1963 British Chess Championship, Bath, 12-23 August • 1962« »1964

1963 British Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Jonathan Penrose	London N10	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/2	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/3	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/4	♦ ½/7	8½
2	Norman Littlewood	Sheffield	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/15	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/13	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/7	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/4	8
3	Michael J Franklin	London SW16	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/5	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/4	♦ 1/2	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/9	7½
4	Owen Mark Hindle	Norwich	◊ ½/18	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/14	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/2	7
5	John Eric Littlewood	Skegness	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/10	7
6	Peter Hugh Clarke	Woodford Green	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/8	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/1	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/11	6½
7	(Dr) Stefan Fazekas	Buckhurst Hill	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/8	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/1	6½
8	Michael John Haygarth	Leeds	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/19	6½
9	Bernard Cafferty	Smethwick	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/6	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/14	♦ ½/3	6½
10	Adrian Swayne Hollis	London W8	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/6	◊ 0/5	6
11	Frank Parr	Sutton	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/6	6
12	David Brine Pritchard	Godalming	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/27	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/8	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/26	◊ 1/20	6
13	Clifford George Hilton	Manchester	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/25	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/10	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/16	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/22	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/17	5½
14	Timothy Martin Wheatcroft	London W10	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/15	5½
15	John A Lawrence	Birmingham	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/2	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/14	5½
16	Malcolm Firth	Chadderton	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/17	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/12	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/24	5½
17	John Anthony Sutton	Stafford	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/23	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/13	5½
18	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/16	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/24	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/15	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/21	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/27	♦ 1/28	5½
19	(Philip) Stuart Milner-Barry	London SE3	◊ 1/9	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/3	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/2	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/1	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/8	5
20	Alfred William Bowen	Orpington	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/15	♦ ½/19	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/8	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/12	5
21	David G Levens	East Leake	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/25	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/24	♦ ½/27	4½
22	Michael J Freeman	Whitecraig	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/5	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/28	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/21	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/26	4
23	David Graham Wells	Bristol	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/10	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/27	◊ 0/21	♦ 0/13	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/15	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/11	♦ 0/25	4
24	Philip E Walker	Beaconsfield	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/23	◊ ½/18	♦ 1/26	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/16	4
25	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	Tiverton	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/26	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/28	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/23	4
26	Fred Clough	Lydbrook	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/21	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/24	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/18	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/22	3
27	H[arry?] W Richardson1	Tynemouth	♦ 0/11	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/26	◊ 0/24	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/18	◊ ½/21	3
28	Otto Henry Hardy	Loughborough	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/26	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/22	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/16	◊ 0/23	♦ 0/25	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/15	◊ 0/18	2½

¹ Tentative identification: full name Harry Ward Richardson - of Dewsbury, when he played in the 1956 British Under-18 Championship, then of Tynemouth and King's College, Newcastle. Later lived in Aberdeen (possibly an economics lecturer at the university), later still a professor in the USA. But all this is still unconfirmed.

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1963 British Ladies Chess Championship, Bath • 1962« »1964

1963 British Ladies' Championship		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Mrs Rowena Mary Bruce	Plymouth	&;	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Capt. (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	London SE18	½	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6
3	Mrs Elaine Pritchard	Godalming	0	½	&;	1	1	0	½	1	1	5
4	Mrs Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Clarke	Woodford Green	½	0	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	5
5	Mrs Margaret Penrose	London N10	0	½	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	4
6	Miss Mary A E A Henniker-Heaton	London W8	0	½	1	0	½	&;	0	1	0	3
7	Miss Margaret Eleanor Lander	Gillingham, Dorset	0	0	½	½	0	1	&;	0	½	2½
8	Miss Leah Margaret Hogarth	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
9	Miss Sheila A Corbyn	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	1½

1963 BCF Major Open

1963 BCF Major Open		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	(William) Arthur Winser1	Hastings	1/18	½/7	½/2	1/13	½/3	½/14	1/6	1/4	½/5	½/10	1/8	8
2	David Lees	Liverpool	1/12	½/9	½/1	1/10	1/19	½/4	1/14	½/3	1/7	0/5	1/6	8
3	Keith R Ingram	Birmingham	1/21	1/6	1/20	0/4	½/1	0/10	1/15	½/2	1/14	½/8	1/5	7½
4	Ronald Thomas		½/11	1/16	1/9	1/3	1/6	½/2	½/23	0/1	0/8	½/7	1/15	7
5	John L Seppings	York	0/6	½/22	1/11	1/9	0/14	1/19	1/13	1/10	½/1	1/2	0/3	7
6	Leslie R Kirkcaldy	Wallasey	1/5	0/3	1/17	1/20	0/4	1/12	0/1	½/14	1/13	1/11	0/2	6½
7	Harry Gethin Thorp Matchett	Bexhill	1/19	½/1	0/13	½/8	0/15	1/23	1/17	1/11	0/2	½/4	1/10	6½
8	Philip Edward Collier	Leicester	1/24	0/20	½/23	½/7	½/12	0/11	1/22	1/15	1/4	½/3	0/1	6
9	Percy Baldwin Cook	London SW15	1/15	½/2	0/4	0/5	1/18	1/16	0/11	1/12	0/10	½/24	1/14	6
10	Sijbolt Jan Noorda	Netherlands	½/23	½/14	1/15	0/2	1/21	1/3	½/4	0/5	1/9	½/1	0/7	6
11	Maximilian Ernst Poolake	Bristol	½/4	½/17	0/5	0/15	1/22	1/8	1/9	0/7	1/18	0/6	1/12	6
12	(Derek) George Ellison	Bolton	0/2	½/21	½/16	1/17	½/8	0/6	1/19	0/3	1/22	1/9	0/11	6
13	Dick C van Enk	Netherlands	½/17	½/23	1/7	0/1	1/20	½/15	0/5	1/16	0/6	0/12	1/24	5½
14	Arthur Hall	Hastings	½/16	½/10	½/19	1/21	1/5	½/1	0/2	½/6	0/3	1/18	0/9	5½
15	R Jessop	Hornchurch	0/9	1/24	0/10	1/11	1/7	½/13	0/3	0/8	1/20	1/16	0/4	5½
16	Robert P Ross	Hull	½/14	0/4	½/12	½/18	1/23	0/9	1/21	0/13	1/17	0/15	1/20	5½
17	Wilfred Evans	Chorleywood	½/13	½/11	0/6	0/12	1/24	1/20	0/7	1/19	0/16	0/21	1/22	5
18	Charles Reuben Gurnhill	Sheffield	0/1	0/19	1/24	½/16	0/9	0/22	1/20	1/21	0/11	0/14	1/23	4½
19	Bertram Goulding Brown	Cambridge	0/7	1/18	½/14	1/23	0/2	0/5	0/12	0/19	½/24	0/22	1/21	4
20	Peter Eric Whitehead	Plymouth	1/22	1/2	0/3	0/6	0/13	0/17	0/18	1/24	0/15	1/23	0/16	4
21	Gordon R Evans	Newbury	0/3	½/12	1/22	0/14	0/10	1/24	0/16	0/18	½/23	1/17	0/19	4
22	(Sydney) Hugh Brocklesby	Bath	0/20	½/5	0/20	0/19	0/11	1/18	0/8	1/23	0/12	1/19	0/16	3½
23	William Souter Mackie	South Africa	½/10	½/13	½/8	0/19	0/16	0/7	½/24	0/22	½/21	0/20	0/18	2½
24	G P Webb	Leicester	0/8	0/15	0/18	1/22	0/17	0/21	½/23	0/20	½/19	½/9	0/13	2½

¹ Winser qualified for the next British Championship by superior sum of opponents’ scores.

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THE JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS

The entry for the junior tournaments was 138, as opposed to 148 last year, but they were rather differently distributed in the boys’ sections because of changes in the lower age-groupings, which brought in Under-sixteen and Under-fourteen sections instead of the single previous Under-fifteen tournament. The effect was to decant a number from the British Boys’ Championship which had only fifty-eight competitors as against some ninety last time. The sectional qualifying events were also omitted and the usual all-in Swiss events took place with additional rounds, where required.

Play in all the junior sections reached a high standard, particularly in the Boys’ Championship which was a thirteen-round struggle of great intensity. Indeed such is the effort which these boys put into their play that some of them, not surprisingly found the task of playing two rounds in one day had an adverse effect on their form.

The Under-sixteen section, with forty-three competitors, clearly helped to relieve the congestion in the Boys’ Championship and the new Under-fourteen event did well to attract thirty players at the first time of asking.

The entry for the Under-twenty-one Championship attracted the same number as in 1962, but it was not, perhaps, quite so strong. The performance of M. J. Basman, who was still young enough for the Boys’ Championship, was very noteworthy. He is a player of great promise and had just previously performed well in the Northern Open Championship at Whitby.

1963 British Junior (Under 21) Chess Championship

1963 British Under 21 Chess Championship		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Michael J Basman	Claygate	0/15	1/21	½/10	1/9	1/20	1/7	1/2	1/12	1/4	½/3	0/6	8
2	Ronald A Harris	Croydon	1/3	1/8	1/18	1/20	½/7	1/4	0/1	1/6	1/12	½/9	0/5	8
3	Harry Lamb	Bolton	0/2	1/25	1/11	1/14	0/4	½/15	1/18	1/7	1/20	½/1	½/9	7½
4	David J Masters	Kingston Hill	1/10	0/7	1/19	1/15	1/3	0/2	½/12	1/5	0/1	1/20	1/18	7½
5	Richard G Jones	Aberdare	0/18	0/10	1/24	1/22	½/19	1/14	1/23	0/4	½/6	1/7	1/2	7
6	John N Walker	Oxford	½/9	1/17	½/15	½/18	½/13	1/23	½/20	0/2	½/5	1/12	1/1	7
7	Michael Alcock	Durham	1/24	1/4	½/23	1/12	½/2	0/1	1/13	0/3	1/9	0/5	½/10	6½
8	G H Davies	Merthyr Tydfil	1/16	0/2	0/13	½/11	½/17	0/9	1/25	1/18	½/15	½/23	1/20	6
9	James E Scholes	Sheffield	½/6	0/20	½/16	0/1	1/22	1/8	1/15	1/14	0/7	½/2	½/3	6
10	Michael J Conroy1	Wennington	0/4	1/5	½/1	½/16	½/14	0/18	1/21	0/20	1/bye	½/15	½/7	5½
11	George V Guy	Cheltenham	0/19	1/22	0/3	½/8	0/23	0/6	1/bye	½/21	1/24	1/17	½/14	5½
12	P R Hindley	Esher	1/21	1/14	½/20	0/7	1/18	1/13	½/4	0/1	0/2	0/6	½/15	5½
13	Clive H Pemberton	Ilford	0/20	1/24	1/8	1/23	½/6	0/12	0/7	½/15	½/22	½/14	½/16	5½
14	Robin A E Shaw	Grays	1/25	0/12	1/17	0/3	½/10	0/5	1/24	0/9	1/19	½/13	½/11	5½
15	Norman B Stockman	Hove	1/1	½/23	½/6	0/4	1/16	½/3	0/9	½/13	½/8	½/10	½/12	5½
16	C Boss	Pilgrim's Hatch	0/8	1/bye	½/9	½/10	0/15	½/24	½/19	½/22	½/18	½/21	½/13	5
17	Ian P Eustis	Chalfont St Giles	1/def	0/6	0/14	0/24	½/8	½/21	0/22	1/bye	1/25	0/11	1/23	5
18	Richard P Lorch	Gravesend	1/5	1/19	0/2	½/6	0/12	1/10	0/3	0/8	½/16	1/25	0/4	5
19	Richard W O'Brien	Ilford	1/11	0/18	0/4	1/25	½/5	0/20	½/16	½/23	0/14	1/22	½/21	5
20	Andrew Toothill	Bradford	1/13	1/9	½/12	0/2	0/1	1/19	½/6	1/10	0/3	0/4	0/8	5
21	Norman J Davies	Merthyr Tydfil	0/12	0/1	0/22	1/bye	1/25	½/17	0/10	½/11	½/23	½/16	½/19	4½
22	Roy Julian	York	0/23	0/11	1/21	0/5	0/9	1/bye	1/17	½/16	½/13	0/19	½/25	4½
23	Stephen John Ridout	Sevenoaks	1/22	½/15	½/7	0/13	1/11	0/6	0/5	½/19	½/21	½/8	0/17	4½
24	David J Strode	Smethwick	0/7	0/13	0/5	1/17	1/bye	½/16	0/14	½/25	0/11	w/d		3 / 9
25	Colin Waring2	Manchester	0/14	0/3	1/bye	0/19	0/21	1/11	0/8	½/24	0/17	0/18	½/22	3

¹ in BCM, October 1963, p305, listed as scoring 5/11 but 5½/11 in the 1963/64 BCF Yearbook, which appears to be correct.
² Colin Waring, born 2nd qtr of 1942, Manchester, died 30 October 1964, Oldham. He was joint winner of the 1957 British Boys' Under-15 Championship. He had attended Hulme Grammar School and in 1955 there was a newspaper report (Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 09 November 1955, p7) of him collapsing on a bus and being taken to hospital. "... died on 30 October 1964 at the age of twenty-two. He had shared the British Under-15 Championship at Plymouth in 1957, but had been in poor health for some years. He had also been a member of Manchester Chess Club." (Chess and Manchester, Publ. MDCA, 1990, p175)

1963 British Boys’ (Under-18) Championship

1963 British Under-18 Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Total
1	Peter McKeich Jamieson		1/27	1/39	1/8	0/4	½/20	1/25	1/12	1/7	1/9	½/16	½/5	1/6	0/3	9½
2	Philip Almond		1/55	½/9	0/11	1/47	1/18	½/13	1/42	0/5	1/8	1/45	½/4	½/16	1/6	9
3	Peter Charles Griffiths		1/53	½/16	0/20	1/24	½/19	1/50	0/7	1/25	0/15	1/28	1/17	1/9	1/1	9
4	William Roland Hartston		1/50	1/23	1/46	1/1	½/5	½/9	½/6	0/16	1/12	½/7	½/2	½/20	1/8	9
5	Kenneth B McAlpine		½/15	1/29	1/18	1/42	½/4	0/6	1/21	1/2	½/16	1/9	½/1	0/8	1/20	9
6	Bernard Kooiman		0/13	1/49	1/51	1/14	1/8	1/5	½/4	0/9	1/45	1/15	1/16	0/1	0/2	8½
7	David Neil Laurence Levy		½/54	½/10	1/15	½/13	1/32	½/42	1/3	0/1	1/34	½/4	½/9	½/21	1/16	8½
8	Andrew John Whiteley		1/40	1/26	0/1	1/45	0/6	½/11	1/10	1/21	0/2	1/12	1/13	1/5	0/4	8½
9	John D L Ball		1/58	½/2	1/17	1/16	1/12	½/4	1/20	1/6	0/1	0/5	½/7	0/3	½/14	8
10	Leon P Burnett		½/42	½/7	0/34	1/29	1/28	½/22	0/8	½/14	1/37	1/23	½/11	½/19	1/24	8
11	Graham Chesters, jnr	Crewe	1/38	½/17	1/2	0/12	½/16	½/8	½/25	½/19	1/21	½/20	½/10	½/14	1/31	8
12	Michael V Lambshire		½/24	1/31	1/53	1/11	0/9	1/48	0/1	1/17	0/4	0/8	1/22	1/15	½/21	8
13	Alexander Munro Davie		1/6	0/46	1/23	½/7	1/17	½/2	0/16	0/15	1/48	1/34	0/8	1/25	½/19	7½
14	Terence C Fox		½/32	1/54	½/48	0/6	0/45	1/46	½/40	½/10	½/22	1/26	1/29	½/11	½/9	7½
15	Richard V M Hall		½/5	½/21	0/7	1/51	1/43	0/16	1/50	1/13	1/3	0/6	½/19	0/12	1/33	7½
16	Victor W Knox	Cheshire	1/36	½/3	1/22	0/9	½/11	1/15	1/13	1/4	½/5	½/1	0/16	½/2	0/7	7½
17	J R Mitchell		1/28	½/11	0/9	1/55	0/13	1/18	1/39	0/12	½/19	1/32	0/3	½/33	1/34	7½
18	Jonathan N Wingfield		1/33	1/45	0/5	½/38	0/2	0/17	½/37	½/47	1/39	½/25	1/32	½/34	1/29	7½
19	R C Vaughan		0/22	½/55	1/49	1/30	½/3	½/45	½/34	½/11	½/17	1/33	½/15	½/10	½/13	7½
20	Christopher Waites		1/43	½/47	1/3	½/25	½/1	1/34	0/9	0/45	1/23	½/11	1/24	½/4	0/5	7½
21	Andrew L Wernick		½/30	½/15	1/28	1/46	½/34	1/39	0/5	0/8	0/11	1/40	1/45	½/7	½/12	7½
22	Peter W Murphy		1/19	½/25	0/16	0/32	1/55	½/10	0/26	1/27	½/14	½/47	0/12	1/46	1/38	7
23	Daniel L Roth		1/41	0/4	0/13	1/54	½/40	1/32	½/24	1/26	0/20	0/10	0/33	1/36	1/37	7
24	D P Thompson		½/12	1/27	0/55	0/3	½/47	1/43	½/23	1/29	½/32	1/50	0/20	1/30	0/10	7
25	Brian L Cartwright	Wirral	1/49	½/22	1/47	½/20	½/39	0/1	½/11	0/3	½/40	½/18	1/50	0/13	½/26	6½
26	E Davis		1/35	0/8	0/39	½/36	1/30	½/40	1/22	0/23	½/33	0/14	½/46	1/50	½/25	6½
27	Paul F Habershon		0/1	0/24	½/54	0/28	1/41	1/49	½/51	0/22	1/43	0/31	1/48	½/32	1/45	6½
28	Alan Heaton		0/17	1/33	0/21	1/27	0/10	½/37	1/53	1/38	½/36	0/3	0/34	½/47	1/42	6½
29	Barry Hopewell		½/34	0/5	½/52	0/10	½/35	1/55	1/44	0/24	1/38	1/46	0/14	1/42	0/18	6½
30	Roger Keely		½/21	1/52	0/42	0/19	0/26	0/35	1/55	1/53	0/46	1/56	1/43	0/24	1/39	6½
31	Michael A Levene	Bradford	½/52	0/12	0/32	½/44	0/33	1/57	½/46	1/35	½/47	1/27	½/42	1/45	0/11	6½
32	Stephen Macdonald-Ross		½/14	0/42	1/31	1/22	0/7	0/23	1/35	1/39	½/24	0/17	0/18	½/27	1/47	6½
33	G Phillips		0/18	0/28	1/57	0/40	1/31	1/56	½/48	1/36	½/26	0/19	1/23	½/17	0/15	6½
34	Terence Audley Kershaw Thomson		½/29	½/48	1/10	1/56	½/21	0/20	½/19	1/42	0/7	0/13	1/28	½/18	0/17	6½
35	P Dean		0/26	½/43	0/56	½/49	½/29	1/30	0/32	0/31	1/41	½/44	½/39	½/53	1/51	6
36	B A Lewis		0/16	1/44	0/38	½/26	½/37	½/53	1/56	0/33	½/28	½/51	½/40	0/23	1/50	6
37	Derek R Markham		0/48	0/56	½/43	1/41	½/36	½/28	½/18	1/51	0/10	½/39	½/38	1/40	0/23	6
38	W Smith		0/11	1/40	1/36	½/18	0/42	1/47	0/45	0/28	0/29	1/53	½/37	1/51	0/22	6
39	P Blackman		1/56	0/1	1/26	1/48	½/25	0/21	0/17	0/32	0/18	½/37	½/35	1/44	0/30	5½
40	David Blake	Crewe	0/8	0/38	1/58	1/33	½/23	½/26	½/14	½/48	½/25	0/21	½/36	0/37	½/46	5½
41	D Crook	Wirral	0/23	0/53	½/44	0/37	0/27	1/58	½/52	½/56	0/35	1/57	½/55	½/43	1/54	5½
42	Anthony M M Hurman		½/10	1/32	1/30	0/5	1/38	½/7	0/2	0/34	0/50	1/48	½/31	0/29	0/28	5½
43	C Needham		0/20	½/35	½/37	1/52	0/15	0/24	0/47	1/44	0/27	1/49	0/30	½/41	1/53	5½
44	Anthony I Ogus		0/47	0/36	½/41	½/31	½/51	1/54	0/29	0/43	½/49	½/35	1/57	0/39	1/58	5½
45	David Parr		1/51	0/18	1/50	0/8	1/14	½/19	1/38	1/20	0/6	0/1	0/21	0/31	0/27	5½
46	G L Porter		1/57	1/13	0/4	0/21	0/48	0/14	½/31	1/49	1/30	0/29	½/26	0/22	½/40	5½
47	Michael N Walsh	Crewe	1/44	½/20	0/25	0/2	½/24	0/37	1/43	½/18	½/31	½/22	½/51	½/28	0/32	5½
48	Thomas Bimpson	Weaverham	1/37	½/34	½/14	0/39	1/46	0/12	½/33	½/40	0/13	0/42	0/27	½/58	½/52	5
49	J C Hull		0/25	0/6	0/19	½/35	1/58	0/27	1/57	0/46	½/44	0/43	½/54	½/52	1/55	5
50	A F Morgan		0/4	1/57	0/45	1/53	1/56	0/3	0/15	1/54	1/42	0/24	0/25	0/26	0/36	5
51	B Wood		0/45	1/58	0/6	0/15	½/44	1/52	½/27	0/37	1/55	½/36	½/47	0/38	0/35	5
52	A G Hughes		½/31	0/30	½/29	0/43	½/54	0/51	½/41	½/57	0/56	½/58	½/53	½/49	½/48	4½
53	M J Smith		0/3	1/41	0/12	0/50	1/57	½/36	0/28	0/30	1/58	0/38	½/52	½/35	0/43	4½
54	Geoffrey Tyrrell		½/7	0/14	½/27	0/23	½/52	0/44	1/58	0/50	½/57	0/55	½/49	1/56	0/41	4½
55	Charles N Prince		0/2	½/19	1/24	0/17	0/22	0/29	0/30	1/58	0/51	1/54	½/41	0/57	0/49	4
56	J Whelan		0/39	1/37	1/35	0/34	0/50	0/33	0/36	½/41	1/52	0/30	½/58	0/54	0/57	4
57	P H Poole		0/46	0/50	0/33	½/58	0/53	0/31	0/49	½/52	½/54	0/41	0/44	1/55	1/56	3½
58	D H Young		0/9	0/51	0/40	½/57	0/49	0/41	0/54	0/55	0/53	½/52	½/56	½/48	0/44	2

n.b. the above table (as with most others on this page) taken from the 1963-64 BCF Yearbook. It appeared in alphabetical order, surnames only, with no place of residence and with numerous errors. I have attempted to resolve errors and supplemented initials/forenames from BCM but errors may remain. JS

1963 British Boys’ (Under-16) Championship

1963 British Under-16 Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Nicholas J Patterson	London SW19	1/3	½/21	1/18	1/13	1/4	½/14	1/15	1/19	0/2	1/5	1/9	½/12	9½
2	Brian R Smith	Stockton-on-Tees	1/40	0/7	1/35	1/17	½/8	1/28	1/14	1/4	1/1	½/3	0/5	1/19	9
3	Alan R Prince	Liverpool	0/1	1/40	½/15	1/29	1/17	0/10	1/6	1/14	1/7	½/2	1/4	½/5	8½
4	Paul Stephen Nicholas Kendall	Nantwich	1/11	1/6	1/19	1/27	0/1	1/7	1/5	0/2	½/9	1/15	0/3	½/14	8
5	David Kay Openshaw	Nelson	1/12	1/33	½/13	1/20	½/7	1/9	0/4	1/16	½/15	0/1	1/2	½/3	8
6	David A Floyer	Brentwood	1/42	0/4	1/33	½/10	1/27	0/15	0/3	½/11	½/28	1/34	1/16	1/17	7½
7	Peter J D T Chapman	Derby	1/17	1/2	1/9	½/21	½/5	0/4	½/16	1/18	0/3	½/19	½/14	½/8	7
8	Raymond A Collett	Cheltenham	1/28	½/16	0/21	1/18	½/2	½/30	½/22	1/17	0/14	1/27	½/19	½/7	7
9	Stephen R Curry	Pinner	1/34	1/37	0/7	1/16	1/19	0/5	½/10	1/13	½/4	½/21	0/1	½/15	7
10	Roger de Lacy Holmes	Huddersfield	1/35	½/18	½/16	½/6	½/25	1/3	½/9	0/15	1/13	½/14	½/17	½/11	7
11	A J Hughes	Cardiff	0/4	½/31	0/29	0/12	1/41	1/23	1/33	½/6	1/25	½/30	1/18	½/10	7
12	Peter Parr	Sutton	0/5	½/23	0/28	1/11	1/38	0/18	½/31	1/36	1/26	½/16	1/30	½/1	7
13	David J Sully	Cardiff	1/26	1/22	½/5	0/1	0/15	1/25	1/28	0/9	0/10	1/23	½/32	1/21	7
14	Marcus Walsh	Leeds	1/30	1/36	0/27	1/34	1/21	½/1	0/2	0/3	1/8	½/10	½/7	½/4	7
15	C/G A Young	Bristol	0/18	1/38	½/3	1/24	1/13	1/6	0/1	1/10	½/5	0/4	½/21	½/9	7
16	T D Hughes	Liverpool	1/41	½/8	½/10	0/9	1/36	1/32	½/7	0/5	½/30	½/16	0/6	1/34	6½
17	J Leeson	Bristol	0/7	1/26	1/30	0/2	0/3	1/20	1/34	0/8	1/18	1/32	½/10	0/6	6½
18	Peter R Morriss1	London SE24	1/15	½/10	0/1	0/8	1/35	1/12	1/26	0/7	0/17	1/22	0/11	1/32	6½
19	David Oakes	Wilmslow	1/39	1/20	0/4	1/37	0/9	1/27	1/30	0/1	½/21	½/7	½/8	0/2	6½
20	John G W Rose2	Bristol	1/43	0/19	1/36	0/5	0/32	0/17	½/29	1/40	½/24	1/25	½/26	1/30	6½
21	Paul F Timson	Harrow	1/38	½/1	1/8	½/7	0/14	0/26	1/27	1/22	½/19	½/9	½/15	0/13	6½
22	M J Edwards	Heswall	1/31	0/13	0/34	½/38	1/24	1/33	½/8	0/21	0/32	0/18	1/39	1/bye	6
23	Brian G E Gosling	Clevedon	0/33	½/12	1/37	1/40	0/28	0/11	1/32	½/34	½/27	0/13	½/36	1/39	6
24	Nicholas J D Jacobs	Newcastle	0/25	½/42	1/31	0/15	0/22	0/29	1/bye	1/38	½/20	0/26	1/35	1/36	6
25	R Kendall	Bristol	1/24	0/27	1/39	0/28	½/10	0/13	1/35	½/26	0/11	0/20	1/41	1/33	6
26	David K Lawton	Rotherham	0/13	0/17	1/40	½/35	1/29	1/21	0/18	½/25	0/12	1/24	½/20	½/28	6
27	P T Lee	Birmingham	1/32	1/25	1/14	0/4	0/6	0/19	0/21	1/39	½/23	0/8	½/34	1d/41	6
28	Roger H Nathan	Surbiton	0/8	½/29	1/12	1/25	1/23	0/2	0/13	0/30	½/6	½/36	1/37	½/26	6
29	J M Brown	Glasgow	0/36	½/28	1/11	0/3	0/26	1/24	½/20	0/32	½/35	½/40	1/bye	½/31	5½
30	R J Lee2	Abingdon	0/14	1/32	0/17	1/33	1/34	½/8	0/19	1/28	½/16	½/11	0/12	0/20	5½
31	Michael Philip James Potter	Swansea	0/22	½/11	0/24	0/32	1/37	½/38	½/12	1/35	0/34	1/41	½/33	½/29	5½
32	Thomas Eric Tausz	London N6	0/27	0/30	1/bye	1/31	1/20	0/16	0/23	1/29	1/22	0/17	½/13	0/18	5½
33	Michael D Boreham	Cheltenham	1/23	0/5	0/6	0/30	1/39	0/22	0/11	1/bye	½/37	1/38	½/31	0/25	5
34	Michael M Daube	Oxford	0/9	1/bye	1/22	0/14	0/30	1/36	0/17	½/23	1/31	0/6	½/27	0/16	5
35	R Holroyd	Marlborough	0/10	1/43	0/2	½/26	0/18	1/41	0/25	0/31	½/29	1/bye	0/24	1d/40	5
36	Howard R D Richter	Solihull	1/29	0/14	0/20	1/39	0/16	0/34	1/37	0/12	1/41	½/28	½/23	0/24	5
37	Allan J Nelder	Weston-super-Mare	1/bye	0/9	0/23	0/19	0/31	1/40	0/36	1/41	½/33	1/39	0/28	0/38	4½
38	Valentine J E Rideout	Kingston Seymour	0/21	0/15	1/41	½/22	0/12	½/31	½/39	0/24	1/bye	0/33	0/40	1/37	4½
39	J G/C Morgan	Gorseinon	0/19	1/41	0/25	0/36	0/33	1/bye	½/38	0/27	½/40	0/37	0/22	0/23	3
40	D/G Steadman	Horncastle	0/2	0/3	0/26	0/23	1/bye	0/37	0d/41	0/20	½/39	½/29	1/38	0d/35	3
41	V Burnett	Wragby	0/16	0/39	0/38	1/bye	0/11	0/35	0d/40	0/37	0/36	0/31	0/25	0d/27	1
42	R Middleton	Great Yarmouth	0/6	½/24	withdrawn										½ / 2
43	D Hansen	Great Yarmouth	0/20	0/35	withdrawn										0 / 2

Compiled from the table given on ppn 87-88 of the 1963/64 BCF Yearbook (which features a great many typos amongst the names and the results) and the final scores given on p305 of BCM, October 1963 (with fewer typos). Where I'm not quite sure of the resolution of pairing errors, I have put the pairings in red.
¹ BCM gives this player's name as P. R. Morris but I think it is the Dulwich College and Glorney Cup player Peter R Morriss (born 1947, now of Galway and Ireland - note, double 's'). I can see that I have previously confused him with the player called P. L. Morris who played in the 1967 British Under-16. Apologies for the mix-up.
² In the BCF Yearbook table J G W Rose is credited with 6½ and R J Lee with 5½ whereas in the BCM results it is the other way round. They met in the last round so we can perhaps speculate that this game was the subject of a long-drawn-out appeal process. I presume that preparation of the yearbook took place some considerable time after the results were reported in BCM.

1963 British Boys’ (Under-14) Championship

1963 British Under-14 Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Terence D Baldwin	London SW16	½/14	1/7	1/18	1/2	½/6	1/3	1/9	1/5	0/10	1/13	½/4	8½
2	S L Thompson	Hayes	1/28	1/19	½/4	0/1	1/14	½/18	1/3	1/6	0/13	1/9	1/10	8
3	Louis de Veauce	Englefield Green	1/17	0/6	1/27	1/4	1/22	0/1	0/2	1/12	1/5	1/10	1/13	8
4	P Chubb	Hayes	1/8	1/16	½/2	0/3	1/25	½/12	1/11	0/10	½/6	1/21	½/1	7
5	Ivor Adrian Friedlander	London E4	1/9	1/10	0/22	½/25	½/18	1/15	1/6	0/1	0/3	1/11	1/17	7
6	Terance W Hart	London SW16	1/13	1/3	1/15	1/22	½/1	1/11	0/5	0/2	½/4	1/12	0/7	7
7	Andrew M Walker	Huddersfield	0/15	0/1	1/30	0/13	1/28	1/23	½/19	1/16	½/21	1/14	1/6	7
8	Jonathan I Century	London N16	0/4	0/11	0/9	½/28	1/bye	1/29	1/26	½/15	½/14	1/16	1/18	6½
9	David J Renehan	Halifax	0/5	0/13	1/8	1/29	1/23	1/22	0/1	½/18	1/25	0/2	1/21	6½
10	Paul D Venn	Wallasey	1/27	0/5	½/12	0/18	1/24	1/21	1/16	1/4	1/1	0/3	0/2	6½
11	R Hedges	Bristol	0d/26	1/8	1/21	1/16	1/15	0/6	0/4	½/14	½/18	0/5	1/22	6
12	Stephen J Povall	Wirral	0/16	1/28	½/10	½/21	1/13	½/4	½/18	0/3	1/15	0/6	1/19	6
13	John H Stocker	Wallasey	0/6	1/9	0/25	1/7	0/12	1/27	1/20	1/19	1/2	0/1	0/3	6
14	C Davy	Derby	½/1	0/21	1/17	1/26	0/2	0/16	1/27	½/11	½/8	0/7	1/25	5½
15	J D Foster	Oxford	1/7	1/29	0/6	1/19	0/11	0/5	½/22	½/8	0/12	½/25	1/23	5½
16	B Jennings	London N6	1/12	0/4	1/29	0/11	½/19	1/14	0/10	0/7	1/26	0/8	1/27	5½
17	Adrian P Kendry	Swindon	0/3	½/20	0/14	1/30	½/21	½/26	½/25	1/24	1/19	½/18	0/5	5½
18	Julian Francis Thomas Kirk O'Grady	Alderley Edge	½/21	1/25	0/1	1/10	½/5	½/2	½/12	½/9	½/11	½/17	0/8	5½
19	Richard Geoffrey Eales	Chester	1/23	0/2	1/24	0/15	½/16	1/25	½/7	0/13	0/17	1/27	0/12	5
20	S M/H Williams	Bath	0/22	½/17	½/26	0/23	1/29	1/24	0/13	0/25	0/27	1/bye	1/28	5
21	R/D A Wilson	Wallasey	½/18	1/14	0/11	½/12	½/17	0/10	1/23	1d/22	½/7	0/4	0/9	5
22	Derek Maurice Wise	Bristol	1/20	1/26	1/5	0/6	0/3	0/9	½/15	0d/21	½/23	1/24	0/11	5
23	D J Bruce	Bristol	0/19	0/27	1/28	1/20	0/9	0/7	0/21	1/bye	½/22	1/29	0/15	4½
24	David K Bryan	Liverpool	0/25	1/30	0/19	½/27	0/10	0/20	1/28	0/17	1/bye	0/22	1/29	4½
25	G M Hughes	Liverpool	1/24	0/18	1/13	½/5	0/4	0/19	½/17	1/20	0/9	½/15	0/14	4½
26	John F Thorley	Barnstaple	1d/11	0/22	½/20	0/14	½/27	½/17	0/8	1/29	0/16	0/28	1/bye	4½
27	Charles E Webb	Liverpool	0/10	1/23	0/3	½/24	½/26	0/13	0/14	1/28	1/20	0/19	0/16	4
28	Simon N Anscombe	Huddersfield	0/2	0/12	0/23	½/8	0/7	1/bye	0/24	0/27	1/29	1/26	0/20	3½
29	Jonathan Sydney Zalin	Liverpool	1/30	0/15	0/16	0/9	0/20	0/8	1/bye	0/26	0/28	0/23	0/24	2
30	Stephen Charles Mobbs	Bath	0/29	0/24	0/7	0/17	withdrawn							0 / 4

1963 British Girls’ (Under-18) Championship

1963 British Girls' Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Marcia Syme (Morgan)	Wallasey	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	5
2	Gillian A Moore	Southampton	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	5
3	Dinah Margaret Dobson (Norman)	Northwood	1	0	&;	1	1	1	1	5
4	Rosemary Sawyer	Bristol	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	2
5	Heather Tapper	Bristol	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	2
6	Elizabeth Harman	Bristol	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
7	Susan Pike	Bristol	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

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1963 BCF First Class

1963 BCF First Class		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	William Bainbridge	Wilmslow	1/7	1/10	1/11	½/2	1/8	0/4	1/3	1/13	1/6	½/5	1/12	9
2	Graham Chesters, snr	Crewe	1/15	1/13	½/4	½/1	1/7	½/3	1/17	1/5	1/10	½/6	1/11	9
3	R Morton	Sudbury	1/20	0/4	1/6	½/10	1/11	½/2	0/1	1/7	1/15	1/8	1/13	8
4	Richard [Reginald] Graham Thimann	Nottingham	1/19	1/3	½/2	0/7	1/18	1/1	1/10	1/8	0/15	1/13	0/6	7½
5	Bryan Crowther	Huddersfield	½/14	½/17	0/8	½/13	½/6	1/18	1/12	0/2	1/4	½/1	½/15	6
6	Ernest George Exell	St Albans	½/17	½/14	0/3	0/12	½/5	1/bye	1/18	1/11	0/1	½/2	1/4	6
7	Charles Hatch	Southport	0/1	1/15	1/16	1/4	0/2	1/11	1/14	0/3	0/8	½/9	½/19	6
8	A Archer	Stoke-on-Trent	0/13	1/9	1/5	1/14	0/1	1/10	0/2	0/4	1/7	0/3	½/16	5½
9	George Arthur Peck	Rugby	0/12	0/8	1/19	½/17	0/13	1/16	0/15	½/14	1/18	½/7	1/10	5½
10	J W Daniels	Liverpool	1/18	0/1	1/12	½/3	½/17	0/8	0/4	1/19	0/2	1/16	0/9	5
11	Herbert Francis Gook	South Croydon	1/16	1/12	0/1	½/18	0/3	0/7	1/19	0/6	½/14	1/15	0/2	5
12	H B Howard	Chertsey	1/9	0/11	0/10	1/6	½/14	½/13	0/5	½/15	½/19	1/18	0/1	5
13	R Owen	Dorchester	1/8	0/2	0/14	½/5	1/9	½/12	1/17	0/1	1/16	0/4	0/3	5
14	L Buckland	Swansea	½/5	½/6	1/13	0/8	½/12	½/17	0/7	½/9	½/11	0/19	½/18	4½
15	Alfred Milner	Manchester	0/2	0/7	0/18	1/bye	½/16	1/19	1/9	½/12	0/3	0/11	½/5	4½
16	Truman Victor Parrott	Barnstaple	0/11	0/20	0/7	1/19	½/15	0/9	1/bye	1/18	0/13	0/10	½/8	4
17	K/A Attenborough	Kirkby	½/6	½/5	½/20	½/9	½/10	½/14	0/2	withdrawn				3 / 7
18	Geoffrey George Homan	Rochester	0/10	1/19	1/15	½/11	0/4	0/5	0/6	0/16	0/9	0/12	½/14	3
19	Arthur T Watson	Worthing	0/4	0/18	0/9	0/16	1/bye	0/15	0/11	0/10	½/12	1/14	½/7	3
20	M E/F Robins		0/3	1/16	½/17	withdrawn								1½ / 3

1963 BCF Second Class

1963 BCF Second Class		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Stanley Denham Jacobs	Newcastle	&;	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	9
2	A Terrett	Norwich	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	8½
3	Robert J H Starks	Bath	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	7
4	John/Jack Salt	Chesterfield	½	0	½	&;	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	6
5	J H Brown	Farnborough	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
6	C C Hales	Wellingborough	1	0	0	1	0	&;	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
7	Miss Jean Pickles	Preston	½	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	1	1	0	½	5
8	G/C R Frost	Norwich	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	&;	0	0	1	1	5
9	Gregory Owen John Melitus	London W2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	&;	0	1	1	5
10	G/S R Huggins	Bristol	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	4½
11	D Ll Jones	Barry	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	&;	1	3
12	Francis Henry Bath	Leicester	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1

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Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 16 August 1963

UNDRESS FOR CHESS

Heavy rain at Bath today drenched a young competitor on his way to the British Chess Federation congress.

Rather than play in his wet trousers he took them off, put them before an electric fire and, with a towel round his waist,
went into the congress room to play his game.

Competitors were so absorbed in their game that few noticed him.

Three hours later he put on his now-dry trousers.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
19 June 2019	Uploaded for the first time in this format. All 154 Championship games (which have been widely available for some time but now with dates and some newspaper sources), plus 80 games from subsidiary events, full results of all competitions, Championship crosstable, etc.
12 May 2020	Added one game from the First-Class section, Geoffrey Chesters vs Bainbridge. Thanks to Brian Denman.
8 May 2021	It's been pointed out on chessgames.com that the end of the game J.Littlewood-J.Penrose (Rd 4) makes no sense as Black has a series of obvious wins from move 36 onwards. Almost certainly an input error at move 34, when White cannot have played Kf1, which is nonsensical. Having examined the game, I've a strong feeling that White actually played 34 Re3 as this makes the most sense in the position, and after which the rest of the score hangs together well. I've substituted Re3 for Kf1 in the score. Later: Andy Ansel has kindly checked the 1963 bulletin and confirms that 34 Re3 was indeed played. Thanks, Andy.
1 May 2023	Added the (atrocious) game S.Pike 0-1 H.Tapper (Girls Under 18).
28 December 2023	A possible amendment to J.Penrose 1-0 M.Freeman (rd 7) applied.