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	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/9	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/4	◊ 1/10	8
2	Raymond D Keene	ENG	2435	Cambridge	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/10	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/3	♦ 1/11	7½
3	Jonathan Penrose	ENG	2450	London	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/17	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/1	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/4	7½
4	Michael F Stean	ENG	2275	Kew	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/3	7
5	(Andrew) Jonathan Mestel	ENG		Manchester	◊ 1/9	♦ 1/19	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/2	◊ 0/11	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/7	6½
6	William R Hartston	ENG	2420	Cambridge	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/16	6½
7	Simon Webb	ENG		London	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/5	6½
8	Michael J Haygarth	ENG		Leeds	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/13	6½
9	Victor W Knox	ENG		Wallasey	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/4	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/21	6½
10	(Arthur) Howard Williams	WLS	2390	Pontyclun	◊ ½/21	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/9	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/1	6½
11	John E Littlewood	ENG	2340	Skelmersdale	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/1	♦ 1/5	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/2	6
12	Alan G Trangmar	ENG		Cambridge	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/15	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/27	6
13	Peter H Clarke	ENG	2360	Holsworthy	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/8	6
14	Julian T Farrand	ENG		E Cheshire	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/23	6
15	Robert Bellin	ENG	2315	Gt Yarmouth	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/25	6
16	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	2340	Glasgow	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/21	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/6	5½
17	Alan H Perkins	ENG		Bingley	◊ ½/33	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/9	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/26	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/19	5½
18	Richard C Lemon	ENG		Surbiton	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/27	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/26	♦ 0/19	1/def	5½
19	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2285	Birmingham	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/17	5½
20	Owen M Hindle	ENG		Norwich	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/33	5½
21	David Sherman	ENG		Waltham Forest	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/14	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/7	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/9	5½
22	Martyn J Corden	ENG	2275	Birmingham	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/15	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/26	5½
23	David Brine Pritchard	ENG		Hampstead	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/25	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/20	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/14	5½
24	Geoffrey H James	ENG		Brighton	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/30	5½
25	Michael John Basman	ENG	2385	Chertsey	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/31	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/33	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/28	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/14	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/15	5
26	Robert S McFarland	ENG		Coventry	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/21	♦ 0/22	4½
27	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG		Hampstead	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/29	♦ 1/33	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/12	4½
28	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	ENG		Tiverton	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/7	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/29	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/22	1/bye	4½
29	Raymond B Edwards	ENG		Harrogate	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/23	1/bye	default	4½
30	Stuart J Hutchings	WLS		Cardiff	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/25	1/bye	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/24	4
31	John R Cooke	ENG		Ilford	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/29	1/bye	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/33	◊ 0/32	4
32	Ronald FA Harman	ENG		Islington	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/33	♦ 0/24	1/bye	♦ 0/23	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/28	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/31	3½
33	James Stuart Emsley	ENG		London	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/30	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/25	◊ 0/24	1/bye	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/31	◊ 0/20	2
34	Peter N Lee	ENG	2390	Harrogate	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/23	withdrew ill						2 / 5

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

1972 British Ladies Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)	Cambridge	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8
2	Rowena M Bruce (née Dew)	Plymouth	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Crowthorne	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6
4	Dinah M Wright (née Dobson)	Kenton	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	1	½	1	6
5	Alison J Povall	Moreton	½	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	½	4½
6	Christine Corden (née State)	Birmingham	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	Nancy C Elder	Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)	London	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	3
9	Olive Chataway (née Richards)	Harrow	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	&;	½	1½
10	Miss G Morgan	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	½/33	1/16	½/2	1/29	1/7	1/6	1/14	1/10	1/4	1/5	1/11	10
2	Nigel E Povah	London	1/39	½/10	½/1	½/12	1/34	½/4	1/9	½/5	1/14	1/7	1/19	8½
3	David A LeMoir	London	½/6	1/28	½/34	½/9	½/5	½/11	½/17	1/20	½/19	½/10	1/13	7
4	John G Nicholson	London	1/40	1/29	0/32	½/24	1/16	½/2	1/12	½/6	0/1	1/14	½/5	7
5	David Wise	Middlesbrough	0/10	½/30	1/40	1/41	½/3	1/21	1/26	½/2	1/6	0/1	½/4	7
6	Stephen Balmer	Edinburgh	½/3	1/21	1/12	1/14	1/26	0/1	½/10	½/4	0/5	½/19	½/7	6½
7	Tim G Congdon	Colchester	1/17	1/18	½/14	½/10	0/1	0/9	1/33	1/34	1/12	0/2	½/6	6½
8	Clive D Gilliam	Croydon	0/32	0/15	1/39	1/27	½/31	1/22	0/19	½/16	½/36	1/24	1/26	6½
9	Charles W Kennaugh	Greasby	1/23	1/19	0/26	½/3	½/11	1/7	0/2	0/12	½/16	1/21	1/25	6½
10	Gareth D Pearce	Abingdon	1/5	½/2	1/41	½/7	½/32	1/24	½/6	0/1	½/11	½/3	½/12	6½
11	Robin J Pearce	Redruth	0/12	1/39	½/22	1/35	½/9	½/3	½/24	1/30	½/10	1/26	0/1	6½
12	Kevin J Wicker	London	1/11	1/27	0/6	½/2	½/30	1/32	0/4	1/9	0/7	1/15	½/10	6½
13	Gordon Campbell	London	0/31	0/24	1/23	0/21	0/36	1/38	1/41	1/29	1/30	1/32	0/3	6
14	Terry P D Chapman	London	1/38	1/37	½/7	0/6	1/19	1/26	0/1	1/25	0/2	0/4	½/18	6
15	Jonathan Kinlay	Harlow	0/27	1/8	0/19	½/20	0/22	1/41	1/37	1/24	½/25	0/12	1/31	6
16	Robin J G Kneebone	Truro	½/28	0/1	1/42	1/18	0/4	0/25	1/22	½/8	½/9	1/36	½/17	6
17	Chris C W Shephard	Birmingham	0/7	½/40	½/21	1/37	1/29	½/30	½/3	½/26	½/24	½/25	½/16	6
18	Geoffrey Ernest Wolfarth	Gloucester	1/30	0/7	½/31	0/16	½/20	1/23	1/21	½/19	0/26	1/29	½/14	6
19	Michael J Yeo	Croydon	1/25	0/9	1/15	½/34	0/14	1/35	1/8	½/18	½/3	½/6	0/2	6
20	Andrew J D Baruch	Dundee	0/37	½/42	½/33	½/15	½/18	1/28	1/27	0/3	½/21	½/31	½/30	5½
21	James Burnett	Doncaster	½/35	0/6	½/17	1/13	1/33	0/5	0/18	1/27	½/20	0/9	1/36	5½
22	Alan Keene	Carshalton	0/29	1/38	½/11	0/30	1/15	0/8	0/16	½/31	1/37	1/39	½/23	5½
23	Stephen P Lafferty	(Kent?)	0/9	0/36	0/13	1/42	½/39	0/18	1/38	½/28	1/27	1/34	½/22	5½
24	Malcolm J Lightfoot	Sunbury	0/34	1/13	1/36	½/4	1/25	0/10	½/11	0/15	½/17	0/8	1/33	5½
25	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	0/19	1/33	1/37	½/31	0/24	1/16	1/32	0/14	½/15	½/17	0/9	5½
26	Hilary C Thomas	London	1/36	1/35	1/9	1/32	0/6	0/14	0/5	½/17	1/18	0/11	0/8	5½
27	John E Dennis	London	1/15	0/12	0/29	0/8	1/40	1/36	0/20	0/21	0/23	1/38	1/42	5
28	Peter R Kitson	Harlow	½/16	0/3	0/30	½/40	1/37	0/20	0/36	½/23	½/38	1/41	1/39	5
29	Andrew J Morley	Leicester	1/22	0/4	1/27	0/1	0/17	0/33	1/42	0/13	1/35	0/18	1/40	5
30	David O Vaughan	Cwmbran	0/18	½/5	1/28	1/22	½/12	½/17	½/34	0/11	0/13	½/33	½/20	5
31	Ian R Watson	Manchester	1/13	0/32	½/18	½/25	½/8	0/34	½/35	½/22	1/33	½/20	0/15	5
32	Chris J Wheatley	Crewe	1/8	1/31	1/4	0/26	½/10	0/12	0/25	0/33	1/34	0/13	½/35	5
33	Tim Parkes	London	½/1	0/25	½/20	1/36	0/21	1/29	0/7	1/32	0/31	½/30	0/24	4½
34	Roy Ringham	London	1/24	½/41	½/3	½/19	0/2	1/31	½/30	0/7	0/32	0/23	½/37	4½
35	D Watson	Bournemouth	½/21	0/26	1/38	0/11	1/41	0/19	½/31	0/36	0/29	1/42	½/32	4½
36	R Willey	Stockbridge	0/26	1/23	0/24	0/33	1/13	0/27	1/28	1/35	½/8	0/16	0/21	4½
37	John N Harvey	Bournemouth	1/20	0/14	0/25	0/17	0/28	1/39	0/15	1/42	0/22	½/40	½/34	4
38	Nicholas J Webber	Street, Som.	0/14	0/22	0/35	½/39	1/42	0/13	0/23	1/40	½/28	0/27	½/41	3½
39	Anthony J Stenton	Maidenhead	0/2	0/11	0/8	½/38	½/23	0/37	½/40	1/41	½/42	0/22	0/28	3
40	Gerald Battle-Welch	Rugby	0/4	½/17	0/5	½/28	0/27	0/42	½/39	0/38	½/41	½/37	0/29	2½
41	Jan H Hasselt	Bracknell	1/42	½/34	0/10	0/5	0/35	0/15	0/13	0/39	½/40	0/28	½/38	2½
42	Gary Wayne Trudeau	Polperro	0/41	½/20	0/16	0/23	0/38	1/40	0/29	0/37	½/39	0/35	0/27	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 S Damant (Ilfracombe) 9; (3) E Chambers (St Leonards-on-Sea) 8; (4) Dr. H S Phillips (Mitcham) 7½; (5-6) F 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), P 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 Key (Crawley), Dan 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.