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   | Results |  |  |  
   | Crosstable scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | Keres, Paul | 2581 | (28) | 7.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Capablanca, José | 2554 | (41) | 6.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Flohr, Salo | 2579 | (30) | 6.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Thomas, George | 2355 | (30) | 5 | / | 9 |  
  | Milner-Barry, Philip | 2347 | (32) | 4.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Najdorf, Miguel | 2502 | (34) | 4 | / | 9 |  
  | Golombek, Harry | 2343 | (32) | 3.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Sergeant, Edward | 2240 | (34) | 3 | / | 9 |  
  | Menchik, Vera | 2286 | (33) | 2.5 | / | 9 |  
  | Wheatcroft, George | 2225 | (41) | 2 | / | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Margate Premier Tournament |  
   | Place: Margate |  
   | Start date: 12 Apr. 1939 |  
   | End date:   24 Apr. 1939 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 251 |  
   | Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 162, 237 |  
   | Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 450, 452 |  
   | Tanner, Vera Menchik, page 199 |  | Web |  
   | Saunders, John.  [Tournament: Margate Premier 1939] |  |  |