Winners of the
Club Championship
Compiled from the championship boards at the club and Brian Denman's Brighton Chess: A History of Chess in Brighton 1841 - 1993
1886 H.W. Butler
1887 H.W. Butler
1888 H.W. Butler
1889 W.V. Wilson
1890 H. Erskine
1891 W.V. Wilson
1892 W.V. Wilson
1893 A. Emery
1894 F.W. Comber
1896 H.W. Shoosmith
1897 H.W. Shoosmith
1898 H.W. Shoosmith
1899 E.G. Reed
1900 E.G. Reed
Christ Church Chess Club Champions
(the Christ Church Club was the main chess club in Brighton in the years 1903-1922)
1904 W. Wicks
1905 W.R. Andrews
1906 E.G. Reed
1907 T. Durant
1908 J. Grosvenor Ellis
1909 H.T Grover
1910 A.J. Field
1911 S. Pilch
1912 R.E. Lean
1913 J. Raoux
1914 J. Raoux
1915 W. Castle leaver
1916 F.E. Purchas
1917 A.J. Field
1918 H. Hewett
1919 Rev E. Swainson
1920 Rev E. Griffiths
1921 J.H. Jones
1922 J.H. Jones
Brighton Chess Club Champions
1923 N.B. Holmes
1924 J. Storr-Best
1925 W. Castle Leaver
1926 C.F. Chapman
1928 G.V. Butler
1929 J. Storr-Best
1930 E. Macdonald
1931 W. Atkinson
1932 E.D. Ovenden
1933 C.F. Cornwall
1934 J. Storr-Best
1935 C.H. Stacey
1936 C.H. Stacey
1937 C.F. Cornwall
1938 E.D. Ovenden
1939 E.D. Ovenden
1944 C.F. Cornwall
1945 C.F. Cornwall
1946 C.F. Cornwall
1947 C.F. Cornwall
1948 C.F. Cornwall
1949 G.E. Anslow
1950 D.T.A. Lamport
1951 E.D. Ovenden
1952 E.D. Ovenden
1953 D.G. Springgay
1954 R.T. Buckland
1955 R.T. Buckland
1956 R.T. Buckland
1957 T. Guy
1958 D.G. Springgay
1959 D.G. Springgay
1960 T. Guy
1961 B. Beavis
1962 D.G. Springgay
1963 J.I.P. Simpole
1964 R.T. Buckland
1965 J.I.P. Simpole
1966 G.H. James
1967 G.H. James
1968 J.I.P. Simpole
1969 G.H. James
1970 J.I.P. Simpole
1971 D.J. Strauss
1972 J.I.P. Simpole
1973 D.S.C. Goodman, G.H. James
1974 R.C. Newman
1975 D.G.A. Shallcross, G.H. James
1976 M.L. Roberts, D.H. Cummings
1977 F.J. Kwiatkowski
1978 F.J. Kwiatkowski
1979 B.J. Denman
1980 J.C. Henshaw
1981 M.J. Nimtz
1982 F.J. Kwiatkowski
1983 J.I.P. Simpole
1984 M.D. Nicholas
1985 J.A. Dodgson
1986 P. Coleman
1987 J.C. Henshaw
1988 B.J. Denman
1989 B.J. Denman
1990 B.J. Denman
1991 B.J. Denman
1992 L.E. Rutherford
1993 J.C. Henshaw, G.H. James
1994 G.H. James
1995 G.H. James
1996 G.H. James
1997 L.E. Rutherford
1998 L.E. Rutherford
1999 G.H. James, L.E. Rutherford
2000 G.H. James
2001 V.J. Cole
2002 V.J. Cole
2003 G.H. James
2004 G.H. James
2005 B.J. Denman
2006 B. Geelhoed
2007 G.H. James
2008 G.H. James
2009 L.E. Rutherford
2010 P.A. Batchelor
2011 G.H. James
2012 G.H. James
2013 E.G. Kirk
2014 B.J. Denman
2015 B.J. Denman
2016 J. Carron, S. Wilks
2017 M.J. Rogacewicz
2018 J. Everett
The George Rutland Cup