1964 (12th) Stevenson Memorial, Bognor Regis - 1-11 April (Venue: Butlins, Bognor Regis) • 1963«»1965

1964 Bognor Regis 12th Stevenson Memorial		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Denis Victor Mardle	Cheltenham	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/58	♦ ½/2	◊ 1/54	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/43	◊ 1/9	♦ 1/4	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/8	9½
2	Harry Golombek	Chalfont St Giles	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/1	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/54	♦ 1/3	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/8	♦ ½/9	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/21	8
3	Dusan Osmanagic1	Yugoslavia	♦ 1/65	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/12	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/13	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/39	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/9	8
4	David Parr	Ealing	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/47	◊ 1/57	♦ ½/2	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/41	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/43	◊ 0/1	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/13	8
5	William R Hartston	Enfield	♦ 1/63	◊ ½/52	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/40	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/10	◊ 1/36	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/26	7½
6	Nikola Karaklajic1	Yugoslavia	♦ 1/71	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/52	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/44	◊ 1/7	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/23	7½
7	David Lees	Bury, Lancs	◊ 1/24	◊ 1/41	◊ 0/36	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/48	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/19	7½
8	Michael J Basman	Esher	◊ 1/44	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/19	♦ ½/41	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/1	7
9	Bernard Cafferty	Birmingham	◊ 1/28	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/54	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/3	7
10	Peter W Hempson	London	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/55	♦ 0/5	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/67	♦ 1/56	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/38	7
11	Michael Macdonald-Ross	London	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/5	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/43	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/37	♦ 1/40	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/27	7
12	Zvonimir Mestrovic1	Yugoslavia	◊ 1/16	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/52	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/47	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/41	♦ 1/24	7
13	Ludwig Rellstab	West Germany	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/8	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/33	◊ 1/2	◊ 0/4	7
14	Jan Bonkenburg	Netherlands	◊ 1/64	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/37	◊ 1/65	♦ 1/63	♦ 1/57	◊ ½/38	♦ 1/43	6½
15	Sjaak Bonkenburg	Netherlands	◊ 0/41	♦ 0/45	♦ ½/20	◊ 0/35	♦ 1/69	◊ ½/58	♦ 1/53	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/52	◊ 1/46	♦ 1/34	6½
16	Michael M Broido	Wembley	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/55	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/67	◊ 1/52	♦ 1/36	6½
17	Raymond D Keene	London	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/28	◊ ½/52	♦ 1/67	◊ ½/33	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/42	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/22	6½
18	(Dr) Abraham Learner	Bexhill	♦ 1/62	◊ 0/12	◊ 1/61	♦ 1/6	◊ ½/42	♦ 1/48	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/36	♦ 1/44	6½
19	P Stuart Milner-Barry	Blackheath	◊ 1/45	♦ 1/39	◊ 1/8	♦ 1/36	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/1	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/52	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/7	6½
20	A F Morgan	London	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/50	◊ 1/64	♦ 1/70	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/54	♦ 1/48	◊ 1/42	6½
21	David E Rumens	Harrow	♦ 0/52	◊ 1/63	♦ 1/30	½/7	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/2	6½
22	Andrew P Sombor	London	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/70	♦ 1/49	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/59	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/46	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/17	6½
23	David G Wells	Bristol	♦ 1/37	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/3	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/9	♦ ½/12	◊ 1/18	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/6	6½
24	João Maria Cordovil	Portugal	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/37	♦ 1/58	◊ 0/47	◊ ½/	♦ 1/51	◊ ½/48	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/12	6
25	John H Jones	Exeter	◊ ½/48	♦ 0/13	♦ 0/59	◊ 1/69	♦ 0/46	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/45	◊ 0/30	◊ 1/65	♦ 1/56	◊ 1/47	6
26	Kenneth William Lloyd	London	♦ 0/58	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/60	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/16	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/40	♦ 0/5	6
27	Risto Nicevski1	Yugoslavia	♦ 0/30	◊ 1/53	♦ 0/43	◊ 1/31	◊ 0/5	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/39	◊ 1/35	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/11	6
28	Fernando Pérez Conde	Spain	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/71	♦ ½/40	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/39	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/47	◊ ½/59	◊ 1/67	♦ 1/52	5½
29	Alan K Crombleholme	New Malden	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/38	◊ ½/26	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/42	◊ 1/57	5½
30	Brian J Denman	Hove	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/21	◊ ½/58	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/35	♦ 0/7	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/47	♦ ½/57	◊ 1/51	5½
31	Ronald A Doney	Durham	♦ 0/47	◊ 1/50	◊ 0/41	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/63	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/60	◊ 1/51	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/37	5½
32	Michael John Dymond	Portsmouth	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/60	♦ ½/50	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/27	♦ 1/37	◊ ½/48	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/41	5½
33	Terry C Fox	Kingston-upon-Thames	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/56	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/24	♦ ½/39	5½
34	Owen M Hindle	Norwich	◊ ½/29	♦ 1/51	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/36	♦ ½/26	◊ ½/52	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/44	♦ 1/35	◊ 0/15	5½
35	Harry Gethin Thorp Matchett	Bexhill	◊ ½/46	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/44	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/57	♦ ½/30	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/34	♦ 1/55	5½
36	Alan K May	Surbiton	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/44	♦ ½/41	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/16	5½
37	Ronald Nicholas	Hove	◊ 0/23	♦ 0/24	♦ 1/70	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/28	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/32	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/31	5½
38	Roger Leslie Paige	Exeter	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/29	½/22	◊ 0/41	♦ ½/57	◊ 1/47	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/39	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/10	5½
39	Wilfred Henry Pratten	Fareham	♦ 1/70	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/28	◊ 0/3	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/38	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/33	5½
40	Robert P Ross	Hull	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/28	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/51	♦ 1/59	◊ ½/42	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/29	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/50	5½
41	Richard E Smith	Edenbridge	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/31	½/8	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/4	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/32	5½
42	Norman B Stockman	Hove	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/69	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/40	◊ ½/38	♦ 0/17	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/20	5½
43	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Woolwich	◊ 1/60	♦ 0/36	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/56	◊ 1/11	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/1	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/8	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/14	5½
44	Fritz Van Seters	Belgium	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/65	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/59	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/60	◊ 1/57	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/18	5½
45	J Berry	Hereford	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/15	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/60	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/68	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/55	◊ ½/50	♦ 0/37	◊ 1/59	5
46	John R Cooke	London	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/68	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/39	◊ 1/25	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/54	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/48	5
47	(Dr) Jan Glaser	Newcastle	◊ 1/31	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/23	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/12	♦ 0/38	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/25	5
48	Donald G Mackay	Balham	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/56	♦ 1/62	♦ 1/67	◊ 1/60	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/46	5
49	Richard Arnold Collins	Hayes	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/64	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/65	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/37	◊ ½/61	♦ 1/67	4½
50	Charles Ambrose Scott Damant	Hastings	♦ 0/38	♦ 0/31	◊ ½/32	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/53	♦ 1/61	◊ 0/56	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/63	♦ 0/40	4½
51	Joseph Andrew Flood	Exeter	♦ ½/69	◊ 0/34	♦ ½/68	◊ 1/63	♦ ½/40	◊ 0/24	♦ 0/54	◊ 1/64	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/58	♦ 0/30	4½
52	Arthur Hall	Hastings	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/6	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/34	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/28	4½
53	Otto H Hardy	Loughborough	◊ 0/33	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/71	♦ 0/55	◊ ½/68	♦ ½/50	◊ 0/15	◊ 1/61	♦ ½/63	♦ ½/59	◊ ½/56	4½
54	Stanley Charles Love	Wimbledon	◊ 1/59	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/52	◊ 1/51	◊ 0/46	♦ 0/20	◊ 0/55	♦ 1/63	4½
55	M R Mahdavi	Iran	◊ 0/36	♦ 0/16	♦ 1/65	◊ 1/53	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/27	♦ ½/58	◊ 0/45	◊ 1/60	♦ 1/54	◊ 0/35	4½
56	C M Payne	Horley	◊ ½/42	♦ 1/48	◊ ½/13	◊ 0/43	♦ ½/24	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/59	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/10	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/53	4½
57	(William) Arthur Winser	Hastings	♦ ½/68	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/61	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/38	♦ 0/44	♦ 1/59	◊ 0/14	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/29	4½
58	Peter J Adams	Norwich	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/24	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/67	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/55	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/51	◊ ½/60	4
59	P R Hindley	Esher / Oxford	♦ 0/54	♦ ½/67	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/22	◊ 0/40	♦ ½/56	◊ 0/57	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/45	4
60	John M Ripley	Liverpool	♦ 0/43	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/26	◊ 1/45	♦ 0/48	◊ 0/44	♦ 0/67	◊ 0/31	♦ 0/55	◊ 1/65	♦ ½/58	4
61	R Williams	Doncaster	◊ 1/67	◊ 0/54	♦ 0/18	♦ 0/57	◊ 1/70	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/50	♦ 0/53	◊ 1/64	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/68	4
62	Alan Lawrence Ayriss	London	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/48	♦ 0/32	◊ 1/71	♦ ½/65	◊ 0/63	♦ ½/68	♦ 0/66	◊ ½/70	♦ 1/69	3½
63	Wilfred Evans	Chorleywood	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/64	♦ 0/51	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/69	♦ 1/62	◊ 0/14	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/50	◊ 0/54	3½
64	John M Gorton	St Leonards	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/49	♦ 0/63	◊ 0/65	♦ 0/20	1 / bye	◊ 1/70	♦ 0/51	♦ 0/61	◊ 1/69	♦ ½/66	3½
65	Rodney E James	Banstead	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/44	◊ 0/55	♦ 1/64	♦ 0/49	◊ ½/62	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/69	♦ 0/25	♦ 0/60	♦ 1/70	3½
66	Richard C Lemon	Surbiton							♦ ½/69	♦ 1/70	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/68	◊ ½/64	3½ / 5
67	Richard J Lighton	Birmingham	♦ 0/61	◊ ½/59	♦ 1/69	◊ 0/48	♦ 1/58	◊ 0/17	◊ 1/60	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/49	3½
68	Richard W O'Brien	Gants Hill	◊ ½/57	♦ 0/46	◊ ½/51	♦ 0/37	♦ ½/53	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/49	◊ ½/62	♦ 0/58	◊ ½/66	♦ ½/61	3½
69	Patric Kirtlan2	Brighton	◊ ½/51	♦ 0/42	◊ 0/67	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/63	◊ ½/66	♦ 0/65	◊ 1/70	♦ 0/64	◊ 0/62	2
70	Ernest George Exell	Westcliff	◊ 0/39	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/37	♦ 1/71	♦ 0/61	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/64	◊ 0/66	♦ 0/29	♦ ½/62	◊ 0/65	1½
71	Kevin S P O'Byrne	High Wycombe	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/28	♦ 0/53	◊ 0/70	♦ 0/62							0 / 5

Source for crosstable: results as reported in the Times
¹ names of Yugoslav players in BCM, the BCF Yearbook and The Times – B Osmanagic, N Karaklaic, L Mestrovic and R Nichevski. In the Di Felice book three of these have been interpreted as Dusan Osmanagic, Nikola Karaklajic and Zvominir Mestrovic, with the other not mentioned as there is a cut-off after the 6½/11 score. That may well be right though I'm not entirely sure. I've interpreted R Nichevski as Risto Nicevski. Note, the Di Felice book gets two British players' names wrong - it gives Frank Parr and Peter Nicholas Lee for the correct David Parr and David Lees.
² BH Wood mentioned that Patric Kirtlan was an astrologer and he is referred to elsewhere on the web as a professional astrologer.

The Times, 13 April 1964: "Mardle is a West of England player and so not qualified for the Southern Counties Championship; Hence the struggle for second place in the tournament was also a contest for the Southern Counties Championship title. Three players, Golornbek, Osmanagic, and Parr, who all won their last round games, tied for second place with eight points.
The tie was resolved by counting the scores of the respective opponents, and as Golombek’s total was superior to Parr’s he became the 1964 Southern Counties champion."

The Times, 10 April 1964: "Tournament officials were baffled last night by beheaded Black Knights and White Queens that have been spirited away. Mr. N[orman]. Fishlock-Lomax, the congress director, said: 'It's a very curious affair. The Black Knights look as if they have been badly handled and there is no trace of the missing Queens.' He added that with more than 300 chess sets in use 'these things do happen', But he would like to know why only two of each set were involved."

Daily Herald, 7 April 1964: "Nikolai beats chess clock – Nikolai Karaklaic, the Jugoslav international chess master, who postponed a game in the Bognor Regis Chess congress because he wanted to see Sunday Night at the Palladium, beat Mr. David Lees of Bury, Lancs, in just eight moves yesterday. This was the quickest result of the congress. Mr Karaklaic's playing time was two minutes." [game also included in viewer/download]

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[CHESS, April 1964, Vol.29, no.s 457-8, p260] "Norman Fishlock-Lomax tops 400 - Dennis Mardle and young home entrants shine

Bognor Regis entries topped the 400 this year; mainly juniors but an impressive total. Butlins’ again provided a spacious venue.

There were 70 entries for the Stevenson Memorial Tournament. The foreign entry, which has been drooping for some years, was again poor. Among the home entry were several ambitious English boys, of whom nineteen-year-old D Parr son of Frank Parr, finished highest. He threw up a bank job some months ago to devote himself to chess, to his father’s extreme annoyance. This is by far his best performance to date.

Promising juniors

M J Basman, a year younger and still at school, has a record of success: starting with the London Boys’ under-14 and under-16 championships and Southern Counties’ under-15 and under-16 titles, he went on to tie for the British under-21 championship and head a Challengers’ Reserve section at Hastings last Christmas.

Parr and Basman started the last round equal on the seven points mark. Basman had to face Mardle, lost and finished outside the prize list. Parr met Rellstab, won and finished equal second.

W R Hartston of Enfield put up perhaps the most impressive junior performance of all. Though only sixteen, he beat K W Lloyd in the last round to finish in the prize-list. He loathes outdoor games but loves maths and likes making noises on the clarinet.

Dennis [sic] Mardle races away

Polio-disabled Dennis Mardle, who does confidential Foreign Office work at Cheltenham, had tied first with Gereben at Bognor in 1959. Now he pocketed the £100 first prize entire; indeed, was certain of it with a round to spare. He is one of those happy people who play a little above themselves when they need to—though occasional nervousness was to be discerned. He tried and failed to qualify for this year’s British Championship! The factor to which he ascribed his success above all was—sleep. “Any analysis I wanted to do, I left till the morning.” And perhaps he had played himself into form at Torquay (see elsewhere in this issue).

Among candidates for the international team tournament at Tel-Aviv, Golombek started badly and steadily improved. Hindle started well but steadily went off. Golombek, as highest-placed eligible contender, took the Southern Counties’ individual championship.

Karaklaic supreme only in quick chess

Karaklaic wrecked his chances of repeating his 1958, 1962, 1963 successes (two firsts and a shared) with a fifteen-move draw with Golombek and a loss to Learner. The latter is a past Birmingham Chess Club champion who, already a minor tycoon, emigrated to Australia, started five new businesses there, became an Australian (chess) selector and has now retired finally to Hastings because the fact that it is the finest chess centre in the world makes it easier for him to bear the burden of British taxation. This, he claimed, was the first tournament he had ever contested, in which he had been able to think more about chess than business affairs.

Karaklaic reigned supreme in lightning play, winning both the “Lightning” and “5-minute” Congress Championships, his colleagues Osmanagic and Nichevski finishing runners-up respectively.

A popular-music disc-jockey, he tried unsuccessfully to interview Cliff Richard after the congress. He regularly takes back piles of records with him.

There were two quick-chess team tournaments, a “Mushrooms” team winning one but being edged out by Brighton in the other.

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[BCM, May 1964, p125ff]

Bognor Regis International Congress

A record entry of 416 players took part in the Twelfth Bognor Regis International Congress held, as last year, in Butlin’s Holiday Camp, from April 1st to 11th [1964].

Of the seventy competitors in the Stevenson Memorial Tournament, eleven (Karaklaic, Mestrovic, Nichevski, Osmanagic, Rellstab, van Seters, S [sic] Bonkenburg, P Bonkenburg, Conde, Mahdavi, and Cordovil) came from overseas. Two other masters, the Hungarians L M Kovacs and N Barczay, failed to turn up owing to visa difficulties.

After Round 3 four players had scored full points: they were Milner-Barry, May, Osmanagic, and Wells. Round 4 saw the defeat of last year’s winner, international master N Karaklaic, who was completely outplayed by Dr A Learner—the former Birmingham and Melbourne player who has recently returned from Australia. Wells kept in the lead by disposing of Osmanagic, and so did Milner-Barry by winning against May.

In Round 5 Mardle took the lead by scoring against Glaser, while Milner-Barry and Wells drew their game. Osmanagic beat Rellstab, May defeated Hindle and Miss Sunnucks, with an excellent win over McDonald-Ross, came up among the leaders.

Mardle kept the lead in Round 6 with an important win against Milner-Barry. The leaders then were: Mardle 5½; Cafferty and Miss Sunnucks 5; Golombek, Dr. Learner, Milner-Barry, Parr, and Wells 4½.

In Round 7 Mardle had a lucky escape against Miss Sunnucks, who missed a probable win in the ending. By defeating Wells, Cafferty came up to share the lead with 6 points, in front of Golombek, Parr, and Miss Sunnucks 5½; Hartston, Osmanagic, Sombor, and Basman 5.

Mardle assumed sole lead with 7 points in Round 8 by beating Cafferty, while Golombek came up in second place by winning against Basman. Miss Sunnucks’ loss to Parr was the beginning of a disastrous run during which she failed to add even ½ point to her score.

In Round 9 Mardle strengthened his position by defeating Parr. Basman blundered away a Bishop against Miss Sunnucks in the opening, but managed to win the game by an ingenious king’s-side attack.

In the penultimate round Mardle made sure of First Prize by drawing with Lees, as none of his rivals could reach his score of 8½. Golombek, in trying to win at all cost, over-reached himself and lost to Rellstab. Basman came up to equal second with Cafferty, Golombek Osmanagic, Parr, and Rellstab, all with 7.

In the eleventh and last round, Mardle added another point to his already winning lead by a fine win over Basman. This was his second victory in the Stevenson having tied with Gereben in 1959. Golombek (v. Rumens), Osmanagic (v. Cafferty), and Parr (v. Rellstab) all won their games thereby tying for second place. The 1964 S.C.C.U. title went to Golombek thanks to a better Sonneborne-Berger count than that of Parr. Both Mardle (West of England) and Osmanagic (Yugoslavia) were not qualified.

The prizes were: £100, £40, £20, £10, and £5.

Any report on the Bognor Congress, now one of the most important in the British Isles, would be incomplete without a tribute to all those who have made it possible, namely, the founder, J Norman Fishlock-Lomax, and his band of helpers, Miss H R Titcomb, Miss Lucy Arness, Messrs Eric Croker, S Baldwin, Peter Morrish, M W Lee, etc. Mention must also be made of international master R G Wade, who controlled the Stevenson Tournament.

Next year’s congress will be held from April 21st May 1st [1965]—a much more pleasant time, when Mr. Fishlock-Lomax hopes to get an entry of over 500!

Note: I have included some forenames where known. The original had forename initials only - JS

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Championship Reserve (ten-day all-play-all).—(1) George S Botterill 8; (2) Alan Edgar Nield 7½.

Major (ten-day all-play-all).—(1-2) J S Bennett, George Arthur Peck 7½.
Major (six-day all-play-all, morning).—(1-2) Leslie Edward Vine, Robert Howard Williams 6.
Major (six-day all-play-all, afternoon).—(1) Keith M Oliff 6; (2-3) Nigel J Kalton and D R Smith 5.

First Class (six-day all-play-all, morning).—(1) Richard B E Bryant 6½; (2) Miss Dinah M Dobson 6.
First Class (six-day all-play-all, afternoon).—(1) F[rederick?] C[larence?] Shorter 5½; (2-3) M S Phillips and L West 5.

Open (six-day all-play-all).—(1) Peter R Morriss 7; (2) Richard C Lemon 5½.

Second Class (six-day all-play-all).—(1) George William Kilmister 6; (2-3) Francis Marcus Mylechreest and M Negus 5.

SCCU U18 Boys’ Championship (five-day Swiss).—(1) M G Smith (Harrow Weald GS) 5½; (2) Nigel John Kalton (Bromley) 5.
SCCU U16 Boys’ Championship (five-day Swiss).—(1) Terry D Baldwin (Battersea GS) 6; (2) Louis de Veauce (St George's College) 5½.
SCCU U14 Boys’ Championship (five-day Swiss).—(1) Trevor W Robbins (Lennard SM) 6; (2-4) P Chubb (Mellow Lane CS), Peter F Rosman (Haberdashers), S Thompson (Hayes CGS) 5½.
SCCU U12 Boys’ Championship (five-day Swiss).—(1-3) Howard J Price (Trinity School, Croydon), C Sass (Battersea GS), Maurice J Staples (Bognor Regis GS) 6.
SCCU U12 Girls’ Championship (five-day Swiss).—(1) Janice Richardson (Burlington GS) 6½ (2-3) S Noble and P Withers 6.
Junior Supporting Event (five-day Swiss).—(1-2) G Beveridge and F Matika 6, (3-4) Miss Ida J Glaser (Newcastle) and C Hanlon 5.

Major (five-day all-play-all).—(1) Kenneth F Champion 4; (2) E L Palmer 3½.
Major (five-round Swiss).—(1-2) Richard B E Bryant and Gwyn Havard 4.

First Class (five-day all-play-all, morning).—(1-2) J Keen and M D Moore 4.
First Class (five-day all-play-all, afternoon).—(1) H E Donovan 5; (2) Paul H Collins 3½.

Second Class (five-day Swiss).—(1) Kenneth Henry Staines 4½; (2) Roger L Gittins 4.
Second Class (five-day all-play-all).—(1) George William Kilmister 5; (2) Mrs Laura Ethel Amelia Start (née Whitehouse) 4.

Open Swiss (five-day).—(1) Raymond Bott 4; (2-3) D Brydon, Richard C Lemon 3½.

Weekend Major (five-round Swiss).—(1) Terence Clifford Noyce 4½/5; (2) Stephen J Ridout 4.
Weekend Major Reserves (six-round all-play-all).—(1) B C Wyatt 4½; (2) H T Walker 3½.
Weekend Minor (five-round Swiss).—(1) A J Thurgood 4½/5; (2) R I Ross 4.

Quickplay 1 (40 moves/1hr, five-round a.p.a. 1-5 April, a.m.: (1-2) E H Donovan, J S Bennett 4/5; (3-4) Richard Arnold Collins, P H Collins 3.
Quickplay 2 (40 moves/1hr, six-round double-round a.p.a. 6-11 April, a.m.: (1-2) Richard Arnold Collins, Peter J Adams 5/6; (3) J F Lane; (4) George William Kilmister.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
1 January 2022	Original upload with 51 games from the main tournament plus 12 from subsidiary events. I am very grateful to Brian Denman for supplying me with 26 of those games and for amendments to names.
1 January 2022	Ulrich Tamm has contributed two further games from the Stevenson Memorial, both played in round 9: (1) Van Seters 1-0 Hindle; (2) R.Williams 1-0 J.Gorton. Many thanks, Ulrich.
2 January 2022	Two more games from the Bognor International: (1) W.Hartston 1-0 A.May (rd 7); (2) M.Basman 1-0 PA Sunnucks (rd 9). Thanks to Andy Ansel for submitting them.
3 January 2022	Two games have been amended: (1) Pratten-Cooke (rd 4) - 19...f6 instead of 19...f5, to tally with the score in Roger Paige's Pratten book; (2) Basman-Van Seters (rd 1): Junior Chess Magazine has 11...h5 instead of 11...h6 as given in BCM, but BCM's version still looks more likely. My thanks to Andy Ansel for drawing my attention to these differences.
12 February 2022	Three games plus one part-game added, from the April 1964 issue of CHESS: (1) N.Karaklajic 1-0 D.Lees (rd 6 - a scarcely credible but well-attested brevity); (2) M.Macdonald-Ross 1-0 W.Hartston (rd 3); (3) R.Paige 1-0 A.Crombleholme (rd 3); (4) P.Hempson 1-0 W.Pratten (rd 10, part-game). Also added is the contemporary CHESS Magazine report.
15 February 2022	Five more part-games added, from a 'Winning Combinative Play' feature in CHESS, Mid-April 1964, p238.
20 February 2022	I was sorry to learn (on this page in the English Chess Forum) that Alan May, who scored 5½/11 in this event, died recently. RIP. Within minutes of me posting my own contribution there, I received an email from Ken Norman with the score of an excellent game which Alan May won against Owen Hindle in round 5, which I have added to the collection. Many thanks to Ken.
7 July 2022	Name update: Richard James tells me that A Ayriss was Alan Lawrence Ayriss, a local journalist who lived and played chess in Bognor in the 1950s. Thanks, Richard.
1 December 2022	Added the part-game M.Macdonald-Ross 1-0 R.Nicevski (rd 11) which Ulrich Tamm found in Schach-Echo and I found in an issue of CHESS. Thanks, Ulrich.
3 December 2022	Added two games played by Roger Paige: (1) win vs C.Damant (rd 1), replacing the part-game which was already on file; (2) win vs Dr. J.Glaser (rd 7). Many thanks to Roger.
21 December 2022	Added 22 games played (and annotated) by Dick Collins, 11 in the Stevenson Memorial proper and 11 in two quickplay (40 moves in 1 hour) tournaments played during the mornings. These two latter events had not been documented previously so I have added a few details of them as recorded by Dick Collins in his scorebook. I am very grateful to Sean Parker for sending me Dick Collins' games.