British Major Open A, Brighton 1938

Klein and List share first in Major Open A
8–19 August 1938 · Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England
Ernst Ludwig Klein and Paul List shared first on nine points from eleven games, ahead of Baruch Harold Wood on 7½.
Incomplete record·10 of 66 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 10 of the 66 games played; 56 are missing. Ten of the 66 played games are available, including two position fragments. The remaining 56 scores have not been recovered.

Ernst Ludwig Klein and Paul List tied for first in the British Major Open A at Brighton, each scoring nine points from eleven games. Baruch Harold Wood finished third on 7½.

The congress’s Major Open A

The Royal Pavilion hosted the British Chess Federation congress. Major Open A, also reported as Premier Reserves A, was separate from the British Championship and Major Open B.

Klein and List finished 1½ points clear of Wood. Henry Holwell Cole, John Francis O’Donovan and Jacques Mieses shared the next places with 6½ points.

Scores and supplied positions

Ten of the tournament’s 66 played games are available. The collection includes Mieses’s wins over Klein and Wood, and Storr-Best’s victory over Mieses.

Two records preserve only an ending from its original position: Mieses–Solomon begins at move 34, while Serracino-Inglott–Wood begins at Black’s 29th move. Fifty-six other played scores are missing.

Result

9/11 each
Ernst Ludwig Klein and Paul List shared first on nine points from eleven games, ahead of Baruch Harold Wood on 7½.

Ten of the 66 played games are available, including two position fragments. The remaining 56 scores have not been recovered.