Lawson, Agnes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  1027  1822 (62) 11
1906  1016  1805 (56) 11
1907  1035  1829 (53) 11
1908  958  1884 (52) 11
1909  1028  1901 (51) 15
1910  1029  1888 (52) 11
1911  1112  1844 (52) 11
1912  1076  1852 (52) 11
1913  1111  1860 (53) 14
1914  1064  1861 (57) 9
1915  975  1869 (64) 0
1916  960  1877 (67) 0
1917  950  1885 (66) 0
1918  956  1893 (63) 0
1919  963  1901 (54) 10
1920  999  1942 (50) 13
1921  1091  1946 (49) 11
1922  1110  1958 (48) 11
1923  1259  1944 (47) 11
1924  1273  1947 (44) 20
1925  1349  1943 (42) 23
1926  1485  1911 (44) 19
1927  1565  1871 (45) 11
1928  1574  1874 (47) 11
1929  1588  1872 (47) 11
1930  1612  1876 (44) 22
1931  1701  1873 (46) 19
1932  1731  1876 (47) 15
1933  1742  1858 (51) 10
1934  1865  1845 (54) 11
1935  1850  1847 (60) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Lawson, Agnes Bradley  
   Also known as: Mrs. Agnes Bradley Stevenson; Mrs. Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson
Born: 23 Nov. 1873
Died: 20 Aug. 1935
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 241, 407
   Hilbert, Napier, page 242
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 276, 416
   Tanner, Vera Menchik, page 17, 315
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 262
Web
   Sarah.  [The Ladies' Chess Club: Middle Years]
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]
   Saunders, John.  [Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis)]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 12th BCF Victory Congress]
   [Agnes Bradley Lawson Stevenson]
   [Agnes Stevenson]
   [Agnes Stevenson]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Musgrave, Ms. M. 1925         (f)     3.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Southport 1905 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     7  /  11
Shrewsbury 1906 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     4  /  11
London, England 1907 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     5  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
London, England 1909 (1)     British Ladies' Championship - Play-off     2  /  4
Scarborough 1909 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Oxford 1910 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
Glasgow 1911 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     5  /  11
Richmond, London 1912 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     6.5  /  11
Cheltenham 1913 (3)     10th British Chess Federation Congress - British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
  Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Hutchison-Stirling, Ms. F.     1 - 0    
  Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Moseley, Ms. A.N.G.     0.5 - 1.5    
Chester 1914 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
Hastings 1919 (3)     British Ladies Chess Championship     5  /  10
Edinburgh 1920 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
  Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Price, Ms. E.C.     2 - 0    
Malvern 1921 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
London, England 1922 (4)     British Chess Federation Women's Open Tournament     8.5  /  11
Portsmouth 1923 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     7  /  11
Merano 1924 (2)     Merano Congress - Women's Tournament     5  /  7
Merano 1924 (4)     Merano Congress, London - Vienna Ladies' Match    
  Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Pohlner, Ms. J.     2 - 0    
Southport 1924 (3)     17th British Chess Federation Congress - Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Hastings 1925 (4)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - 1st Class, Section 2     2  /  7
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     10.5  /  11
Hyeres 1926     Hyères Tournament     2  /  9
Edinburgh 1926 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
London, England 1927 (6)     1st Women's World Championship     3.5  /  11
Tenby 1928 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Ramsgate 1929 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
Scarborough 1930 (3)     British Ladies Championship     8.5  /  11
  Lawson, Ms. A.B. - Hooke, Ms. A.E.     2 - 1    
Hamburg 1930 (3)     Women's World Championship     1.5  /  8
Worcester, England 1931 (3)     British Ladies Championship     7  /  11
Prague 1931 (13)     Women's World Championship     3.5  /  8
London, England 1932 (9)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
London, England 1932 (10)     British Ladies' Championship - Play-off     2  /  4
Hastings 1933 (4)     26th British Chess Federation Congress - Ladies' Championship     7  /  11
Chester 1934 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     6.5  /  11
Yarmouth 1935 (2)     British Ladies Championship     7.5  /  11


Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026