Reginald Pryce Michell (9 April 1873 in

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– 19 May 1938 in

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) was an English

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

master. He was British Amateur Champion in 1902. He played in eight Anglo-American Cable Matches between 1901 and 1911, and twice represented England in the

1st Chess Olympiad The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promo ...

at London 1927 and the

5th Chess Olympiad The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events desig ...

at Folkestone 1933. He received the brilliancy prize in an international match against the Netherlands in 1914. Michell was a frequent competitor in the

Hastings International Chess Congress The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual chess tournament which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year. The main event is the Hastings Premier tournament, which was traditionally a 10 to 16 player round-robin t ...

over 20 years, defeating

Mir Sultan Khan Sultan Khan ( Punjabi and , 1903 – 25 April 1966; often given the erroneous honorific ''Mir Sultan Khan'' or ''Mir Malik Sultan Khan'') was a chess player from British India, and later a citizen of Pakistan, who was the strongest Asian player ...

and

Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ...

in 1932/3. He finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the British Championship proper, defeating

Henry Ernest Atkins Henry Ernest Atkins (20 August 1872 – 31 January 1955) was a British chess master who is best known for his unparalleled record of winning the British Chess Championship nine times in eleven attempts. He won every year from 1905 to 1911, and a ...

on several occasions. In Margate 1923, he tied for second place with

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine. He disliked when Russians sometimes pronounced the of as , , which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was . (March 24, 1946) was a Russian ...

, Bogolyubov, and Muffang. He scored 2.5/4 against Alekhine, Bogolyubov, Réti and Grünfeld. Michell was active in local chess. He was age 24 before he won the championship of the Metropolitan Chess Club. He won the championship of the West London Chess Club eight times and won the Open Tournament in Brighton in 1904. He won the London Major Open Tournament (i.e. not the Premier) in 1922. He won the prestigious City of London Championship once in 1925-6, coming second on six other occasions. J.H. Blake shared second prize. Michell and Blake subsequently became teammates at Kingston Chess Club. J.H. Blake shared second prize. Michell and Blake subsequently became teammates at Kingston Chess Club. Michell was Kingston Chess Club champion every year from 1931 to 1938. He worked in the Admiralty, and his wife

Edith Michell Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell) (26 July 1872 in Croydon, Surrey – 18 October 1951 in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex) was an English female chess master. At the beginning of her career, she twice won Redhill Chess Club championships in 1906 and ...

(née Tapsell) was British Women's Champion in 1931 (jointly), 1932 and 1935.

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* 1873 births 1938 deaths English chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Penzance {{England-chess-bio-stub