1974 British Chess Championship, Clacton, 5-16 August • 1973« »1975

1974 British Chess Championship		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	George Steven Botterill	ENG	2410	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/8	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/3	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/5	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/16	7
2	William Roland Hartston	ENG	2480m	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/27	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/5	7
3	(Arthur) Howard Williams	WLS	2405	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/2	♦ 1/8	7
4	Robert Bellin	ENG	2355	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/16	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/14	◊ 1/12	7
5	Michael F Stean	ENG	2345	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/1	◊ 1/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/2	7
6	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2270	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/1	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/14	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/16	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/7	7
7	Michael J Haygarth	ENG		◊ 1/26	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/27	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/6	7
8	Simon Webb	ENG	2380	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/16	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/6	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/10	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/3	6½
9	Nigel J Holloway	ENG		◊ ½/15	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/1	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/27	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/10	6½
10	Andrew P Law	ENG		♦ 1/19	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/25	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/12	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/9	6½
11	Jonathan Penrose	ENG	2450m	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/26	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/15	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/13	6
12	John D M Nunn	ENG	2395	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/9	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/15	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/4	6
13	Alan H Perkins	ENG	2360	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/7	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/11	6
14	Victor W Knox	ENG	2310	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/6	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/13	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/22	6
15	Ian J Sinclair	SCO		♦ ½/9	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/28	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/18	6
16	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG		◊ ½/2	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/7	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/5	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/3	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/1	6
17	Brian R Eley	ENG	2350	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/14	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/28	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/27	◊ ½/19	5½
18	David J Mabbs	ENG		♦ ½/5	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/23	1/bye	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/15	5½
19	C Jonathan Lennox	SCO		◊ 0/10	♦ 1/12	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/31	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/3	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/22	♦ ½/17	5½
20	Peter H Clarke	ENG	2355	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/2	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/26	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/30	♦ 1/29	♦ 0/25	1/bye	◊ ½/21	5
21	Gerald H Bennett	ENG		♦ ½/28	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/26	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/20	5
22	Roger Webb	ENG		◊ 0/17	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/19	♦ 0/14	5
23	Alan Templeton Ludgate	ENG		♦ ½/20	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/12	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/15	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/29	5
24	Owen M Hindle	ENG		◊ 1/30	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/26	1/bye	5
25	Jeff Horner	ENG		◊ 0/13	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/26	5
26	Stephen Swanson	SCO		♦ 0/7	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/31	♦ ½/20	◊ 0/12	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/21	1/bye	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/25	4½
27	Peter W Hempson	ENG		◊ ½/3	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/8	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/30	4½
28	Ronald Thomas	ENG		◊ ½/21	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/26	1/bye	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/31	4½
29	Malcolm J Lightfoot	ENG		♦ 0/6	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/21	1/bye	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/20	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/23	4
30	Derek Maurice Wise	ENG		♦ 0/24	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/33	1/bye	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/27	4
31	Otto H Hardy	ENG		◊ 0/1	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/30	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/28	3½
32	Paul Yerbury	ENG		♦ 0/8	◊ 0/22	◊ 0/12	withdrew								0 / 3

Play-off for the 1974 British Championship title, Llanelli, 14-21 December 1974 • 1973« »1975

1974 Championship Play-Off		Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	George Steven Botterill	2410	&;	1	1	½	½	½	1	4½
2	William Roland Hartston	2480m	0	&;	1	½	½	1	1	4
3	A Jonathan Mestel	2270	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	3½
4	Michael J Haygarth		½	½	0	&;	½	½	1	3
5	Michael F Stean	2345	½	½	½	½	&;	½	0	2½
6	Robert Bellin	2355	½	0	0	½	½	&;	½	2
7	(Arthur) Howard Williams	2405	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	1½

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1974 British Ladies Chess Championship, Clacton • 1973« »1975

1974 British Ladies Championship		Residence	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)	Cambridge	2210wm	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	Susan L Caldwell			½	&;	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Sheila Jackson			½	½	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
4	Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke			0	½	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8
5	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Crowthorne		0	1	0	½	&;	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	6½
6	Alison J Povall	Moreton		0	0	½	0	1	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	6
7	Miss Mary A Hutchinson			0	0	½	0	0	½	&;	0	1	1	1	1	5
8	Kathleen Josephine Hindle (née Patterson)			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	½	3½
9	Olive Chataway (née Richards)	Harrow		0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	0	½	1	3
10	Miss Bernadette Higgins			0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	&;	0	1	3
11	Miss Susan A Hutchinson			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	&;	0	2½
12	Miss C J Habershon			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1½

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1974 BCF Major Open Tournament

(1) Louis de Veauce 10/11; (2-3) John J Carleton (Sutton Coldfield), Ronald F A Harman (Waltham Abbey) 8; (4-7) Richard A Beach, Michael P Cook (Suffolk), Robert S MacFarland (Nuneaton), John N Sugden 7; (8-14) C. Th. Kiers, Ian McAllan, Nigel E Povah (Streatham), John M Ripley, Peter J Romilly, Alan G Trangmar, J van Weperen 6½; (15-21) Leon P Burnett, Dr. Graham P Burton, Keith L Escott, Paul S N Kendall (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), David G MacDonald, Kenneth P Neat, Frank Parr 6; (22-28) (Denis) Michael Denison, Julian T Farrand, Robin F G Kneebone, Richard H K Mann, Laurie W Prescott, A Philip Primett, John F Turnock 5½; (29-36) Leslie S Blackstock, Paul F Habershon, Alan E Hanreck, Peter Morrey, John W Naylor, James R Nicolson, Peter W Stuart (NZL), J Westerhof 5; (37-42) Percy B Cook, D Blake, Martin H Hawley, M D Smith, James E Vickery, Thomas H Wise 4½; (43-46) Terry B Bennett, John A Gorman, Roger Hardy, C J Jones 4; (47-48) John A Feavyour, George Szaszvari 3½; (49) S W Gordon 3; (50) Roger D de Coverly 2.

1974 British U-21 Championship

(1) John G Nicholson 9/11; (2) David/Dafydd R Johnston 8½; (3) Jonathan Kinlay 7½; (4) Lawrence J Glazier 7; (5-7) Andrew J Morley, David I Patrick, David Wise 6½; (8-15) Neill S Cooper, Anthony L Hosking, Glenn E J Lambert, Andrew P LeFevre, Peter J Lee, Malcolm R Major, Richard John Fairfax Sams, R L Smith 6; (16) Ivan P Legg 5½; (17-21) Martin Goldschmidt, M K Jones, Anthony J Lane, R A Rigby, Peter D Rooney 5; (22-23) Alan Reid, David A Tarbuck 4½; (24-25) Peter Hanks, I Nelson 4; (26) C R Brown 3 (from 7); (27-28) P R Bullen, A Coe 2.

1974 British U-18 Championship

(1) Colin S Crouch 8½/11; (2-3) David A Curnow, R Holt 8; (4) Graham D Hillyard 7½; (5-6) T Howdle, John C Pigott 7; (7-15) N P Alexander, K S Ashman, P T Gasper, Graham D J Keane, Duncan Kerr, David P Mooney, G Palmer, Emmanuel Rayner, Peter A Richmond 6½; (16-20) Paul A Aston, Paul Russell Davies, A M McCaig, S Threlfall, Ian J Wallis 6; (21-27) John Anderson, C Button, Stuart Fancy, Martin A Lee, Amit Mozoomdar, Alan John Frank Riley, K P Warren 5½; (28-37) S Bradford, David J Coleman, R H Lingham, Graeme S McCormick (Belfast), Stephen John Pimentil, John R Tombs, Laurence J Dregent, Stephen B Death, Julian Paul Fetterlein, K S Jones 4½; (38-40) John E Dolamore (Ilford), K F Shaw (Manchester), S Williams 4; (41-44) P G Adams, C J Atkin, C J Brown, Andrew Lacy (Londonderry) 3½; (45-46) Peter John Szalapaj, I Bourne 3.

1974 British U-16 Championship

(1-4) Chris W Baker (Coventry), Paul Hadden (Belfast), H Dugald MacPherson (Grantchester), Shaun M Taulbut (Marlborough) 8/11; (5) John A Bower¹ (Beaconsfield) 7½; (6-7) Trevor Fernley, J N White (Hitchin) 7; (8-11) P. A. Bancroft, Jonathan C Benjamin (Kew), Chris K Holland, S. P. Jackson 6½; (12-16) M J Coogan (London), M. Cox, David A Phillips, Stephen J Popham, Daniel Shuttleworth 6; (17-23) G. Blackbourn, J. E. Hudson, A. Johnston, Norman A Lazonby, Keith Ponting (Aberdeen), Stephen J Shutler, M. Spencer 5½; (24-29) K. A. Bocker, G Hardy, T. P. Love, Christopher H Parkes (Belfast), Simon Spivack (London), R. Withnall 5; (30-32) Paul Hackman, R van E. Kummer, Owen S Phillips 4½; (33-35) David G Hackett, S J Hooker, R. Palmer 4; (36-38) E. I. J. P. Fletcher, S. J. Foale, D. Patel 3½; (39-40) Thomas Clarke (Belfast), A H Thomas 3. ¹ Prior to the last round John Bower had been half a point ahead of the four eventual winners, but lost.

1974 British U-14 Championship

(1) Paul G Smith 9/11; (2-3) Nicholas R Benjamin, Julian M Hodgson 8; (4-7) Nicolas Mark M Andrews, Mark R Charter, Nicholas W Ivell, H James Plaskett 7½; (8-9) Mark J Dubey, Daniel J King 7; (10-15) Michael A Carnochan, David Elkin, M J Farrington, Russell G Granat, C D McGregor, M Paul Townsend 6½; (16-22) Robert D M Alster, G Boot, Adam Jefferson Griffiths, Clive E Hill, S Johnson, A C McGregor, P Wilson 6; (23-27) Martin J Benjamin, Benjamin P Q Collinson, Andrew J King, D J Marshall, Carl A Plasa 5½; (28-35) Neil W Cannon, George N Crockart, Tom Farrand, A D Gregory (Watford), T H Jones, T McGregor, G C Park, Robert Williams (Belfast) 5; (36-43) A Barron, J C Barron, Colin P Garwood, W Hall, M Hare, N Lyne, C Tuthill, Richard M Webb 4½; (44-45) C C Man, Matthew P Sames 4; (46) R J Lee 3½; (47-48) Piers Jeremy Coxon, W Man 3; (49) A J Jordan 2½; (50) M Man 1½.

1974 British Girls U-18 Championship

1974 British Girls Under 18 Championship		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Jane Anson	&;	1	½	½	1	1	4
2	Wanda Pritchard	0	&;	1	½	1	1	3½
3	Stephanie Jordan	½	0	&;	1	1	1	3½
4	Sandra J Wood	½	½	0	&;	1	½	2½
5	Lynn M Povall (later Ashton)	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
6	Francesca Quinn	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

I'm grateful to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for providing results and full names of the players in this section. She points out that it was definitely Sandra J Wood (from Boston, Lincolnshire) and not Suzanne/Suzzane J Wood (Middlesex), who took part in this tournament. Also, it is Stephanie (and not Sheila) Jordan - JS

1974 British Girls U-14 Championship

(1) Helen Granat 4½/5; (2-3) Jane F Seymour, Shirley J Wilson 3½; (4-5) Julia F W Park, Sharon M Prince 3; (6) Angela Eagle 2½; (7-8) Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle 2; (9) Sally Atkin 1; (10) Carena Nicholas 0.

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BCF Over 60s Tournament

(1-3) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant, G B Smith, Harry I Woolverton 9/11; (4-5) Wilfred Evans (Chorleywood), W R Withers 6½; (6) Alfred Milner 5½; (7-9) W A Dixon, M McCaig, J W Prosser 4; (10) D W Cay 3½; (11) Frank Richardson 3; (12) Peter Doig 2.

BCF First Class

(1) John Jamieson Galloway 9/11; (2-3) D Meyers [Dan E Mayers?], J H Schofield (Darwen) 8; (4-5) David Blair (Belfast), Henry James Draisey 7½; (6-7) R Alan Barton, Lucien Mouillaux 7; (8-12) Dr. Reinhard Cherubim, R Franklin, Robin A E Shaw, W J A Vellekoop, S L Whitehead 6½; (13-20) G Alec Boswell, Simon Macaulay, A Mack, D McGregor, Michael H Micklethwaite, David L Read, Jack A Speigel, David J Turner, Stephen Welbourne 6; (21-24) Michael L Baumber, L Fainlight, George V Glover, J H Hasselt 5½; (25-29) P Griffiths, Anthony D Meakes, Arthur Pinkerton, Barry H Thompson, E J West 5; (30-35) P Montgomery, Truman V Parrott, John Philip Scragg, W A Shutler, Miss L Toth, Frank A Winter 4½; (36-38) V Ramjit, (Claude) Ellery Williams, P J Yorke 4; (39-41) G A Bowles, G Brayley, C Cheetham 3½; (42-43) John C Calvert, G H Phillips 2½.

Five-day First Week (Mornings)

(1) Paul R Bielby 4/5; (2-4) Dr. Eric N Bramley, Mike J Conroy, H Happel 3½; (5) Raymond J Starkie 3; (6-8) N Happel, R J Nash, Dr. Ronald Hugh S Phillips 2½; (9-11) Jacob (Jack) Alster, Brian J Benjamin, Anthony J Doherty 2; (12-13) S Carpenter, Mrs F Enns 1½; (14) A Danic 1.

Five-day Second Week (Mornings)

(1) Mike J Conroy 4½; (2) Paul R Bielby 4; (3-7) A Anstey, Brian J Benjamin, Alan D Gravett, Richard J Haddrell, Leigh A Trangmar 3; (8-9) Helen Granat, Raymond J Starkie 2½; (10-12) S Carpenter, R G Jones, A Willis 2; (13-15) Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle, Dr. Ronald Hugh S Phillips 1½; (16) Angela Eagle 1.

Five-day First Week (Afternoon)

(1) Robert L Baker (Coventry) 4½/5; (2) James Steedman 4; (3) John David Howard Nicholas 3½; (4-7) J L Barks, D Greensmith, J A Hutchinson, E Barry Sandercock 3; (8-9) John P Knee, Roy Alan Wagstaff 2½; (10-12) David John F Bull, Michael J Doran, R S Thornton 2; (13-15) S Bradford, K Jones, P Kenning 1½; (16) Mrs. J Withers ½.

Five-day Second Week (Afternoon)

(1-3) J Lehmenzick, James Steedman, Anthony K Swift 4/5; (4-6) Robert L Baker (Coventry), E Barry Sandercock (Gerrards Cross), Roy Alan Wagstaff 3½; (7-9) John P Knee, A S Kochen, John David Howard Nicholas 3; (10-15) D Greensmith, Joseph John Lauder, Ian Charles Richard MacGillivray, Derek William Alistair Packham, Colin L Ridley, Ronald Herbert Saunders 2½; (16-19) K Jones, Miss Jeanie Paterson ("Pat") Renwick, Miss J C Moore, R G Threlfall 2; (20-22) Nigel W Dennis, Miss Annie Hilda Gammans, Miss Sharon M Prince 1½; (23) Mrs J Withers 1; (24) Miss Carena Nicholas 0.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
17 September 2017	Updated to include crosstables and results.
28 September 2020	Minor update to record the fact that Bellin-Nunn (Rd 11) ended with a loss on time rather than a resignation, as detailed in a letter from John Nunn published in CHESS, December 1974, p87.
16 March 2021	Added the game Trangmar-Cook, Major Open, sourced from the Cambridge University CC bulletin Dragon.
08 February 2022	Thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) we now have the full, corrected results of the 1974 British Girls' Under-18 Championship.