1972 British Chess Championship, Brighton, 14-25 August • 1971« »1973

1972 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Brian R Eley	ENG		Rotherham	w34+	b12+	w5=	b6=	w2=	b9+	b11=	w3=	b8+	w4=	w10+	8
2	Raymond D Keene	ENG	2435m	Cambridge	b14=	w26+	b15=	w16+	b1=	w10=	w5=	b6=	w7+	b3=	b11+	7½
3	Jonathan Penrose	ENG	2450m	London	b30=	w17=	w7+	b34=	w12+	b5+	w6+	b1=	b11=	w2=	b4=	7½
4	Michael F Stean	ENG	2275	Kew	w12-	b31+	w34=	b17=	w20=	b28+	w13=	b9+	w6+	b1=	w3=	7
5	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG		Manchester	w9+	b19+	b1=	w10+	b8=	w3-	b2=	w11-	w20+	b6=	w7=	6½
6	William R Hartston	ENG	2420	Cambridge	b18=	w14+	b11+	w1=	b26=	w8+	b3-	w2=	b4-	w5=	b16+	6½
7	Simon Webb	ENG		London	b26-	w28+	b3-	w14=	b21+	w23+	b16+	w8=	b2-	w12+	b5=	6½
8	Michael J Haygarth	ENG		Leeds	w23+	b22=	w27+	b20=	w5=	b6-	w12+	b7=	w1-	b25+	w13=	6½
9	Victor W Knox	ENG		Wallasey	b5-	w24+	b17=	w30+	b18+	w1-	b10=	w4-	w19+	b13=	w21+	6½
10	A Howard Williams	WLS	2390	Pontyclun	w21=	b33+	w22+	b5-	w13=	b2=	w9=	w26+	b17=	w11+	b1-	6½
11	John E Littlewood	ENG	2340	Skelmersdale	w32+	b13=	w6-	b22=	w27+	b20+	w1=	b5+	w3=	b10-	w2-	6
12	Alan G Trangmar	ENG		Cambridge	b4+	w1-	b23+	w26=	b3-	w18+	b8-	w15+	w13=	b7-	w27+	6
13	Peter H Clarke	ENG	2360	Holsworthy	b28+	w11=	b16=	w18=	b10=	w26=	b4=	w17=	b12=	w9=	b8=	6
14	Julian T Farrand	ENG		E Cheshire	w2=	b6-	w21=	b7=	w19=	b22+	w20=	b18=	w25-	b32+	w23+	6
15	Robert Bellin	ENG	2315	Gt Yarmouth	w20=	b32=	w2=	b27=	w17-	b31+	w19=	b12-	w22=	b30+	w25+	6
16	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	2340	Glasgow	w31+	b27=	w13=	b2-	w22+	b17=	w7-	b19=	w21=	b20+	w6-	5½
17	Alan H Perkins	ENG		Bingley	w33=	b3=	w9=	w4=	b15+	w16=	b26=	b13=	w10=	b23-	w19=	5½
18	Richard C Lemon	ENG		Surbiton	w6=	b21+	w20=	b13=	w9-	b12-	w27+	w14=	b26=	b19-	def+	5½
19	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2285	Birmingham	b24+	w5-	b26-	w29=	b14=	w25+	b15=	w16=	b9-	w18+	b17=	5½
20	Owen M Hindle	ENG		Norwich	b15=	w30+	b18=	w8=	b4=	w11-	b14=	w23+	b5-	w16-	b33+	5½
21	David Sherman	ENG		Waltham Forest	b10=	w18-	b14=	b31=	w7-	w29+	b30=	w24+	b16=	w26+	b9-	5½
22	Martyn J Corden	ENG	2275	Birmingham	b29+	w8=	b10-	w11=	b16-	w14-	b24-	w32+	b15=	b28+	w26+	5½
23	David Brine Pritchard	ENG		Hampstead	b8-	w25+	w12-	b28=	w34+	b7-	w32+	b20-	b29+	w17+	b14-	5½
24	Geoffrey H James	ENG		Brighton	w19-	b9-	w28-	b25-	w32+	b33+	w22+	b21-	w31+	b27=	w30+	5½
25	Michael John Basman	ENG	2385	Chertsey	w27-	b23-	w31-	w24+	b33+	b19-	w28+	w30+	b14+	w8-	b15-	5
26	Robert S McFarland	ENG		Coventry	w7+	b2-	w19+	b12=	w6=	b13=	w17=	b10-	w18=	b21-	b22-	4½
27	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG		Hampstead	b25+	w16=	b8-	w15=	b11-	w30=	b18-	w29=	b33+	w24=	b12-	4½
28	Andrew R B Thomas	ENG		Tiverton	w13-	b7-	b24+	w23=	b29=	w4-	b25-	w33+	b32=	w22-	bye+	4½
29	Raymond B Edwards	ENG		Harrogate	w22-	b34-	w32+	b19=	w28=	b21-	w31+	b27=	w23-	bye+	def-	4½
30	Stuart J Hutchings	WLS		Cardiff	w3=	b20-	w33+	b9-	w31=	b27=	w21=	b25-	bye+	w15-	b24-	4
31	John R Cooke	ENG		Ilford	b16-	w4-	b25+	w21=	b30=	w15-	b29-	bye+	b24-	w33+	w32-	4
32	Ronald F A Harman	ENG		Islington	b11-	w15=	b29-	w33=	b24-	bye+	b23-	b22-	w28=	w14-	b31+	3½
33	James Stuart Emsley	ENG		London	b17=	w10-	b30-	b32=	w25-	w24-	bye+	b28-	w27-	b31-	w20-	2
34	Peter N Lee	ENG	2390	Harrogate	b1-	w29+	b4=	w3=	b23-	withdrew ill						2 / 5

1972 British Ladies Chess Championship, Brighton • 1971« »1973

1972 British Ladies Championship		Fed	Elo	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Jana Hartston (» Bellin)	ENG	2210wm	Cambridge	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8
2	Rowena M Bruce (née Dew)	ENG	2020wm	Plymouth	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	ENG		Crowthorne	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6
4	Dinah M Wright (» Norman)	ENG	2065	Kenton	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	1	½	1	6
5	Alison J Povall	ENG		Moreton	½	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	½	4½
6	Christine Corden (née State)	ENG		Birmingham	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	Nancy C Elder	SCO		Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)	ENG		London	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	3
9	Olive Chataway (née Richards)	ENG		Harrow	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	&;	½	1½
10	Miss G Morgan	ENG		Stamford	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	&;	1½

1972 BCF Major Open

Rank	1972 BCF Major Open	Total
1	Nigel J Holloway (Cambridge)	9/11
2	David Parr (Newbury)	8½
3-4	Harry Lamb (Bolton), John N Sugden (Cambridge)	8
5-6	Gavin N Henderson (Manchester), Jeffrey R L Webb (Brighton)	7½
7-9	Otto H Hardy (Loughborough), Laurie W Prescott (London), Tom H Wise Middlesbrough)	7
10-20	Terry B Bennett (Watford), Peter M Collins (Southampton), George A Dickson (London), L Alan Edwards (Leicester), Raymond J Gamble (Derby), Tim D Harding (Weymouth), Vincent Homolka (London), Brian A Jones (Sheffield), Louis de Veauce (Manchester), James E Vickery (Sheffield), Roger Webb (Oxted)	6½
21-25	(Denis) Michael Denison (Wakefield), Keith L Escott (Hornchurch), David G MacDonald (Welwyn Garden City), Brian L McCague (Stevenage), Rory M R O'Kelly (Beckenham)	6
26-37	Percy B Cook (London), R E Evans (Chester), John Bertram Goodman (Plymouth), Peter A Harris (Maidenhead), D Lawrence (London; out of 9), J Lehmensick (West Germany), Alan N Morris (Leicester), Richard W O'Brien (London), Stephen Owen Reed (Lancing), John M Ripley (Liverpool), Douglas G A Shallcross (Brighton), David A Tidmarsh (Tonbridge)	5½
38-42	M Goll (Spilsby), Arthur Hall (Pinner), Alan E Hanreck (London), Roger Keely (Leeds), Graham Speed (London)	5
43-53	J R Crampton (Birmingham), Anthony R Cullinane (Portsmouth), Ian P Eustis (Swansea), P Grant (Lytham St Anne's), Roger Hardy (Street, Som., Dr. Gerald [Gerhard] Simon Katz (London), Barry J Marshall (Willenhall), Peter Morrey (Reading), James R Nicholson (Manchester), (Arthur) John Peters (Hayling Island), J Watson (Brighton)	4½
54	Paul F Habershon (Bedford)	4
55-56	Edwin George Lea (Peacehaven), Claud William Marshall (Gourock)	3½
57	M Katz (Worthing)	3
58-60	A Heath (London), M J Meakin (Northwich); B H Hughes (out of 6)	2½
61	M Ings (Waltham Cross; out of 10)	2

1972 British Under-21 Championship

1972 British Under-21 Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	John M Quinn	Stafford	33=	16+	2=	29+	7+	6+	14+	10+	4+	5+	11+	10
2	Nigel E Povah	London	39+	10=	1=	12=	34+	4=	9+	5=	14+	7+	19+	8½
3	David A LeMoir	London	w6=	b28+	w34=	b9=	w5=	b11=	w17=	b20+	w19=	b10=	w13+	7
4	John G Nicholson	London	40+	29+	32-	24=	16+	2=	12+	6=	1-	14+	5=	7
5	David Wise	Middlesbrough	10-	30=	40+	41+	b3=	21+	26+	2=	6+	1-	4=	7
6	Stephen Balmer	Edinburgh	b3=	21+	12+	14+	26+	1-	10=	4=	5-	19=	7=	6½
7	Tim G Congdon	Colchester	17+	18+	14=	10=	1-	9-	33+	34+	12+	2-	6=	6½
8	Clive D Gilliam	Croydon	32-	15-	39+	27+	31=	22+	19-	16=	36=	24+	26+	6½
9	Charles W Kennaugh	Greasby	23+	19+	26-	w3=	11=	7+	2-	12-	16=	21+	25+	6½
10	Gareth D Pearce	Abingdon	5+	2=	41+	7=	32=	24+	6=	1-	11=	w3=	12=	6½
11	Robin J Pearce	Redruth	12-	39+	22=	35+	9=	w3=	24=	30+	10=	26+	1-	6½
12	Kevin J Wicker	London	11+	27+	6-	2=	30=	32+	4-	9+	7-	15+	10=	6½
13	Gordon Campbell	London	31-	24-	23+	21-	36-	38+	41+	29+	30+	32+	b3-	6
14	Terry P D Chapman	London	38+	37+	7=	6-	19+	26+	1-	25+	2-	4-	18=	6
15	Jonathan Kinlay	Harlow	27-	8+	19-	20=	22-	41+	37+	24+	25=	12-	31+	6
16	Robin J G Kneebone	Truro	28=	1-	42+	b18+	4-	25-	22+	8=	9=	36+	17=	6
17	Chris C W Shephard	Birmingham	7-	40=	21=	37+	29+	30=	b3=	26=	24=	25=	16=	6
18	Geoffrey E Wolfarth	Gloucester	30+	7-	31=	w16-	20=	23+	21+	19=	26-	29+	14=	6
19	Michael J Yeo	Croydon	25+	9-	15+	34=	14-	35+	8+	18=	b3=	6=	2-	6
20	Andrew J D Baruch	Dundee	37-	42=	33=	15=	18=	28+	27+	w3-	21=	31=	30=	5½
21	James Burnett	Doncaster	35=	6-	17=	13+	33+	5-	18-	27+	20=	9-	36+	5½
22	Alan Keene	Carshalton	29-	38+	11=	30-	15+	8-	16-	31=	37+	39+	23=	5½
23	Stephen P Lafferty	(Kent?)	9-	36-	13-	42+	39=	18-	38+	28=	27+	34+	22=	5½
24	Malcolm J Lightfoot	Sunbury	34-	13+	36+	4=	25+	10-	11=	15-	17=	8-	33+	5½
25	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	19-	33+	37+	w31=	24-	16+	32+	14-	15=	17=	9-	5½
26	Hilary C Thomas	London	36+	35+	9+	32+	6-	14-	5-	17=	18+	11-	8-	5½
27	John E Dennis	London	15+	12-	29-	8-	40+	36+	20-	21-	23-	38+	42+	5
28	Peter R Kitson	Harlow	16=	w3-	30-	40=	37+	20-	36-	23=	38=	41+	39+	5
29	Andrew J Morley	Leicester	22+	4-	27+	1-	17-	33-	42+	13-	35+	18-	40+	5
30	David O Vaughan	Cwmbran	18-	5=	28+	22+	12=	17=	34=	11-	13-	33=	20=	5
31	Ian R Watson	Manchester	13+	32-	18=	b25=	8=	34-	35=	22=	33+	20=	15-	5
32	Chris J Wheatley	Crewe	8+	31+	4+	26-	10=	12-	25-	33-	34+	13-	35=	5
33	Tim Parkes	London	1=	25-	20=	36+	21-	29+	7-	32+	31-	30=	24-	4½
34	Roy H Ringham	London	24+	41=	b3=	19=	2-	31+	30=	7-	32-	23-	37=	4½
35	D Watson	Bournemouth	21=	26-	38+	11-	41+	19-	31=	36-	29-	42+	32=	4½
36	R Willey	Stockbridge	26-	23+	24-	33-	13+	27-	28+	35+	8=	16-	21-	4½
37	John N Harvey	Bournemouth	20+	14-	25-	17-	28-	39+	15-	42+	22-	40=	34=	4
38	Nicholas J Webber	Street, Som.	14-	22-	35-	39=	42+	13-	23-	40+	28=	27-	41=	3½
39	Anthony J Stenton	Maidenhead	2-	11-	8-	38=	23=	37-	40=	41+	42=	22-	28-	3
40	Gerald Battle-Welch	Rugby	4-	17=	5-	28=	27-	42-	39=	38-	41=	37=	29-	2½
41	Jan H Hasselt	Bracknell	42+	34=	10-	5-	35-	15-	13-	39-	40=	28-	38=	2½
42	Gary Wayne Trudeau	Polperro	41-	20=	16-	23-	38-	40+	29-	37-	39=	35-	27-	2

Above crosstable sourced from the BCF Yearbook 1972/73, ppn 62-63. It had some pairing number errors which I have endeavoured to eradicate.

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1972 British Boys Under-18 Championship: (1) Paul Littlewood (Skelmersdale) 9½/11; (2-3) David [Dafydd] R Johnston (North Ferriby), Paul Sheard (Manchester) 8; (4) Anthony C Dempsey (Widnes) 7½; (5-8) Chris M Cooley (Swindon), Lawrence J Glazier (Manchester), Alan W Potts (Cookham Dean), Alan A Smith (Manchester) 7; (9-11) John M Bennett (London), P A Connors (Harrogate), M C Kelly (Hartlepool) 6½; (12-19) Nicholas P Alexander (London), Peter M Broad (Carshalton), D Clark (Melton Mowbray), Thomas G Goldrick (Chadderton), Mark I Hassall (Leicester), R C Newman (Brighton), J Nicholson (Belfast), Peter J Sharp (Nottingham) 6; (20-29) Neill S Cooper (Maidenhead), Vaughan Wynne Griffiths (Northampton), Anthony L Hosking (Paignton), A D Lloyd (Birmingham), Malcolm R Major (Leicester), Chris J Marley (Abingdon), Antony Leo Natt (London), John K Orrell (Manchester), Allan Radlow (Glasgow), David R Sedgwick (Purley) 5½; (30-33) G Andrews (Doncaster), M K Jones (West Wickham), Amit Mozoomdar (London), Andrew J Stoker (Birmingham) 5; (34-36) C J Blundell (Folkestone), G M Brown (Folkestone), Martin R Duffy (Birmingham) 4½; (37-41) J Fletcher (Shaw, Lancs), Simon M Gottschalk (London), G M Jackson (Maidstone), Adrian E Millward (Leicester), Howard B G Staunton (London) 4; (42-45) S Graham (Leicester), Francis V Gregory (Middlesbrough), John T Munday (Brighton), S J Newman (Dagenham) 3½; (46) A Rice (Dorking) 2.

1972 British Boys Under-16 Championship: (1) Colin S Crouch (Harrow Weald) 10½/11; (2) David S C Goodman (Brighton) 9; (3) Glenn E J Lambert (Portsmouth) 8; (4-5) Peter G Large (Orpington), P Smyth (Wallasey) 7½; (6-7) P J Dolan (Manchester), A Shah (London) 7; (8-13) Martin Goldschmidt (Somerton), Andrew S Grant (Workington), David J Knight (Nuneaton), Stuart W Knox (Andover), Peter J Lee (Southsea), David G Reece (Twickenham) 6½; (14-17) Martin A Lee (Chester), Nigel Anthony Patrick McSheehy (Bromsgrove), Andrew P Matthews (Leicester), I Poste (Canada) 6; (18-25) Kevin S Ashman (Northwich), C Brown (Ilford), John S Bunter (Sherborne), Peter Cooley (Swindon), Martin J Dear (Oxford), Paul D Klemperer (Birmingham), D J Nicholls (Leicester), Simon N Sandberg (Leeds) 5½; (26-29) D Ainslie, Guy J Badham (Leicester), C C Longthorpe (Howden, Yorks), Keith A Povah (London) 5; (30-35) P Adams (Ilford), John E Dolamore (Ilford), Peter van Geene (Portslade), Michael J Kaltz (Hove), I A O'Hara (Leicester), N P Shields (Hampton) 4½; (36-37) K Jones (Ilford), K Yung (London) 4; (38-40) C Button (Dorking), C D Carpenter (Beaminster), I Lipscomb (London) 3½; (41) D Kendall (Scunthorpe) 3; (42) M Poznanski (London) 2 (played 6 rounds); (43) David P A Kessler (London) 0 (played 2 rounds).

1972 British Boys Under-14 Championship: (1) Christopher Gladwin (Thame) 8½/11; (2-3) Jonathan C Benjamin (Richmond), Shaun M Taulbut (Marlborough) 8; (4) M Cox (Crewe) 7½; (5-9) Chris W Baker (Coventry), Leigh T Canham (Folkestone), M J Coward (Birmingham), Stuart Fancy (London), D Kerr (Epsom) 7; (10-14) Gerald F D Abayasekera (Guildford), P Carter (Crowborough), J P Munday (Brighton), R L Povey (London), M Spindler (Swindon) 6½; (15-19) P McDonald (Liverpool), C D McGregor (Scarborough), Carl A Plasa (Surbiton), Emmanuel Rayner (Manchester), S J Threlfall (Purley) 6; (20-24) C Farrar (Swindon), Andrew P Furber (Bristol), Ian C Furber (Bristol), A McGregor (Scarborough), Simon Spivack (London) 5½; (25-33) L Carter (Crowborough), D Cooper (Northampton), Paul Hadden (Belfast), Mark D Kelman (Derby), Simon Macauley (Bognor Regis), Owen S Phillips (Mitcham), J Stokes (London), P C Thomas (Hoylake), A Winstanley (Tunbridge Wells) 5; (34-36) J J Kennedy (London), Paul G Smith (Redbridge), P N Wilson (Spilsby, Lincs) 4½; (37-40) F Eastlake (Portsmouth), J P Hannan (Belfast), Gavin C W Park (Crowborough), S Shields (Hampton) 4; (41) A C McGregor (Scarborough) 3½; (42-43) Richard E Goodman (Plymouth), James D Pratt (Sheppey) 3.

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1972 British Girls Under-18 Championship: (1) Susan L Caldwell (Faringdon) 6½/7; (2) Brenda Cole (Lindfield) 5½; (3) Sheila A Jackson (Liverpool) 5; (4) Lynne G P Houston (Dundee) 4; (5-6) Sarah Allcock (Bristol), Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg) 2; (7-8) Roxane Agnew (Belfast), Sally Butcher (Edinburgh) 1½.

1972 British Girls Under-14 Championship: (1) Sheila A Jordan (Wallasey) 6/6; (2) Wanda Pritchard (Godalming) 4; (3) Shirley J Wilson (Irby) 3; (4) Julia F W Park (Crowborough) 2½; (5-6) B Harris (Crowborough), A Secrett (Bristol) 2; (7) S Rich (Crowborough) 1½.

Ladies Open Tournament: (1) Miss Daphne Garland (Brighton) 7½/10; (2) Miss P Garland (Brighton) 7; (3) Margaret Rowley (Harrogate) 6; (4) Miss Miriam Little (Dundee) 4; (5) Christine Elder (Dundee) 3; (6) Jean Pickles 2½ (Miriam Little withdrew after 7 games)

Girls Additional Tournament: (1) Lynne G P Houston (Dundee) 3½/4; (2-4) Susan L Caldwell, Sheila Jackson, Sheila A Jordan 3; (5-7) Sarah Allcock, Brenda Cole (Lindfield), Wanda Pritchard (Godalming) 2; (8) Shirley J Wilson (Irby) 1½; (9-11) Roxane Agnew (Belfast), Sally Butcher (Edinburgh), Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg) 1; (12) A Secrett (Bristol) 0 (Secrett withdrew after 1 round and Butcher after 3).

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Over-50 Tournament: (1) Roy A Wagstaff (London) 9½/11; (2) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Ilfracombe) 9; (3) E Chambers (St Leonards-on-Sea) 8; (4) Ronald Hugh S Phillips (Mitcham) 7½; (5-6) Frank Richardson (St Annes-on-Sea), Leopold Winter (Brighton) 5½; (7) Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 5; (8-10) D Elder (Dundee), C Hanson (Burnley), Leslie Edward Vine (Eastleigh) 4; (11) Wilfred G Oliver (Cheltenham) 3; (12) A E Terrett (Aylesbury) 1.

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First Class Tournament: (1) D M Taylor (Birmingham) 9½/11; (2) Robert Baker (Coventry) 8; (3-4) David Gleave (Croydon), D McGregor (Scarborough) 7½; (5-6) W N Clayton (Nottingham), Arthur Pinkerton (Belfast) 7; (7-10) M Ash (Hyde), Peter Hannan (Sidcup), Paul Watson (Hove), Stephen Welbourne (Scarborough) 6½; (11-15) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), D George (Brighton), J Heath (Redditch), A Huxley (Stockport), Jack A Speigel (London) 6; (16-21) H James Draisey (Bristol), W D Johnson (Keswick), Geoffrey Kendall (Scunthorpe), Eric A Key (Crawley), Dan E Mayers (Ipswich), Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 5½; (22-29) D A Burrows (St Helens), A Mikelson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), R W Pearce (Studley), George W Rutland (Upminster), Alexander Schofield (Pontefract), John Philip Scragg (Stockport), A A Wheeler (Hale Barns), (Claude) Ellery Williams (Purley) 5; (30-32) Francis Pakenham Goldney (Faroe Islands), James W Prosser (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), L Stephens (South Croydon) 4½; (33-35) Barrington S Ades (Coventry), Alfred Milner (Manchester), Ronald E Rushbrook (London) 4; (36) J G Wright ((Crayford; withdrew after 10 rds) 3½; (37) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 1½; (38) P W Mottram (Cheam) 1 (played 3 rounds).

Five Day 'A' First Week: (1) Paul R Kemp (Nottingham) 4/5; (2-5) J Dixon (Crewe), David J Faulkner (Wolverton), Steve J Mann (Sheffield), John N Walker (Oxford) 3; (6-7) Paul D Hare (Grantham), Lucien Mouillaux (France) 2½; (8) W J Vellekoop (Netherlands) 2; (9-10) Alan D Gravett (North Oxford), George Renison (Grimsby) 1.

Five Day 'B' First Week: (1) P J Clay (Solihull) 4/5; (2-4) J A Anstead (Cheltenham), John H Hodgson (Maidenhead), T W Wa(l)ker (Birmingham) 3½; (5) R S Walker (Manchester) 3; (6-7) James Rushton (Bramhall), Ronald H Saunders (Worthing) 2½; (8-9) R S Cooper (Birmingham), W J Greenfield (London) 2; (10) R John Wilcox (London) 1½; (11) D Irving (London) 1; (12) D L Jones (Sheerness; played two rounds) 1.

Five Day 'A' Second Week: (1) John N Walker (Oxford) 4/5; (2-3) J Dixon (Crewe), Anthony K Swift (London) 3½; (4-7) H Trevor Jones (Tunbridge Wells), Steve J Mann (Sheffield), Alan B Slomson (Leeds), Leigh A Trangmar (Beckenham) 3; (8-9) John A Gorman (Blacon), Edgar Knobloch (Twickenham) 2½; (10) Robin A E Shaw (Blandford) 2; (11-12) Derek W A Packham (Felixstowe), W H Taylor (Surbiton) 1½; (13-14) P Griffiths (Carlisle), B S White (London) 1.

Five Day 'B' Second Week: (1) R Glew (Hull) 4/5; (2-3) S Cox (Crewe), J P Raison (Tadworth) 3½; (4-6) C Damazer (Brighton), K R Holton (Crewe), Noel M Stewart (Abingdon) 3; (7) M L Patrick (London) 2½; (8-10) D G Ford (Brighton), H C Lewis (Brighton), J Arnold Lutton (Sheppey) 2; (11) Patrick Alexander (Worcester Park) 1½; (12) Mark Huba (Brighton) 0.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
16 September 2017	This file has been on here some years - added tables and results
12 October 2020	Some further cosmetic amendments, including the last missing forename from the Championship proper - that of James Stuart Emsley (1927-2005), a strong player who played for Cable & Wireless in London but otherwise kept a low profile.
23 December 2023	Added 7 games played by Tim Harding in the Major Open. Many thanks to Tim for sharing these games with me.
27 December 2023	Added a game, M.Staples ½-½ I.Watson (Under 21), contributed by Brian Denman, for which many thanks. Some cosmetic changes - removed stub games (byes and the last-round pairing R.Lemon 1-0 R.Edwards which was a default win for Lemon); added the Paul Littlewood Major Open games which were already in the file of games played by him.
27 December 2023	Added another game: Sheila Jordan 1-0 Julia Park, from the Girls' Under-14 Championship.
4 March 2024	Updated with data from the 1972/73 BCF Yearbook - full crosstable for the Under-21 Championship plus residential information for most participants.
8 February 2025	Added all 11 games played by David LeMoir in the U21 Championship. Many thanks to David for submitting the games.
24 February 2025	Another 12 games from lower sections added, from the Brian Denman collection, for which many thanks.