2nd West of England Chess Union (WECU) Championship, March/April 1947

1947 WECU Championship		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas	Tiverton	&;	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	5½
2	Harold Vincent Mallison	Devon	½	&;	½	½	1	0	½	1	4
3	Francis Ernest Appleyard Kitto	Kenbury House	0	½	&;	1	0	1	½	1	4
4	Henry Vickers W Trevenen		0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	½	4
5	Ronald Mackay Bruce	Plymouth	½	0	1	0	&;	1	0	½	3
6	Christopher Sullivan1	Plymouth	½	1	0	0	0	&;	½	1	3
7	Ronald Augustus Slade	Bristol	0	½	½	0	1	½	&;	0	2½
8	David Vincent Hooper	Somerset	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	&;	2

The tournament schedule was unusual: the first two rounds were played in March at different venues, with the full complement of players coming together in Bristol to play the remaining five rounds over the Easter weekend. Rate of play: 43 moves in 2½ hours. 17 moves per hour thereafter, except round 7, which was 34 moves in 2 hours.

¹ Biographical note: Christopher Sullivan (1902-74), born and died in Bristol. Obit in Bristol Evening Post - Saturday 01 June 1974 p.42 (reproduced on the English Chess Forum by Gerard Killoran, 3 January 2024).

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File Updated

Date	Notes
1997	First uploaded here 1997 as a zipped file
19 June 2022	Added crosstable, provided dates for most games.
13 September 2024	The score of Slade 0-1 Hooper has been amended based on Hooper's own copy; also, his annotations have been added.