1970 Glorney Cup (Under-18 Team Tournament), Notre Dame College, Bearsden, Glasgow, 29 July - 1 August

1970 Glorney Cup		1	2	3	4	5	6	G/Pts	M/Pts
1	England	&;	3½ - 2½	5 - 1	5½ - ½	5 - 1	5 - 1	10-0	24
2	Scotland	2½ - 3½	&;	5 - 1	2½ - 3½	4½ - 1½	5½ - ½	6-4	20
3	Netherlands	1 - 5	1 - 5	&;	4½ - 1½	5 - 1	3 - 3	5-5	14½
4	Wales	½ - 5½	3½ - 2½	1½ - 4½	&;	3 - 3	4½ - 1½	5-5	13
5	France	1 - 5	1½ - 4½	1 - 5	3 - 3	&;	3½ - 2½	3-7	10
6	Ireland	1 - 5	½ - 5½	3 - 3	1½ - 4½	2½ - 3½	&;	1-9	8½

BCM, October 1970, ppn 280-282

The “Glorney Cup” International Junior Team Tournament July 29th to August 1st, 1970

By J. M. GLENDINNING

Before the 1970 Glorney Cup Tournament began, it was thought that England and Scotland would be the main contenders for both countries were fielding their strongest possible teams, but few could have suspected that these teams would come well clear of the rest with England decisively in first place.

Round 1

Holland 1, Scotland 5: (1) de Lange 0, McKay 1; (2) Kuypers 0, Rosenberg 1; (3) Balemans 0, Holt 1; (4) Uylings 0, Sinclair 1; (5) Posthumus ½, Jones ½; (6) Molenkamp ½, Findlay ½.

England 5, Ireland 1: (1) Bellin 0, Kernan 1; (2) Stean 1, Collins 0; (3) Moberly 1, Ireton 0; (4) Saverymuttu 1, Bryant 0; (5) Miles 1, O'Donohoe 0; (6) Waters 1, Evans 0.

Wales 3, France 3: (1) Haigh ½, Seret ½; (2) James ½, Haik ½; (3) Cronick 1, Thebault 0; (4) Smith 0, Lebrun 1; (5) Bray ½, Bucaille ½; (6) Franklin ½, Hanau ½.

Given that Holland had finished second in Plymouth in 1968, this result seemed a good one by the Scots, with Rosenberg producing a particularly fine game on Board 2. England had a predictably high score against an Irish team weakened by the absence of Wilson and Cox, but Kernan's play against Bellin augured well for the Irish Board one's performance. Wales had the edge in their match but failed to clinch match victory.

Round 2

France 1, Holland 5: (1) Seret 0, de Lange 1; (2) Haik ½, Kuijpers ½; (3) Lebrun 0, Uylings 1; (4) Hanau ½, Posthumus ½; (5) Ebalard 0, Molenkamp 1; (6) Bucaille 0, Merbis 1.

Ireland 1½, Wales 4½: (1) Kernan 0, Haigh 1; (2) Collins ½, James ½; (3) Ireton 0, Cronick, 1; (4) O'Hare 0, Franklin 1; (5) Bryant 0, Bray 1; (6) T. Evans 1, C. Evans 0.

Scotland 2½, England 3½: (1) McKay 1, Bellin 0; (2) Rosenberg ½, Stean ½; (3) Holt ½, Moberly ½; (4) Sinclair ½, Saverymuttu ½; (5) Findlay 0, Miles 1; (6) Meiklejohn 0, Bailey 1.

Holland, after their (traditionally!) bad start against Scotland, seemed to be turning on best form with a decisive victory against France and perhaps their best individual game on top board by de Lange against Seret. The Welsh win was certainly well deserved though Kernan was unlucky to blunder when in a slightly better position. The needle match between Scotland and England had come unfortunately early in the Tournament and produced some high quality exciting chess. Meiklejohn's resignation against Bailey was premature. McKay's game against Bellin favoured the English player until, in time and positional pressure, Bellin strayed and found himself a piece down. Stean-Rosenberg was an interesting game—at adjournment, the Scots analysed a win (missing the drawing Rook sacrifice) so that a drawn match seemed entirely possible. Holt-Moberly was drawn after necessarily careful play by Holt in a tricky Bishops-of-opposite-colour ending. Saverymuttu-Sinclair simplified into a drawn Rook and pawn ending.

Round 3

Holland 1, England 5: (1) de Lange 1, Bellin 0; (2) Balemans 0, Stean 1; (3) Uylings 0, Moberly 1; (4) Posthumus 0, Saverymuttu 1; (5) Molenkamp 0, Waters 1; (6) Merbis 0, Bailey 1.

Wales 3½, Scotland 2½: (1) Haigh ½, McKay ½; (2) Cronick 1, Rosenberg 0; (3) James 1, Holt 0; (4) Bray 0, Sinclair 1; (5) Smith 1, Meiklejohn 0; (6) Franklin 0, Jones 1.

France 3½, Ireland 2½: (1) Haik 0, Kernan 1; (2) Seret 1, Collins 0; (3) Hanau ½, Ireton ½; (4) Thebault 1, Evans 0; (5) Bucaille ½, O'Hare ½; (6) Ebalard ½, O'Donohoe ½.

The decisive round. England, with perhaps a little luck on a couple of boards, equalled the Scottish score against Holland, and Scotland went astray in a disastrous match against Wales. Another Irish loss was compensated by a good victory by Kernan against experienced French top board Haik.

Round 4

Ireland 3, Holland 3: (1) Kernan 1, de Lange 0; (2) Collins 1, Kuijpers 0; (3) Ireton 1, Balemans 0; (4) O'Donohoe 0, Uylings 1; (5) O'Hare 0, Molenkamp 1; (6) Bryant 0, Merbis 1.

Scotland 4½, France 1½: (1) McKay ½, Haik ½; (2) Rosenberg 1, Seret 0; (3) Holt 1, Thebault 0; (4) Sinclair 0, Hanau 1; (5) Findlay 1, Ebalard 0; (6) Jones 1, Lebrun 0.

England 5½, Wales ½; (1) Bellin 1, Haigh 0; (2) Stean 1, Cronick 0; (3) Moberly ½, James ½; (4) Miles 1, Bray 0; (5) Waters 1, Smith 0; (6) Bailey 1, Evans 0.

Holland seemed a little dazed by their match with England with Balemans, for example, losing a piece in 14 moves. Scotland showed an encouraging determination in the face of finishing runner up yet again, with Holt, Findlay and Jones playing long endings to extract the full points. England's crushing victory over Wales saw a positional Queen sacrifice by Stean, and Bellin finally breaking his duck.

Round 5

Wales 1½, Holland 4½: (1) Haigh 1, de Lange 0; (2) Cronick ½, Kuijpers ½; (3) James 0, Uylings 1; (4) Bray 0, Posthumus 1; (5) Franklin 0, Molenkamp 1; (6) Smith 0, Merbis 1.

France 1, England 5: (1) Seret ½, Bellin ½; (2) Haik ½, Moberly ½; (3) Thebault 0, Saverymuttu 1; (4) Hanau 0, Miles 1; (5) Lebrun 0, Waters 1; (6) Bucaille 0, Bailey 1.

Ireland ½, Scotland 5½: (1) Kernan 0, McKay 1; (2) Collins 0, Rosenberg 1; (3) Ireton 0, Holt 1; (4) O'Donohoe ½, Sinclair ½; (5) O'Hare 0, Meiklejohn 1; (6) Evans 0, Findlay 1.

Three well deserved victories for the stronger teams saw England coast to a four point victory over Scotland, themselves 5½ points ahead of Holland. Final scores were: England 24, Scotland 20, Holland 14½, Wales 13, France 10, Ireland 8½.

England's victory was gained by a combination of skill, determination and strength in depth (over the first first four boards, England and Scotland were equal first!). Indeed, many of those at the tournament felt that this was perhaps the finest English team to have played in the Tournament and that they were certainly fine ambassadors for their country. Scotland's team was particularly strong this year and it is certainly a remarkable change in attitude for the Scots to be disappointed at not winning the Glorney Cup! The Dutch team suffered through the absence of their top two boards in Plymouth but will no doubt quickly gain in strength as their new training scheme takes effect. Wales, France and Ireland were all fairly erratic with occasional purple patches and good individual performances. Best team member prizes (Levy's Match of the Century and Informator 8) were awarded to Miles (England), Hanau (France), Merbis (Holland), Kernan (Ireland), Jones (Scotland) and Cronick (Wales).

The tournament was played at Notre Dame College of Education in Bearsden near Glasgow and, whilst rather far from the centre of Glasgow, this provided a nice setting for the tournament. The teams were welcomed at the opening dinner by Provost William Cumming of Bearsden and Mr. W. A. Fairhurst (Hon. President of the Scottish Chess Association) before the S.C.A. President Mr. Walter Munn made the draw to determine the order of play.

As readers of the “B.C.M.” will know (September, 1969, p. 259) the Glorney Cup Tournament, particularly with continental teams playing, is an expensive event (this year's total cost being about £500) and we would therefore like to express our thanks to all donors to the tournament (including the “B.C.M.”) but in particular to J. and P. Coats Ltd. who donated £100 and to Mr. C. P. Glorney who donated £60.

During the tournament it was announded that the Glorney-Bloodworth Trust had been established and the capital therein increased by donation from Mr. Glorney to £1,000. Chess enthusiasts who would like to support this worthwhile Trust are invited to obtain further details from Mr. K.J. Bloodworth, 550 Budshead Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth PL5 4DG.

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