1960 CHESS Festival (8th), Eastbourne, 12-23 September (12-round swiss)

1960 Eastbourne CHESS Festival		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Jan Hein Donner	Netherlands	b8+	w17+	b18+	w3+	b2=	w15+	b4+	b5=	w7+	b6=	w12=	w16+	10
2	Alberic O'Kelly de Galway	Belgium	w45+	b33+	w4+	b16+	w1=	b5=	w6+	w15=	b13+	b3+	w7=	b8+	10
3	Francisco José Pérez Pérez	Spain	w34+	b19+	w15+	b1-	w9+	b6-	w12+	b11=	b4+	w2-	b16+	b5=	8
4	David E Rumens	Harrow	b23+	w47+	b2-	w12=	b10+	w7+	w1-	b9+	w3-	b14+	w6=	b21+	8
5	Bernard Cafferty	Blackburn	b25=	w21+	b12=	w28+	b17+	w2=	b18=	w1=	b15=	w8=	b13+	w3=	8
6	Owen M Hindle	Sutton Coldfield	b12=	w13+	b10=	w26+	b18=	w3+	b2-	w8=	b11+	w1=	b4=	b7=	7½
7	Michael Macdonald-Ross	London	w37+	b36+	w9=	b29+	w15-	b4-	w24+	b10+	b1-	w19+	b2=	w6=	7½
8	Philip J Meade	Golders Green	w1-	b48=	w22+	b32+	w16+	b12=	w11=	b6=	w37+	b5=	b15+	w2-	7½
9	Ian Christopher Smart	Fetcham	b44+	w26+	b7=	w10+	b3-	w18=	b13=	w4-	b20=	w17+	b11=	w23+	7½
10	Douglas A Betts	London	w49+	b29+	w6=	b9-	w4-	w23+	w16+	w7-	b25+	w13-	w18+	b12+	7½
11	Richard A Peek	Birmingham	b41=	w25-	b46+	w24+	b27=	w17+	b8=	w3=	w6-	b36+	w9=	b15+	7½
12	John Dudley Taylor	Wakefield	w6=	b40+	w5=	b4=	b35+	w8=	b3-	w20+	b17+	w15=	b1=	w10-	7
13	Michael J McBain	Blackburn	w16=	b6-	w34+	b49+	w36+	b29=	w9=	b18+	w2-	b10+	w5-	b22=	7
14	Alfred Joseph Butcher	Wolverhampton	def-	bye+	w36-	b23-	w20-	b49+	w47+	b33+	b43+	w4-	b27+	w28+	7
15	Douglas Eric Arnold Riley	Luton	b43+	w24+	b3-	w41+	b7+	b1-	w29+	b2=	w5=	b12=	w8-	w11-	6½
16	Alan K May	Richmond	b13=	w20+	b25+	w2-	b8-	w41+	b10-	w21+	w29+	b31+	w3-	b1-	6½
17	A J McMinn	London	w32+	b1-	w31+	b36+	w5-	b11-	w34+	b22+	w12-	b9-	w30=	b29+	6½
18	Leonard S Sunderland	Cambridge	w48+	b38+	w1-	b42+	w6=	b9=	w5=	w13-	b19-	b22+	b10-	b37+	6½
19	(Robert) Colin Kennedy	Ireland	b27+	w3-	b24-	w39-	b46+	w26+	w25+	b31=	w18+	b7-	w21-	b30+	6½
20	Christopher Baruch Wood	Sutton Coldfield	w30=	b16-	w45+	w27-	b14+	b42+	w22=	b12-	w9=	b21-	w33+	b31+	6½
21	Arnolds Mazitis	London	w38=	b5-	w32-	b48+	w37+	b34-	w33+	b16-	b26+	w20+	b19+	w4-	6½
22	John H Pollitt	Stockport	b24-	w46=	b8-	w40+	b43+	w28+	b20=	w17-	b27+	w18-	b38+	w13=	6½
23	Joseph Andrew Flood	Redruth	w4-	b42-	bye+	w14+	b39=	b10-	b41+	w25-	b24+	b29+	w31+	b9-	6½
24	Michael M Broido	Wembley	w22+	b15-	w19+	b11-	w30+	w27=	b7-	b29-	w23-	b34+	w32+	b26=	6
25	David Graham Wells	Bristol	w5=	b11+	w16-	w35-	b45+	w39+	b19-	b23+	w10-	b27-	b44=	w38+	6
26	Roger S Scowen	Cambridge	w31+	b9-	w30+	b6-	w29-	b19-	w36+	b32=	w21-	b42+	w37+	w24=	6
27	E Young	New Zealand	w19-	b32=	w48+	b20+	w11=	b24=	w31=	w38-	w22-	w25+	w14-	b36+	6
28	David Bruce Pennycuick	Cambridge	w40=	b45=	w33+	b5-	w42=	b22-	w37-	b35+	b46=	w41+	w36+	b14-	6
29	Stephen P Broido	Cambridge	b46+	w10-	b47+	w7-	b26+	w13=	b15-	w24+	b16-	w23-	b43+	w17-	5½
30	Ronald E Rushbrook	London	b20=	w41=	b26-	w47+	b24-	b36-	w32-	w44+	b48+	w46+	b17=	w19-	5½
31	Alwyn K Hobson	Chesterfield	b26-	w44+	b17-	w33+	b41=	w35+	b27=	w19=	b38+	w16-	b23-	w20-	5½
32	Michael I Stewart	Heswall	b17-	w27=	b21+	w8-	w34=	b37-	b30+	w26=	b36-	w35+	b24-	w41+	5½
33	Harry Gethin Thorp Matchett	Bexhill-on-Sea	b39+	w2-	b28-	b31-	w49+	w44+	b21-	w14-	b40+	w43=	b20-	w42+	5½
34	Michael John Dymond	Portsmouth	b3-	w35=	b13-	w46+	b32=	w21+	b17-	w43-	b39+	w24-	b41=	w44+	5½
35	J A Johnstone	Glasgow	w36-	b34=	w38+	b25+	w12-	b31-	w42-	w28-	b47+	b32-	w40+	w43+	5½
36	Neville B K Gill	Isle of Man	b35+	w7-	b14+	w17-	b13-	w30+	b26-	b47+	w32+	w11-	b28-	w27-	5
37	Petras Monciunskas	Bradford	b7-	w39-	b44+	w43=	b21-	w32+	b28+	w42+	b8-	w38=	b26-	w18-	5
38	Bryan H Hughes	Wallasey	b21=	w18-	b35-	w45-	bye+	w40+	b44+	b27+	w31-	b37=	w22-	b25-	5
39	Vivian H Woodward	Leicester	w33-	b37+	w42-	b19+	w23=	b25-	b43=	w46-	w34-	b40-	bye+	b48+	5
40	Wilfred Evans	Chorleywood	b28=	w12-	b43-	b22-	w48+	b38-	w45+	b41=	w33-	w39+	b35-	bye+	5
41	Colin J Byrne	Liverpool	w11=	b30=	w49+	b15-	w31=	b16-	w23-	w40=	b42+	b28-	w34=	b32-	4½
42	A White	Bristol	b47-	w23+	b39+	w18-	b28=	w20-	b35+	b37-	w41-	w26-	w46+	b33-	4½
43	Frederick Michael Akeroyd	Whitby	w15-	b49-	w40+	b37=	w22-	b45+	w39=	b34+	w14-	b33=	w29-	b35-	4½
44	Pawel Adam R Mondelski	Bridgnorth	w9-	b31-	w37-	bye+	b47+	b33-	w38-	b30-	w49+	b48+	w25=	b34-	4½
45	R Tailford	Surbiton	b2-	w28=	b20-	b38+	w25-	w43-	b40-	w48-	bye+	b49-	w47+	b46+	4½
46	Leonard P Block	Wallasey	w29-	b22=	w11-	b34-	w19-	bye+	w49+	b39+	w28=	b30-	b42-	w45-	4
47	Fridolin Jaeck	Hale	w42+	b4-	w29-	b30-	w44-	b48+	b14-	w36-	w35-	bye+	b45-	w49+	4
48	Willington Lucette Wakefield	Bexhill-on-Sea	b18-	w8=	b27-	w21-	b40-	w47-	bye+	b45+	w30-	w44-	b49+	w39-	3½
49	H Gosling	Whetstone	b10-	w43+	b41-	w13-	b33-	w14-	b46-	bye+	b44-	w45+	w48-	b47-	3

The above crosstable was prepared from the partial crosstable given in CHESS, but also drawing on the more detailed manuscript crosstable created at the tournament by Bernard Cafferty.

Winners in two “all-in” Swiss system lightning events were:
A: F. J. Perez 8; David E Lloyd, David E Rumens 6; A. Y. Green, D. G. Wells, J. H. Pollitt 5½; I. C. Smart, —. Bamford, David J Mabbs, A. Mazitis, A. F. Downham, Michael Macdonald-Ross 5 (and 22 others).
B: F. J. Perez, Bernard Cafferty 6; Michael Macdonald-Ross 5½; Owen M Hindle, A. J. McMinn, Julian T Simpole 4½; A. J. Butcher, M. J. Dymond, R. K. Guy, —. Korhonen, David E Rumens, I. C. Smart 4 (and 12 others).

Winners in the informal all-play-all sections of eight were S. P. Broido, Bernard Cafferty, Alan K May, A. Mazitis, Michael Macdonald-Ross and E. V. Wileman (each twice); J. H. Brown, William F Coles, M. J. Dymond, H. Gosling, B. H. Hughes, P. A. R. Mondelski, R. C. Pentecost, F. J. Perez, H. E. Price, David E Rumens, I. C. Smart, D. G. Wells, Christopher B Wood and V. H. Woodward each once. Among these are names of casual visitors to the Festival. Others who came to watch and stayed to play included Mrs. Green, S. Rety, M. T. Partis, L. Winter, R. Pinner, C. Duffield...

OTHER SECTIONS

Premier Full Fortnight: A. F. Downham (Cambridge) 9; S. R. Hossell (Taunton), E. V. Wileman (Tamworth) 7½; W.L. Brierley (Beckenham) 7; H. P. James (Bexhill-on-sea) 6½; G. A. Peck (Rugby) 6; R. W. Kermeen (Douglas) 5½; Bertram Goulding Brown (Cambridge) 5; B. R. Flannery (London) 4½; A. G. Stubbs (Eastbourne) 3½; G. D. Self (Brighton) 2½; J. N. Fishlock-Lomax (Brighton) 1½.

Premier First Week: M.J. Reddie (Chelsfield) 4; P. Guillaume (France), G. H. F. Tredinnick (Purley), A. Whyte (St. Leonards-on-Sea) 3½; J. H. Baines (Wednesbury), F. W. Viney (London) 3; R. Jessop (Hornchurch), Edward David Ovenden (Portslade) 2½; J. W. Cash (Cambridge), Daniel Castello (London), Ernest George Exell (Hemel Hempstead), R. E. Mattocks (Kenley) 2; S. J. Leigh (Poole) 1½; A. C. Finney (Stoke-on-Trent) 0.

Premier Second Week: J. V. Dawkins (Coalville) 4; W. F. Coles (Wraysbury), P. C. Hoad (Liverpool) 3½; J. G. Hudson (Hull) 3; W. Lowe (Donnington) 1; G. Higgins (Stalybridge) 0.

Major Full Fortnight: C. Hammersley (Birmingham) 10; S. R. Capsey (Barnet) 9½; E. Croker (Edgware), J. W. Thornley (Manchester) 6½; H. Hoey (Hereford), E. J. Lawman (Eastbourne), Rev.K. S. Procter (London) 5½; Rev. G. M. Hanks (Eastbourne), W. H. Millett (Bristol) 4½; H. E. Druce (Richmond) 3½; F. E. Tanner (Gloucester) 2½; C. Berry (Cambridge) 2.

Major First Week: L. Stephens (West Worthing) 4½; R. W. Shaw (Leicester), E. Starkey (Hull) 3½; A. G. Cox (Cardiff), G. F. Morrish (London), J. A. Speigel (Southend) 3; W. Ross (Studley) 2½; N. Jacobs (Harrow), J. F. Lane (Surbiton) 2; R. Manfield (St. Leonards-on-Sea) 1½; R. Coupe (Preston), N. Finer (Redditch), G. A. Toynton (Hendon) 1.

Major Second Week: J. Dixon (Crewe), H. A. Melvin (Southend-on-Sea), Robert C Pentecost (London) 4; R. M. Ellison (West Bromwich) 3½; H. E. Price (South Africa) 3; B. Beavis (Brighton) 2½; C. Hort (Exeter), J. Morfitt (Rugby), P. King (Kenilworth) 2; Richard Edward Boxall (Streatham) 1½; M. J. Darlow (Sheldon) 1; J. S. Cattersall (Rayleigh) ½.

First Class and Junior Full Fortnight: Rev. H. M. Blackett (Hastings) 8½; W. W. Tatum (Brighton), A. Swift (London) 7½; F. W. Appleby (Bognor Regis), R. L. Constable (Newport-on-Tay) 5; J. H. Brown (Farnborough) 4½; Mrs. R. Hossell (Taunton) 3; C. G. Gill (Isle of Man), G. T. Lyburn (Glasgow) 1½; G. D. James (Eastbourne) ½.

First Class and Junior First Week: G. Maton (Ipswich) 4½; T. R. Gutteridge (Peterborough) 4; F. C. Shorter (London) 3½; W. M. Cunningham (Chessington), L. Robinson (Brighton), D. Rogers (Peterborough) 3; Frank Thomas Comber (Rochester), G. G. Homan (Rochester) 2½; A. R. Cave (Sale), R. J. Sutton (Horam) 2; D. G. Ford (Torquay), L. J. Worsell (Whitstable) 1½; G. Burnett (Worcester), Lady Herbert (London) 1.

First Class Second Week: J. Wheeldon (Chesterfield) 4½; A. D. Fisher (Curbor) 4; Canon E. N. Burnell (Shepton Mallet), R. E. A. Jackson (Bognor Regis), A. Kerry (Ruddington), Patric Kirtlan (Brighton), D. A. Tame (Maidstone) 3; J. H. Brown (Farnborough) 2½; K. Kinsman (Alton), G. A. Toynton (Hendon), G. S. Tranah (Eastbourne) 2; C. G. Gill (Isle of Man), M. J. Walshe (London) 1½; G. H. Canton Watford 0.

Simultaneous displays were given by Donner and Perez in tandem (they didn’t combine well, losing seven games and drawing four out of 27) and by R. G. Wade (P 22, W 13, D 5, L 4).

Eric Croker initiated dozens of people into the horrors of Kriegspiel; newcomers attained a high standard in reconstructions.

Lightning chess was as usual the favourite diversion. There were casual five-minute games by the thousand. For the organised tournaments the “buzz” was more popular. Mr. Mondelski’s transistorised apparatus functioned perfectly throughout.

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Youth’s Challenge at Eastbourne (CHESS, October 1960, Vol.26, No.371-2, page 1ff)

Switching our Festival to Eastbourne proved a resounding success.

Playing conditions in the flower-decked Town Hall were superb. The Town Clerk, the Publicity and Catering Departments, even the Borough Surveyor’s men responded to our many demands readily and with impressive efficiency. It is a pleasant thought that we shall be there again next year!

Mr. H. S. Littlechild’s lovely trophy for the Premier Tournament took its place on the rostrum, by no means overshadowed by the Open Championship Cup. Both, we feel, will inspire enthusiastic competition for many years to come.

The “Open” though dominated by the two grand-masters, saw them severely tested by a determined new group of English amateurs, mostly still in their teens. We shall watch their efforts in next year’s Festival with intense interest!

Rd. 1: Accepting a pawn sacrifice, Tailford soon found himself with only a queen for O’Kelly’s rook, two bishops and extra pawn. Donner against Meade, and Perez against Dymond soon won material by attack.

Rd. 2: Donner’s win over McMinn was to be the shortest game of the tournament (see Games). When Kennedy overstepped the time-limit with nine moves still to make, he had no adequate defence to Perez’s mating threats. O’Kelly’s queen’s side attack more than compensated for the pawn he sacrificed in the opening against Matchett.

Rd. 3: A decisive passed pawn on Q7 was the eventual result of O’Kelly’s king’s side attack against Rumens. Riley’s indifferent defence cost him a piece against unusual handling of a Ruy Lopez by Perez. Sunderland went down to Donner but only after a brave fight.

Rd. 4: Perez failed to surprise Donner with a fairly new idea in the Benoni (see Games). O’Kelly soon began to win pawns against May.

Rd. 5: Donner, facing O’Kelly, found his queen on KRI after twenty moves but it soon re-entered the fray, only to be almost immediately exchanged off. There was a slight flavour of inevitability about the draw which came on move 30. Queens also came off quickly in Perez v Smart but here skilful manoeuvring won Perez material.

Rd. 6: Perez obtained an excellent opening against Hindle. In a time-scramble he grabbed a piece but Hindle’s compensating attack proved troublesome and a nervous rook sacrifice just before the adjournment, with his flag just ready to fall, left the Spanish champion quite lost. Wonderfully patient defence by Cafferty in a rook, knight and pawns ending was rewarded when O’Kelly offered him a draw after 73 moves. O’Kelly had tried through two adjournments to capitalise on a pawn won on the 24th move. Riley's apparently clever pawn win was brilliantly refuted by an exchange sacrifice by Donner.

Rd. 7: Rumens’s knight sacrifice caused Donner anxious moments before the attack finally petered out. O’Kelly drastically punished slight inaccuracy in Hindle’s opening (see Games). Taylor held Perez through most of the session but an instructive knight versus bad bishop ending went against him.

Rd. 8: Cafferty tested Donner severely; in time pressure, he missed winning the Dutchman’s queen. A pawn up on adjournment, he offered a draw since Donner’s two bishops offered counter-play. Taking advantage of a slip by O’Kelly in time shortage, Riley won the exchange for a pawn but he was not able to find the win in the ending. Perez, coasting to a win with connected passed pawns, underestimated Peek’s attack. Only a queen sacrifice, forcing perpetual check, saved the Spaniard from being mated.

Rd. 9: Rumens, merciless against English opponents, lost his third game against a foreign master: a sharp encounter, in which Perez saw more deeply. A profound pawn sacrifice by Donner put Macdonald-Ross under pressure which cost a piece.

Rd. 10: Perez against O’Kelly sacrificed a,knight for a powerful attack but missed his way in complications. Hindle, a pawn up with the sounder position, played too safe in offering Donner a draw. The young British players’ draws against the continentals prompted Cafferty to remark “We used to say ’Oh dear, I’ve drawn O’Kelly (or Donner) tomorrow’ but now it’s ‘Good, I’ve drawn a grandmaster!’”.

Rd. 11: More grandmaster concessions! Macdonald-Ross saved himself by a timely counter attack when it seemed O’Kelly’s queen's side operations must overwhelm him. Donner made little headway against Taylor after an early exchange of queens.

Rd. 12: Cafferty and Perez agreed a draw on the brink of a fierce time scramble. The situation had become so complicated, both confessed after the game that they hardly knew what was happening. Donner v May became completely blocked: Donner seized the one sole possibility, by a knight sacrifice, to break through. Meade adopted a curious but only temporarily effective answer to O’Kelly’s Dutch Defence, with pawns at KB3 KN3 and KR3 in front of his castled king.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
16 August 2021	Uploaded for the first time. 17 games, of which 12 have already been posted as part of the Bernard Cafferty collection. I've been able to put together a complete crosstable of the open section thanks to detailed notes kept by Bernard Cafferty.
19 August 2021	One further game added: W.Evans 0-1 H.Matchett, rd 9. My thanks to Brian Denman.
16 January 2023	Added a game found in the Manchester Guardian: O.Hindle 1-0 F.J.Perez Perez (rd 6).
17 January 2023	Added a game found in a 1961 SCCU Bulletin: M.Macdonald-Ross 1-0 M.Broido (rd 7).