Theodore Tylor

Sir Theodore Henry Tylor (13 May 1900 – 23 October 1968)
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Tylor competed in twelve British Championships, finishing fourth in his first appearance in 1925. His best result was in 1933, finishing 2nd to Sultan Khan in 1933.He tied for first at the 1929/30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr, Josef Rejfiř, Ludwig Rellstab, C.H.O'D. Alexander, Daniël Noteboom, and Milan Vidmar.Tylor played in the top section, the Hastings Premier, nine times beginning in 1930/1.His best finish was 6th= in 1936/7.He played on board 5 in the England team at the Hamburg 1930 Chess Olympiad. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930eng.html 3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930] at olimpbase.org]

Tylor won the British Correspondence Chess Championship in 1932, 1933, and 1934.He shared 5th–6th at Margate 1936 with P. S. Milner-Barry, but he won their individual game and drew with 2nd to 4th place finishers José Raúl Capablanca, Gideon Ståhlberg, and Erik Lundin (Salo Flohr won). Although he finished 12th at Nottingham 1936, he had the best score of the British participants, ahead of C. H. O'D. Alexander, G. A. Thomas, and William Winter. [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm 1936 tournament crosstables] . Sunnucks 1970 says Margate 1935, but this seems to be a typo.]

Tylor was President of the Midland Counties' Chess Union from 1947 to 1950, but his university work and work for the welfare of the blind limited the time he had to devote to chess. Tylor also enjoyed bridge.He died in Oxford on 23 October 1968.

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* [http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/britbase/arch30.htm A photo of Tylor playing against Mir Sultan Khan]