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Although the
British Chess Federation was formed in 1904, primarily by the
“federation” of the regional county chess unions, it was not
until 1908 that a counties championship was established. Yorkshire
has won it five times so far: 1921, 1974, 1982, 2000, 2009, 2014, 2015 and
2016.
Winners hold for
one year the Löwenthal Cup,
which was presented to the BCF in 1922, but was engraved with earlier winners
from 1908 to1821.
The tally of total
wins by county (to 2018) is as follows:
|
Middlesex
|
29
|
|
Lancashire
|
22
|
|
Kent
|
13
|
|
Yorkshire
|
8
|
|
Surrey
|
7
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
6
|
|
Essex
|
4
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
3
|
|
Warwickshire
|
3
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
2
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1
|
The chronological
list is as follows:
|
Year
|
Winning County
|
|
Year
|
Winning County
|
|
Year
|
Winning County
|
|
1908
|
Middlesex
|
|
1952
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
1986
|
Middlesex
|
|
1909
|
Middlesex
|
|
1953
|
Middlesex
|
|
1987
|
Middlesex
|
|
1910
|
Middlesex
|
|
1954
|
Surrey
|
|
1988
|
Kent
|
|
1911
|
Surrey
|
|
1955
|
Middlesex
|
|
1989
|
Middlesex
|
|
1912
|
Kent
|
|
1956
|
Middlesex
|
|
1990
|
Greater Manchester
|
|
1913
|
Middlesex
|
|
1957
|
Warwickshire
|
|
1991
|
Kent
|
|
1914
|
Middlesex
|
|
1958
|
Essex
|
|
1992
|
Staffordshire
|
|
1915‑19
|
no contest
|
|
1959
|
Lancashire
|
|
1993
|
Kent
|
|
1920
|
Surrey
|
|
1960
|
Lancashire
|
|
1994
|
Leicestershire
|
|
1921
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1961
|
Warwickshire
|
|
1995
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
1922
|
Lancashire
|
|
1962
|
Warwickshire
|
|
1996
|
Kent
|
|
1923
|
Lancashire
|
|
1963
|
Middlesex
|
|
1997
|
Kent
|
|
1924
|
Surrey
|
|
1964
|
Middlesex
|
|
1998
|
Kent
|
|
1925
|
Middlesex
|
|
1965
|
Middlesex
|
|
1999
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
1926
|
Lancashire
|
|
1966
|
Lancashire
|
|
2000
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1927
|
Middlesex
|
|
1967
|
Lancashire
|
|
2001
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
1928
|
Middlesex
|
|
1968
|
Lancashire
|
|
2002
|
Essex
|
|
1929
|
Surrey
|
|
1969
|
Lancashire
|
|
2003
|
Kent
|
|
1930
|
Lancashire
|
|
1970
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
2004
|
Greater Manchester
|
|
1931
|
Middlesex
|
|
1971
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
2005
|
Greater Manchester
|
|
1932
|
Middlesex
|
|
1972
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
2006
|
Essex
|
|
1933
|
Lancashire
|
|
1973
|
Essex
|
|
2007
|
Lancashire
|
|
1934
|
Middlesex
|
|
1974
|
Yorkshire
|
|
2008
|
Lancashire
|
|
1935
|
Lancashire
|
|
1975
|
Kent
|
|
2009
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1936
|
Middlesex
|
|
1976
|
Kent
|
|
2010
|
Lancashire
|
|
1937
|
Middlesex
|
|
1977
|
Lancashire
|
|
2011
|
Surrey
|
|
1938
|
Lancashire
|
|
1978
|
Lancashire
|
|
2012
|
Middlesex
|
|
1939‑45
|
no contest
|
|
1979
|
Middlesex
|
|
2013
|
Surrey
|
|
1946
|
Lancashire
|
|
1980
|
Middlesex
|
|
2014
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1947
|
Middlesex
|
|
1981
|
Kent
|
|
2015
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1948
|
Lancashire
|
|
1982
|
Yorkshire
|
|
2016
|
Yorkshire
|
|
1949
|
Middlesex
|
|
1983
|
Kent
|
|
2017
|
Lancashire
|
|
1950
|
Middlesex
|
|
1984
|
Kent
|
|
2018
|
Lancashire
|
|
1951
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
1985
|
Middlesex
|
|
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