Lawson, Agnes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  1041  1826 (62) 11
1906  1030  1810 (56) 11
1907  1048  1833 (53) 11
1908  973  1888 (52) 11
1909  1037  1905 (51) 15
1910  1050  1893 (52) 11
1911  1119  1849 (52) 11
1912  1084  1856 (52) 11
1913  1118  1864 (53) 14
1914  1077  1866 (57) 9
1915  983  1874 (64) 0
1916  967  1882 (67) 0
1917  957  1889 (66) 0
1918  965  1897 (63) 0
1919  970  1905 (54) 10
1920  1003  1946 (50) 13
1921  1092  1950 (49) 11
1922  1115  1963 (48) 11
1923  1267  1949 (47) 11
1924  1284  1952 (44) 20
1925  1355  1948 (42) 23
1926  1495  1916 (44) 19
1927  1575  1876 (45) 11
1928  1593  1879 (47) 11
1929  1605  1877 (47) 11
1930  1624  1881 (44) 22
1931  1712  1878 (46) 19
1932  1749  1881 (47) 15
1933  1760  1863 (51) 10
1934  1880  1850 (54) 11
1935  1872  1851 (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