, Imre | 6½/11 | +4 -2 =5 | games |
| 6 | Conde, Adrian Garcia | 6/11 | +4 -3 =4 | games |
| =7 | Wallis, Philip Norman | 5/11 | +4 -5 =2 | games |
| =7 | Aitken, James Macrae | 5/11 | +3 -4 =4 | games |
| 9 | Thomas, Andrew Rowland B | 4½/11 | +4 -6 =1 | games |
| 10 | Mieses, Jacques | 3½/11 | +3 -7 =1 | games |
| 11 | Kitto, Francis EA | 2/11 | +1 -8 =2 | games |
| 12 | Abrahams, Gerald | 1/11 | +1 -10 =0 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Euwe, Max | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Flohr, Salo | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Klein, Ernst Ludwig | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Landau, Salo | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Koenig, Imre | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Conde, Adrian Garcia | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Wallis, Philip Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Aitken, James Macrae | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Thomas, Andrew Rowland B | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Mieses, Jacques | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 11 | Kitto, Francis EA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Abrahams, Gerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.